Ramakant Singh

Sr. Engineer (12+ Year's Experience)

Contact No: +91 9930441593
E-Mail: rama_expert@yahoo.com
Address: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Media & OTT | Real-time Video Streaming Platform| Cloud | DevOps Platform

Profile Summary:

Sr. Engineer Cloud and Operations Leading the Cloud, DevOps and Infrastructure & Applications Platforms and its Strategy
having 12+ Years of extensive experience in Media, Large Scale Technology Transformation, Delivery Leadership,
Projects management, Video & Data System development & Management, Designing, Developing and Delivery
of Data, Cloud & DevOps Products for Media & Entertainment domains.
 Successfully Implemented & Managed multiple AWS Cloud hosted, Distributed, Enterprise Scale, Multitenant,
Microservices based, Containerized, End to End Automated Video & Data Platform (Cloud/DevOps/Automation)
from Conceptualization to Prototype to Enterprise Product.
 Experienced professional in Driving Business Engagement & Requirement Gathering & Implementation, Program
Management & Project Delivery, Application Engineering and Integration, People Management and Quality
Implementation for OTT Platform and various cloud solutions.
 Subject Matter Expert in OTT & Streaming Platform Implementation on Cloud, helping clients generate business
value by unlocking the power of data.
 Experience on System Performance Monitoring, Benchmarking, Cost Optimization and identify areas for
improvement, Anticipate System load and take measures to scale resources to accommodate traffic, Identify the best
hardware resources for a product/solution.
 Designed & developed the multiple AWS Cloud hosted, Distributed, Enterprise Scale, Multitenant, Microservices
based, Containerized, End to End Automated OTT Streaming Platform and Data Platforms from Conceptualization
to Prototype to Enterprise Product, Such as,
 OTT Streaming Platform- Real Time E2E Video Streaming Platform (OTT/DTH/Media/Broadcast/Live
Streaming) planning, Deployment and Management for Android, IOS, Web Platform and for STB as well.
 OTT Web Application- Designing, and Implementation of high-performance web-based applications,
middle-ware enterprise applications and platforms using Open-Source technologies, Web /Application
Servers, Databases, Work-flow platforms etc. for OTT.
 OTT Analytics Platform- for Viewer analytics in Real Time, Platform, Scalable Data Ingestion/Transformation
pipelines, DW/Bigdata/Hadoop/Data Integration/Master Data Management, Data Migration and
Operational Data Store, BI Reporting
 Microservice & API- Implementation of Microservices and API for OTT platform to make the platform
accessible via UI, programmatically. Design the APIs for EPG Integration, Server Insertion, CMS Integration
etc.
 Realtime Viewer Monitoring and Analytics Platform - Patient Real Time live Activity Prediction and heart
rate Anomaly Detection application
 Program Recommendation Engine- System for media client to recommend programs based on viewers
historical activities and watch list
 CMS (Content Management System)-Design and Implementation of CMS for OTT Platform
 Twitter Sentiment Analysis Integration with OTT Platform
 End to End Cloud hosted DevOps Pipeline Implementation for multiple distributed Microservices based
applications (AWS & DevOps)
 Vendor’s management & Negotiation with them for getting the best Price. Responsible for Planning Budgeting &
Installation of Project cost, Cloud and its infrastructure cost etc.

Technical Expertise

Cloud Computing
AWS-Compute EC2, EC2 Container Service, Lambda, AMI
AWS-Storage S3, EBS, EFS, Glacier, Storage gateway
AWs-Database RDS, Dynamo DB, Redshift
AWS-Networking VPC, Route53, Cloud front, Auto scaling, ELB
AWS Management Tool Cloud watch, Cloud formation, Cloud Trail, Trusted Advisors
AWS Identity Security & Identity-IAM,
AWS Application API gateway, SNS, SQS
Build Server/Trigger/Version Jenkins, Git & Github

Container Orchestration Kubernetes, Docker, ECS, ECR

DevOps & Automation
Infrastructure Deployment Terraform
Configuration Management Ansible

Programming/Scripting Python scripting, Shell scripting

Data warehouse Redshift, SQL
Legacy Networking TCP/IP, UDP, DHCP, Routing & Switching, Video conferencing, Polycom

