Yogesh Shaligram Mahale
Senior Technical Architect | DevOps Manager | Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)
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Professional Summary
Senior Technology Leader with 17.5+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and IT modernization. Adept at leading cross-functional teams, optimizing cloud costs, and modernizing legacy architectures for large-scale enterprises.
Expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with a focus on automation, resilience, andscalability.
Led and mentored 10+ member DevOps/SRE teams, driving performance optimization and best practices adoption.
Delivered a 25% reduction in AWS costs through strategic cloud optimization and automation.
Implemented SRE best practices, ensuring 99.99% uptime SLAs and streamlined incident response.
Strong domain knowledge in Retail, Sourcing, and Telecom Expense Management.
Key Skills & Competencies
Cloud & DevOps: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS), Kubernetes, ECS, Fargate
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE): Incident Management, Chaos Engineering, Disaster Recovery
Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, AWS CDK
CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps
Performance & Cost Optimization: High Availability, Auto-scaling, Load Balancing, AWS Cost Optimization
Professional Experience
Sears IT & Management Services Pvt Ltd | Senior Technical Architect | DevOps Manager | SRE Lead Feb 2016 - Present
Led 10+ DevOps/SRE engineers, improving cloud reliability and automation.
Migrated legacy mainframe applications to AWS-based microservices, reducing operational overhead.
Designed scalable Kafka architecture, improving real-time data streaming and throughput.
Reduced AWS expenses by 25% through resource right-sizing and auto-scaling.
Implemented CI/CD pipelines, cutting deployment time by 40%.
Trigent Software Ltd (Deputation: Sears) | Technical Lead
Aug 2015 - Feb 2016
Led DevOps automation strategies, improving deployment efficiency.
Conducted pilot projects for CI/CD, ensuring production-readiness.
Magna InfoTech Pvt Ltd (Deputation: Sears) | Senior Application Support Engineer (DevOps)
Feb 2014 - July 2015
Strengthened incident management and automated cloud resource monitoring.
Provided mentoring and technical guidance to junior engineers.
Key Projects & Achievements
Mainframe Elimination & Cloud Migration
Migrated legacy mainframe applications to AWS-based microservices.
Achieved 30% faster performance and reduced operational costs by 40%.
Enabled high availability and disaster recovery with a multi-region AWS setup.
High-Performance Kafka Architecture
Designed a scalable Kafka architecture, enabling real-time data processing.
Improved message throughput by 50%, reducing lag and increasing efficiency.
Implemented Kafka Connect for seamless integration with MySQL and GCP.
AWS Cost Optimization Initiative
Conducted cloud cost audits and optimized resource utilization, saving 25% on AWS bills.
Implemented auto-scaling, reserved instances, and spot pricing strategies.
CI/CD Automation & DevOps Transformation
Developed fully automated CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time by 40%.
Improved release cycles from bi-weekly to daily deployments.
Education
- Master of Computer Applications (MCA)
