Ashwin Easwaran

Lead IT Automation Expert with 15 years of industry experience, specializing in Automic Workload Automation (UC4/AWA) administration, architecture, and end-to-end batch migrations. Over 10 years of dedicated hands-on experience across Automic Engine versions v10, v12, and v21 and v24 spanning complex installations, upgrades, and 3rd-level production support. Proven track record leading multi-platform infrastructure operations (Unix/Windows), implementing robust monitoring frameworks, and managing 24/7 critical environment availability.

Experienced team lead and mentor, recognized for establishing high-impact technical training curriculums and directing cross-functional offshore/onshore engineering teams.

Senior Architect & Lead at Cognizant (2024-10 – Present)

• Spearhead a high-priority, tight-schedule migration project, successfully converting and re-engineering 1,700 Automic batch jobs into 1,100 highly optimized Control-M workflows.
• Architect and execute complex infrastructure upgrades, transitioning the Automic environment from v21 to v24.

Lead Engineer – Automation Systems at HCL Technologies (2021-10 – 2024-09)

• Supervised the end-to-end infrastructure upgrade of the core Automic platform from v12 to v21.
• Implemented Information Lifecycle Management (ILM) functionality within the Automation Engine database to manage data retention and maximize processing speeds.
• Configured advanced automated monitoring architectures utilizing Splunk and custom UC4 scripting.

Senior Infrastructure Engineer (UC4/AWA) at CME Group (2018-06 – 2021-10)

• Served as primary UC4 Administrator, successfully managing and executing core environment upgrades from v10 to v12.
• Designed, tested, and implemented robust Disaster Recovery (DR) frameworks to ensure business continuity.
• Handled complex 3rd-level troubleshooting and opened/managed technical cases with product vendors to resolve core engine defects.

Automation Engineer & UC4 Administrator at Epsilon (2016-11 – 2018-06)

• Promoted from a pure development role to full UC4 Administrator, taking charge of platform access governance, user roles, and security permissions.
• Developed custom Unix shell and PowerShell scripts to automate manual platform maintenance.
• Managed system resource capacity, including logs, disk usage profiles, and system backups.

Systems Analyst – Batch Operations at Wipro Technologies (2011-07 – 2016-11)

• Provided critical L1 support, system monitoring, and alert configuration under a rigorous 24/7 shift delivery model.
• Developed, tested, and maintained foundational UC4 batch jobs based on business requirements.
• Mastered writing complex SQL queries using joins and created shell scripts to automate operational tasks.

B.E in Production Engineering – Government College of Technology, Coimbatore