Sandipan Das
Rockville,MD
Summary
Seasoned Principal Platform Engineer with 14 years of experience, renowned for meticulous attention to detail and exceptional organizational skills. Adept at managing complex projects and meeting tight deadlines in fast-paced environments. A dynamic and enthusiastic team player dedicated to driving company success through innovative solutions and collaborative efforts.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Senior Principal Platform Engineer (Director)
Federated Wireless
05.2023 - Current
- Managed large-scale projects from inception to completion, ensuring adherence to budget constraints and timeline requirements.
- Implemented data-driven decision-making processes to enhance overall business performance and profitability.
- Negotiated favorable contract terms with vendors, ultimately reducing expenses without sacrificing quality or service levels.
- Established high-performing platform engineering team, emphasizing DevOps and SRE methodologies
- Successfully decomposed complex projects into manageable tasks, enhancing team productivity and ensuring on-time delivery, which resulted in 30% improvement in project completion rates
- Designed and developed automation tools using Python and Go, boosting workflow efficiency
- Implemented deployment strategies for Kubernetes and Amazon Web Services, ensuring maximum uptime and performance
- Efficiently managed and resolved issues within continuous integration pipeline, decreasing build failures by 40% and accelerating deployment cycles by 25% through proactive troubleshooting and optimization
- Developed Data Science and AI applications using Stream lit, Pandas, Llama Index and GPT4 to monitor system performance
- Managed AWS and Kubernetes environments, focusing on performance optimization and cost efficiency
- Implemented Open Telemetry framework for enhanced system observability
- Leading Cloud to On Premise Migration project for cost optimization of SaaS applications
- Fostered culture of innovative technology and collaboration, enhancing platform solutions and customer value
- Engaged in capacity planning, demand forecasting, and performance tuning to ensure system reliability and scalability
- Demonstrated exceptional ability to quickly learn and navigate technically complex and rapidly evolving cloud environment, ensuring engineering teams' solutions consistently adhered to current and anticipated future security, networking, and access policies.
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Federated Wireless
04.2022 - 05.2023
- Led SRE team in monitoring, logging, and incident response, reducing MTTR by 40%.
- Improved incident management workflows by creating comprehensive documentation on troubleshooting procedures and common issues resolution steps.
- Developed custom scripts/tools as needed to automate routine tasks, increasing overall team productivity and efficiency.
- Implemented SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs to ensure high availability and performance.
- Ensured high availability of services by developing comprehensive disaster recovery plans and backup procedures.
- Conducted root-cause analyses after major incidents to identify areas for process improvement or technical enhancement opportunities.
- Developed observability solutions using Open Telemetry, Prometheus, Tempo, Loki, Grafana, and ELK stack.
- Led capacity planning and demand forecasting initiatives, resulting in 25% increase in system performance and 15% reduction in downtime through effective software performance analysis and systems tuning.
- Optimized AWS and Kubernetes environments for large enterprise systems.
- Successfully implemented ITIL-based incident and problem management processes, reducing incident resolution time by 30% and preventing 20% of recurring issues through proactive problem identification and root cause analysis.
Senior Lead DevOps Engineer
Federated Wireless
07.2021 - 04.2022
- Oversaw DevOps team of 5 members, focusing on CI/CD, automation, and infrastructure as code, leading to 40% increase in deployment frequency.
- Automated manual tasks using scripting languages such as Python and Shell, boosting team productivity levels by 30% and reducing human error by 60%.
- Improved code deployment efficiency by 40% through implementation of automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Developed automation tools in Python and Go, which enhanced operational efficiencies and reduced task completion times by 50%.
- Managed AWS and Kubernetes environments, optimizing system performance
- Implemented continuous integration practices, streamlining software development process
- Actively participated in AGILE Scrum meetings, contributing to sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, which improved team collaboration and project delivery speed.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Federated Wireless
02.2017 - 08.2018
- Improved code deployment efficiency by 40% through automating processes with CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment times and minimizing errors.
- Automated manual tasks using scripting languages such as Python and Shell, boosting team productivity levels by 50%
- Led DevOps team of 5 members in developing and automating CI/CD pipelines, resulting in 40% increase in deployment frequency.
