Ramani K
Pune
Summary
AVP Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer with 16+ years of experience in the IT banking and financial services sector, including Deutsche Bank, HSBC, and Fiserv. Currently at Deutsche Bank's Corporate Bank Tech - High-Value Payments division, working in a DevOps Engineering and SRE role with comprehensive Cloud Solutions (GCP & AWS). Proven expertise in contributing to and implementing robust cloud-native architectures and solutions, including containerization deployments using Docker and Kubernetes in OpenShift environments. Work further extends to initiatives like Ansible automation for infrastructure-level software monitoring (NetProbes), migrating critical FX Artifactory instances to GCP, optimizing Kafka messaging configurations, managing SSL certificates, and ensuring regulatory compliance through timely software upgrades. This expertise drives resilient payment workflows and ensures operational excellence and regulatory compliance, enhancing service delivery across global regions (US, APAC, EMEA).
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Associate Vice President (AVP) - Senior DevOps Engineer & SRE
Deutsche Bank
Pune
08.2023 - Current
- Act as a Google Cloud engineer/developer for high-value payments platforms, designing and supporting cloud-native and hybrid solutions on GCP with focus on reliability, security, and performance.
- Automate and optimize PLCM US region high-value payment processing platforms, implementing operations-as-code using Ansible for Netprobe agent installations, package upgrades, and controlled migrations.
- Own end-to-end CI/CD deployments across Development, UAT, and Production environments, building robust Jenkins + GitHub pipelines to standardize and accelerate releases.
- Leverage GCP, Kubernetes, and Docker to host and scale payment services, modernize legacy components, and improve deployment consistency and resilience.
- Configure and maintain Kafka clusters supporting payment workflows, ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and appropriate capacity planning.
- Implement and enhance monitoring and logging using Geneos and Splunk, enabling proactive detection and faster resolution of production issues (improved MTTR/MTTD).
- Manage certificate creation and deployment for VHS hosts, ensuring secure communication and compliance with internal security and regulatory standards.
- Integrate AI-powered tools (Gemini Code Assist) into IDEs and pipelines to improve developer productivity and code quality.
- Collaborate with US, APAC, and EMEA teams to roll out solutions globally, aligning on operational readiness, regulatory requirements, and release schedules.
- Corporate Bank Tech - High-Value Payments division, working in a DevOps Engineering and SRE role with comprehensive Cloud Solutions (GCP & AWS).
Team Lead / Senior Consultant Specialist - DevOps & SRE
HSBC Software Development
Pune
09.2010 - 07.2023
- Performed SRE responsibilities for the Smart Vista Malta Flyway (ATM/Switch) project, ensuring reliable and secure environments through CI/CD-based deployments, capacity planning, and incident prevention.
- Led DevOps and CI/CD initiatives using Jenkins (including G3 deployments), integrating unit (JUnit/Jest), integration, and BDD tests to support fast and safe releases.
- Served as central DevOps tooling lead for WPB-Channels, implementing and managing Jenkins CI/CD, SonarQube, IQ Scan, Checkmarx, DAST, and integrating them into delivery pipelines across multiple applications.
- Acted as SCM lead, defining and enforcing branching and versioning strategies in RTC and GitHub, enabling continuous delivery and multi-stream parallel development.
- Worked as an AWS DevOps engineer, onboarding new business accounts and applications to AWS-based Jenkins environments and standardizing cloud DevOps practices.
- Served as central build and release engineer, handling build tooling (Maven, Nexus, G3 deployments) and resolving build/deployment issues across DIT, SIT, UAT, and PROD environments.
- Supported Agile delivery using Scrum, actively participating in sprint planning, stakeholder updates, and cross-team collaboration to resolve complex configuration and deployment challenges.
- Conducted internal trainings on RTC, CI/CD practices, build cycle, and DevOps culture, driving adoption of modern tooling and processes across teams and regions.
Software Engineer
Fiserv India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
03.2007 - 10.2008
- Developed web-based banking and insurance applications (RXP, Small Biz, Policy Star) using Core Java, Servlets, JSP, Hibernate, Spring, JavaScript, Dojo, WebLogic.
- Worked with DB2 and followed RUP methodology, contributing to requirements analysis, estimation, design, construction, and unit testing.
Education
M.Tech - Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (NTU)
HyderabadB.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Andhra University
VishakhapatnamSkills
- GCP (Google Cloud)
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- OpenShift
- Jenkins
- GitHub
- GitHub Ops
- BitBucket
- Maven
- Gradle
- RTC
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Helm charts
- Geneos
- Splunk
- New Relic
- AppDynamics
- CloudWatch
- Grafana
- SonarQube
- IQ Scan
- Checkmarx
- Veracode
- DAST/SAST integration
- Kafka
- Shell
- Groovy
- Python
- Java
- C
- C
Certification
- Google Cloud Engineer Certificate, Deutsche Bank GCP
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional, AWS DevOps
Awards
- Team Player Award - collaboration and delivery excellence
- Sports and cultural awards
Core Skills
GCP (Google Cloud), AWS (Amazon Web Services), Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift, Jenkins, GitHub, GitHub Ops, BitBucket, Maven, Gradle, RTC, Ansible, Terraform, Helm charts, Geneos, Splunk, New Relic, AppDynamics, CloudWatch, Grafana, SonarQube, IQ Scan, Checkmarx, Veracode, DAST/SAST integration, Kafka, Shell, Groovy, Python, Java, C, C++
Timeline
Associate Vice President (AVP) - Senior DevOps Engineer & SRE
Deutsche Bank
08.2023 - Current
Team Lead / Senior Consultant Specialist - DevOps & SRE
HSBC Software Development
09.2010 - 07.2023
Software Engineer
Fiserv India Pvt. Ltd.
03.2007 - 10.2008
M.Tech - Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (NTU)
B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Andhra University