Architecture and Planning: • Take leadership roles in strategizing IT systems and infrastructure architecture • Implement life-cycle planning for all in-scope IT systems and infrastructure components• Ensure regular health checks of all “major” IT system and infrastructure components, including business continuity and disaster recovery elements and regular testing of back-up solutions • Define standards and policies for the deployment and operation of all in-scope IT system and… Show more Architecture and Planning: • Take leadership roles in strategizing IT systems and infrastructure architecture • Implement life-cycle planning for all in-scope IT systems and infrastructure components• Ensure regular health checks of all “major” IT system and infrastructure components, including business continuity and disaster recovery elements and regular testing of back-up solutions • Define standards and policies for the deployment and operation of all in-scope IT system and infrastructure • Undertake capacity planning for public and private cloud applications• Undertake financial planning and budgeting to support the annual budget processAcquisition and deployment: • Foster close engagement with software development and project terms to identify and document emerging requirements • Undertake solution architecture, high-level design and/or detailed design documentation as appropriate • Prepare vendor engagement documents including RFIs and RFPs and perform vendor identification, engagement, selection, negotiation and relationship management • Drive product evaluation and selection of new infrastructure products to meet strategic business initiatives. This may include project activities from proof-of-concepts, production deployment and handover to operations Operations and Management: • Manage team resources between BAU and project commitments ensuring up time as per OLA & SLA• Provide leadership support and expert hands-on technical support and guidance to the software engineering team. • Undertaken self and team training and development plans to drive technology certification and promote the use of new and emerging technologies• Design / develop Enterprise / infrastructure architecture, security policies and governance framework of EA / Agile practices and act as facilitator to assist staff members• Define & review industry/supply/vendor support and enforce SLA/OLA in line with EA governance framework and ITIL/COBIT best practices Show less

• Project Head (Tech.)/Sys. Architect of in-house s/w development unit and define milestone, develop achievable plans and prepare SLA, Identify operational steps for the implementation of IPDR in the Crestel – a Telecom Billing product• Initiated / design CAN and ITSM architecture, designed/developed Intranet/Extranet portal• Design the IT Infrastructure and network architecture for more than 3000 computers, 30 servers and 8000 users with managed Wi-Fi solution in multi-location… Show more • Project Head (Tech.)/Sys. Architect of in-house s/w development unit and define milestone, develop achievable plans and prepare SLA, Identify operational steps for the implementation of IPDR in the Crestel – a Telecom Billing product• Initiated / design CAN and ITSM architecture, designed/developed Intranet/Extranet portal• Design the IT Infrastructure and network architecture for more than 3000 computers, 30 servers and 8000 users with managed Wi-Fi solution in multi-location environment• Design/Develop Architecture of FC BUS DUCT for Neil Engineers, USA• Design/Develop Architecture of Stock Inventory Sys for Jay Maharaj Stores, USA• Design/Develop architecture framework of Suggestion Management System and Knowledge Forum for Elitecore Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Ahmedabad, India Show less