Sandeep Hooda

Executive Director| Keynote Speaker | Enterprise Architecture and Site Reliability Engineering

Singapore

About

🚀 "A believer, a planner and an architect - a Real Change maker". ⚡️ I am passionate about building high performing environment and reliable systems. Self-motivated and open mindedness makes me a true problem solver. I have a creative and analytical mindset which helps to think through a crisis with clarity, focus and deeper understanding of the situation. I put all my power, intelligence and expertise to provide the right solution to a highly complex problem. ⚡️ In DBS, I lead the DevOps/SRE team, responsible for the operational integrity of internal tooling. In this leadership role, I am responsible for engineering innovative and strategic solutions. I am an avid believer of blameless culture and a strong advocate of SRE principles. I believe in sharing knowledge and insightful information. 🔷 Deep technical expertise in Platform engineering , SRE, DevOps, Risk management, solution architecture and systems engineering. 🔷 Being an integral part of DBS digital transformation, I have been instrumental in driving transformative growth and promoting SRE culture. 🔷 Active speaker in various SRE & DevOps forums and communities across the globe for educating and spreading awareness about the SRE culture. 🔷 SRECon speaker 2021,2023, SwithON 2022 🔷 Active member of AEA (Association of Enterprise Architects) where we share ideas and best practices. 💡A forward thinker, influencer who loves to connect with like minded people to make a difference and create a positive impact in DevOps, SRE and architects community.

Experience

  • DBS Bank (Full-time · 10 yrs 1 mo)
    • Executive Director -Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
      Mar 2026 - Present · 4 mos

      Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

    • Senior Vice President -Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
      Mar 2021 - Feb 2026 · 5 yrs

      Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

    • Vice President -EA SRE
      Oct 2019 - Feb 2021 · 1 yr 5 mos

      Enterprise Architecture (EA) and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)

  • IBM (6 yrs 3 mos)
    • SENIOR I/T SPECIALIST - Manager
      Oct 2014 - Jun 2016 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Managing Infrastructure Services Delivery Team comprising technology services -VMware, VIOS, Mail & Messaging, Wintel and Unix for Singapore,Hong Kong and Indonesia based on a Regional operating Model. • Multiple Project Management & Coordination • Operations Management • Enterprise Architecture Planning • Change Management • Problem Management • Revenue Growth • Incident Management • Improved productivity • Audit Management • Leadership & team building • Disaster Recovery • Data Center Management • Customer Service & Satisfaction • Process Improvement

    • Advisory IT Specialist
      Apr 2012 - Sep 2014 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      Managing Infrastructure Services Delivery Team comprising technology services -VMware, VIOS, Mail & Messaging, Wintel and Unix for Singapore and Hong Kong. • Multiple Project Management & Coordination • Operations Management • Enterprise Architecture Planning • Change Management • Problem Management • Revenue Growth • Incident Management • Improved productivity • Audit Management • Leadership & team building • Disaster Recovery • Data Center Management

    • IT Specialist
      Apr 2010 - Mar 2012 · 2 yrs

      Managing Infrastructure Services Delivery Team comprising technology services -VMware, VIOS, Mail & Messaging and Wintel for Singapore • Multiple Project Management & Coordination • Operations Management • Enterprise Architecture Planning • Change Management • Problem Management • Revenue Growth • Incident Management • Improved productivity • Audit Management • Leadership & team building • Disaster Recovery • Data Center Management

  • Sr Technical Consultant at Comtel Solutions
    Dec 2008 - Mar 2010 · 1 yr 4 mos

    Worked for Banking Client of IBM

  • Sr. System Admin at Perot Systems
    Aug 2007 - Dec 2008 · 1 yr 5 mos

    Infrastruture Services -Intel

  • Sr Technical Support Officer at Convergys
    Dec 2003 - Aug 2007 · 3 yrs 9 mos

    Microsoft Enterprise Platform Support (EPS) Microsoft Active Directory Services Microsoft PKI Microsoft Win2k Platform Support MSNIA