Pratik Thakkar

About Pratik Thakkar

Passionate tech enthusiast with specialized skills in DevOps, GitOps, cloud security, infrastructure automation, containerization, API testing, cloud optimization and technical enablement. I am a experienced executive in designing modernized strategy to deliver integrated IT solutions in AWS/Azure marketplace including China marketplace.An avid cloud evangelist having Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, IBM & Alibaba Cloud Certification with a technical background to enable businesses use next-gen technology and helping to stay ahead of the curve.Through my experiences, I have had opportunities to work on modernizing application architectures for enterprise and digital native customers in Retail, Banking, and Manufacturing.Core competencies include Experienced lead with over 7 years of experience guiding teams working on a broad spectrum of cloud environments using well architected frameworks. Result oriented cloud architect with focus on designing highly available, scalable and reliable cloud solutions In-depth understanding of AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Experience in implementing CI/CD, GitOps, SysOps and DevOps Hands-on experience in deploying and scaling microservices on Kubernetes Technology Operations Leadership with cost efficient Operations Life long learner, Mentor, Cloud enthusiast & Automation geekIn my spare time, I work on self learning projects, watching technical videos and achieving technical certifications. I enjoy being continually challenged by my peers and teams that I work with to help me develop new skills and capabilities.P.S: Any views and opinions are my own, not of my employer!

Experience

1. Staff Devops Engineer

   Teradata

   Oct 2022 — Present

   At Teradata, I lead innovative projects, including the development of Teradata AI Unlimited, and am currently building a CI/CD observability dashboard to monitor GitHub, Jenkins, and GitLab pipelines using OpenTelemetry, Zipkin, Jaeger, ELK, Prometheus, and Grafana. My work with GitHub Actions, Linux, Go, Python, Docker, Packer, Salt Stack, AWS, Snyk, and Terraform has achieved a 20% faster time to market for our products.Key Achievements:• CI/CD Optimization: Enhanced CI/CD pipelines, improving code deployment efficiency by 50% and accelerating software releases by 20%.• Cloud Infrastructure: Designed and automated scalable cloud solutions with tools such as Kubernetes, ArgoCD, CloudFormation, and Terraform.• Technical Leadership: Guided teams in adopting well-architected frameworks and implemented automation strategies to drive productivity and quality.• Technology Stack Expertise: Extensive hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Jenkins, MongoDB, Ansible, ELK, Prometheus, and DataDog.Awards:• Honored for exemplary contributions to AI Unlimited delivery in products all hands.• Team recognition for exceptional contributions to DIY and AI-Unlimited marketplace releases.Passionate about designing highly available, reliable, and efficient cloud infrastructures while leading technical initiatives to solve critical business problems and drive continuous improvement.

Education

• Vellore Institute of Technology

  M.tech CSE with Specialization Cloud Computing, Cloud Computing

  2014 — 2016

• Mahatma Gandhi Missions college of Engineering & Technology

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Computer Science

  2007 — 2012

Skills

• Windows Azure
• C
• Mysql
• Python
• Linux
• Java
• Core Java
• Cloud Computing
• Amazon Web Services (Aws)
• Citrix Xendesktop
• Virtualization
• Citrix Xenapp
• Esxi
• Saltstack
• Storage Virtualization
• Network Virtualization
• Hyper-V
• Microsoft Azure
• Powershell
• Big Data