senthil varadarajan

I bring extensive IT experience and a Master's in International Business, aligning seamlessly with your needs. Based in Barcelona, I'm ready to contribute within two weeks. With expertise in IT operations and Crisis management, I excel in data analysis, recruitment, and staff training. Proficient in Excel and ERP systems, I drive sales, reduce costs, and manage schedules effectively. Holding an AWS Certified Architect certification, I've led successful cloud migrations and ensure security compliance. As a skilled Business Analyst, I've excelled in problem-solving and global collaboration. Notable achievements include significant cost savings and effective vendor negotiation. Currently consulting for Nespresso, I specialize in architectural problem-solving and CI tools like Jenkins. My commitment is unwavering, aiming to propel your business towards continued success. I eagerly anticipate the opportunity for an interview. Please feel free to reach out. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely, Senthil.v

 Codebucket Solutions Private | Head of Information Technology| Jan 2025 - Oct 2025 · 10 mos

1. Program manager for overseeing project schedules, optimizing operations, developing business strategies, reorganizing teams, microservices, event-driven systems, and risk management.

2. Act as a government management consultant as the primary point of contact for project stakeholders and served as a trusted advisor for senior government officials in India, including IAS officers and Directors.

3. Develop business problems, collect data, and develop strategic recommendations 

4. Delivered a project based on Gen Ai Data center for government policy making.

5. Increased service availability through a variety of changes, including infrastructure landscape re-design, proactive monitoring, and a testing procedure.

6. Present WSR, MBR, and QBR maintain project planning, monitoring, documentation, and closure to the District Magistrate (DM) and the district Commissioner.

7. Motivated and trained engineers for project delivery and operation for 100% SLA results.

8. Built application on ReactJs, NodeJS, python, llama, openAI, monitor API , AWS EC2, and Saas application and billing in the cloud.

9. Manage OPEX and the project's budgets, planning, objectives, scope, deliverables, and develop detailed project plans, including schedules and risk management strategies. Created Risk Assessment & Mitigation Frameworks before Apps deployment and infrastructure deployment.

10. Ensuring proactive measures are in place before the version release related to AI and ERP. Maintain Project tolerances and constraints on the development of AI engine.

11. Handle Project Management in CRM, Responsible for operating AWS Cloud Services, Databases, Cyber security, and Data Analytics tools, augmented generation (RAG). Run Cost optimization for connected AWS services and servers.

12. Responsible for Business Continuity Planning (BCP), IT-Business Alignment, and Digital Strategy.

13. Drive Multi-vendor and Sub vendor using ITIL metrics, maintain 99.9% SLAs

14. Maintain 100% Security and servers based on ISO 27001

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Project Consultant | Mar 2024 - Dec 2024 · 10 mos

1. Delivered an AI-based theme park setup on an Interactive AI and VR setup—improved Analysis: Data-Driven Insights on Footfall and Sales Analysis.

2. Delivered IT Project management work package for IT supply chain, driving call centres and software services. Lead the Project Management Board to deliver software and remove blockages in the development process.

3. Delivered AWS application services for a Digital Marketing agency on the application platform, websites, DB, and mobile apps.

4. Delivered serverless IT roadmaps for cosmetics product resellers, defined milestones, and ensured alignment with business objectives.

5. Aligns IT vendors and investments with overarching business goals.

6. Guides organizations for competitive IT practices through strategic consulting.

7. Supplier specializing in cloud security, software licensing, and implementing robust IT security frameworks. Collaborates with clients to evaluate IT needs, hardware, cloud applications, storage solutions, and allocate necessary resources.

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Experienced Consultant | Amaris Consulting | June 2022 – Dec 2023

1. Management consultant for crisis operations, IT business disruptions, BCP across international markets for Nestle and Nespresso Brands.

2. Led major incident management MIM team, reviews and coordinated cross-functional team, drive root Cause Analysis (RCA)

3. Handled Project and Release management on mobile apps, WAF and web applications on Nestle brand. Specialist crisis management operations and Global Market Support.

4. Managed 5 clients in APAC region on systems utilized in 40 markets across the APAC.

5. Organise war room and coordinate offshore support teams ensuring efficient resolution efforts and effective communication for resolving P1 and P2 issues / outages.

6. Create SOP, proof of concept (POC), RFP and MVP for new launch and present to board of directors in Nespresso for project approval.

7. Formulate support procedures on Information security and Digital security focus on safeguarding sensitive information (SIEM) using Qualys, Akamai, SonarQube and OWASP ZAP.

8. Third-Party Risk Assessment Manager relationships with third-party service providers, monitor KPIs, and address SLA violations.

9. Act as the project team's point of contact for sustain-related activities, ensuring the successful deployment of support organizations and processes.

