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Shiva Sharma

Noida

Summary

Dynamic Technical Lead with extensive experience at Sopra Steria, specializing in Axway API solutions and cloud migrations. Proven track record in disaster recovery planning and customer engagement, ensuring seamless upgrades and onboarding for over 18 clients. Adept in AWS and Kubernetes, driving efficiency and excellence in service delivery.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Technical Lead

Sopra Steria
01.2025 - Current

Managing Axway Amplify API solutions for cloud 18 + customers ( AWS/ Azure /Kubernetes). Solution Lead for APAC & EMEA for Cloud Customer

Managing Critical upgrades, Priority Issues, DR Activity, New Customer onboarding, Migration and end-to-end solutions.

Skills: Axway API Gateway Manager· Axway API Manager ·Axway APIM Upgrade, API Portal Upgrade, Axway Decision Insight Upgrade, Disaster Recovery Planning and execution· Customer Engagement · ITIL Process Implementation · Linux · Azure pipeline · Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure Portal · Kubernetes · Bash scripting · Application · REST APIs · Linux Server · Migration Projects · Apache · Site Upgrades · Cassandra · Application Architecture.

  • Handle assigned tasks within the team.
  • Work on assigned priority/ mager tickets & postmortem to provide the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to the customer.
  • Manage BSR of policy implementation and deployment of the Fed or XML file through Policy Studio.
  • Manage Axway API Gateway, API Manager, API Portal, Axway Decision Insight, and Cassandra.
  • Escalate issues to EG & R&D with the necessary analysis.
  • Maintain Service Level Agreements (SLA) and efficiency during shifts.
  • Keep the Management informed of major & Priority issues in Global meetings.
  • Ensure proper shift handover with the next available shift lead and set up sync-ups with the team to resolve open issues assigned to team members.
  • Ensure the application is up and running, analyzing the impact of changes and fixes before applying it to the customer environment to avoid outages.,
  • Plan the Customer activity (upgrades, DR Activity, Migration, Patching, Changes, Planned maintenance window)
  • Prepare knowledge base for new issues and create high-level and technical game plans for critical activities to avoid human error.
  • Debug logs using application and system-generated logs and AWS/Azure monitoring graphs.
  • Monitoring Tools: Grafana, Icinga, Prometheus, CloudWatch.
  • Ticketing Tools: Jira, ServiceNow.
  • Databases: MySQL, Cassandra.

Module Lead

Sopra Steria
08.2022 - 01.2025

Managing Axway Amplify API solutions for cloud 18 + customers ( AWS/ Azure /Kubernetes). Solution Lead for APAC Cloud Customer

Managing Critical upgrades, Priority Issues, DR Activity, New Customer onboarding, Migration and end-to-end solutions.

Skills: Axway API Gateway Manager· Axway API Manager ·Axway APIM Upgrade · Customer Engagement · ITIL Process Implementation · Linux · Azure pipeline · Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure Portal · Kubernetes · Bash scripting · Application · REST APIs · Linux Server · Migration Projects · Apache · Site Upgrades · Cassandra · Application Architecture.

  • Handle assigned tasks within the shift.
  • Work on assigned priority/manage tickets & postmortem to provide the Root Cause Analysis (RCA) to the customer.
  • Manage BSR of policy implementation and deployment of the Fed or XML file through Policy Studio.
  • Manage Axway API Gateway, API Manager.
  • Escalate issues to EG & R&D with the necessary analysis.
  • Maintain Service Level Agreements (SLA) and efficiency during shifts.
  • Keep the Management informed of major & Priority issues in Global meetings.
  • Ensure proper shift handover with the next available shift lead and set up sync-ups with the team to resolve open issues assigned to team members.
  • Ensure the application is up and running, analyzing the impact of changes and fixes before applying it to the customer environment to avoid outages.,
  • Plan the Customer activity (upgrades, Migration, Patching, Changes, Planned maintenance window)
  • Prepare a knowledge base for new issues and create high-level and technical game plans for critical activities to avoid human error.
  • Debug logs using application and system-generated logs and AWS/Azure monitoring graphs.
  • Monitoring Tools: Grafana, Icinga, Prometheus, CloudWatch.
  • Ticketing Tools: Jira, ServiceNow.
  • Databases: MySQL, Cassandra.

System Engineer

Wunderman Thompson Commerce
02.2021 - 08.2022

Managed 10+ Cloud Customers, responsible for issues, monitoring process & alerting, and System availability for cloud ecommerce solutions(Intershop).

