PRATYUSH RANJAN DASH
Engineering Manager(Devops, SRE)
Bengaluru
Summary
Seasoned Engineering Manager with over 20 years of IT experience, including 10+ years managing and mentoring DevOps/SRE teams. Proven expertise in implementing CI/CD automation, infrastructure as code (IaC), and integrating security practices into DevOps pipelines. Skilled in defining KPIs, overseeing build and release management, and conducting vulnerability assessments. Extensive experience with AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and other cloud and monitoring tools. Successfully led cloud migrations to Azure, reducing deployment times by over 50% and cutting cloud costs by 30%. Proficient in Incident Response and Incident Management systems, ensuring high availability, reliability, and scalability of cloud infrastructure and services.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
82
82
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Principal Engineering Manager
Soroco India Pvt Limited
12.2022 - Current
- Led a team of 28 in DevOps, SRE, and QA Automation.
- Ensured cloud infrastructure availability, reliability, and scalability.
- Implemented SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, proactive alert management, and incident response.
- Designed CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, reducing deployment time by 30%.
- Migrated products to Azure, reducing cloud costs by 30%.
- Automated AKS environment upgrades, reducing manual errors and toil by 85%.
- Transitioned monitoring from Datadog to in-house Grafana on Azure Kubernetes.
- Integrated Snyk with Azure pipelines for code and container vulnerability scans.
- Led cross-functional incident response efforts, improving response efficiency.
- Addressed performance bottlenecks, optimizing API and database performance.
- Conducted capacity planning to handle high-demand periods.
- Built a QA team that automated 9000+ test cases with Robot Framework and Selenium.
- Fostered collaboration between development and operations teams.
- Managed budgets, optimized resource allocation, and handled appraisals.
- Recruited and mentored engineering talent, developing future leaders.
- Provided regular progress updates to executive leadership.
- Negotiated vendor contracts, securing favorable terms for projects.
- Create OKRs for the team.
PMTS/Manager(Devops,SRE)
Oracle India Pvt Limited
04.2016 - 12.2022
- Contributed to open source IDM products.
- Managed a team of 7 for devops and SRE, building the team from scratch.
- Spearheaded the adoption of DevOps practices, streamlining workflows, and improving software delivery efficiency in Oracle Cloud.
- Ensured cloud infrastructure availability, reliability, and scalability.
- Implemented SRE practices including SLIs, SLOs, proactive alert management, and incident response.
- Developed Docker and Kubernetes solutions for Oracle IDM products.
- Collaborated with consultants to deploy IDM containers both on-cloud and on-premises.
- Built production, QA, and development environments.
- Architected CI pipelines using Jenkins and integrated Bitbucket for microservices deployment on Kubernetes.
- Transitioned OUD scripts from pod-based to StatefulSet.
- Created IDM CLI using Golang to manage OAM clusters, including OKE and networking in OCI.
- Implemented ELK stack for IDM log viewing and used Prometheus and Grafana for server monitoring.
- Deployed Apache Flink on Kubernetes for event streaming.
- Managed Oracle database patching and upgrades for Fusion Cloud at scale.
- Manage appraisals for the team.
Lead Member of Technical Staff
Kaseya India Pvt Limited
08.2014 - 03.2016
- Led a team of 5 devops engineers.
- Developed server-level automation and infrastructure as a DevOps engineer.
- Implemented a private cloud using OpenStack and Ceph.
- Automated VM setup with single-click configuration.
- Implemented failover strategies and recovery scenarios.
- Managed CI/CD with Jenkins and Rundeck across environments.
- Deployed Cassandra, Elasticsearch, Kafka, and Zookeeper via Puppet modules.
- Developed installation and rollback frameworks for in-house applications.
- Utilized Zabbix for monitoring.
- Mentored junior team members on product nuances.
Lead QA Engineer
Symphony Teleca
03.2010 - 08.2014
- Was leading the automation testing efforts using tools like Robot Framework and Test Complete.
- Boosted product performance with rigorous load and stress testing, optimizing system resources under heavy workloads using Jmeter.
- Promoted a culture of continuous improvement by regularly reviewing and refining QA processes, tools, and methodologies.
- Enhanced software quality by developing and implementing comprehensive testing strategies.
Sr.Member of Tech Staff
Dimdim Inc
07.2009 - 03.2010
- Was instrumental in starting the automated testing efforts using open source tools like Jmeter,Selenium.
- Assisted with onboarding new staff members, providing orientation and support.
Sr Product Engineer
CoreObjects India Pvt Limited
12.2007 - 07.2009
- Worked on various automation tools like Test Complete, QTP.
- Mentored junior engineers, providing guidance on best practices and industry standards for successful project completion.
Sr QA Engineer
Digital Harbor
02.2007 - 11.2007
- Worked on various automation tool Test Complete and automated around 1200 test cases.
- Supported successful product launches by coordinating end-to-end testing efforts from planning through execution phases.
SSE
TCS
07.2002 - 01.2007
- Worked on various automation tools like Test Complete, QTP.
Education
B. E - Electrical Engineering
REC Rourkela
Rourkela Jun 1997 - 06.2001
High School Diploma -
ISC Saint Paul's School, Rourkela
Rourkela Jun 1994 - 06.1996
ICSE - Science
ICSE Saint Paul's School, Rourkela
Rourkela Jun 1984 - 06.1994
Skills
People Management: Team Leadership, Mentoring, Training, Technical Recruiting,OKR
Additional Information
Open Source Projects:
- https://github.com/oracle/fmw-kubernetes/tree/master/OracleUnifiedDirectorySM/kubernetes/helm
- https://github.com/oracle/fmw-kubernetes/tree/master/OracleAccessManagement/kubernetes
- https://github.com/oracle/fmw-kubernetes/tree/master/OracleUnifiedDirectory/kubernetes
Notice Period :
- 2 months.
Timeline
Principal Engineering Manager
Soroco India Pvt Limited
12.2022 - Current
PMTS/Manager(Devops,SRE)
Oracle India Pvt Limited
04.2016 - 12.2022
Lead Member of Technical Staff
Kaseya India Pvt Limited
08.2014 - 03.2016
Lead QA Engineer
Symphony Teleca
03.2010 - 08.2014
Sr.Member of Tech Staff
Dimdim Inc
07.2009 - 03.2010
Sr Product Engineer
CoreObjects India Pvt Limited
12.2007 - 07.2009
Sr QA Engineer
Digital Harbor
02.2007 - 11.2007
SSE
TCS
07.2002 - 01.2007
B. E - Electrical Engineering
REC Rourkela
Jun 1997 - 06.2001
High School Diploma -
ISC Saint Paul's School, Rourkela
Jun 1994 - 06.1996
ICSE - Science
ICSE Saint Paul's School, Rourkela
Jun 1984 - 06.1994
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