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Cloud Migration Tech PM | Zero major cut-over incidents. | Azure | Governance | Rollback Strategy | Open to leadership roles

About

Expertise in infrastructure development, release management, and DevOps methodologies. With over 12 years of experience leading complex deployments and optimizing build and release processes across diverse industries, I bring a proven track record of technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration. In my current role at Cognizant as a Release Manager, I spearhead transformation initiatives, manage stakeholder communications across multi-disciplinary teams, and oversee end-to-end release pipelines. I've led critical migrations, including transitioning legacy systems from TFS to Azure Repos, and enforced release governance via CAB/Pre-CAB meetings—ensuring reliable, compliant deployments. Previously at KFinTech and NTT DATA, I established automated CI/CD pipelines, standardized organizational release processes, and implemented Role-Based Access Controls across enterprise systems. My hands-on expertise spans Azure DevOps, Jenkins, IIS administration, BizTalk, SQL Server, and scripting with PowerShell, enabling me to engineer robust, scalable solutions that bridge infrastructure and development seamlessly. I hold multiple certifications, including Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate and AWS SysOps Administrator Associate, reflecting my commitment to continuous learning and industry best practices.

Location

Hyderabad

AI stack

antigravity

lovable

Work experience

Technical Project Manager | Azure Cloud Migrations at Cognizant, Feb 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 10 mos, Hyderabad, Results-driven Technical Project Manager with 13+ years of experience leading large-scale cloud migration, release management, and DevOps initiatives across Life Sciences, Insurance, and Financial Services domains. Directed Azure migration of 1067 servers with zero major incidents during cut-over. Proven expertise in governance, compliance, and change management, ensuring audit readiness and operational excellence.Skilled in CI/CD pipeline design, rollback strategies, and cross-functional team leadership. Passionate about bridging technology and business goals, I thrive in complex, high-stakes environments where precision, collaboration, and innovation are critical.

Project Lead - Build And Release at KFin Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Jul 2021 - Feb 2023 · 1 yr 8 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, Lead the Project for implementing Release Management for the Organization. • Building from scratch the entire Release Process by introducing CAB process, RBAC, Automated Builds etc. • Devised a strategy to implement automated Build and Release activities. Working with TFS Server 2017, Jenkins, Branching, Merging, automated build. • TFS Server Migration. • Implemented RBAC(Role Based Access Control) for SCM(TFS).

software development senior analyst at NTT DATA, Jun 2019 - Jul 2021 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Hyderabad Area, India

Software Development Senior Analyst at NTT DATA, Jun 2018 - Jun 2019 · 1 yr 1 mo, Halifax, Canada Area

Senior Consultant at NTT DATA, Oct 2015 - Jul 2021 · 5 yrs 10 mos, Build, Installation, configuration, and administration of BizTalk, WCF and TFS Applications. Customized TFS build definitions to automate TFS build process. Administrated team Foundation branches and user groups by providing access to users, adding/removing users from user groups. Created different branches to support parallel development. Performed code Merge between different branches and efficiently resolved merge conflicts. Strong Experience with CI/CD and DevOps methodologies, workflows, configuration management. Scripting and automating administration tasks with PowerShell. Monitoring tools (e.g., New Relic, ELK, Prometheus etc.) Technical troubleshooting skills for both system performance and network connectivity issues. Deployments, Release Management using VSTS. Creating the New Build Definitions of Vnext and XAML Builds. Analyze failure cases/technical errors and report them to Development Team with all the required information. Raising incidents/problem tickets and assigning them to appropriate teams when required.

Senior Pod Lead at Serco, Sep 2010 - Feb 2014 · 3 yrs 6 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, I am part of Build, Deployment & Operations team where I have to compile, build & deploy applications & resolve all production issues

Education

Bachelor of Technology, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, JNTUH College of Engineering Hyderabad