Rajesh Ramachandran Email & Phone Number

United States

Frisco, Texas, United States

Here, I provide oversight and direction for technology operations, including key projects, strategic initiatives, digital infrastructure architecture, infrastructure services, and DevOps practices in line with organizational practices and regulatory protocols. I monitor and control $20M IT budget for Platform Services Organization in line with financial constraints and strategic goals. Additionally, I manage infrastructure hardware/software subscriptions, cost negotiations, and vendor professional services contracts. I also orchestrate the development of roadmaps/blueprints for multiple cloud migration projects to track and ensure successful delivery of all projects.➥ Built and spearhead a high-performing team of 200+ people, including architects and engineers from scratch to deliver exceptional outcomes and results. ➥ Lead the selection, recruitment, and onboarding of high-caliber employees to meet organizational needs and requirements. ➥ Enable staff members to excel in assigned roles and responsibilities by providing optimal resources, training, and guidance.➥ Saved $10M in operational costs for the company by introducing benefits document digitization.➥ Supervised and coordinated a group of architects and cloud platform engineers to ensure successful management of infrastructure solutions for digital technologies BU in Platform Services Organization.

Frisco, Tx

In this position, I provided expert advice and recommendations to executive management on technological solutions and key projects. I orchestrated the design, development, and delivery of infrastructure solutions for both on-premises and cloud platforms. I also supported the development of cloud migration strategy and roadmap for platform services and digital technologies. Delivered deep insights on operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, and cost optimization. I developed and integrated multiple applications in digital technologies for cloud enablement. I also enhanced developer productivity by formulating and implementing the WorkOS initiative for digital experience applications.➥ Acknowledged for for successfully migrating more than 500 Applications to a cloud-based container platform on EKS.➥ Designed an advanced solution using Terraform and Ansible for IaC; CI/CD pipeline and automation to support the enterprise DevSecOps.➥ Instrumental in building DevSecOps Center of Excellence for the enterprise. ➥ Delivered cost optimizations for the cloud account regarding platform services and other digital technology applications.➥ Successfully managed the establishment of cloud foundation strategy for the platform services organization, including cloud infrastructure and platform on AWS.

In this role, I developed, monitored, and controlled an average of $20M infrastructure budget for the platform services and digital technologies. I maintained up-to-date knowledge and understanding of solution designs on AWS, IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS. I also managed several data center migration projects, including vendor selection, RFP review, PoC, and prototypes, while supporting the reference architecture and EA community of practice and TSB.➥ Recognized for successfully architecting and delivering the infrastructure for SOA, web service gateways, APIs, and micro-services.➥ Led and executed projects to ensure seamless integration of the application on cloud platform as well as containerize the middle-tier APIs and micro-services as a cloud foundation effort.➥ Delivered savings of ~$15M dollars in operating costs on HW and software licenses consecutively for the last three years by recommending and implementing operational excellence practices.➥ Achieved and sustained 100% system availability for more than seven months consecutively in 2016; supported enterprise infrastructure architects to build new DR systems for enterprise SOA middle-tier organizations.

Here, I orchestrated development of robust infrastructure solutions for LOB's applications. I executed datacenter migration and re-platforming projects for several middleware products. I monitored and coordinated operational excellence efforts to improve system availability.➥ Minimized operating costs significantly by revamping the incident management strategy to improve availability and reduce MTTR.➥ Led the implementation of a Z-Linux-based platform(Linux on mainframe HW) nationwide for the first time, while serving as a key contributor and consultant.

Administration of Middleware productsStrategic planning for Development life cycle from systems prospective, configuration management.Managing multiple regions production Roll-outs, global roll-outs and led production support team.

Responsible for project management, implementation of LAN and WAN in all branches.Define and implement information Security policyStrategic planning and assist CFO in IT annual budget