- Automated workflows with Python and Go, enhancing operational efficiencies and reducing task completion times by 50%.
- Managed AWS and Kubernetes environments, ensuring system reliability and reducing downtime by 30% through optimized resource allocation.
- Implemented monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus and ELK stack, increasing system observability and reducing mean time to recovery (MTTR) by 30%.
- Conducted regular system audits to ensure adherence to security and compliance best practices
Senior DevOps Engineer
Capital One
12.2012 - 02.2017
- Reduced deployment times with introduction of CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects.
- Developed custom scripts using Python or Bash languages to automate repetitive tasks or integrate disparate systems, effectively streamlining workflows across departments.
- Utilized Chef and Terraform for deployment automation
- Implemented Docker containerized platform deployments
- Managed AWS environments, optimizing performance and reliability
- Developed custom Splunk dashboards and alerts to monitor key performance metrics
- Optimized Splunk queries and data indexing to improve search performance and reduce query response times
- Optimized server performance and stability by implementing advanced Linux system configurations and scripting, reducing system downtime by 20% and improving response times by 15%
- Managed compliance requirements for SOC2 and other regulatory standards.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Citi Bank
12.2012 - 02.2017
- Reduced deployment times by 30% with introduction of CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects, improving overall project delivery speed.
- Developed custom scripts using Python and Bash to automate repetitive tasks and integrate disparate systems, streamlining workflows across departments and boosting efficiency by 20%.
- Installed and configured Pivotal Cloud Foundry on VMware V-Sphere, enhancing scalability and reliability of applications.
- Automated installation and configuration of Pivotal Gemfire on AWS, reducing setup times by 50% and ensuring consistent deployments.
- Managed AWS environments and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Chef, increasing deployment reliability and frequency by 40%.
- Developed and maintained microservice deployment pipeline using Pivotal Cloud Foundry, which improved system scalability.
- Managed continuous integration pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment processes,
System Engineer
Citi Bank
07.2010 - 12.2012
- Resolved issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service
- Managed deployments of Citibank's credit card applications in on-premise data centers, improving deployment efficiency by 40% and ensuring consistent application performance.
- Resolved complex technical issues through effective problem-solving techniques and root cause analysis.
- Utilized technologies such as VMWare V-Sphere, IBM Web Sphere, Python, and Bash for various tasks
- Monitored Citibank's card applications to maintain high availability
- Automated deployment processes, enhancing operational efficiency
- Troubleshot and resolved system issues, minimizing downtime and maintaining high system availability.
Education
Masters in Computer Science and Engineering -
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, India01.2010
Bachelor of Science in Physics -
University of Calcutta
Kolkata, India01.2007
Skills
- Programming: Python, Golang, Bash
- DevOps: Kubernetes, Helm Chart, Argo CD, Terraform
- SRE: Service Level Objectives (SLOs), Service Level Indicators (SLIs), Service Level Agreements (SLAs)
- Monitoring: Open Telemetry, Tempo, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK
- Service Mesh: Istio, Linkerd, Consul
- Networking: TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP, DNS, TLS
- CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, CircleCI
- Security: AWS IAM, VPC, Encryption, Hashicorp Vault
- Containers: Docker, Podman
- Cloud: Amazon Web Services (AWS)
- Strategic leadership
- Organizational Development
- Product Management
- Multitasking ability
Projects
- Federated Wireless: Spectrum Access System, Automated Frequency Coordination
- Capital One: Cards API Platform
- Citibank: Credit Card System
Licenses & Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
- PagerDuty Foundational Practitioner
Timeline
Senior Principal Platform Engineer (Director)
Federated Wireless
05.2023 - Current
Principal Site Reliability Engineer
Federated Wireless
04.2022 - 05.2023
Senior Lead DevOps Engineer
Federated Wireless
07.2021 - 04.2022
Lead DevOps Engineer
Federated Wireless
02.2017 - 08.2018
Senior DevOps Engineer
Capital One
12.2012 - 02.2017
Senior DevOps Engineer
Citi Bank
12.2012 - 02.2017
System Engineer
Citi Bank
07.2010 - 12.2012
Masters in Computer Science and Engineering -
University of Calcutta
Bachelor of Science in Physics -
University of Calcutta
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