TAUSIF IMTIYAZ SHAIKH

Strategic IT and Cloud Infrastructure Leader with over 18 years of experience driving enterprise technology strategy, cloud transformation, and operational excellence across global environments. Proven leadership in managing distributed teams and stakeholders across India, the US, and Australia, delivering secure, scalable, and highly available 24x7 operations.

Strong track record in defining IT roadmaps, optimizing cloud spend, strengthening governance and compliance, and leading large scale infrastructure modernization initiatives. Experienced in executive stakeholder management, vendor negotiations, budgeting, and aligning technology investments with long term business goals. Known for building high performing teams, driving automation, and bringing stability during periods of organizational change.

Large Scale Azure Infrastructure Leadership
Led the management and operations of large scale Azure cloud environments supporting 5000+ servers across global regions including India, US, Australia, and Europe, ensuring high availability, operational stability, and secure infrastructure delivery.

AI Powered Incident RCA Chatbot
Designed and implemented an AI powered chatbot for incident Root Cause Analysis, enabling engineers to analyze incident patterns, access historical resolutions, and identify probable root causes faster, improving incident response and operational efficiency.

AI Driven Azure VM Rightsizing Initiative
Developed an AI based solution to analyze Azure VM utilization across multiple subscriptions and recommend optimal VM sizes, helping identify cost saving opportunities and strengthening FinOps driven cloud optimization.

End to End Infrastructure Automation
Led the development of automation for environment and platform provisioning using APIs and infrastructure workflows, significantly reducing manual effort and accelerating infrastructure deployment.

Cloud Cost Optimization Leadership
Drove Azure cost optimization initiatives including rightsizing resources, removing unused assets, improving tagging governance, and infrastructure cleanup, leading to measurable cloud cost savings.

Observability and Monitoring Enhancement
Implemented improved observability dashboards and monitoring frameworks, increasing infrastructure visibility and enabling faster detection and resolution of production issues.

OpenTelemetry Deployment Across Environments
Led the rollout of OpenTelemetry agents for infrastructure and application monitoring, strengthening telemetry collection and improving platform observability.

Platform Modernization and Load Balancer Migration
Successfully led load balancer migration initiatives, enabling adoption of modern Azure networking capabilities and improving reliability, scalability, and performance of critical environments.

Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Readiness
Played a key role in planning and executing disaster recovery tests across multiple client environments, ensuring business continuity and successful go live readiness.

Global Team Leadership and Delivery
Managed and collaborated with cross functional infrastructure teams across Mumbai, Bangalore, Pune, US, and Australia, delivering 24/7 cloud infrastructure operations and critical platform initiatives.