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Satya Purohit

Centreville,NV

Summary

Experienced IT executive with a proven track record of developing high-performance systems and infrastructure, as well as engineering teams that drive transformation in the mission-critical FinTech industry. From strategic planning to flawless execution, consistently thinking big and staying ahead of industry trends that shape the Fintech landscape. Successfully built and led a team of Rust & Infra engineers at the forefront of digital payments innovation. Established a scalable, well-governed AWS environment, implemented a robust DevOps framework, and spearheaded the creation of a Center of Excellence for mission-critical applications. Modernized the tech stack by incorporating cutting-edge technologies such as Kubernetes, virtualization, orchestration, SDN, observability, ITSM, and DevOps practices. Expertise extends beyond technical proficiency; skilled in building teams and capabilities that consistently deliver exceptional outcomes in NextGen FinTech, public cloud solutions, architecture design, I&O automation, and security. Strong communication skills and the ability to adapt to diverse audiences ranging from executive leadership to software engineers and customers, well-equipped to drive success in any organization.

Overview

36
36
years of professional experience

Work History

VP, Head of Interbank Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

Knox Networks Inc.
02.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Early stage Startup
  • Website: http://www.Knox-Networks.com
  • Define the architecture and designs of the Tokenized payments platform as a scalable alternative to DLTs to fulfil the company vision and customer expectations
  • Define the product roadmap and engage with customers and investors to make product pitches, explore use cases and explain the technology
  • Lead the engineering team on an every-day basis to deliver the product
  • Rearchitected and took the product from alpha/concept stage to a scalable and demonstrable product that supports complex atomic transactions, and ready to showcase to industry
  • Define architectural changes and designs to enable scalability, programmability, interoperability and atomic contract-based transactions based upon unique advantages of discrete assets and knowledge of FI needs
  • Engage with prospective customers from across the industry, central banks, commercial banks and multi-lateral institutions
  • Drive organizational participation in competitive innovation forums in this space
  • As part of the exec leadership, refine roadmaps for scalability, interoperability, programmability, resilience and security, based upon industry and technical research, prior experience and customer expectations
  • Guide Rust engineers and Infrastructure and experts to deliver the product with emphasis on quality, performance and security, in execution of the roadmap
  • Drive implementation of specific features to properly follow the architecture, and in making key design and technology decisions that influence scalability, modularity and security (e.g
  • Component roles and functions, database designs and choices, discrete tokenized asset implementation)
  • Conduct and document benchmark tests and POCs to prove capabilities of the software
  • Established engineering practices in the team
  • Implemented the AWS Landing Zone architecture to ensure different workloads can be isolated with ease
  • Contribute to and review product documentation, white papers, and presentations
  • Act as engineering point-of-contact to address customer and investor questions about the technology
  • Early stage Startup
  • Website: http://www.Knox-Networks.com

Head of Architecture – IT Infrastructure & ITSM

SWIFT Inc.
04.2017 - Current
  • Company Overview: Website: www.swift.com
  • Enable IT transformation for agility in the business, agility in security, and structural cost reduction, by defining, evolving and driving adoption of modernized IT Platform Reference Architecture
  • Lead a global team of architects covering IT Platform, Operational Intel, ITSM and Network, Cloud
  • Selected Openshift as the future Kubernetes microservices based app platform, and drove its rollout
  • Drove Infrastructure modernization based on Orchestration, Vmware, RHEL, DB standardization, SDN and NFV, and DevOps modernization with the adoption of DevOps toolchain, ELK, Kafka, ServiceNow
  • Maintain blueprints, provide High level designs, drive Tech POCs, Tech Selection for Infra & DevOps
  • Responsible for network architecture including SDN/NFV, Customer Access, Backbone (through Nov 2020)
  • Support CIO in Infrastructure transformation initiatives
  • Support multi year Unix to Linux migration Program for core apps
  • Report on Technology Risks to the SWIFT Board and Overseers
  • Website: www.swift.com