Working Experience:

Total 12+ years of working experience in OTT & Streaming Platforms, Cloud, and DevOps for Media & Entertainment
domain,

 ARG Outlier Media Pvt Ltd. (Republic TV) (July 2017 till Date)

 Profile- Sr. Engineer (Cloud and OTT Platform Development & Operations)
 Technology- OTT/Streaming Media & NOC (Media Solutions), AWS Cloud/DevOps
 Domain- Media & Entertainment, Digital Media

 Times Global Broadcasting Company Ltd. (Nov 2010 to June 2017)

 Profile: Sr. Engineer -Broadcast Operations
 Technology/Domain: Broadcasting Infrastructure & NOC (Media Solutions) Operations
 Domain- Media & Entertainment, Digital Media

 MCCS (Media Content & Communication Services). (July 2008 to Oct 2010)

 Profile: Broadcast Engineer

 Technology/Domain: NOC (Media Solutions), Broadcast and Satellite Communications
 Domain- Media & Entertainment, Digital Media

ARG Outlier Media Pvt. Ltd.

Profile- Sr. Engineer (Data, Cloud and OTT Platform Technical & Operations)
Technology- OTT/Streaming Media & NOC (Media Solutions)
Domain- Media & Entertainment, Digital Media

Working in Outlier Media Pvt Ltd as Sr. Engineer of OTT Platform Operations and responsible for setup & build the capability
to Innovate, Design, Develop & Deliver the world class Cloud enabled OTT Platform with capability of Big Data & Analytics,
Cloud, DevOps & IOT Products integration Engaged on Solution Architect/Integration in Media Technology and operation
management for End-to-End OTT system in AWS cloud which offer Live and VOD services to worldwide customers via android,
IOS enabled mobiles, through Web Browsers.

Major Responsibilities-
 ◦ Responsible for Digital Enablement of Legacy TV Platform and transform it to Cloud Enabled, Large Scale
Technology Transformation, OTT Product Roadmap Strategy, Various workstreams & Program Management etc.
◦ Closely work with different cross functional teams such as Enterprise, Infrastructure, Shared Services, Project
Management Global teams, and Vendors and work closely with Cloud/DevOps/Data Engineers .
◦ OTT Streaming Platform- Real Time E2E Video Streaming Platform frontend, Middleware and Backend
(OTT/DTH/Media/Broadcast/Live Streaming) planning, Deployment and Management for Android, IOS, Web
Platform. We used AWS Media and real time streaming technologies such as Kinesis, Lambda, RDS, Dynamo
DB, S3, Media Services, AWS Compute and Network services etc.
◦ OTT Web Application- Designing, and Implementation of high-performance web-based applications, middle-
ware enterprise applications and platforms using Open-Source technologies, Web /Application Servers,
Databases, Work-flow platforms etc. for OTT.
◦ OTT Analytics Platform- Setup ETL based on Python, SQL using AWS services mainly with Lambda, Kinesis,
Glue RDS and Redshift etc. for Viewer analytics in Real Time and Data warehouse and Data Analytics purpose,
build the Scalable Data Ingestion/Transformation pipelines, DW/Bigdata Platforms
◦ Microservice & API- Implementation of Microservices and API for OTT platform to make the platform accessible
via UI, programmatically. Design the APIs for EPG Integration, Server Insertion, CMS Integration etc. Mainly used
Django based RESTful APIs.
◦ Realtime Viewer Monitoring and Analytics Platform – Used AWS Kinesis Realtime Analytics Service for the
same
◦ Program Recommendation Engine- Productionize the System for media client to recommend programs based
on viewers historical activities and watch list. Used EKS, Docker, ECR, SNS, SQS and Dynamo DB for
recommendation system deployment
◦ CMS (Content Management System)-OTT platform middleware application Design and Implementation of CMS
for OTT Platform using AWS Serverless Service for microservices deployment such
◦ Twitter Sentiment Analysis Integration with OTT Platform using Python based Scrapper code to scrap the tweets
from twitter in real time and feed in Model for sentiment analytics purpose
◦ End to End Cloud hosted DevOps Pipeline Implementation for multiple distributed Microservices based
applications (AWS & DevOps)

Times Global Broadcasting Co. Ltd.

