Sandeep Sunku
Hyderabad
Summary
Dynamic and results-driven Program Manager with over 14 years of experience in leading large-scale, cloud-native technology programs. Specialized in DevOps transformation, SRE implementation, and agile delivery across global teams. Proven ability to align engineering execution with business goals, drive operational excellence, and deliver scalable, reliable, and secure infrastructure solutions.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Program Manager, DevOps & SRE
Phenom
09.2021 - Current
- Spearheaded delivery of multiple microservices-based platforms on AWS and GCP using Kubernetes and Terraform.
- Designed and implemented SRE practices including SLIs/SLOs, incident response, and postmortems.
- Led CI/CD modernization using Jenkins and GitLab CI, reducing deployment time by 40%.
- Established governance frameworks for release management, compliance, and infrastructure cost optimization.
- Mentored and scaled a high-performing DevOps team; fostered a culture of ownership and continuous improvement.
- Acted as the primary liaison between engineering, product, and business stakeholders.
Senior DevOps Engineer / Project Lead
Catlight Health/Pramati Technologies/Indmax Solution
10.2010 - 09.2021
- Delivered cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and Azure using IaC (Terraform, CloudFormation).
- Managed Kubernetes clusters (EKS/AKS) with auto-scaling, DR, and blue-green deployments.
- Implemented observability stack (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana), reducing MTTR by 60%.
- Transitioned legacy monoliths to microservices, doubling release velocity.
- Collaborated with product owners to define sprint goals and delivery milestones.
Education
MBA - Computer Science
ISBM
Chennai, India 04.2001 -
Skills
Agile/Scrum
SDLC governance
stakeholder engagement
risk mitigation
CI/CD
observability
incident management
reliability engineering
AWS
Azure
GCP
Kubernetes
Terraform
CloudFormation
Jenkins
GitLab CI
GitHub Actions
Ansible
Docker
Prometheus
Grafana
ELK Stack
Pingdom
Cross-functional team mentoring
performance management
DevOps culture building
IT infrastructure
Scrum master
Requirements gathering
Stakeholder management
System architecture
Risk analysis and management
Project management
Team leadership
Program leadership
Decision-making
Strategic planning
Project coordination
Stakeholder communications
Change management
Team leadership and direction
Scheduling and planning
Data collection & research
Agile projects
Process improvement
Budget coordination
Interpersonal skills
Program reviews
Relationship building
Operations management
Critical thinking
Vendor relationship management
Life cycle management
Problem-solving
Cultural sensitivity
Certification
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Accomplishments
- Delivery Excellence: Reduced average release cycle by 50% and improved predictability.
- SRE Maturity: Introduced SLOs and error budgets, improving system reliability to 99.95%.
- Process Innovation: Built a delivery maturity model for CI/CD, SDLC, and observability.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Enhanced visibility and trust through structured reporting and communication.
- Team Growth: Mentored 15+ engineers, fostering a collaborative and resilient DevOps culture.
Projects Handled
- AWS Cloud Migration, Led the end-to-end migration of 100+ applications from on-prem to AWS, managing cross-functional teams across 3 regions. Delivered with zero downtime and 25% cost savings.
- Security & Vulnerability Remediation, Directed a DevSecOps initiative to patch critical vulnerabilities across 300+ systems. Integrated security tools with CI/CD and ensured full compliance without production impact.
- RHEL 7 to 8 Upgrade, Oversaw the upgrade of 200+ Linux servers, coordinating across DevOps, infra, and app teams. Automated workflows and ensured zero disruption with full compatibility.
- Disaster Recovery Program, Directed the design and implementation of a resilient DR network architecture, ensuring alignment with business-defined RTO/RPO objectives and maintaining high availability across critical services.
- Containerization Strategy, Program-managed the transformation of 500+ microservices from binary-based deployments to Docker containers, enabling standardized and scalable delivery pipelines.
- Kubernetes Modernization, Led the enterprise-wide migration of 1,000+ microservices to a production-grade Kubernetes platform, driving automation, high availability, and efficient resource utilization.
- Cloud Infrastructure Optimization, Oversaw the migration of 500+ EC2 instances to a modern VPC architecture, enhancing security, performance, and operational agility through subnet segmentation and NAT gateway integration.
- Crisis Management & DNS Recovery, Successfully led emergency DNS migration from GoDaddy to AWS Route 53 during a critical outage, restoring services within 3 hours and minimizing business impact.
- Environment Automation, Spearheaded automation of ITX environment provisioning, reducing lead time from 3 months to 2 weeks through cross-functional collaboration and process streamlining.
- Cloud Cost Optimization, Directed a cost-efficiency initiative that migrated workloads to AWS Graviton instances, achieving $500K in annual savings while improving performance-to-cost ratios.
Timeline
Program Manager, DevOps & SRE
Phenom
09.2021 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer / Project Lead
Catlight Health/Pramati Technologies/Indmax Solution
10.2010 - 09.2021
MBA - Computer Science
ISBM
04.2001 -