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Manikandan Krishnasamy

Los Angeles,CA

Summary

IT professional with 15 years of experience in Infrastructure and leading Cloud Operations, with a strong focus on Azure/GCP FinOps, cloud cost governance, and database administration. Proven expertise in optimizing cloud expenditures through robust financial operations practices, implementing cost visibility and control frameworks, and leading enterprise-scale application migrations to the cloud. Adept at managing end-to-end cloud BAU operations, application onboarding, and ensuring operational excellence across complex, multi-cloud environments. Demonstrated ability to collaborate across technical and financial teams to drive accountability, automate operational processes, and support data-driven decision-making, contributing to improved efficiency, scalability, and cost optimization in large organizations.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Project Manager, Cloud Operations

TCS - Southern California Edison (Onsite and Offshore)
01.2022 - Current

Senior Database Administrator

TCS - Southern California Edison, California USA
01.2020 - 12.2021

Senior Database Administrator

TCS - PSEG Long Island (Onsite)
07.2017 - 12.2019

Application Developer and Maintenance Support

TCS - Prudential Insurance Company of America (Onsite)
11.2015 - 07.2017

Production Support, Database & CICS Administrator

TCS - Prudential Insurance Company of America (Offshore)
11.2010 - 10.2015

Education

MBA - Systems Management

University of Madras - Distance Education
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
01-2014

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Anna University (AU)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
01-2010

Skills

  • Cloud Operations
  • Cloud Finops
  • Project Management
  • Database Administration
  • Application Development
  • Application Maintenance

Certification

ITIL V3 Foundation Certification

DP-300 - Administering Relational Databases on Microsoft Azure

LOMA 281: Meeting Customer Needs with Insurance and Annuities

LOMA 291: Improving the Bottom Line: Insurance Company Operations

TCS - Certificate in Insurance Concepts

TCS - Certificate in Health Insurance

TCS - Certificate in Life Insurance, Annuities, Pension

TCS - Leadership: Embark Certification

TCS - Leadership: Articulation for Impact

TCS - Leadership: Find Your Everest Certification

TCS - IT Infrastructure and services: Agile DC - Guild - Practitioner

IBM Certified Database Administrator - DB2 10 DBA for z/OS Certification

IBM Certified Database Associate - DB2 9 Fundamentals Certification

TCS - Foundation certificate in Electricity Management

Oracle PL/SQL Developer Certified Associate certification

Salesforce.com Certified Administrator

Splunk Certified User

Timeline

Project Manager, Cloud Operations

TCS - Southern California Edison (Onsite and Offshore)
01.2022 - Current

Senior Database Administrator

TCS - Southern California Edison, California USA
01.2020 - 12.2021

Senior Database Administrator

TCS - PSEG Long Island (Onsite)
07.2017 - 12.2019

Application Developer and Maintenance Support

TCS - Prudential Insurance Company of America (Onsite)
11.2015 - 07.2017

Production Support, Database & CICS Administrator

TCS - Prudential Insurance Company of America (Offshore)
11.2010 - 10.2015

MBA - Systems Management

University of Madras - Distance Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Rajalakshmi Engineering College, Anna University (AU)
Manikandan Krishnasamy