Sathish Kumar S

About Sathish Kumar S

With over 17 years of experience in Infrastructure and Cloud Operations and Business Continuity Solutions for SAP and Non-SAP workloads, I have built a career centered around operational excellence, high availability, and resilient cloud architectures. As a Cloud Operations Manager, I lead teams, processes, and platforms that keep mission-critical systems running smoothly—24×7.I currently manage Cloud Operations for a major enterprise customer, ensuring round-the-clock service reliability, proactive incident response, and continuous optimization across complex cloud and hybrid environments. My leadership style is rooted in accountability, collaboration, and an unwavering focus on customer outcomes.Over the years, I’ve had the privilege of designing, deploying, and modernizing cutting-edge cloud and infrastructure landscapes. Key highlights of my work include: Led the migration of multi-tier SAP workloads to the cloud, achieving a 30% reduction in operational costs and delivering improved scalability and performance. Conducted targeted cloud cost assessments, identifying inefficiencies and reducing monthly cloud spend by 15%. Designed and implemented a comprehensive cloud and infrastructure security framework, increasing compliance and reducing vulnerabilities by 25%. Successfully deployed and optimized Co-Located Datacenter for Enterprise customer by using the Entire Redhat Toolkit (Red Hat Linux, RHV, Insights, Satellite, Ansible) along with SUSE and Windows environments to enhance stability and streamline operations. Architected and managed large-scale VMware environments, significantly cutting hardware costs and improving resource efficiency. Drove Business Continuity Planning and Disaster Recovery strategies, enabling organizations to sustain operations during outages and ensuring minimal data loss through regular DR drills.My technical toolkit spans Azure, AWS, Red Hat (Linux, Satellite, Ansible, Insights, RHV), SUSE, Wintel Admin Tools, and VMware, enabling me to build secure, reliable, and scalable ecosystems that consistently exceed business expectations.I’m passionate about optimizing operations, mentoring teams, leveraging automation, and creating cloud environments that empower businesses to stay resilient, agile, and future-ready.

Experience

1. Senior Manager - Cloud

   KaarTech

   Jan 2022 — Present · Tamil Nadu, IN

   With over a decade of experience in IT Operations and Cloud Solutioning at KaarTech. I specialize in building reliable, secure, and scalable cloud architectures while ensuring seamless operations for enterprise customers.As the Cloud Operations Manager for a 24×7 enterprise customers, I manage mission-critical environments, drive operational excellence, and ensure continuous service availability. I lead cross-functional teams, oversee incident response, streamline processes, and enforce best practices that enhance stability, performance, and customer satisfaction.I have been at the forefront of cloud transformation efforts, driving cost efficiency, governance, and operational maturity across AWS and Azure.Key Achievements:• Led migration of multi-tier SAP workloads to the cloud, reducing operational costs by 30% and improving scalability.• Developed and executed cloud cost optimization strategies across AWS and Azure, identifying over 30% in savings through rightsizing, scheduling, and eliminating idle resources.• Defined cloud and infrastructure security strategies that improved compliance and reduced vulnerabilities by 25%.• Created onboarding documentation and hands-on lab guides to accelerate team readiness in cloud monitoring, IaC, governance, and security controls.• Built cloud architecture standards and reusable design patterns, ensuring consistent, scalable, and secure deployments across global delivery teams.• Authored Cloud Architecture Playbooks and Deployment Guides covering governance, tagging, backup policies, workload placement, and DR frameworks.• Led Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery initiatives, conducting regular DR drills with customers to validate RTOs, failover workflows, and data consistency.• Leveraged expertise in Azure, AWS, SUSE, Red Hat Linux, and Windows to architect robust, reliable solutions aligned with customer needs.

Education

• Kongunadu Arts and Science College

  Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), Computer Science

  2002 — 2005

• Bharathiar University

  Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Science