Prasenjit Choudhury
Platform Architect || DevSecOps Architect || Developer Toolchain Architecture || Cloud Infrastructure|| Kubernetes || Cyber Security
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Summary
I have over 18 years of IT experience covering a broad spectrum of technologies, tools and skills. During this time, I have held several challenging roles working on critical business applications and platforms in the Energy, Telecom, Banking, Engineering , Payment Card sectors and latest in highly classified Defense domain.
Diligent Architect with strong background in designing and optimizing scalable platforms in Public Cloud ( Azure , GCP , AWS ) , On Prem or Hybrid environment. Proven track record of driving architectural innovations that enhance system efficiency and reliability. Demonstrated expertise in cloud computing and microservices architecture to deliver robust solutions.
In my current role ,I am establishing DevSecOps and Platform Engineering strategy, via an enterprise-wide toolchain and practice. I spearhead and own the architecture design and decisions .
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
4
4
Languages
Work History
Senior Platform Architect
Terma
02.2023 - Current
- Product Owner and Architect for the DevSecOps & Platform Engineering cross domain teams within R&D .
- Established successfully a new DevSecOps and Platform Engineering strategy for Terma R&D , focusing on scalability , optimized workflows , improved collaboration , maturing DevSecOps practice , quality with embedded security , velocity and time to market.
- Delivered cost-effective solutions by selecting suitable technology stacks based on project requirements and budget constraints.
- Forecasting team budget anchored to the organization strategy.
- Evaluated emerging technologies to determine their potential impact on the organization''s strategic goals, driving innovation initiatives accordingly.
- Stakeholder Management across R&D leadership , IT and Security architects , project managers , products owners , scrum masters and bridged communication gaps between technical and non-technical stakeholders by translating complex concepts into easily digestible information for informed decision-making processes.
- Created proof-of-concept applications to showcase platform capabilities and attract domain adoption across Terma R&D.
- Conducted thorough assessments of current architecture to identify areas for improvement, leading to increased stability and reliability by 25%.
- Established robust security protocols for the protection of sensitive data, maintaining a safe platform environment ; thus decreased security vulnerability by 30%.
- Architect and solution designer of DevSecOps Platform in Air Gapped Environment for classified development requirements ( as per NIST , CIS Guidelines )
- Establishing OSS Vulnerability scanning mechanism for both air gapped and no air gapped environments , along with automated process flows across IT and Cyber Security.
- Architect of new Universal Artifact Management solution ; to provide robust , secured and controlled development practice using OSS packages.
- Evangelist of DevSecOps Strategy , Tooling and best practices across R&D Domain development teams.
- Architect of idealization new Observability Platform using Open Telemetry .
- DevEx concept establishing with Self service and LLM On premise platform.
- In the role of Product Owner ; owning and managing product backlogs , initiatives and strategy via Jira and Big Picture .
- Doing epic Refinements and feature delivery strategy for the platform and domain adoption .
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality software products on time and within budget.
- Enhanced platform efficiency by optimizing architectural designs and implementing best practices.
- Streamlined deployment processes by adoption of GitOps principles and using Argo CD , Helm chart. Frictionless deployment and possibility of daily deployments thus reducing time-to-market for new features.
- Promoted a culture of knowledge sharing by organizing regular training sessions, workshops, and documentation updates across teams.
- Mentored junior team members in best practices for platform design and development, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Ørsted
09.2022 - 12.2022
- In the largest ART of Ørsted, playing the role of DevOps Evangelist or DevOps enabler
- Strategies how to scale DevSecOps in uniform way in all product lines part of ART, also collaborating with DevOps CoE, Cloud CoE and Security/Application/Technical architects forum to build future digital products of Ørsted.
