Ashish Sharma

• Working on various cloud initiatives for Hybrid Cloud environment.
• Working on all technical design and execution activities for moving existing on-premise infrastructure, server workloads, data and application to the cloud( IaaS, SaaS and PaaS).
• Worked with business or prospective workloads to develop integrated solutions and lead detailed architectural dialogues to facilitate delivery of comprehensive solution.
• Presented roadmap and technology infrastructure to customers, demonstrating deep familiarity with Cloud, platform infrastructure, security and integration capabilities.
• Managed product deliverables, resource allocation, scope, schedule, status and documentation.
• Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
• Understands potential and emerging information security threats, vulnerabilities, and control techniques and communicates this information to team to mitigate or remediates on a timely basis.
• Developed and documented system security authorization boundaries for cloud-based solutions and client applications within cloud service.
• Collaborated with development and operations teams to develop practical automation solutions and custom modules.
• Provided solution designs to meet system strategies, capabilities and technologies and to respond to current and future business requirements.
• Defined cloud architecture for both hybrid and non-hybrid cloud solutions.
• Identified and remediated single points of failure and security risks.
• Partnered closely with technical stakeholders to implement security, operational, compliance and privacy-related controls as part of cloud blueprints.
• Provided architectural leadership and guidance to technical teams to deliver robust, highly scalable and cost-effective solutions.
• Provided technical guidance for team members, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement.
• Delivered hands-on training sessions on various aspects of cloud computing, empowering team members to excel in their roles effectively.
• Successfully migrated legacy systems to modern cloud platforms, minimizing downtime during transitions.
• Championed the adoption of DevOps best practices, fostering a culture of continuous integration and deployment within the organization.
• Spearheaded the migration of legacy applications to the cloud, minimizing downtime and ensuring smooth transitions for end-user's.
• Utilized code and modern cloud-native deployment techniques to design, plan and integrate cloud computing and virtualisation systems.

Role : Technical Project Manager

• Lead and Manage Monthly Patching, Risk and Compliance (CIS) remediation and reporting for Windows platform (On-premises) and Windows/Unix platform cloud (AWS & GCP).
• As Agile Coach for HCL , Delivered outstanding service to application teams to maintain and extend relationship for future business opportunities.
• Conducted security audits to identify vulnerabilities.
• Created and developed detailed work plans to meet business priorities and deadlines.
• Implemented security measures to reduce threats and damage related to cyber attacks.
• Automated Patching Framework for Wintel Platform improve security and risk posture.
• Prepared presentations to explain revisions, enhancements and process improvements of Windows Patching and compliance environment.
• Led sprint reviews and planning meetings to promote full team engagement.
• Coached teams in Agile practices and provided necessary training to create positive mindset to Agile methodologies.
• Managed product backlog and supported Scrum framework for monthly sprint releases.
• Planned Agile best practices and encouraged team cohesion, overcoming impediments, and hurdles to productivity.
• Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives.
• Worked closely and listened to team members' feedback to identify issues and resolve conflicts.
• Streamlined and optimized workflow and communication by implementing Agile frameworks.
• Investigated and resolved incidents of unauthorized changes to Windows Servers.

Role : Service Delivery Manager/Project Manager

• IT Lead for CBG business unit. Work with IaaS for CBG applications support, Projects and IT Operations.
• Provide technical leadership in the areas of systems administration (Windows/Linux/Middelware).
• Provide co-ordination of Incidents, Problem Management and Change Management with our internal IT service providers and partners to minimize impact to the business. Closely liaise with Corporate IT and Application teams on all Infrastructure operations.
• Broke project into epics and implementable user stories.
• Monitor day-to-day operations of the IT infrastructure group including downtime, reporting service levels, defining and tracking IT operational metrics and provide status to management.
• Liaised with product team and development team to help break down requirements.
• Generated reports for IT project progress and performance.
• Led cross-functional teams to successfully complete IT projects.
• Resolved staff conflicts and identified potential areas of improvement.
• Communicated project updates to stakeholders at all levels.
• Updated customers and senior leaders on progress and roadblocks.
• Analyzed security procedure violations and developed plans to prevent recurrence.
• Design and implement tools like Vault, Jenkins, github to support cloud security requirements like api key, secret management, data encryption.
• Manage internal and external IT audit for CBG.
• Ensure escalated service requests & SLA’s are handled in a timely manner.
• Ensure all applicable environments using industry CIS standard, applied on all assets and present monthly reports to leadership and risk team.
• Review and assess risk, provide mitigations and regular updates to
  management.
• Implemented and drove adoption of key tools and processes to effectively deliver IT projects for the company.
• Review and approve Infrastructure changes and represent in Change board for CBG.
• Collaborated with senior executives, business customers and IT managers to understand business needs and manage cross-team impacts.

• Led teams across broad technical, financial and business disciplines.
  Focused teams on business objectives and tracked progress to ensure
  project milestones were completed on time, on budget and with the desired
  results.
• Mitigated risk factors through careful analysis of financial and statistical
  data.
• Anticipated and managed change effectively in rapidly evolving global.

• Supervised team delivering IT products and services. Coordinated ongoing team projects and resolved system, process and participant issues with cross-functional team members.
• Evaluated and produced business plans and operating practices, which improved quality, increased productivity and reduced costs.
• Mentor new employees while providing timely administrative support project deadlines and shift priorities.
• Defining strategy and leading Partner governance in collaboration with key stakeholders, reporting to Steering Committee on a quarterly basis.
• Improved Service on Demand Project Implementation Methodology, reduced cost and increased customer satisfaction
• Identified as SME for new client implementation for Service Delivery - shared expertise and lessons learned to all levels of management
• Incident Management of Severity 1/2/3 incidents and resolved customer escalations with Help Desk.
• Increased application/systems performance uptime for all sites through system and process re-design.
• Led successful client implementation onto new Enterprise platform while managing tight timeline and limited resource.