Anand Jalkhare

About Anand Jalkhare

10+ years of expertise in managing critical production systems across cloud and hybrid environments, I specialise in ensuring high availability and operational excellence. Proficient in Java, Shell scripting, PL/SQL, and a broad range of AWS services including EC2, S3, Lambda, EKS, and IAM. Skilled in incident triage and resolution, leveraging proactive monitoring tools like Splunk, Dynatrace, and CloudWatch to minimize downtime.I drive automation through CI/CD pipelines, streamline migrations, and enhance operational workflows. Experienced in ITSM platforms such as Remedy, ServiceNow, and Rally within Agile and DevOps frameworks. Proven leadership in managing teams to deliver reliable, scalable solutions that support business growth and continuity.

Experience

1. Lead Engineer

   Mastercard

   Oct 2025 — Present

   Have worked on Authorization and clearing migration and validation for transaction stream. Monitored and tuned performance using Splunk, Dynatrace and AWS CloudWatch, set up alerts for proactive detection of anomalies. Automated deployment and incident resolution workflow via Jenkins CI/CD pipelines. Handled high-severity (P1/P2) incidents for Authorization and clearing flow with deep root cause analysis, coordinating across development, infrastructure team. Supported production systems hosted on AWS EC2, S2, EKS, Lambda and managed Axon event level access control through IAM roles and policies. Analyzed logs and service health via Splunk, CloudWatch logs and created dashboards alerts for faster resolution and RCA. Scripting knowledge in Shell for automation, log parsing, development task and daily health check operations. Led improvements in onboarding processes, enhancing team productivity and knowledge-sharing practices.

Education

• Vellore Institute of Technology

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering

  2011 — 2015

• VIT University

  Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering