Raheem Lodi Email & Phone Number

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

In my role as Global Automation Engagement & Architect Leader at Cognizant, I collaborate with client leadership to evangelize our Automation Roadmap, define objectives, and lead a team of Architects to build solutions on AIOps with Artificial intelligence and Machine Learning models. I managed project risks, built a niche team of solution & delivery architects, and facilitated discussions with customers to ensure successful project outcomes.With extensive experience in AIOps (Observability, AIOps, Automation & Visualization), solution architecture, and responding to RFPs, I have successfully led numerous projects that enhance system monitoring and performance. My expertise in AIOps ensures that I can provide comprehensive insights into system health and performance, enabling proactive issue resolution. As a seasoned solution architect leader, I have led, designed and implemented robust, scalable solutions that meet complex business requirements. Additionally, my proficiency in responding to RFPs has allowed me to craft compelling proposals that highlight our unique value propositions, ultimately securing significant business opportunities.

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Automation Architect for some of the largest clients in North America.Responsible for:* Defining vision & strategy* Automation platform selection and deployment* Secure approvals from Enterprise architects, security architects, etc* Provide a path to deliver committed savings on time* Define integrations and build an ecosystem of reusable assets

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Automation Architect for some of the largest clients in North America.Responsible for:* Defining vision & strategy* Automation platform selection and deployment* Secure approvals from Enterprise architects, security architects, etc* Provide a path to deliver committed savings on time* Define integrations and build an ecosystem of reusable assets

Teaneck, New Jersey, Us

Leading a team of 80+ associates to deliver Cognizant Automation program for 25+ accounts spanning across Banking, Insurance, Communication, Retails, Health Care & Life Sciences with focus on Customer satisfaction, SLA’s & business goals. Responsibilities include architecting the solution, Data analysis to identify opportunities for automation, working with technical experts to define SOP’s and driving the adoption of the implemented solution. • Responsible for Architecting solution with right automation tools and sizing for DC/Cloud solutions• Responsible for defining and managing the delivery of Automation solution across all clients• Responsible for governing the project & reporting the success % across delivery leaders• Define Work break down, track and update status on various projects & client deliverables• Build Proof Of Concept to adapt Artificial Intelligence (AI)/Machine Learning tools.

Armonk, New York, Ny, Us

Technical Solutions Architect/Lead Automation – Continuous Service Improvement, responsible for leading a team for Analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of Automation for Infrastructure Managed Services across all IBM clients including clients in Health, Avionics and Communications sector. Received IBM’s prestigious “Hall of Fame” award – Q4, 2013, Automation Factory award and various client recognition awards including Outstanding Performance award from client and IBM.• Responsible for defining and managing the delivery of Dynamic Automation across all clients• Define Work break down, track and update status on various projects & client deliverables• Use DevOps as the tool for Product delivery involving quality testing, feature development, and maintenance releases for improved deployment efficiency• Lead weekly review calls with stake holders communicating project status• Mentor the team and help individuals define and follow a career roadmap• Provide proof of concept for Orchestration and manage client application upgrades• Define, discuss, implement and deploy SOP’s using Operation Orchestration tools from IPSoft/HP.• Lead the effort of automating virtual environments including Citrix & VMWare.• Responsible for smooth running of Run Book Automation-RBA using Operations Orchestration (HPOO) includes package availability at sites, Server uptime of 15 days across 3500 servers• Daily health check of Orchestrator environment and debugging of failed flows.• Create dashboard views across workflows to report health of the environment using PowerShell.• Run Book Automations for Server Side Operations.• Various other activities include custom application deployments in a staged manner across environments following the ITIL Change management process.

Principal Consultant – Lead Global Operations, lead a team of 12 engineers across Citrix, VMWare, Security – Symantec, HP Data Protector Backup, Windows technologies to support various clients from Logistics and Aviation domains .Received Service Excellence award for outstanding performance. • Lead the transition effort for various projects from Ciber US and clients to India • Responsible for day to day Implementation, engineering and management of entire Active Directory, Citrix Terminal Services, HP Data Protector Backup, SQL Server 2005/2008 and Symantec security using Symantec End Point Protection & Web Gateway.• Configured, tested, and published various applications for remote access via Citrix.• Developed technical documentation and diagrams for the hardware and software configuration, installation, and troubleshooting of problems for Citrix Presentation Server Farm• Managing of Citrix Farm Server, Streaming applications, Application install and troubleshoot faulting applications.• Administration, Installation and Management of Citrix Presentation servers, VMWare servers and Physical servers.• Management of Citrix 4.5 / Xenapp Farms (Server Management, Application deployment and publishing on Citrix farm, Server load Evaluation, Session Management, Printer Management, etc)• Defined and developed HP Data Protector Backup Solution for both Physical & Virtual machines, Created Standard Operating Procedures (SOP's) for high backup availability.• Designed & deployed various batch, VB scripts for custom application deployments. • Design, Plan & Implement changes, applying critical updates/patches on the servers – OS & application following the ITIL Change Management process.

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

Bachelor Of Engineering - Be, Computer Science