Cloud Center of Enablement, & Cloud Architecture Lead

SWIFT Inc.
06.2020 - 02.2022
  • Company Overview: Website: www.swift.com
  • Launched & led the Cloud Center of Enablement with a team of top engineers drawn from across the organization
  • The CCoE delivered the AWS Landing Zone and scalable DevOps framework, implemented an operating model that enables agility and autonomy for App dev, with security and governance at scale, and launched SWIFTs production apps in AWS
  • Defined SOWs with AWS, and launched the SWIFT CCoE with the implementation
  • Defined Architecture of Landing Zone, DevOps, Network and Service management
  • Built Landing Zone with Control Tower, SSO, Multi-account Strategy, and security addons, Cloud Networking
  • Built DevOps framework of repos, pipelines and Terraform modules for standardized AWS resource creation
  • Implemented a scalable DevOps operating model that offers app teams full self-service control over app infrastructure with governance implemented through DevOps framework and Landing Zone e.g., Detective & Preventive Guardrails, standardized tagging, Standardized, hardened and compliant Cloud resources made available as 'Products' exposed as Terraform modules and/or central services
  • Support app orgs enabling them to embrace the cloud model, and build training curricula for the org
  • Cloud road map focus on automation for onboarding apps, standardization of lifecycles, support for legacy workloads with immutable infrastructure, cost optimization through resource spin up/down automation
  • Worked with security teams, on a scalable cloud security baseline based on CIS, AWS best practice and specific risk or compliance needs such as PCI DSS
  • Support process changes for financial management and adapted change and incident management processes
  • Work with exec leadership & peers to define scale up of CCoE, prepare for larger scale app migrations
  • Work with ARB and Technology Council to define assessment criteria for placing workloads in cloud
  • Website: www.swift.com

Head of Security Technology & Infrastructure

SWIFT Inc.
11.2015 - 04.2017
  • Company Overview: Website: www.swift.com
  • Led team of Security Architects to define security solutions & baselines for Compute, Databases and Network infra
  • Maintain infrastructure security blueprint for systems, networks, virtualization, and drive strategy for IDS, EDR, Webapp FW, File Integrity, NBA, Vulnerability Management, Malware detection, SIEM and Analytics, PAM, LDAP
  • Proof-of-concept, Technology Selection, High-Level Architecture, Project definition, Solution Signoff
  • Define and oversee a Cybersecurity projects program of 15-25 FTE/year
  • Security assessments in response to vulnerabilities, validating mitigations
  • Website: www.swift.com

Manager – SOC Engineering and SOC Tier 3

SWIFT Inc.
06.2014 - 11.2015
  • Company Overview: Website: www.swift.com
  • Led team of SOC Analysts and Engineers responsible to secure production services against internal, external threats
  • Design, implement, support IT Security platforms and custom Software for Security Analytics, Policy automation
  • Responsible for Incident analysis and response, vulnerability assessments, threat response and Internal Intel
  • Enforce and manage IT security Policy, and Identity Management for production services
  • Website: www.swift.com

Manager – Reliability Assurance

SWIFT Inc.
03.2012 - 05.2014
  • Company Overview: Website: www.swift.com
  • Headed the Reliability Assurance team in Operations, responding to emerging business & technology needs while maintaining Five-9s operational excellence across SWIFT’s production services
  • Manage Reliability throughout service life-cycle: Concept, Architecture, Implementation, and CI in continuing operations for SWIFT production services and network connectivity
  • RFP Response covering Reliability, Scalability, Operating costs, Reliability Assessments, Service Management
  • Website: www.swift.com

Software Development Manager – Network Operational Support Systems

SWIFT Inc.
06.2004 - 02.2012
  • Company Overview: Website: www.swift.com
  • Created and managed the team to provide class-leading Network Management capabilities for production networks
  • Implemented FCAPS capabilities for Global IPSEC-VPN, Datacenter Network, and MPLS backbone based on in-house dev and integration with COTS such as EMC Smarts, Comptel, CiscoSecure, CiscoWorks, DNS, Safenet
  • Managed network included Juniper, Cisco, F5, Fortinet, with Layer2/3, MPLS, IPSEC, SSL and WAF
  • Solutions enabled evolution of services, improved OTC, improved Customer Experience, & Security Compliance
  • In-sourced solution for VPN provisioning, with cost savings of ~1MUSD/yr., improved quality, and reduced risk
  • Adopted Agile to improve team effectiveness, customer satisfaction, time-to-market, team empowerment
  • Supported product management response to RFPs and winning new Financial Market Infrastructure business
  • Website: www.swift.com

Lead Systems Engineer (SWIFTNet Engineering)

SWIFT Inc.
04.2003 - 05.2004
  • Company Overview: Website: www.swift.com
  • Fire-fighter and lead for SWIFTNet Store-and-forward R5
  • Planned development, oversaw design and quality, and developed critical code
  • Sustained team morale, provided progress reports
  • Designed and reviewed solutions, and addressed complex issues in core messaging service (SWIFTNet)
  • Website: www.swift.com

Architect – Network Change Activation

Network Mantra LLC
11.2000 - 04.2003
  • Company Overview: Network Automation Startup
  • IP-Networking startup, specializing in Policy based multi-vendor Network Change Management
  • Designed, architected and deployed Policy Based management of large-scale, multivendor, networks (Cisco, Juniper, Routing & MPLS)
  • Architected and led implementation of IP Network Change Activation and Network Audit products for Cisco IOS and Juniper JunOS routers (using Java, Oracle, SNMP, Perl, and REST-like interfaces)
  • Instrumental in winning customer accounts, by delivering network target provisioning capability
  • Conducted presentations and demos, for decision makers, such as senior engineers, VPs of Engineering
  • Network Automation Startup

