Akshay Aggarwal

Akshay Aggarwal

5 Years 8 Months Overall Experience
Highly-motivated professional with a proven track record of 6 years of driving strategic business initiatives, delivering cost savings and fostering relationships with growth. Adept at leading cross-functional teams and implementing innovative solutions to enhance business unit’s productivity and company’s revenue and market presence.

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Education

Bharati Vidyapeeth’s College of Engineering, Delhi
B.Tech. (Electronics and Communications Engineering)

2013 - 2017

Accomplishment

Academic Scholarship
Received under Central Sector Scheme of Scholarship for college and university students

2013

Certificate of Merit in Economics
For being in the top 0.1% of successful candidates in AISSCE

2013

Certificate of Merit in Mathematics
CBSE Board topper in Mathematics

2010-11

Certification

Lean Six Sigma - Green Belt, Henry Harvin

2023

Google Cloud Certified Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer, Google Cloud

2022

Accenture’s Consultant Program, Forage

2022

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, AWS

2019

Experience

Eshopbox Ecommerce Private Limited

1 Year 8 Months

Senior DevOps Engineer

Aug'21 - Mar'23

  • Led a team of DevOps SMEs in the end-to-end implementation of cloud solutions and DevOps for several modules, across SaaS products and client projects, delivering an annual revenue of Rs. 80 crores.
  • Helmed the team in implementing key e-commerce modules (orders, inventory, pricing, payments etc.) on cloud for multiple brands across 30+ sales channels, driving increased visibility and revenue.
  • Reduced Cloud platform cost by Rs. 48 lakh annually by analysing the highest contributing resources and optimizing their usage.
  • Led contract negotiations. For instance, the one with Searce Inc resulted in over 50% monthly cost reduction for Google cloud platform and Google Workspace
  • Head of On-call Policy, leading a team of 8 members. Prioritised the issues as per the pre-defined metrics and ensured resolution in a timely and structured manner
  • Designed and Managed scrum workflow to implement Aglie methodology for all teams in the IT department thus providing a SOP to all teams which resulted in increased team efficiency, reduced time to create tasks, better coordination within teams.
  • Trained 50+ IT professionals on tools and policies.

         

Eshopbox Ecommerce Private Limited

2 Years 1 Month

DevOps Engineer

Jul'19 - Aug'21

Pioneered DevOps architecture, enhancing entire development lifecycle, leading digital transformations, training developers, and authoring SOPs.

  • Executed a digital transformation initiative by migrating from Excel-based task management to Jira tool resulting in higher team productivity.
  • Spearheaded a strategic cloud optimization initiative, slashing cloud platform costs by 40% and bolstering financial resilience during the COVID-19 crisis.
  • Negotiated substantial discounts for third-party SaaS tools during the pandemic, including several 100% waivers.
K D Engineering Works

2 Years

Operations Manager

Jul'17 - Jul'19

Successfully launched and expanded the company’s online business. Led the implementation of digital solutions to improve efficiency and reduce costs

  • Through strategic leadership and market research helped increase total sales by 35% over a period of two years
  • Increased brand awareness via establishing the company’s digital presence on Facebook, Instagram, thus increasing the brand visibility and reach in the overall market.
  • Mitigated overhead costs and time required to manage accounts via implementation of digital billing and inventory management.