Deepak Sharma

About Deepak Sharma

With 15+ years of experience across software engineering, identity platforms, cybersecurity, and site reliability engineering, I specialize in building, securing, and operating large-scale, mission-critical systems in complex enterprise environments. My work consistently sits at the intersection of identity, reliability, and security, where platform correctness and resilience are non-negotiable.I’ve led and owned observability, resiliency, and security initiatives for critical identity services—designing automation-first monitoring, alerting, and telemetry frameworks that improve service uptime, reduce operational risk, and strengthen incident response. My background spans distributed systems automation, cloud-native and hybrid architectures, and production operations, with a strong focus on reliability, signal quality, and security-by-design.Key Areas of ExpertiseDistributed Systems & Automation: Python, C#, REST APIs, CI/CD, Linux; reliability-focused engineeringObservability & Reliability Engineering: OpenTelemetry, Grafana, Azure Monitor & Log Analytics; metrics, logs, traces, SLO-driven alertingPlatform Security & Hardening: Identity, OS, and infrastructure hardening for critical systemsCloud & Hybrid Architecture: Secure, scalable cloud-native and hybrid platformsZero Trust & Security Architecture: End-to-end design across identity, network, and workload layersDevSecOps Enablement: Security-by-default CI/CD pipelines, automation, and guardrailsTechnical Leadership: Architecture ownership, cross-team influence, incident leadership, and mentoring

Experience

1. Senior Engineer, Information Security

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   Mar 2022 — Present · IN

   Secure Application Development: Design, develop, and deploy Python-based applications on Linux/ Azure platforms for proactive service monitoring and security enhancement.Service Reliability: Enhanced the reliability and security of systems by implementing automation and self-healing mechanisms for cloud applications.System Hardening: Fortified security through tiered access implementation, PowerShell automation, and advanced security monitoring tools, significantly enhancing enterprise-wide protection against threats.Modern Monitoring Solutions: Architected and implemented comprehensive monitoring dashboards(Grafana/ PowerBI) to provide real-time visibility into service health and performance, enabling proactive issue resolution.IAM Infrastructure Expertise: Managed and optimized critical Identity and Access Management (IAM) infrastructure, including Active Directory, PKI, Entra ID, VDS, Azure Infrastructure, and Azure Monitoring, ensuring secure and reliable access control.Incident Response & Resolution: Actively participated in on-call rotations, rapidly responding to and resolving service outage incidents, minimizing downtime and impact on users.Project Leadership & Execution: Led diverse projects, effectively executing tasks and managing escalations with minimal oversight, consistently delivering successful outcomes. Led a team of contractors to ensure the reliability of services and provide users with a seamless sign-on experience.Strategic Alignment & Communication: Developed and communicated technical and strategic initiatives, ensuring seamless alignment with organizational goals, standards, and objectives.

Skills

• Html
• Consulting
• Unified Communications
• Cloud Computing Iaas
• Iam
• Itil
• Network Security
• Sql
• Asp.net
• Identity Federation
• Microsoft Technologies
• Adfs 2.0
• Programming
• Computer Security
• Hybrid Cloud
• .net Framework 3.5,4.0
• Security Management
• Active Directory
• Windows Server
• Information Security
• Sql Azure
• Windows Azure
• Fim
• Javascript
• .net Framework
• C#
• .net
• Identity & Access Management (Iam)
• Powershell
• Microsoft Sql Server
• Cloud Computing
• Software Development
• Web Services
• Cloud Security
• IT Service Management
• Pre-Sales
• Security, Identity & Access Management(Microsoft Fim 2010 R2)
• Solution Architecture
• Microsoft Products
• Microsoft Forefront Identity Manager 2010