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title: "Abhinav Deshpande - Senior Lead DevOps in Pune/Pimpri-Chinchwad Area | Tal"
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# Abhinav Deshpande on Tal

## Headline

Cloud Architect & DevOps Engineering Leader \| Enterprise Infrastructure & LLMOps

## About

With over 18 years of IT experience, including 14\+ years dedicated to DevOps, Cloud Architecture, and DevSecOps, I specialize in leading enterprise platform transformations and delivering secure public cloud infrastructure for modern AI/ML and LLMOps workloads\. Throughout my career, including my current leadership tenure at FIS, I focus on architecting resilient CI/CD solutions, integrating robust DevSecOps controls, and implementing advanced observability frameworks to slash MTTR and enhance platform visibility\. My expertise spans large\-scale cloud migrations, mission\-critical systems architecture, and cloud computing supported by hands\-on engineering credentials including AWS Certified Solutions Architect and Certified Kubernetes Administrator \(CKA\)\. I am deeply passionate about driving platform modernization initiatives, optimizing cloud costs through FinOps and SRE practices, and ensuring security\-first engineering for complex, enterprise\-scale operations\.

## Location

Pune/Pimpri\-Chinchwad Area

## Work experience

Senior Lead DevOps at FIS, Sep 2024 \- Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Pune District, In my role at FIS, I led the management of enterprise cloud platforms, architecting CI/CD solutions and designing secure Azure infrastructures for AI/ML workloads\. I integrated DevSecOps controls into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring robust security measures\. My efforts in implementing observability solutions significantly enhanced platform visibility and incident response capabilities, while also optimizing cloud costs through SRE practices\.

DevOps Lead at Netcracker Technology, May 2022 \- Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Pune District, Built enterprise CI/CD platforms using GitLab CI, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Crossplane, and Helm\. Designed Kubernetes platform automation and infrastructure provisioning using Pulumi and Kustomize\. Implemented secure AWS platforms leveraging EKS, CloudWatch, Config, GuardDuty, Inspector, CloudFront, S3, and Route 53\. Automated configuration management using Ansible and CMDB integration\. Supported large\-scale OSS/BSS microservices deployments and cloud\-native platform modernization\.

Configuration Release Analyst Specialist at SunGard \- now part of FIS, Apr 2018 \- Jun 2022 · 4 yrs 3 mos, Pune Division, Led migration of enterprise applications from VMware to Microsoft Azure, enabling cloud adoption and modernization\. Automated application deployments, patching, and infrastructure configuration using Jenkins and Ansible\. Led modernization of legacy monolithic applications into Kubernetes\-based microservices supporting cloud\-native deployment models\. Improved operational reliability through deployment automation, observability, incident management, RCA, and SRE practices\. Conducted vulnerability remediation, compliance activities, and DevSecOps implementation across multiple applications\. Managed production support, release automation, incident management, root cause analysis, and continuous service improvement for business\-critical financial applications\. Mentored and guided a team of DevOps engineers\.

Senior Engineer \- Build & Release at SunGard \- now part of FIS, Dec 2011 \- Apr 2018 · 6 yrs 5 mos

technical associate at Tech Mahindra, Aug 2007 \- Nov 2011 · 4 yrs 4 mos, On\-site, \- Managed enterprise application deployments, production support, and environment management\. \- Automated repetitive operational activities using Shell scripting and Hudson\. \- Developed monitoring, log management, and system automation solutions to improve platform stability and operational efficiency\.

## Education

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Bhilai Institute of Technology \(BIT\), Durg

Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Pt\. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur

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