Skill:- Customer Engagement · ITIL Process Implementation · Linux ·Intershop management console.Datadog, New Relic, RapidSpike PRTG.Logs debugging, SFTP monitoring, Replication monitoring, Akamai Purge cache

  • Take care of Webshop and Intershop(SLD system/SMC/Backoffice) related issues and tasks.
  • Work on the assigned ticket and provide the issue RCA to the Customer.
  • Escalate the issue on L3 With the required Analysis.
  • Maintain the SLA and efficiency during the shift.
  • Proper Shift handover with the next available Engineer.
  • Monitoring Key Jobs and setting up site readiness for different Projects.
  • Prepare a knowledge base for the team.
  • Logs debugging, SFTP monitoring, Replication monitoring, Akamai Purge cache
  • Monitoring Tool - Datadog, New Relic, RapidSpike PRTG.
  • Ticketing Tool- Jira, Service Now
  • Database- SQL, PostgreSQL

Assistance Manager

Power2sme Pvt Ltd
10.2018 - 01.2021
  • Provide support for data centers hosted Applications & Database servers.
  • Manage the AWS Hosted Servers and maintenance.
  • Manage & monitor Network, Firewall, VPN and other Access.
  • Manage the Dialer application and Database server.
  • Shift management, Team management.

Senior Product Engineer(L3)

Drishti Soft Solutions
05.2018 - 10.2018
  • Managed 60+ Cloud Customers, responsible for mager issues, Upgrades, Onboarding, and Migration for contact center solutions.
  • Provide L3-level Support based on L2 Analysis and solve the customer query.
  • Shift management.
  • Change management.
  • Escalate the issue to the Product team(L4) with the required analysis.
  • Prepare a knowledge base for the team.
  • Prepare a Plan of action document for scheduled maintenance and build upgrade activity.

Product Engineer(L2)

Drishti Soft Solutions
07.2016 - 04.2018
  • Managed 60+ Cloud Customers, responsible for issues, Upgrades, Onboarding and change management for contact center solutions.
  • Work on the assigned ticket and provide the issue RCA to the Customer.
  • Escalate the issue on L3 with the required Analysis.
  • Maintain the SLA and efficiency during the shift.
  • Proper Shift handover with the next available Engineer.
  • Complete the Activity as per the shared POA on the Customer Server.

Product Trainee

Drishti Soft Solutions
09.2015 - 06.2016
  • Attend the Product training session and submit the assignment within the timeline.
  • Understand the Customer query and provide L1-level support to Customers.
  • Schedule Customer Activity and complete responsibility of new, open, and pending tickets.

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science

UP Technical University
Lucknow
06.2014

Intermediate - PCM

UP Board
Allahabad, U.P
06.2010

High School -

UP Board
Allahabad, U.P
06.2008

Skills

Axway APIM Upgrade

API Portal Upgrade

Axway Decision Insight Upgrade

Disaster Recovery Planning and Execution

Customer Engagement

ITIL Process Implementation

Linux

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Kubernetes

Migration Projects

Site Upgrades

Cassandra

Certification

  • ITIL 4 Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management, 03/08/2022
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, 10/01/2023

Accomplishments

  • The Service Champions Award three times for commendable ownership of my responsibilities, outstanding performance in Team KT, and exceptional customer handling (Drishti Soft Solution).
  • The Relay Awards twice for my dedication to work and for setting up health checks in one of my projects.(Wunderman Thompson Commerce)
  • One Team Spot Award, Two Spot Awards, three Pinnacle Awards, the Team Falcon Award, the Team Excellence Award, and the Customer's Delight Award.(Sopra Steria)

Timeline

Technical Lead

Sopra Steria
01.2025 - Current

Module Lead

Sopra Steria
08.2022 - 01.2025

System Engineer

Wunderman Thompson Commerce
02.2021 - 08.2022

Assistance Manager

Power2sme Pvt Ltd
10.2018 - 01.2021

Senior Product Engineer(L3)

Drishti Soft Solutions
05.2018 - 10.2018

Product Engineer(L2)

Drishti Soft Solutions
07.2016 - 04.2018

Product Trainee

Drishti Soft Solutions
09.2015 - 06.2016

B.Tech - Computer Science

UP Technical University

Intermediate - PCM

UP Board

High School -

UP Board
Shiva Sharma