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title: "Ashish Kandpal - Principal Architect Manager - DevSecOps,CloudOps & SRE in Bengaluru, Karnataka | Tal"
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# Ashish Kandpal on Tal

## Headline

Global Engineering Leader \| Building AI\-Native Platforms at Scale \| Cloud · DevSecOps · SRE · Automation \| Turning Infrastructure into Competitive Advantage \| Digital Transformation

## About

Global Engineering Leader with over 13 years of experience driving large\-scale cloud, DevOps, and SRE transformations\. I specialize in building resilient, high\-velocity infrastructure and modernizing enterprise technology through AI integration and strategic automation\. With a proven track record of leading cross\-functional teams and managing complex cloud environments, I focus on delivering scalable, secure, and cost\-efficient solutions that accelerate innovation\. My leadership approach emphasizes fostering high\-performance cultures while aligning technical strategy with core business objectives to achieve sustainable growth\.

## Location

Bengaluru, Karnataka

## Work experience

Principal Architect Manager \- DevSecOps,CloudOps & SRE at InOrg\(Seroda Ventures company\), Oct 2024 \- Present · 1 yr 10 mos, US/India, \- Core member of the technology leadership team and advisor to the CEO & CTO\. \- Responsible for driving AI adoption within the company\. \- Responsible for hiring Architects,TPM's & senior leads\. \- Led end\-to\-end DevSecOps transformation initiatives across multiple State clients, driving secure, automated delivery pipelines and modernizing application landscapes\. \- Established and scaled AWS practice from the ground up, including cloud governance, architecture standards, and best practices aligned with AWS Well\-Architected Framework\. \- Spearheaded FinOps strategy and implementation, enabling cloud cost optimization, accountability, and financial visibility across large\-scale cloud environments\. \- Mentored and coached cross\-functional teams including DevOps Engineers, SREs, and Cloud Architects, fostering a high\-performance culture and building in\-house capability\. \- Architected and delivered secure, scalable, and cost\-efficient cloud\-native solutions leveraging IaC, CI/CD automation, and Cloud\-Native Security Controls\. \- Leading internal engg teams focused on integrating AI tools like Amazon Q and GitLab Duo\. Driving innovation and aligning DevOps and SRE efforts across multiple projects\. \- Collaborated with client leadership and key stakeholders to align cloud, security, and financial operations strategies, driving digital transformation outcomes\.

Global Engineering Manager \| CloudOps & DevOps Head at Levi Strauss & Co\., Aug 2022 \- May 2024 · 1 yr 10 mos, India/US, \- Leadership Role for Infrastructure and Engineering Technology Services\.Asian & Mexican Leader of LSCo @ECS Team,core member of Westlake Leadership\. \- Managing Infrastructure Engineering, Enterprise Cloud Services ,End User Computing & Collaboration Team@LSCo in Asia & North America\.Leading & Managing DevOps ,Cloud Ops \(GCP,Azure & AWS\) & DevOps Toolchain Portfolio Teams across the Globe\[Managers,Architects,SRE's,Leads and engineers\]\. \- Responsible for driving AI adoption within the company\. \- Responsible for creating IT strategy that involves Architecture & System Design for cross functional technical teams & business functions\. \- Responsible for \~$5M budget \(direct & indirect\)\. \- Additional Responsibility for leading Command Centre \[NOC\] during Asian/LSE Business hours\.

Technical Lead at L&T Technology Services Limited, Mar 2018 \- Jul 2022 · 4 yrs 5 mos, Santa Clara, California, United States, \- Started Cloud Team in India from scratch, including architecture reviews and understanding of proprietary tools used by Ericsson/Mediakind\. \- Owned the Deployment Pipeline and strategized a One\-touch deployment\. \- Extensive work with AWS, GCP, and Azure\. \- In\-depth insight into Docker and Kubernetes, automating legacy applications into K8s with one\-touch deployment strategies\. \- Utilized Terraform extensively for infrastructure provisioning across business units\. \- Expertise in building scalable solutions and HA distributed systems with Azure and OpenStack \(Mirantis setup\)\. \- Set up CI/CD pipelines from scratch for clients in Europe and the US\. \- Proficient in Ansible automation framework\. \- Worked extensively with Nginx, fine\-tuning various configurations\. \- Familiarity with NoSQL databases like Cassandra\. \- Responsible for managing container packaging and knowledgeable about Kubernetes\. \- Created Greenfield environments and deployments from scratch for multiple customers in OpenStack with high availability\. \- Worked on both Windows and Unix platforms\. \- Proficient in Python and shell scripting

Deputy Manager \(Toolchain and Technology\) at HCL Infosystems Ltd\., May 2017 \- Mar 2018 · 11 mos, Singapore, \- Designed solution of Puppet for HCL Singapore Govtech Project\. \- Expertise in building the scalable solutions and HA distributed systems with AWS cloud \- Responsible for designing the Architecture concepts for cloud\. \- Responsible for managing ,reviewing & strengthen physical and logical security of the platform systems \- Design, manage and maintain tools to automate engineering operations\. \- Experience in working tools like CAST\(migration of Sunset app in cloud\), Nanoheal\. \- Own and drive initiatives spanning multiple teams to automate engineering operations\. \- Has the Ownership of the DevOps & Ops Engg teams\. \- Responsible for managing the container packaging using Docker and passing it on to the release engineering Team\.

DevOps Lead at 7EDGE, Jan 2017 \- Apr 2017 · 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Description: I managed the DevOps team which maintains, manages & supports the application hosted on the cloud\. \- Manage the cloud where our Puppet infrastructure is hosted \- An expertise in Puppet open source & Puppet Enterprise edition\. \- Infrastructure automation of 400\+ nodes using puppet\. \- In depth Knowledge of Puppet forge & Hiera\. \- Through understanding of monolithic & Split mode in puppet\. \- Salt Stack automation for the API’s using salt minion, runners & pillars\. \- Good understanding & working knowledge of AWS\.

## Education

Executive MBA, Leadership & Strategy, SVKM's Narsee Monjee Institute of Management Studies \(NMIMS\)

Bachelor of Engineering \- BE, Visvesvaraya Technological University

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