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RATHEESH CHERUKANDATH

RATHEESH CHERUKANDATH

IT Operations
Chennai,MH

Summary

I have more than 13 years of IT experience primarily in ITSM Operation Management and Delivery Management with globally diverse and cross-functional teams. Managing day-to-day operations and leading teams to achieve high levels of customer satisfaction. I am skilled in Production Support, incident management, problem-solving, and applying best practices to maintain site reliability and performance. As an experienced Scrum Master, I use Agile Methodologies to manage project scope and timelines.


Overview

2025
2025
years of professional experience
2
2
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Consultant IT Operation Lead

ATOS
8 2022 - Current
  • Facilitate team breakout session during P1 planning, iteration planning, and retrospective to develop, improve and adapt the product increment and meet the P1 objectives
  • Support the product owner to achieve value maximization of the product backlog by having effective backlog grooming sessions and make sure stories are ready for iteration planning and p1 planning
  • Meet and work with individual members of the team as needed to discuss and resolve any impediment affecting the entire team or their ability to meet p1 objectives
  • Attend Scrum meeting and coordinate with other ART teams, resolve dependencies and maximize the work of the ART
  • Use of metrics such as velocity and burndown chart to keep tabs on the progress towards the goal
  • Communicate with stakeholders on project scope and release plan
  • Daily system and application health checks are performed to ensure the smooth running of the application
  • Make sure that the development team receives support from the ITOPS team during user acceptance testing
  • Guiding the ITOPS Team in Analyzing the issue and resolving it, proposing a workaround to maintain business continuity and ensure minimum business downtime
  • Quickly identifying critical issues and taking prompt and effective measures
  • Conducting daily stand-up calls with the development team and business operations teams to track the status of support services and provide visibility
  • Keep the client informed about the outcome
  • Taking care of user queries concerning reports, EOD files, daily job schedules, and providing solutions within the SLA
  • Reducing technical escalation incidents has been achieved through strategically orchestrated ITIL support structures and policies
  • Ensured that our service ranked top in customer satisfaction surveys by supervising a service delivery team
  • Enhanced productivity by managing IT operations and optimizing resources and time
  • Initiating continuous improvement, leading to an efficient increase in project management
  • Led the integration of ITL practices, improved incident lifecycle management, and assisted in the rapid growth of the client base
  • Implemented a ticket escalation process that was more efficient, leading to faster resolution times
  • Structured incident reporting was implemented to improve root cause analysis and prevent future incidents
  • Performing troubleshooting procedures resulted in a decrease in call resolution times
  • Taking care of escalating queries and responding to stakeholders and end users in a timely manner
  • Managing and arranging team availability for the ITOPS Team and collaborating with the client
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver comprehensive solutions for clients.
  • Managed client relationships through regular check-ins and updates on project progress.
  • Evaluated client needs and expectations, establishing clear goals for each consulting engagement.
  • Developed innovative strategies for clients, resulting in increased revenue and business growth.
  • Delivered high-quality presentations to stakeholders, effectively communicating project objectives and results.
  • Streamlined internal processes to enhance team efficiency and improve overall project outcomes.

TechLead

COGNIZANT | Technology Solutions
04.2011 - 08.2022
  • Managing configuration management of DEV/TEST/PRE-PROD/PROD environments
  • Involved in setting up Jenkins master and multiple slaves as part of continues development and deployment process
  • Migration of TFS to Azure DevOps
  • Creating templates, creating resources, environment properties, system properties, managing configurations for all the environments Via UCD
  • Manage Jenkins, TFS admin, Nexus Repo, Urban code Deploy
  • Installing, configuring and supporting JBOSS application server on red hat Linux platform
  • Hands on Maven for building applications and written structured pom which can be consumed by Jenkins
  • Deployed web and enterprise applications on web login application servers, deployment environment included windows
  • Handling Migration of all the applications from Windows2008R2 to windows 2019 server Edition, Managing IIS app migration and deployments
  • Configuring Batch jobs in windows application & scheduling file to run automatically
  • Configuring MSMQ queue Management
  • Handle user account access management, assigning credential, distributing permission, and terminating former user
  • SSL cert renewal processing
  • Provide go-live support during critical activation periods for smooth implementation

Education

Bachelor of Arts - commerce

University of Madras
Alpha Arts & Science Collage
04.2001 - 01.2003

Skills

Problem-solving

Certification

ITIL v3 certification, Best practices and IT service management.

Disclaimer

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Timeline

TechLead

COGNIZANT | Technology Solutions
04.2011 - 08.2022

Bachelor of Arts - commerce

University of Madras
04.2001 - 01.2003

Consultant IT Operation Lead

ATOS
8 2022 - Current
RATHEESH CHERUKANDATHIT Operations