Ankit Goel

About Ankit Goel

Architect with 18+ years of cross functional experience to drive Platform engineering, Technology transformation, adoption in multiple industry sectors across various geographies, focusing on Solution Design, Cloud Computing, Datacenter Virtualisation, IT transformation, DevOps, Cloud FinOps and Consulting/advisory for IT Strategy, Process augmentation- Responsible for the creation, maintenance and management of IT architecture models and their lower level components- Knowledge and exposure to various IT Advisory areas like IT Strategy, Enterprise Architecture, IT Process Improvement, IT Organization Design, Cloud Transformation Strategy etc- Enterprise Cloud, Enterprise security, Data Centre Virtualisation and Consolidation

Experience

1. Enterprise Architect - Platform Engineering and Cloud

   Gartner

   Aug 2022 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Summary of my responsibilities- DevOps Platform Engineering: Expertise in automating and optimizing software delivery processes using CI/CD tools like Jenkins, ArgoCD, and Flux, with a focus on Infrastructure as Code (IaC)- FinOps Strategy: Skilled in developing strategies to optimize cloud spending, implementing enterprise tagging for cost analysis, and conducting vendor product POCs for financial operations tools- Cloud Infrastructure Design: Proficient in assessing and modernizing cloud infrastructure to leverage cloud-native services, enhancing scalability, reliability, and performance- Technical Debt Reduction: Experienced in identifying and prioritizing technical debt, creating roadmaps for refactoring and rearchitecting legacy systems to align IT strategy with business objectives- Platform Engineering Solutions: Competent in utilizing tools like Harness, Snyk, Bitbucket, and GitHub to improve development workflows, security, and continuous integration and delivery practices- Enterprise Tagging and Cost Management: Developed comprehensive tagging strategies to enhance resource visibility and cost management across cloud services- Chaos Engineering Implementation: Implemented chaos engineering practices using tools like Gremlin to test and improve system resilience and reliability- Application and SaaS Assessment: Conducted application intake reviews and SaaS capability assessments for AI and digital marketing solutions, ensuring alignment with organizational goals and ROI potential.

Education

• DIT Dehradun

  Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science

  2001 — 2005

Skills

• Storage Area Networks
• Windows Server
• Storage Area Network (San)
• Vmware
• Emc Networker
• Cloud Computing
• Virtualization
• Vendor Management
• Storage