Sanjay Shankar

SecDevOps Specialist with extensive experience at Scotiabank, specializing in CIAM upgrade projects and system maintenance. Led DCRC and Exadata migrations within CI/CD pipelines, utilizing Ansible automation to improve operational efficiency. Demonstrated leadership in risk prioritization and team collaboration, resulting in seamless deployments and enhanced security protocols.

• Led CIAM Ping Upgrade Deployment6 – Phase 1 (POC & IST); defined roles, quality gates, and phased rollout guardrails to protect customer experience.
• Engineered automation for pre-deployment validation (environment readiness & backups) and SSH host verification.
• Improved idempotence and reliability of HashiCorp Vault integration with CAMS; authored reusable Ansible playbooks for Java 11/17 and Tomcat 9 upgrades.
• Drove DCRC & EXADATA migration runbooks and Ansible automation to enable zero-impact cutovers across 150+ servers and 4+ data centres.

• Mentored SECOPS, L1 associates and partner teams (2Keys) on CIAM architecture, pager handling, merge conflict resolution and deployment scripting.
• Built a resilient, self-sufficient delivery model—team executed deployments and troubleshooting independently during a one-month absence with the project staying on track.
• Led interviews and talent selection; set clear expectations and reinforced high standards for contract resources.

• Established clear R&R for Ping Upgrade Phase 1 and defined code-merge strategy for Deployment6 to minimize disruption.
• Created runbooks/KT sessions and modular playbooks to enable safe delegation of deployment, verification and rollback tasks.
• Launched the CIAM Wishlist to crowdsource improvements and delegate ownership to emerging leaders.

• Proposed phased deployment strategy for Ping AM/DS upgrades aligned to currency and risk posture.
• Met swing-architecture requirements and aligned with Architecture and Ops for long-term platform resilience.
• Planned Splunk End-of-Life program using Gantt-based execution and risk tracking to drive predictable delivery.
• Enabled secrets-management automation and improved patch cadence by integrating CI/CD with Tenable-driven remediation.

• Liaised across RCM, Oracle, CIAD, Infrastructure and vendor teams; provided clear stakeholder updates and production readiness communications.
• Delivered KT sessions on Java properties and CIAM release processes; authored deployment documentation and troubleshooting guides.
• Set transparent expectations with contract partners; maintained accountability and ethics across delivery streams.

• Top Individual Performance Award, 12/01/24, Scotiabank, For consistently delivering above and beyond on strategic priorities and exemplifying Bank values.
• Sprint Champion & ACE Awards, Ericsson, Tiger Team escalations, production resilience, migration leadership.