Ashish Herwade

• Owned the product roadmap for Azure and AWS , embedding security guardrails, governance policies, and compliance automation across 9 subscriptions and 4 accounts.
• Delivered SOC2 and DORA compliance by implementing cloud-native security controls, automating audit evidence collection, and aligning operations with regulatory frameworks.
• Partnered with architects and external vendors to secure hybrid cloud operations, ensuring platform reliability and scalability.
• Defined and monitored KPIs including system uptime, compliance posture, adoption rates, and cost efficiency, ensuring security remained tied to business outcomes.
• Applied DevSecOps principles through Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform) and CI/CD pipelines, enforcing consistent and secure deployments across Azure and AWS environments.
• Scaled observability and monitoring with Grafana for 2,400+ stakeholders, integrating security and operational insights into business dashboards.

• Led cloud infrastructure modernization on AWS, focusing on security, compliance, and resilience for regulated environments.
• Partnered with Finance, Risk, and Product teams to align infrastructure governance with ISO and SOC2 standards, ensuring audit readiness and regulatory adherence.
• Delivered developer-facing portals with built-in observability and security monitoring, improving adoption and trust in cloud services.
• Migrated on-premise infrastructure to AWS within 8 months, embedding security-by-design principles and resilience measures (tested RPO of 15 minutes, RTO of 2 hours).
• Managed TCO across AWS and observability tools, ensuring cost efficiency without compromising security or compliance requirements.
• Supported cross-functional teams in prioritizing security features and backlog items, aligning sprint goals with business and risk-management priorities.

• Owned and delivered scalable multi-region infrastructure on AWS (Frankfurt, Mumbai, São Paulo, Virginia) within 6 months, ensuring low latency and high availability for global operations.
• Managed and scaled a private cloud environment (Proxmox VMs), balancing cost, performance, and compliance.
• Delivered multi-region AWS infrastructure with security and governance guardrails, ensuring resilience across regulated markets.
• Helped organization save around 20% cost on AWS by introducing tools like Kubecost.
• Acted as the central link between technical delivery and business stakeholders, aligning infrastructure capabilities with product strategy and enabling faster market expansion.

• Implemented Cloud Ready infrastructure Multi-cloud. Private cloud MS Azure and AWS (PaaS), IAM by Azure AD
• Set up Cloud Competence Center, Drawing up Cloud strategy and roadmap migrated 500 + servers in 3 months
• Automate and optimize ICT management processes Implementation of ICT cost reduction program

Build e-commerce portal for wholesalers (groothandelaren) to buy products. Developed and managed 4 services which handled around 100 request per second. Worked on PHP and Vue Js stack.

Developed new website using PHP and javascript using scrum framework. Migrated to new website within 5 months of start of development.

Improved website ranking on 3 categories from 10th to 3rd. Worked with developers to make website more fluid and fast 1.5 sec to 800 ms