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Pramod Sharma

@pramodsharma

Solutions architect and consulting leader with 21+ years designing resilient enterprise cloud platforms for regulated industries.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead partner-facing architecture and modernization for mission-critical, regulated platforms—combining cloud resilience, high availability, and observability to deliver measurable uptime, performance, and business continuity outcomes.

I partner with customer and executive stakeholders to translate complex business requirements into scalable, mission-critical architecture—especially in financial services, telecom, and banking environments. With 21+ years of experience, I’ve led modernization programs end-to-end while keeping compliance, availability, and business growth tightly aligned.

For a Top 3 US telecom client, I architected and delivered a cloud-hosted financial platform on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, supporting USD 33B+ in assets and financial instruments under demanding availability and continuity requirements. I’ve also driven Exadata and WebLogic/SOA middleware architecture, including migrations from legacy Oracle Public Cloud to OCI Gen2 with minimal downtime, plus large-scale subscriber migrations (15M+), where continuity and operational stability were non-negotiable.

I focus on high-availability design and operational excellence: implementing strategies like Edition-Based Redefinition to reduce deployment downtime to effectively zero for key releases, building near real-time data propagation with Oracle GoldenGate for 50TB+ databases, and working closely with SRE/operations teams to target 99.9% availability. I bring strong observability practices—telemetry, proactive alerting, dashboards, and performance visibility—to help teams respond faster and run resilient production systems with confidence.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Consulting Technical Manager

Current

Oracle Financial Services Software Inc.

Mar 2016 - Present (10 years 1 month)

Architected and delivered an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure hosted financial platform for a Top 3 US telecom client, supporting USD 33B+ in assets with strict availability and business continuity requirements. Led Exadata/WebLogic/SOA modernization, migrated Exadata databases to OCI Gen2 with minimal downtime, supported 15M+ subscriber migrations, and implemented near real-time reporting via Oracle G

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)Exadata Oracle Weblogic SOA High Availability Edition Based Redefinition Oracle GoldenGate Migration Disaster Recovery

Senior Principal Consultant / DBA

Oracle Financial Services Software Pty Limited

May 2013 - Feb 2016 (2 years 9 months)

Provided architecture counsel to onshore/offshore delivery teams and supported installation, maintenance, and operations of OFSAA (Oracle Financial Services Analytical Application) environments hosted on-prem. Managed Oracle database operations including RAC/single-node patching, maintenance (stats, defrag, index rebuilds), refresh to dev/UAT using RMAN, and processes to maintain high availability

Oracle Database RAC Oracle RMAN Database Maintenance (Stats Index Rebuild)Linux High Availability Performance Tuning

Senior Database and Environments Administrator

First Rand Bank Limited

Mar 2011 - Apr 2013 (2 years 1 month)

Planned and implemented IT systems support transition from onsite vendor to offsite support, delivering cost savings of almost 50%. Consolidated 20+ Oracle database servers into 3, reducing capex and opex cost by 70%, while coordinating seamless service/role transition with minimal user impact.

Oracle Database Cost Optimization High Availability Performance Capacity Management Operations Management Vendor coordination

Senior Technical Associate / Onsite Lead Coordinator

Tech Mahindra Ltd

Sep 2009 - Feb 2011 (1 year 5 months)

Served as the technical point of contact for customers, providing system architecture and escalation support during critical incidents. Led pre- and post-implementation reviews to ensure technical solutions met business requirements.

System Architecture Escalations Technical Advisory Enterprise Operations Stakeholder Management

Senior Technical Associate / Development Lead

Tech Mahindra Ltd

Jan 2006 - Aug 2009 (3 years 7 months)

Planned and implemented full SDLC delivery lifecycle practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control, build/release, continuous deployment, and test suite development/maintenance. Led teams through different delivery models (software factory, offshore) and methods (agile, waterfall) to deliver high-quality customer solutions.

SDLC Code Review Continuous Deployment Test Automation Delivery leadership

Technical Associate / Oracle Developer

Tech Mahindra Ltd

Aug 2004 - Dec 2005 (1 year 4 months)

Developed, tested, and maintained code packages by translating business requirements into technical requirements while following established guidelines. Delivered scripts and program routines to support operations continuity and maintain reliable system execution.

Oracle Development Scripting SQL Pl SQL Testing Business Continuity