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Vaibhav Deshpande

Bangalore

Summary

Cloud Engineering Lead with 13+ years of experience designing and implementing secure, scalable Azure solutions across global enterprise environments. Expert in cloud migrations, infrastructure automation (Terraform, PowerShell), AKS, and hybrid networking. Proven leader in driving modernization initiatives, team mentorship, and vulnerability remediation using Wiz and Qualys. Strong, cross-functional collaborator focused on reliability, security, and cost optimization.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cloud Engineering Lead

ECOLAB
Bangalore
08.2022 - Current
  • Leading a 21-member global team across cloud, server, and security, driving Azure adoption, and automation initiatives.
  • Designed and deployed Azure environments using hub-and-spoke topology, Azure Firewall, and private endpoints for secure workload isolation.
  • Migrated over 200 on-premises workloads to Azure using Azure Migrate and ASR, achieving zero downtime and a 15% cost reduction.
  • Provisioned Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters with a private API, cluster autoscaler, and App Gateway Ingress, supporting scalable container workloads.
  • Automated infrastructure builds using Terraform and PowerShell, reducing provisioning time by 50%.
  • Enhanced security posture using Key Vault, Managed Identity, and Conditional Access across web apps and APIs.
  • Integrated monitoring via Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and ADF pipelines to support data flow observability.
  • Remediated security vulnerabilities across Azure workloads using Wiz and Qualys, implementing patching strategies, and collaborating with app owners to close high-severity findings in VMs, containers, and PaaS resources.

Senior System Engineer

BETSOL
Bangalore
07.2017 - 08.2022
  • Managed large-scale VMware/vSphere environments, including host configuration, resource management, HA/DRS, snapshots, and patch lifecycle.
  • Supported hybrid infrastructure with Windows Server 2008–2016, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, and group policy management across 1500+ endpoints.
  • Worked closely with application teams and network teams to resolve cross-platform incidents involving vCenter, OS, and network layers.
  • Played a key role in on-prem to Azure migration readiness, assessing workloads for compatibility and documenting dependencies.
  • Led post-incident reviews, root cause analysis, and implemented proactive improvements to avoid recurrence.
  • Created and executed VM patching schedules, hardware lifecycle management, and BCP/DR documentation.
  • Mentored junior engineers and standardized troubleshooting SOPs, improving first-level resolution rate by 30%.

Information Management Specialist

ATOS IT SERVICES LIMITED
Bangalore
06.2016 - 06.2017

NOC Engineer

DIMENSIONS DATA
Bangalore
09.2014 - 06.2016

Senior Systems Engineer

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
09.2012 - 09.2014

Education

MBA - Project Managment

ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY
Bangalore
01.2019

Bachelor of Technology -

GOGTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Belgaum
01.2011

Skills

  • Azure (IaaS, AKS, Networking, ADF, Key Vault)
  • Terraform PowerShell Azure DevOps
  • Wiz Qualys Conditional access Azure Firewall
  • VMware Vsphere Windows Server DNS Load balancer

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
  • GCP - Associate Cloud Engineer Certification
  • ITIL v3
  • CCNA
  • CCNP

Hobbies and Interests

  • Bike Riding
  • Travelling
  • Reading
  • Motivational/Fictional/Financial Books

Accomplishments

  • Star Player of the Year Award – 2024

Timeline

Cloud Engineering Lead

ECOLAB
08.2022 - Current

Senior System Engineer

BETSOL
07.2017 - 08.2022

Information Management Specialist

ATOS IT SERVICES LIMITED
06.2016 - 06.2017

NOC Engineer

DIMENSIONS DATA
09.2014 - 06.2016

Senior Systems Engineer

COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
09.2012 - 09.2014

MBA - Project Managment

ALLIANCE UNIVERSITY

Bachelor of Technology -

GOGTE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

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