10. Recruit, Coach and mentor a team for IT Business Analysis and Data research.

11. Reduced IT downtime on sale, POS and improved the E-commerce delivery.

12. Proactively monitor and measure ticket volumes, look for patterns with a continuous improvement mindset for the Team.

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Movate | Cloud Specialist – Lead | CSS Corp · Full-timeCSS Corp · Full-time

Jun 2016 - Mar 2022 · 5 yrs 10 mos

1. Acted as the single point of contact (SPOC) for Unilever.com, ensuring 24/7 availability and rapid response to business-critical issues.
2. I manage day-to-day operations for 3000+ servers and applications on AWS, with additional infrastructure in Azure.
3. Monitor daily cloud costs and flag anomalies to stakeholders, helping control spend and forecast usage trends.
4. Work with stakeholders and ops managers to approve and coordinate new server and application deployments.
5. Lead a 30-member Cloud & SRE team (L2/L3), ensuring 24/7 support coverage including weekends and holidays.
6. Handle all P1 and P2 escalations personally, leading rapid resolution and preparing detailed RCAs per ITIL standards.
7. Collaborate with DevOps teams in Agile sprints to develop automation tools that improve service delivery and reduce manual effort.
8. Oversee staffing plans, rosters, and shift rotations to maintain continuous operations globally.
9. Manage full Windows and Linux server environments, ensuring high availability and performance at all layers.
10. Delivered CI/CD pipelines and MVPs with security-first practices and access control.
    Ensure 100% vulnerability compliance using Qualys, and prepare regular MBRs/WBRs with change and risk data.
11. Execute cost optimization strategies using autoscaling and automation across AWS and Azure.
12. Plan and deliver zero-downtime OS/platform upgrades through phased rollout and testing.
    Define KPIs and KRAs for team members, aligning with project OKRs and performance reviews.
13. Create and maintain SOPs, technical knowledge bases, and onboarding processes for team scale-up.
14. Act as the escalation point for critical client/vendor technical issues, capacity planning, and platform decisions.
15. Recognized by peers and leadership for calm crisis management, clear communication, and dependable execution.
16. Tools and platforms: Akamai, WAF, SSL, DNS, LAMP stack, New Relic, Nagios, ServiceNow, Jira.

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QAD | Technical consultant | QAD| Mar 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 7 mos

1. QAD Product Owner on Cloud, Consultant for Progress DB, implemented QAD on Cloud Platforms.
2. Managed team of 5, executed database/server migration and recovery (physical to cloud).
3. Single Point of Contact (SPOC) for dedicated client QAD product management.
4. Skilled in Business Analysis, Business Development, Optimizing Performance, Computer Science, Team Leadership.
5. Expertise includes Analytical Skills, Telecommunications, Customer Satisfaction, Infrastructure Management, Customer Service, Team Building, and Technical Operations.
6. Drove migration and recovery initiatives, ensuring minimal disruption.
7. Led implementation projects, focusing on cloud deployment.
8. Managed client relationships, serving as a dedicated point of contact.
9. Optimized QAD performance on cloud infrastructure.
10. Enhanced client satisfaction through tailored solutions and support.

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IT Manager|  Yazaki wiring TechnologiesYazaki wiring Technologies | Mar 2011 - Mar 2014 

1. Overall ownership & coordination of Manufacturing and Business application support related to Manufacturing infrastructure components 
2. Be the point of escalation and Budget submission for IT, ERP, and all components for the entire Factory.
3. Owner for all Data and security-related activity. Document owner for IT audit components
4. Ensuring Factory runs 24/7 with adequate communication of resolution activities in case of breakdown
5. Administrator Data Center and Storage.
6. Worked on development teams, project management, Operations, IT infrastructure, and market IT teams.
7. Collaborating with the Finance and Sales Management team to identify root cause analysis and investigations.
8. Responsible for the sign-off of all documentation provided by project managers in the context of hand-over to support teams of a particular project.
9. Develop IT project structure for CNC, Imaging, and scanner machines for using LAN Network
10. Established PSTN tower and access point for 10 KM range.
11. Tasked to run IT department within Budget and cost-saving for each quarter of the year.

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Technical Analyst | WNS | Feb 2006 - Mar 2011 

Handling task on IAM , Incident tickets, Change and emergency tickets, monitoring Data centre servers on Zabbix, Icinga, Nagios, handling team of windows administrator, DC Cabling, Windows server networking, Installation, Active Directory. DNS, DHCP. RAID storage installation and configuration. Hardware installation, VMware installation.

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InfoWave Knowledgeware Pvt. Ltd. | Network Administrator | 2006 - 2007 

Windows server administrator and Network Admin.

Master of International Business EAE Business School| 2021 - 2022 

Bachelor of Technology Pondicherry University | 2000 - 2003