DevOps Lead/Senior DevOps Engineer
Ramboll
08.2020 - 08.2022
- Introduction of DevSecOps Principles and Strategy in entire organization
- Establishing DevSecOps Standard Toolchain and making it available organization wide
- Establishing DevSecOps strategy in collaboration with IT Security
- DevSecOps Roadmap and advisory work development where teams are working several technologies like Webapp, BI& Analytics, Data Science, IOT, Machine learning and across geographies
- DevSecOps roadmap creation and working with product teams to find suitable tools for the standard toolchain
- Cost model handling and as license owner working with Ramboll Legal and Compliance teams
- Handling DevOps product costs, budget preparation, cost and chargeback model for DevOps tools and initiatives
- Establishing DevOps Team in India and Europe, building skill and upskilling part
- Guiding resources in their daily assignments
- Creating training plan for the team and for developers / operation resources.
Site Reliability Engineer
Queue-IT
05.2020 - 07.2020
- Improvements and advancements of Azure Pipelines and Release
- Creating new pipelines for Queue.IT Modules
- Infrastructure automation with Terraform on AWS.
DevOps Consultant
Eficode
05.2019 - 05.2020
- The job responsibility used to include advising on tooling practice appropriate for Customer needs with respect to their CI/CD and automation requirement
- Kubernetes Cluster Monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana
- Configuration Management experience with Puppet and Ansible
- Performing Infrastructure as Code practices for internal projects using Terraform
- Experience of working projects involving AWS and Azure Cloud services.
Application/ DevOps Consultant
Enghouse Networks
04.2017 - 04.2019
- Responsible for setup and maintenance of a new, continuous integration pipeline, intended to support continuous delivery processes for RATOR’s core.
- Improved the Baseline RATOR Platform, through the incorporation of Docker based environments built with Ansible ,Git, Liquibase DB scripts.
- Configuration management & release branching.
- CI/CD efficiency & optimization improvements and implementing Monitoring tool.
Technical Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2010 - 03.2017
- Responsible for solution design, development & maintenance of the order management and booking platform (Columbus) for the Tele Denmark Communication.
Software Engineer
RS Software India Ltd
05.2006 - 02.2010
- Responsible for the development and maintenance of the VISA Payment Switch. The application was built on an Mainframe technology stack (TPF).
Education
Masters - Computer Science
Calcutta University
Kolkata , India 07.2003 - 08.2005
Bachelor - Computer Science
Calcutta University
Kolkata , India 06.2000 - 07.2003
Skills
Cloud Architecture ( IaaS, PaaS , FaaS)
DevSecOps best Practices and Tooling Git ,Jenkins , Gitlab CI , Github Action
Kubernetes and Container orchestration
AWS, GCP and Azure Cloud
Identity and Access management
Security and compliance management
Stakeholder communication
Excellent & Effective communication
Team leadership and mentoring
Scalability and performance optimization
Cost and BudgeManagement , Forecasting
Enterprise Architecture
Git , Jenkins , Azure DevOps , Gitlab , Github
Artifact Management : Nexus , Artifactory
Package : Maven , NPM , Pypi , Nuget
undefinedCertification
Docker Certified Associate Prep Course
Personal Information
- Number of Children: 1
- Date of Birth: 06/03/81
- Marital Status: Married
Professionalmembership
Member of various professional groups in Copenhagen and part of physical/online Meetups/Seminars.
Accomplishments
- Docker Certified Associate Prep Course.
- Red Hat Certified Specialist In Ansible Automation.
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator(CKA)
- Managing Application and Infrastructure with Terraform.
Timeline
Senior Platform Architect
Terma
02.2023 - Current
Lead DevOps Engineer
Ørsted
09.2022 - 12.2022
DevOps Lead/Senior DevOps Engineer
Ramboll
08.2020 - 08.2022
Site Reliability Engineer
Queue-IT
05.2020 - 07.2020
DevOps Consultant
Eficode
05.2019 - 05.2020
Application/ DevOps Consultant
Enghouse Networks
04.2017 - 04.2019
Technical Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
02.2010 - 03.2017
Software Engineer
RS Software India Ltd
05.2006 - 02.2010
Masters - Computer Science
Calcutta University
07.2003 - 08.2005
Bachelor - Computer Science
Calcutta University
06.2000 - 07.2003
Docker Certified Associate Prep Course
Red Hat Certified Specialist In Ansible Automation
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Managing Application and Infrastructure with Terraform
Certificate of Puppet Practitioner Course
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