Gunjan Kumar Pandey
Summary
Highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a passion for building scalable and reliable systems. Seeking a challenging role in a growth-oriented, leading-edge organization that recognizes and values individual contribution and provides opportunities for growth and advancement. Expertise in DevOps, infrastructure automation, and incident response dedicated to ensuring the stability and performance of mission-critical applications. Strong analytical abilities and a passion for learning and growth in a consulting environment, bringing a foundation in data analysis and project management. Ready to quickly acquire industry-specific expertise and utilize skills in strategic planning and client relationship management in a technical role.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Consultant-Technical Group Manager
HCLTECH
07.2011 - Current
- Expertise in managing large-scale cloud migration projects, ensuring smooth transitions from on-premise to cloud environments while minimizing disruptions
- Skilled at leading cross-functional teams across cloud architecture, development, security, and operations to ensure seamless project execution
- Proficient in utilizing Agile and Waterfall methodologies for cloud-based projects, adapting to project needs and ensuring timely, cost-effective delivery
- Strong ability to identify, assess, and mitigate technical and business risks in cloud projects, ensuring minimal impact on timelines and objectives
- Effective at managing stakeholder expectations, providing regular updates, and ensuring alignment between technical teams and business goals in cloud technology projects
- Highly skilled Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with a passion for building scalable and reliable systems
- Proficient in managing and troubleshooting complex, distributed systems
- Deep understanding of cloud technologies
- Deep understanding about Data Science and AI ML Technology.
- Strong knowledge of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes
- Experience with infrastructure automation tools like CloudFormation or Ansible
- Skilled in monitoring and logging tools
- Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and tools
- Knowledge of incident response and post-incident analysis methodologies
- Collaborated with development teams to design and implement scalable and reliable infrastructure solutions
- Developed and maintained monitoring systems, ensuring timely detection and resolution of incidents
- Conducted capacity planning and performance optimization to meet growing demands
- Led incident response efforts, conducting post-incident analysis, and implementing preventive measures
- Participated in on-call rotations, responding to and resolving production incidents promptly
- AWS Well-Architected Framework
- Manage the day-to-day operations of the shift, ensuring the team in India is staffed and SLA commitments are met
- Drive personnel management ensuring the engineers have what they need to provide best-in-class support
- Participate in Hiring Process to hire and build/grow team of Support Engineers in India
- Influence Sr
- Support Engineers and development teams to improve the customer support experience
- Propose, drive, and implement initiatives within the support organization to maximize the customer support experience
- Managing the engineers in the team effectively to keep their focus on the customers as well as develop their own career
- Handle escalations and guide engineers to the proper teams by diving deep into the problem
- Drives effective business and technical discussions
- Delivered high-quality solutions for clients through comprehensive research and analysis of industry trends.
- Developed innovative strategies to address complex business challenges, resulting in increased profitability for clients.
Technical Consultant
REDHAT INC
10.2010 - 07.2011
- Responsible for deployment and support for infrastructure based on RHEL, RedHat Clustering, GFS, Virtualization (KVM & RHEV) & JBoss-EAP in close association with RedHat presales team for various customers like NIC, IRCTC, CRIS, CMS, SAP etc
- Implemented JBoss EAP in various combinations i.e Standalone, active-active, session replication, active-passive, integrated with Apache using mod_jk etc
System Admin/IT Manager
Shadenda Electro Ltd
12.2005 - 06.2010
- Responsible for managing the IT infrastructure based on linux and windows, Clustering, Apache, Jboss and PostgreSQL, squid proxy, firewall, samba, ftp
LINUX Engineer
Whiz Master
11.2003 - 12.2005
- Responsible for providing Technical Supports & Solutions to different organizations based on Open-Source Technologies (Linux) & testing different Linux distributions on different hardware releases
Education
BBA - Business Management
Chaudhry Charan Singh University
Skills
- Red Hat Linux
- Open-Source Products
- Cloudflare
- Python
- AI
- Machine Learning
- Numpy
- Pandas
- Matplotlib
- Seaborn
- AWS Cloud
- DDI/IPAM
- Vital QIP
- Azure
- Google Clouds
- AWS DevOps
- Ansible
- Nagios
- GIT
- Apache
- Tomcat
- JBOSS
- JSON
- YAML
- CCNA
- Palo Alto
- F5 Load balancer
- Express Route
- Direct Connect
- Interconnect
- VPN
- NUTANIX
- VMware
- CISCO Hyper Flex
- RUBRIK
- Cloud data management
- Agile
- PMP
- Docker
- ECS
- EKS
- GKE
- AKS
- Kubernetes
- DNS
- DHCP
- IP Address Management
- Infoblox DDI solutions
- Grid architecture
- Route53
- Infoblox dashboard
- DNS servers
- Infoblox Threat Defense
- Technical consulting
- Software implementation
- IT asset management
- Staff development
- Strategic planning
- Python programming
- IT compliance
- IT infrastructure planning
- Project planning
- Disaster recovery
- Enterprise architecture
- IT budgeting
- IT risk management
Certification
- Project Management Professional (PMP), Project Management Institute (PMI)
- ITIL, Completed ITILV3 Training from HCL Tech
- Ken Blanchard Situational Leadership Program
- SRE- Expert, Completed 18-month SRE expert training
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- AWS Security Certified Specialist
- AWS Machine Learning Specialist
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator-CKA
- AZ-304 Microsoft Azure Architect Design
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Data Fundamentals
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
- AZ-300 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
- Microsoft Certified Azure Architect -304
- Professional Cloud Architect: Google Cloud
- Rurik Certified Implementation Engineer
- Red Hat Certified Engineer
- Nutanix Certified Professional
- Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- Hitachi Storage Foundation from Hitachi
Accomplishments
- Planned and Implemented multiple times Disaster Recovery For Oracle, Sun Solaris 8/9, Red Hat Linux, Application like HRMS, Demetra, Agile, web servers and DDI infrastructure in my current Project
- Distinguished Performer (Top performer) last 9 years
Personal Information
Title: Group Technical Manager
Timeline
Sr. Consultant-Technical Group Manager
HCLTECH
07.2011 - Current
Technical Consultant
REDHAT INC
10.2010 - 07.2011
System Admin/IT Manager
Shadenda Electro Ltd
12.2005 - 06.2010
LINUX Engineer
Whiz Master
11.2003 - 12.2005
BBA - Business Management
Chaudhry Charan Singh University
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