Avisek Sarkar
Solution Architect | Enterprise Architect | Cloud Modernization & Platform Engineering Leader
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Enterprise Architecture and Technology Leader with 22+ years of experience spearheading large-scale cloud modernization, platform engineering, DevSecOps, SRE, and distributed systems transformations across BFSI, Telecom, Aviation, and Product Engineering domains. Proven track record of designing highly resilient, secure, and scalable multi-cloud architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure) and developing state-of-the-art Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) that optimize developer experience (DevEx) and accelerate delivery velocity. Experienced in establishing robust cloud governance, financial management (FinOps), and zero-trust security frameworks.
Exceptional leader who has managed and upskilled cross-functional engineering organizations of 50+ members, driven Agile/DevSecOps transformations, and integrated AI-assisted software engineering practices to maximize business ROI and operational efficiency.
Experience
Enterprise Architect, Associate Director – Technology / Technical Delivery Head - SYNECHRON - Mumbai, India
(2023-04 - 2026-05)
- Directed a cross-functional engineering organization of 50+ engineers, architects, and DevOps specialists in executing quarter million dollar cloud transformation and modernization programs for premier global BFSI clients.
- Achieved a 30%+ improvement in delivery velocity by orchestrating GitOps adoption, automated DevSecOps pipelines, and integrating AI-assisted engineering practices (e.g., GitHub Copilot) across the SDLC.
- Established robust cloud cost optimization practices and resource governance guardrails across hybrid environments, resulting in significant savings and aligning IT spend directly with business outputs.
Enterprise Architect & Technology Leader (Senior Manager) - CAPGEMINI - Mumbai, India
(2021-12 - 2023-04)
- Led the enterprise architecture and platform engineering for Capgemini's '890' AI & analytics platform, designing a cloud-agnostic, multi-tenant data architecture with dataset registries and automated data pipelines (masking, validation, transformation) that powered MLOps lifecycles.
- Architected and delivered the Cox Holistic Application Management Platform (CHAMP), successfully modernizing a legacy Unix-based digital asset and metadata system into a cloud-native microservices platform running on AWS (EKS, Aurora PostgreSQL, S3, OpenSearch, Glue, MSK) for a team of 30+ engineers.
- Defined microservice boundaries, API contracts, metadata models, and security structures, ensuring high system scalability, reliability, and security compliance.
Solution Architect / DevOps Architect - ERICSSON INDIA GLOBAL SERVICES - Mumbai, India
(2015-01 - 2021-11)
- Architected virtualized and containerized telecom cloud solutions (VNF, NFVI, CNF) for Tier-1 global operators, enabling transition to 5G, Edge Computing, and IoT private cloud environments under 3GPP standards.
- Architected and implemented the modernization of CI/CD pipelines and automated Docker-based cloud environments for Development Environment on AWS for a major US Toll-free number provider, enhancing release efficiency, consistency, and DevOps maturity.
- Spearheaded the architecture and delivery of a secure, hybrid-cloud Internal Developer Platform (IDP), enabling standardized, self-service infrastructure provisioning, improving developer experience (DevEx), and accelerating time-to-market.
- Designed and implemented SLA-driven operations, observability frameworks (OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana), and microservices architecture, ensuring high availability (99.999% uptime) for critical telecommunication routing and packet core nodes.
Solution Architect - ERICSSON INDIA GLOBAL SERVICES - Kolkata, India
(2012-05 - 2014-03)
- Worked on implementation of various prepaid and postpaid plans for Mobile and Fixed Line customers. Troubleshooting issues related to Ericsson packet core nodes.
- Served as E2E Solution Architect for internal enterprise tooling designed to validate compatibility matrices across complex VNF and NFVI integrations, accelerating engineering quality assurance.
Software Architect - REBACA TECHNOLOGIES - Kolkata, India
(2006-12 - 2012-04)
- Implemented architectural designs for advanced telecom policy control (PCRF, BroadHop/CISCO) and Deep Packet Inspection (DPI, Arbor Networks) platforms.
- Implemented enterprise-grade development tools and Eclipse RCP-based Integrated Development Environments (IDEs) tailored for digital video processing and multimedia application programming ecosystems.
- Designed and developed custom application frameworks and protocol-based systems (e.g., Diameter, vFTP) for high-scale network environments.
Software Engineer - TCG Digital
(2004-11 - 2006-11)
Developed United Airlines flight analysis scheduling software; integrated legacy IBM mainframe systems (UNIMATIC) using IBM MQ and Java.
Software Developer - Hewitt Associates
(2004-05 - 2004-11)
Contributed to the development of enterprise workflow and requirement management platforms.
Software Engineer - R Systems International
(2003-09 - 2004-05)
Built Java swing-based rich client applications and WYSIWYG editor tools.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology - EIILM University
Bachelor of Commerce - Utkal University
