Assistant Vice President

EXL Service

  • Noida, Uttar Pradesh
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 23 days ago
Job Description:Job Title: Assistant Vice President – Technology Infrastructure & Applications Observability
Location: Noida
Reports To: Vice President
Experience: 12+ years in Technology Infrastructure / Observability / SRE roles
Department: Global TechnologyJob OverviewWe are seeking a dynamic and experienced Assistant Vice President (AVP) to lead our Technology Infrastructure and Applications Observability Practice. The AVP will oversee a multidisciplinary team across Operations, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Engineering, and Client Engagement, driving excellence in service delivery and leveraging AI-powered Observability to enhance performance, resilience, and business value.The ideal candidate will bring a strong mix of technical depth, strategic thinking, and executive communication, along with a passion for showcasing the business impact of infrastructure insights through data storytelling and intelligent dashboards.Key Responsibilities
  • Leadership & Strategy
  • Lead the Observability Practice spanning infrastructure and application monitoring, log & trace analytics, AIOps, and SRE automation.
  • Develop and drive the roadmap for next-gen observability leveraging AI/ML, causal analysis, and predictive intelligence.
  • Collaborate with CIO, platform, and application teams to align observability strategies with business outcomes.
  • Operations & SRE
  • Manage end-to-end operations for Network and Cloud Infrastructure and ensure key KPIs and SLAs are met as per the ITSM practice on SNOW
  • Drive effective Change Management from overall Monitoring Ops standpoint
  • Manage real-time monitoring, incident response, and proactive alerting for critical infrastructure and applications.
  • Ensure key KPIs like uptime, latency, Traffic, Errors, Saturation are met as per MSAs and Business requirements
  • Ensure all new devices, VMs, Cloud Resources, Models, Apps (SaaS, PaaS, IaaS, On-premise) are onboarded for monitoring during post provisioning.
  • Establish and refine SRE principles to improve reliability, reduce toil, and enforce SLAs/SLOs.
  • Drive root cause analysis (RCA), resilience testing, and postmortems.
  • Ensure End user incidents are in check and any deviation w.r.t User Experience is worked upon
  • Engineering & Innovation
  • Oversee the build-out of observability pipelines and integrations (e.g. with Datadog).
  • Innovate with AI/ML-based anomaly detection, automated remediation, and observability-as-code.
  • Influence platform instrumentation and telemetry design across environments (on-prem, cloud, hybrid).
  • Client & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Serve as a strategic advisor and partner to business stakeholders, product leaders, and client teams.
  • Own the design and delivery of Executive Dashboards, Health Summaries, and Business Impact Reports.
  • Ensure observability solutions reflect client pain points and deliver measurable improvements.
Skills and Qualifications
  • Technical Expertise
  • Solid knowledge of Technology Infrastructure (Servers, Networks, Cloud), Application architecture, and modern observability stacks.
  • Knowledge of tools and technology like:
  • ITSM - ServiceNow
  • End User - Systrack, NetSkope, CrowdStrike etc.
  • Network NMS, Aviatrix, PaloAlto FW, Arista Switches, Wi-fi tech etc.
  • Servers and Cloud - SCOM, Cloudwatch etc.
  • Contact Center – SoliCall, Operata, AppNeta etc.
  • Observability Platforms like DataDog, Dynatrace, NewRelic etc.
  • Experience with AI for Observability, AIOps platforms, and large-scale monitoring/log management systems.
  • Familiarity with cloud-native ecosystems (AWS/GCP/Azure), containerization (Kubernetes, Docker), and CI/CD integration.
  • Leadership and Communication
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams across geographies.
  • Strong executive presence with excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.
  • Ability to simplify technical concepts into business-aligned narratives.
  • Business & Analytical Acumen
  • Data-driven mindset with ability to connect metrics with operational and financial impact.
  • Experience in creating value stories, business cases, and customer success narratives.
  • Preferred
  • Certifications in SRE, ITIL, or Observability tools.
  • Exposure to data science, AI/ML models, or advanced analytics projects is a plus.

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