About
Hands-on DevOps, Tools, Automation, and Quality Engineering leader with 20+ years of Technical and People Management experience. I specialize in driving digital transformation and delivering high-quality products by combining robust cloud infrastructure with modern, AI-driven engineering practices. • Delivered global, complex technology implementations with a focus on Digital Transformation using Infrastructure as Code (IaC), AI-augmented automation, and Quality Gate pipelines leveraging open-source software. • Proven track record in infrastructure management and cloud migrations of various Mobile app, Web app and Microservices based applications • Drive strategic adoption of AI within the SDLC, utilizing predictive analytics for defect triage, root-cause analysis, and optimizing CI/CD pipeline efficiency. • Owned Product Quality and led QE & Automation teams built from scratch. Championed the integration of AI-powered testing (Generative AI for test data, self-healing test frameworks) alongside Product E2E Testing, Automation, Infrastructure, Synthetic Monitoring. • Demonstrated ability to deliver results under pressure of fast-paced, dynamic environments • Experience & Passion in building High Performing and Highly Engaged Organization • Strong Leadership - Ownership & Accountability, Change Leadership, Communication, Collaboration, Conflict Management, Stakeholder Management, Performance Management AWS, Azure, CGP, AI-Driven QA, Predictive Analytics, AIOps, DevOps, CI/CD, Agile, Quality Engineering, Test Automation, Release Management, Monitoring, Security, Performance, Building & Managing Teams, Program Management, People Management, Leadership Hands-on expertise in: • Programming & Scripting: Java and various scripting languages, leveraging AI coding assistants like Claude Code and Gemini for rapid script generation, test coverage, and automated PR reviews. • Cloud Operations & Observability: Alerting, Monitoring, and Logging, utilizing tools like Gemini for intelligent log analysis, anomaly detection, and cloud infrastructure management. • Test Automation & Quality Gate Pipelines: Design and development of robust frameworks, incorporating AI-driven test data generation and self-healing UI/DOM mechanisms. • ProdOps & Agile Workflows: Incident Management, Release, and Change Management, empowered by Atlassian Rovo AI for automated ticket triage, enterprise knowledge discovery, and intelligent Jira/Confluence workflows. • DevOps & CI/CD: Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and the building/integration of modern DevOps toolchains.
Work experience
Head of Quality Engineering at Moniepoint Group, Nov 2025 - Present · 10 mos, Remote, Head of Quality Engineering for Moniepoint Group - Moniepoint MFB, Teamapt, Monnify, MonieWorld.
Head of Quality Engineering at Tesco, Aug 2023 - Oct 2025 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Lead QE teams for Enabling Functions Technology portfolio (Finance, Property, Legal and Data).
Head of QE & DevOps - Ajio B2B & Seller Marketplace at Jio Platforms Limited (JPL), Sep 2021 - Aug 2023 · 2 yrs, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, • Led Ajio B2B & Marketplace QA teams to ensure high-quality product delivery in the e-commerce domain. • Managed DevOps for Reliance Retail, overseeing CI/CD and DevSecOps pipelines. • Fostered a culture of continuous improvement through test automation and deployment automation initiatives.
Group Development Manager - QE, DevOps, ProdOps, Release Mgmt at Prudential Financial, May 2019 - Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Gibraltar India (India Development centre of Prudential Financial Inc. USA) • Led the DevOps, Testing, ProdOps, and Release Management teams for Prudential’s International Business unit. • Managed infrastructure for digital transformation products across APAC and LATAM markets. • Drove automation initiatives by designing solutions on AWS Cloud and on-prem data centers. • Focused on enhancing availability, performance, and compliance to meet internal metrics.
Sr Manager, Quality Engineering & Tools at TiVo, May 2017 - Dec 2018 · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Head of Service Engineering Tools/Perf/Ops team at Bangalore. • Built and led a 25-member high performing team responsible for Infra, Tools, and Automation • Responsible for Infra and Quality deliverable for Service Engineering initiatives Video on Demand, Metadata, Provisioning initiatives of TiVo Service – Build pipelines, Automation framework, Service Integration, Performance, Resiliency, Disaster Recovery, Synthetic monitoring • Driving strategy, process, tools with development & operational peers to execute product roadmaps
Sr Dev Manager - QA at Intuit, May 2006 - May 2016 · 10 y, Bangalore
