K S Balachander
Technical Sales, Technical, Cloud, Delivery and Project Management
Phone: +91-984******* Email: ***********@*****.*** PROFILE
I am a Cloud professional with over 13 years of experience. I have a strong background in networking, project management, delivery, cloud architect and security, and I have experience with a variety of cloud platforms. I am passionate about keeping data safe and secure, and I am always looking for new ways to improve my skills. I am an excellent communicator and have a strong ability to work in a team. I am a Certified AWS Solutions Architect Associate professional. A fast learner, problem solver, has a passion for technology and the ability to adapt to changing project requirements to meet business goals. Comfortable with ambiguity and thrive in a fast-phased environment. Skills
• Cloud security knowledge and experience.
• Cloud Monitoring.
• AWS Solutions Architect IAM
• Lion guard
• Security tools
• Cloud watch
• Burpsuit
• Kali Linux
• Wireshark
• EC2
• VPC
• Cloud networking
• Infrastructure Cloud
• migration
Post- Graduate Certifications
• Post Graduate Certification in Cyber-Security from IIT Guwahati
• Post Graduate Certification in Cloud Computing from Manipal University Certifications & Workshops
• AWS Security Specialty certification
• AWS Solutions Architect Associate
• Completed a workshop with skill nation for AI tools WORK EXPERIENCE
May 2022-Till Date
Cloud Services Manager
Astralinx LLP
Nov 2021- April 2022
Associate Program Manager
Cloud4C Pvt. Ltd.
Aug 2020-March 2021
Business Development / Technical
CODASOL PVT LTD.
March 2019-July 2020
Business Development/
Technical/HRBP
Joulestowatts Pvt. Ltd.,
April 2018 - Feb 2019
Technical Specialist / Business
Development
SMSLA - Chennai.
Jan 2016 -March 2018
Sr. Technical Associate
Sutherland Global Services.
Jan 2015 – Dec 2015
Technical Specialist /
Business Development
Rightkart
Jun 2010 – July 2012
Business Development
Righttrack websolutions
Mar 2013- May 2015
Business Development Executive
TUV-SUD Pvt. Ltd.,
Aug 2012-March 2013
PMO / Technical Trainer
Pentamedia Animations.
CURRENT SCOPE OF WORK
• Manage a portfolio of high-value enterprise clients, ensuring their success and satisfaction with our products and services.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand client needs and tailor solutions to meet their goals.
• Conduct regular business reviews with clients to review performance metrics, address concerns, and identify growth opportunities.
• Increased customer retention rate by X% through proactive engagement and strategic account management.
• Led a team of Customer Success Managers, providing guidance, coaching, and fostering a culture of customer-centricity.
• Identified upsell and cross-sell opportunities, resulting in an average increase of X% in contract value per client.
• Perform duties in an Optimization role from time to time as necessary to support the customer and organization.
• Handle client, external and internal stakeholders to complete the project in the said timeline.
• Handle incident response and troubleshooting for cloud services Coordinate with other teams to ensure smooth operation of cloud services Plan and implement changes to cloud services as needed
• Installed applications on AWS EC2 instances, configured RDS, creating security groups, IAM policies, auto scaling, load balancers, Azure and managing, Plesk server management.
• Cloud Migration using tools like FileZilla, Lion Guard for security and monitoring tool.
• Business Analyst: Analyzing the business and suggesting suitable strategy.
• Manage the Technical, Project and Service Management teams to deliver the services to customer.
• Handle DR and Service continuity situations and manage yearly DRP and Service continuity testing.
• Handle crisis incidents to drive for closure and perform root cause analysis to identify the cause and perform mitigation for prevention.
• Plan and execution of Major and Critical Infrastructure changes and ensure proper planning to avoid unexpected interruptions.
• Lead the Virtualization and Automation initiatives to optimize the service delivery.
• Present the Monthly metrics to the customer and represent Astralinx in the Operational Committee meetings.
• Optimize the availability of IT infrastructure, systems, and services to meet the commitments Astralinx has made to its clients in a cost-effective manner.
• Deliver an Enhanced Recovery Model for resolution of Major Incidents of complexity or long duration.
• Provide integrated management and coordination of Incident Management, Problem Management, Change Management, and Availability Management processes
• Assuring that services and components are designed and delivered to meet their availability targets.
• Deep technical skill set and knowledge of customer environment.
• Bridge gaps between delivery teams and drive rapid recovery during incidents
• Provide a holistic view of the customer’s environment and make recommendations to improve overall service.
• Propose new solutions for the existing systems and present a portfolio with Cost and Benefit analysis to customer for new Projects.
• Manage delivering to contract performance standards and client measurements also continually identify ways to reduce cost of delivering the service and improve service and value adds to customer.
• Drive / Manage service quality and improvement of service delivery processes and review service line performance
(overall view) and devise improvement plans as required.
• Manage customer, internal & external stake holders.
• Device project plan and drive it to completion successfully.
• Manage and coordinate all aspects of the associate program, including recruitment, selection, orientation, training, and development.
• Manage Cloud migration programs, from SAP HEC to Azure and AWS. ACADEMICS
• 2006-2010 BE Electrical & Electronics Engineering Sree Sastha Institute of Engineering & Technology -Affiliated to Anna University Languages Known
• English
• Hindi
• Tamil
Personal Information
• Phone number: 984*******
• Email ID: : ***********@*****.***