LAVANYA BOBBA
Product Owner
Hartford,CT
Summary
SUMMARY AND PROFILE
Cloud Technologist
Cloud Product Owner with over 20 years of expertise in driving cloud transformation and digital strategy. Adept at leading cloud migrations, enhancing security, and fostering cross-functional partnerships to optimize infrastructure. Expertise includes developing and executing technology roadmaps, platform modernization, rationalization, and digital transformation initiatives and managing million-dollar budgets and global teams across a broad spectrum of tech stacks. Proven history of exceeding customer expectations through technical excellence and exceptional customer focus and innate ability to balance strategic vision with tactical execution and influence and drive consensus across executive stakeholders. High achiever and motivational leader with impeccable ethics, high emotional intelligence, strong risk management culture and a growth mindset.
Overview
20
20
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Product Owner
Hartford Fire Insurance
03.2023 - Current
- Lead 10 member team specialized in AWS cloud migration with zero downtime, enhancing security and disaster recovery strategies
- Boost team productivity by 40% and cut project delivery time by 20% through effective sprint planning
- Increase user engagement by 30% via prioritizing features based on customer feedback and market trends
- Drive product adoption by analyzing customer data and conducting user research, achieving a 15% rise
- Spearheaded cloud migration strategy, ensuring zero downtime and meeting all project milestones while enhancing cybersecurity and disaster recovery protocols
- Fostered cross-functional partnerships to design and implement migration architecture, consolidating datacenter operations and optimizing cloud infrastructure
- Streamlined product backlog management and sprint planning, substantially boosting team productivity and reducing project delivery timelines
- Leveraged user research and customer data analysis to drive product decisions, resulting in notable increases in user engagement and product adoption rates
- Aligned product features with market trends and customer feedback, collaborating with stakeholders to enhance user experience and drive business growth
- Orchestrated seamless cloud migration, enhancing security and disaster recovery while maintaining continuous operations.
Senior Cloud Engineer
Hartford Fire Insurance
01.2022 - 03.2023
- Engineered end-to-end cloud migration, cutting response time by 30% and boosting system availability by 40%
- Built Terraform modules and CloudFormation templates for efficient cloud infrastructure provisioning
- Implemented AWS Control Tower for secure, multi-account governance
- Developed security policies and guardrails, enhancing cloud security for authentication and encryption
- Collaborated with architecture team to develop cloud-native solutions, driving Hartford's tech transformation
- Enabled cloud migration initiatives, optimizing system performance and enhancing availability through strategic infrastructure provisioning and policy enforcement
- Implemented robust security measures in cloud environments, leveraging AWS services to strengthen authentication, authorization, and encryption protocols
- Partnered with architecture teams to drive cloud-native solutions, serving as a subject matter expert in application design and technology transformation.
Senior Devops Engineer
Early Warning Services
10.2021 - 01.2022
- Analyzed requirements and designed infrastructure models for AWS using Terraform and Ansible
- Developed infrastructure as code on AWS, improving deployment efficiency and reliability
- Investigated and resolved automation pipeline errors, enhancing system stability and performance.
Manager
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2014 - 10.2021
- Led four cloud migration projects, achieving a 25% reduction in operational costs
- Automated compliance processes for service owners using Ansible
- Developed security and compliance solutions, including PCI and Sox IT Compliance
- Created Compliance as Code Ansible Playbooks for various platforms per CIS guidelines
- Recommended engineering enhancements to accelerate cloud service growth
- Implemented Sec Ops tooling and DevSecOps principles, automating enterprise patch management and compliance to mitigate risks.
Programmer Analyst
Samiti Technologies INC
02.2013 - 05.2014
- Engineered end-to-end BMC lifecycle migration for cloud projects, improving response time by 30% and system availability by 40%
- Trained and supported 24x7 production Datacenter operations in high-availability environments for IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS providers
- Provisioned BladeLogic in BMC Cloud environments for both Linux and Windows images
- Integrated Bladelogic Network and Database automation with cloud infrastructure.
