Avisek Sarkar

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.

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.

Master of Science - Information Technology - EIILM University

Bachelor of Commerce - Utkal University