Pradip kumar Pandey

Working as a Lead Solution Architect for AWS Professional Services, providing end to end solutions by implementing AWS best practices for the cloud and DevOps to clients globally. Leading a team of Cloud & DevOps professionals, responsible for training, hiring, team building for customer projects, documentation, POCs, publishing technical solution articles, and internal automation for AWS Professional Services. Responsible for identifying business requirements of AWS clients, serving as SPOC from AWS for Global Customers to provide solutions, strategy and POCs with Cloud and DevOps automation solutions, AI & Machine Learning implementations and opportunities. Managing end-to-end projects for multiple AWS clients globally, providing automation and DevOps solutions, migration, assessment, cost and technical evaluations, multi-cloud and hybrid cloud approaches, automation with DevOps pipeline, and Infrastructure as Code as per client business needs. Responsible for architecture design, technical documentation, technical training, prescriptive guidance writing and review, mentoring team members across multiple competencies for AWS SME and Areas of Depth programs, technical enhancements & delivery of technical requirements.

Worked for the Development Center of Zee Group, managing technical project and cloud infrastructure. Managed and set up AWS & Azure cloud services with DevOps solutions, deployed cloud services and DevOps pipelines for video streaming apps, OTT applications, designed strategy for the cloud services and microservices with Kubernetes. Implemented automation of cloud infrastructure with Terraform, development and deployment of IT applications and microservices. Built teams by defining roles and responsibilities and identifying team members through staff structure maps for AWS/Azure services, networking, security, operations, application development, migrations, databases, and infrastructure. Managed costs by ensuring billing and financial management processes were configured using AWS tagging and billing. Understood and managed service-related expenses and projects with capital expenditures. Handled complete project cycles, responsible for resource deployment, end to end installation and configuration of services. Reported to business head and head of technology, serving as key person (SPOC) for delivering IT & technical projects.

Worked as an IT Support Engineer providing technical and logistic solutions to customers for IT, broadcast applications, and media services. Performed RF planning and installation of 1+1 IT infra setups for various Media & Sports clients including Sony, Sahara, Star Sports, ESPN, NewsX, and TV Today Network.