Technology Director - Accelerate Cloud Adoption, Advisory, Build New Offerings and Capabilities. Leading Global Cloud Modernisation Initiatives for the largest BU.Build next-gen DevOps capabilities leveraging GitOps and AIOps.Provide architecture design using existing pipeline for deployment of various application patternsCome up with new design elements for cloud adoption including EKS onboarding, cluster management, APIfication etcAnalyze existing architecture and design elements and bring in optimization

Architecting Customer’s cloud modernization aspirations by developing transformation strategies and roadmap. Interfacing with Industry leaders across all geographies for developing various competencies on AWS.Opportunity Pipeline Build for customers across the globe using existing horizontal and vertical hybrid cloud solutions and build reference architecture for customers.Leading Offering team and developing platforms across cloud transformation right from Advice to Operate.

Conceptualizing, designing, Architecting and incubating various platforms within Cloud arena like Cloud Migrate, Cloud Operate, Cloud Security and Compliance.Leading and designing AWS native automation within cloud operations using IaaC Leading Cloud Optimization and FinOps across cloud platforms for customers across all verticalsLeading the global offerings team and responsible for launching new services and capabilities within Cloud platforms.Responsible in Architecting and implementing Public Cloud Solutions more specifically on AWS.Responsible in designing and implementing highly available, fault-tolerant, resilient Infrastructure solutions across Web/application and Database tiers.Leading AWS Cloud Migration and Security practice within Cognizant Cloud CoEWorking Closely with Sales/Market, Pre-sales, Solutioning, Professional Services team around new services in the market and evangelising the same across Cognizant.Onboarding Security and Compliance related services like HIPAA, PCI etc on AWS platform and launch them into CIS practice. Incubating healthcare/financial vertical based services within Cognizant on Enterprise compute and Cloud.

Incubating new solutions and building capability on Enterprise compute and Cloud.Playing advisory role as part of CTO office on various Datacenter and cloud solutions/tools. Leading Platform as a Service (Paas) initiative by evaluating various solutions like Red Hat Openshift, Pivotal Cloud Foundry etc,on-boarding the same in COE and develop sales collaterals like POVs, Battle-cards, reference architectures. Supporting RFP's and large deals as part of pre-sales activity and create service aligned transformation methodologies.

Manage and participate in complex Data Center transformation and outsourcing opportunities. Experienced in assessing the current IT environment and be able to provide appropriate technical solutions to address business challenges related to data Center optimization.Work with alliance partners like Hitachi, EMC, VMware, IBM and HP to create solution for customers. 5+ years of technical experience in a solution architect / pre-sales profile including estimating, scoping, and writing proposals.Projects: Project/Program Management - Datacenter Migration/Converged Infrastructure. Plan/Design Datacenter Migration by migrating Infra services like AD, Exchange, SCCM, Lync etc along with Business critical applications to Hitachi converged stack.Architecting solutions for File server migration to Hitachi HNAS solutions.Evaluating various Datacenter migration and discovery solutions including Novel Platespin Migrate, Recon. Implantation knowledge on DT Move migration solution for various host to host workload migration and handled vendor negotiations + leading procurement process. License management, coordinating trainings for enabling teams in DC migrationVirtualization Architect - Designed VMware ESX target state as part of Datacenter Virtualization for UK based retail giant. Consultant - Infrastructure assessment for a leading storage client. Consulting Activities:Develop Infrastructure Transformation Capabilities for Infosys, provide IT architecture services to clients.Have participated in pre-sales activities by leading and responding to RFP's, solutioning.Specialties:Datacenter Consulting including Datacenter consolidation and migration, virtualization, converged Infrastructure, Infrastructure Testing, Vendor management.Awards: Outstanding Performance for Q1 Fy ' 15

Responsibilities:Design, implementation and L3 support for Exchange 2003/2007 messaging Infrastructure.Led various ongoing messaging projects with project plan and mentoring L2 team.Designed internet gateway solution and migrated from Trend Micro 7.0 to Message Labs.Awards:Nominated for Quarterly Star Award.

Responsibilities:Messaging Infrastructure Transitioning and Migration.Infrastructure support, operations, project and program management.Provided recommendations for improvements to application monitoring procedures, policies, and documentation.Awards:Individual contributor Award in recognition of outstanding performance