Experience Prior to 2000 (various roles in software dev & network)

01.1989 - 01.2000
  • Developer and Requirements engineer consulting at SWIFT, VA working on SWIFTNet & SWIFTNET FIN
  • Principal Network Engineer, Unisys Corp, managing the Unisys network connectivity for Pacific Bell, CA
  • Network/Systems Engineer, Syntel Inc, managing Unisys WAN for Caremark Inc., CA
  • Systems Analyst, Tata Unisys Ltd, consulting with clients in Tokyo, JP and Naples, IT

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication

University of Pune
Pune, India
01.1989

Skills

  • High performance global systems
  • IT Architecture
  • Five-9s Reliability
  • I&O Automation
  • ITSM
  • ITOM
  • Infrastructure Transformation
  • Build High Performance Teams
  • AWS
  • Landing Zone
  • Control Tower
  • SSO
  • EKS
  • EC2
  • ELB
  • DX
  • TGW
  • Aurora
  • S3
  • IAM
  • Route53
  • CloudTrail
  • CloudWatch
  • Kubernetes
  • Container security
  • OpenShift
  • Vmware vSphere
  • RHEL Ecosystem
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Vrealize Automation
  • ELK
  • Kafka
  • Elastic Cloud
  • Service Now
  • DC Networking
  • SDN/NFV
  • VPNs
  • WAN
  • F5
  • Cisco ACI
  • Juniper FW
  • Fortinet FW
  • C/C
  • Java
  • Oracle
  • Postgres
  • MongoDB
  • PKI Infrastructure
  • DNS BIND
  • Splunk
  • Stealthwatch
  • Firepower
  • OneIdentity
  • Tanium

Technology Summary

  • AWS, Landing Zone, Control Tower, SSO, EKS, EC2, ELB, DX, TGW, Aurora, S3, IAM, Route53, CloudTrail, CloudWatch
  • Kubernetes, Container security, OpenShift
  • Vmware vSphere, RHEL Ecosystem
  • Terraform, Ansible, Vrealize Automation
  • ELK, Kafka, Elastic Cloud, Service Now
  • DC Networking, SDN/NFV, VPNs, WAN
  • F5, Cisco ACI, Juniper FW, Fortinet FW
  • C/C++, Java
  • Oracle, Postgres, MongoDB
  • PKI Infrastructure
  • DNS BIND
  • Splunk, Stealthwatch, Firepower, OneIdentity, Tanium

Volunteer Organizations

  • Marathon Program Coach - Marathon Charity Cooperation, Coach first time and veteran runners for running marathons, a popular means of fundraising for charity., 2013 – Present
  • Humane Society of Fairfax County, VA, Volunteer at the animal farm, focusing on some of the harder to adopt dogs/breeds., 2012 – 2017

Professional Highlights

  • Took a Tokenized Digital Payments product from early stage to a demonstrable product, as a highly scalable alternative to DLT based systems, designed for the two-tier banking system.
  • Built state of art AWS landing zone and deployed SWIFT's first production services in AWS, in a cloud operating model that delivers agility for apps, at scale, with consistent governance.
  • Define cloud adoption strategy.
  • Transform IT Core, by defining & driving adoption of modern Infra Reference Architecture.
  • Set up SOC-Engineering & Tier3, with capabilities in Detection, Analysis and Response.
  • Delivered FCAPS solutions to manage multi-vendor networks for datacenter and global VPN extranet.

Timeline

VP, Head of Interbank Platform & Infrastructure Engineering

Knox Networks Inc.
02.2022 - Current

Cloud Center of Enablement, & Cloud Architecture Lead

SWIFT Inc.
06.2020 - 02.2022

Head of Architecture – IT Infrastructure & ITSM

SWIFT Inc.
04.2017 - Current

Head of Security Technology & Infrastructure

SWIFT Inc.
11.2015 - 04.2017

Manager – SOC Engineering and SOC Tier 3

SWIFT Inc.
06.2014 - 11.2015

Manager – Reliability Assurance

SWIFT Inc.
03.2012 - 05.2014

Software Development Manager – Network Operational Support Systems

SWIFT Inc.
06.2004 - 02.2012

Lead Systems Engineer (SWIFTNet Engineering)

SWIFT Inc.
04.2003 - 05.2004

Architect – Network Change Activation

Network Mantra LLC
11.2000 - 04.2003

Experience Prior to 2000 (various roles in software dev & network)

01.1989 - 01.2000

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics and Telecommunication

University of Pune

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