Lead Technical Architect
TEK Systems
08.2011 - 12.2012
- Directed remote team to execute automated enterprise deployments, enhancing efficiency and reliability
- Oversaw OS upgrades, hardware, firmware, and storage migrations using Bladelogic, ensuring seamless transitions
- Orchestrated complex OS upgrades, hardware transitions, and storage migrations using Bladelogic, ensuring seamless operations and minimal downtime
- Coached and mentored a cross-functional, global team of 15 into a high-performing datacenter operations support, ensuring high availability for cloud services
- Streamlined patch management processes, significantly reducing system vulnerabilities
Analyst -System Admin
Bank of America Continuum Solutions
10.2007 - 03.2011
- Led a team of 12 engineers deploying and hosting remote managed services for enterprise applications
- Built and decommissioned over 2000 servers, ensuring smooth transitions and minimal downtime
- Executed DMZ and Data Center migrations for 200+ servers, enhancing security and efficiency
- Patched and upgraded 10,000+ servers across various operating systems, ensuring optimal performance.
Tech Ops Technician
JP MORGAN CHASE
12.2006 - 10.2007
- Resolved Service Centre Requests and provided on-call support for priority issues, ensuring minimal downtime
- Installed, configured, and upgraded over 10,000 Solaris servers, enhancing system performance
- Monitored server health and performance, proactively addressing issues to maintain operational efficiency.
Junior R&D Engineer
Laboratories
10.2004 - 08.2006
- Managed Users, Groups and maintaining System security in Windows and Solaris
- Installing, patching and maintaining Solaris, Linux and Windows
- Configuring Volume Manager Objects (sub-disks, Disk groups, plexes, Volumes) Implementing RAID levels(RAID0,RAID 0+1,RAID 5,RAID 1+0) using veritas Volume manager
Education
Master of Business Administration - Operations & Information System Management
2019
Bachelor - Technology Engineering
2004
Certification
Cloud Migration( AWS,BMC) Data Center Migrations Agile Transformation and Innovation Team & Talent Development Project & Product management Market Research and Analysis Enterprise Architecture Stakeholder Management Operational Excellence Vendor Management DevOps & SecOps Application Development & Modernization, Certified in Cyber Security-ISC2 AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Redhat Ansible Specialist Certified AWS Solutions Architect Associate Redhat Certified System Administrator Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate Certificate in Corporate and Regulatory Compliance
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate - Amazon Web Services.
- CPR/AED Certification
Skills
Release planning
Business analysis
Product backlog management
Roadmap development
Agile methodology
Feature prioritization
Technical expertise
AWS architecture design
DevOps methodologies
Continuous integration and deployment
Infrastructure deployment
Systems configuration
Cloud migration strategies
Configuration management
ITIL framework
Infrastructure automation
System maintenance
Cloud services
Virtual and cloud technologies
Critical thinking
Technical guidance
IT infrastructure proficiency
Linux certification
Infrastructure development
Teamwork and collaboration
Problem-solving abilities
Excellent communication
Organizational skills
Active listening
Effective communication
Adaptability and flexibility
Decision-making
Team building
Hardware troubleshooting
Affiliations
- T200
- Girls Scouts of Connecticut
Timeline
Cloud Product Owner - Hartford Fire Insurance
03.2023 - Current
Senior Cloud Engineer - Hartford Fire Insurance
01.2022 - 03.2023
Senior Devops Engineer - Early Warning Services
10.2021 - 01.2022
Manager - Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2014 - 10.2021
Programmer Analyst - Samiti Technologies INC
02.2013 - 05.2014
Lead Technical Architect - TEK Systems
08.2011 - 12.2012
Analyst -System Admin - Bank of America Continuum Solutions
10.2007 - 03.2011
Tech Ops Technician - JP MORGAN CHASE
12.2006 - 10.2007
Junior R&D Engineer - Laboratories
10.2004 - 08.2006
University of Connecticut School of Business - Master of Business Administration, Operations & Information System Management
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Bachelor, Technology
Engineering
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