Ajoy Bharath

Senior IT Operations Manager | Service Manager | I lead enterprises to achieve high-availability, cost-optimized cloud & DevOps transformations with measurable efficiency gains | 24 Years in IT

Role
Senior IT Operations Lead at Shell
Location
Bengaluru, KA, IN
LinkedIn followers
500 followers

About Ajoy Bharath

Engineering and Operations Leader with extensive experience driving cloud transformation,…

Experience

  1. Senior IT Operations Lead

    Shell

    Nov 2022 — Present

    Orchestrating seamless IT operations through effective leadership and management of a team of IT professionals. Ensuring timely delivery of IT services by developing and implementing processes and workflows that optimize operational efficiency. Spearheading DevOps and Cloud Operations team as a Functional Manager with responsibilities for automation, CI/CD pipelines, and deployments. Acting as Product Owner and translating the product manager and portfolio strategies into actionable product backlog items (PBIs). Maintaining a structured root cause analysis (RCA) process in collaboration with Lead SREs to ensure prompt resolution of incidents and minimize downtime. Serving as a liaison between the product and development teams to ensure alignment of product goals with technical capabilities. Identifying and mitigating impediments to successful service delivery by working collaboratively across IT and business functions. Conducting sprint planning and stand-ups as the Scrum Master to ensure the team remains on track and aligned with business goals. Demonstrating strong business acumen and technical expertise to effectively manage IT operations and deliver high-quality services that meet or exceed SLAs. Serving as the Knowledge Coordinator for the team, responsible for creating and maintaining standard operating procedures (SOP), quick reference guides (QRG), and other documentation. Acting as the Change Manager for platform changes, including enhancements, bug fixes, new services whitelisting, and image whitelisting. Ensuring strict adherence to the ways of working to enable flawless service delivery and timely resolution of incidents. Defining services and processes to streamline delivery and improve team performance. Identifying areas for improvement and coordinating efforts towards automation and other enhancements.

Education

  • Technical Education Department Kerala

    Diploma, Computer Engineering

    1999 — 2002

  • Technical Education Department Kerala

    Diploma, Civil Engineering

  • BITS Pilani Work Integrated Learning Programmes

    Master of Technology - MTech, Computing Systems & Infrastructure

    2019 — 2021

  • St Josephs English Medium Higher Secondary School Aloor, Kerala, India

    Middle School

  • Madurai Kamaraj University

    Bachelor of Science - BS, Computer Science

    2007 — 2010

  • Madurai Kamaraj University

    Master of Science - MS, Computer Science

    2013 — 2015

  • Carmel Higher Secondary School, Chalakudy , Kerala , India

    High School , 10th

  • CHRIST COLLEGE, IRINJALAKKUDA

    Pre Degree, Science & Mathematics

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