Profile: Sr. Engineer Operations

Technology/Domain: Infrastructure, Broadcasting Infrastructure & NOC (Media Solutions) Operations
Domain- Media & Entertainment, Digital Media

Worked in Times Group an OTT & Multi-screen Media Company and traditional Broadcaster for news and entertainment
contents and worked on its (Broadcast Infrastructure, IT Infrastructure, Cloud Infrastructure and Application development)
System Design, Integration, and Operation & Upgradation activities. Such as involvement on Solution Architect/Integration in
Media Technology, Online Advertising, Device Mobility, and operation management for End-to-End OTT Platform in AWS cloud

Major Responsibilities-
 Solution testing after deployment, Performance measurement, suggesting improvements to development team.
 Architected highly scalable and available AWS hosted OTT Platform for Content acquisition, Content Processing and
Content delivery, Deploying the designed infrastructure into AWS cloud, Administration of infrastructure, Security
and backup and other day to day activity.
 Setting up NOC for Monitoring of E2E Hybrid infra (Head-Ends, Cloud) and Applications running using Nagios, Cloud
watch, New relic, Solar Wind, Ops View etc. Ticketing etc. AWS cloud infrastructure performance optimization,
Security, Cost Optimization and benchmarking.
 Live & Time Shifted Content on boarding from in OTT Platform, Head end System integration, operation,
configuration and troubleshooting of complete down-link chain from different satellites, Trans coding them and
creating Multicast MPTS/SPTS CBR/VBR stream and feeding them into cloud trans-coder for ABR based Trans coding
for OTT purpose.
 Deployment & Integration of multiple OTT applications (Technical stacks) in AWS infrastructure i.e. Trans-coders,
Streamers, DRM, CRM, CMS, EPG, Add insertion server, API services, APP server, Database, Storage.
 CDN (Content Delivery Network) integration with cloud hosted OTT platform to deliver contents on different
platforms like Android, IOS, Web and STB.

MCCS (Media Content & Communication Services Pvt. Ltd.)

Profile: Broadcast Engineer

 Technology/Domain: NOC (Media Solutions), Broadcast and Satellite Communications
Domain- Media & Entertainment, Digital Media

Major Responsibilities-
 To troubleshoot any problems involving signal transmission from different location to the receiving site
 To troubleshoot technical or operational problems with any of the systems installed in the transmission or receiving
chain in different locations.
 Maintained existing broadcasting capabilities and provided quick solutions to problems with the transmitter, satellite
receiver and other transmission related equipment.
 Installation, configuration, operation & maintenance of IP based encoder /decoder used in IP Network (Leased line,
IP-VPN, Polycom, VOIP) via fiber link taken from different operator like Bharti, Reliance, TATA to establish point to
point & point to multi point links for duplex mode of communication between our different offices across the India
& abroad.
 IP Network Planning with Bharti, Reliance & TATA for Installation, configuration, operation & maintenance of CPE
(customer premises equipment) and PE (Provider equipment) for ports configuration & IP distribution of MUX for
different type of capacity like 2Mb, 4Mb, 6Mb for various services (Broadcast Network & Computer Network) for
Voice, Video & Data. We are also using LIVE U and TVU for Live and file based video transport over IP.

Professional Credentials:
 Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication with 70.30% from Radharaman Institute of Technology &
Science Bhopal affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Technical University Bhopal (M.P).

 Diploma in Electronics & Telecommunication with the 66.53% from Govt. S.V. Polytechnic College Bhopal Bhopal
affiliated to Rajiv Gandhi Technical University Bhopal (M.P).

 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) from CRISP Academic Training Center Bhopal (M.P) under CCNP training
program.

 Basic certification in computer application From Bhoj University Bhopal

Additional Details:

Name Ramakant Singh

Father’s name Late Girija Singh

Mother’s name Smt. Chandrakali Singh

Date of Birth Jan 10, 1983

Language known Hindi / English

Mobile No 09930441593

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Date: Ramakant Singh

Place: Mumbai