MAYANK DOSHI
IT and Systems Manager
CONTACTS
***********.**@*****.***
Sydney, NSW, Australia, NSW, 2127
SKILLS
Strategic Thinking, Team Leadership, Budgeting
Cloud & IT Infrastructure, OS, SLA Compliance
Project Management, Security & Backup,
Networking
Automation & Scripting, Virtualization &
Storage
Problem-Solving, Leadership, Communication
Hardware Lifecycle Inventory, Root Cause
Analysis
Cable Management Patching, Systematic
Troubleshoot
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Computer Engineering, Gujrat
Technical University, Rajkot Gujarat India
Jan 2012 — Jan 2015
Diploma in Computer Engineering, Gujrat
Technical University, Rajkot Gujarat India
Jan 2009 — Jan 2012
SUMMARY
Enterprise-focused IT and Systems Manager with over 10 years of robust experience spearheading system administration, high-performance compute environments, and complex infrastructure operations. Proven track record of aligning technology strategies with commercial business objectives to optimize operational efficiency and reduce costs. Expert in managing cross-functional teams, executing high-stakes infrastructure migrations, and maintaining resilient storage, backup, and security frameworks. Strong collaborator dedicated to delivering seamless technology lifecycles and high-availability systems in demanding corporate environments.
EXPERIENCE
IT and Systems Manager, Heckler, SYDNEY, NSW AUSTRALIA Feb 2023 — Current
Strategic Leadership & Financial Optimisation: Formulate and execute comprehensive IT strategies that directly cut operational expenditures (OPEX) while streamlining cross-functional workflows and engineering pipelines. Resource & Team Management: Lead and mentor cross-functional technical teams to deliver complex infrastructure projects ahead of schedule and under budget, while maintaining strict SLA compliance for internal stakeholders and studio artists.
Infrastructure & Network Engineering: Oversee the integrity and architecture of core network fabrics, enterprise switches, next-generation firewalls, and data center facilities to ensure peak performance and zero-trust security.
Storage & Systems Administration: Engineer and manage high-capacity physical and virtual storage systems, architecting robust incremental backup portfolios, Proxmox virtualisation environments, and rigorous multi-site data synchronisation schedules.
Compute Lifecycle & High Availability: Supervise heavy compute frameworks, high-throughput render farms, and high-performance streaming playback suites, enforcing systematic housekeeping policies to reclaim and optimize server space.
Senior System Administrator, Basilic Fly Studio, Pune, INDIA May 2022 — Jan 2023
Enterprise Core Infrastructure: Managed and optimized core enterprise infrastructure services, including VMware virtualization platforms, Windows Active Directory (AD), DNS, LDAP, and centralized software licensing infrastructure.
Storage & Access Management: Administered hybrid physical and virtual storage architectures, establishing secure folder topologies, granular permission matrices, and highly available floating license nodes. Technical Leadership & Enablement: Supervised, mentored, and technical trained junior IT personnel and IO operations teams, upskilling staff in advanced Linux environments and automation scripting. Infrastructure Automation: Engineered Ansible configuration management scripts to automate repetitive system deployment tasks, and successfully deployed high-availability Thinkbox Deadline clusters integrated with MongoDB backends.
Stakeholder Support & Escalation:
CERTIFICATIONS AND
LICENSES
Certificate in .NET, 6 Months of training.
LANGUAGES
HINDI Native
ENGLISH Native
MARATHI Native
GUJARATI Native
ACHIEVEMENTS
Extra Miler Award From Anibrain Studio, Pune
India.
SOCIAL LINKS (WEBSITE)
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/mayank-doshi-98925a72
HOBBIES AND INTEREST
Travelling
Cricket
Gaming
Going to the theatre
Explore new things or places
VISA STATUS & WORK RIGHTS
Visa Type: Temporary Skill Shortage (TSS) visa
– Subclass 482 (Medium-term Stream).
Current Location: Residing and working
locally in Sydney, NSW.
Visa Validity: Fully valid until April 2027 with
full professional work rights.
Transferability: Available for immediate, low-
friction employer sponsorship transfer or
nomination.
REFERENCES
Reference available upon request
Senior System Administrator, Digital Domain, Hydrabad, India Dec 2021 — May 2022
SaaS & Cloud Administration: Governed the enterprise SuperAdmin Google Workspace (G Suite) tenancy, managing security policies, user lifecycles, and access control for the entire global workforce.
Network & Systems Engineering: Engineered and maintained robust, secure technical network infrastructures across LAN, WAN, and secure VPN environments, alongside the lifecycle management of system and storage servers.
High-Performance Compute Deployments: Architected and deployed high- performance compute frameworks, including Thinkbox Deadline and Hqueue clusters, to efficiently distribute massive rendering workloads across various software platforms.
Zero-Client Infrastructure: Spearheaded the provisioning and deployment of low-latency Teradici PCoIP server-client infrastructures, ensuring secure and high-performance remote access workflows.
Automated Provisioning & SLA Compliance: Designed and deployed PXE automated network boot servers integrated with AD and DHCP, while systematically resolving complex hardware/software tickets well within strict SLA thresholds.
System Administrator & Senior System Administrator, Anibrain Digital Studio, Pune, India
Jul 2017 — Dec 2021
Large-Scale Enterprise Support: Delivered comprehensive, multi-site IT infrastructure support for over 400 concurrent users, effectively managing end- user compute, network fabric, and storage systems. Massive Infrastructure Migration: Coordinated and successfully executed the operating system migration of 400+ production workstations from legacy CentOS 6 Linux to modern CentOS 7 Linux platforms without business interruption.
Cloud Email Tenant Migration: Led the large-scale migration of 600+ user email profiles and archives to Google Workspace, subsequently establishing governance and policies as the primary G Suite Super Admin. IT Team Leadership & Governance: Headed the day-to-day operations of the core IT infrastructure team, collaborating closely with executive management and production leads to align IT operations with daily business timelines. Emerging Tech Implementation: Managed the deployment, configuration, and infrastructure networking requirements for AR/VR Oculus setups across dedicated simulation and gaming units.
IO Executive, Anibrain Digital Studio, Pune, India Dec 2015 — Sep 2016
Data Management & Secure Transfer: Controlled the secure, high- throughput ingestion and egress of mission-critical project data using enterprise transfer platforms including FileZilla, IBM Aspera, and Signiant Media Shuttle. Client & Production Liaison: Functioned as the primary point of contact for daily client communications regarding data payloads, project delivery statuses, and transmission completions.
Operations Supervision: Supervised operational shifts for the IO data department, implementing internal training programs to streamline data management workflows.
Process Automation: Developed custom Linux scripts to process, parse, and clean bulk raw unstructured data, significantly improving internal file sorting efficiency.