About

Sanjay Balaji is a highly skilled IT professional with over 9 years of experience in the Information Technology space. He has a progressive career serving as a DevOps Engineer, Team Lead, and DevOps Architect before becoming a Principal Consultant - Automation/DevOps at Mercedes Benz. Sanjay's core competencies include Automation, DevOps, and TOGAF® 9 Certification. He is also a SAFe Agilist 4.6. His delivery experience includes working with ITPA tools such as StackStorm, IPsoft IPcenter, Service Now, and Ansible. He has experience in RPA using Uipath, and DevOps tools such as SaltStack, Terraform, Jenkins, Docker, and GitHub. He is proficient in virtualization using Microsoft Azure and has expertise in Python, Bash on Linux, SQL (MySQL, MS SQL), and Message Bus (RabbitMQ). Sanjay has also worked with IT Service Management tools such as ServiceNow and IPsoft IPcenter and has experience in monitoring using Nagios and Zabbix. He is relevant in Agile/Kanban, Confluence, ITIL v3, and ServiceGrid. Sanjay's pre-sales experience includes working with BI and Analytics tools such as Power BI and Advanced Excel. He has experience in Business Development, including ITSM ticket dump assessments, business case design, SOW, deliverables development, and Proof of concept. He is also proficient in Marketing and Client Success, including use case collateral, project planning, training design, documentation, video, live, and whiteboard presentations. Sanjay has previously worked with NTT Data as a DevOps Architect and Senior DevOps Engineer. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Sri Chandrasekharendra Saraswathi Vishwa Mahavidyalaya, Kancheepuram, and a Diploma in Computer Science and Engineering from Nettur Technical Training Foundation (NTTF). Sanjay's technical skills include DevOps, SQL, Senior Software Engineer, Ansible, Terraform, RabbitMQ, Python, Docker, MySQL, Jenkins, and Azure. He is a highly motivated and enthusiastic IT professional who is keen to connect with like-minded professionals through LinkedIn to share his experience and expertise.