Rajendra Sharma
Engineering Leadership · DevOps · Automation · AI
Melbourne-based engineering leader specialising in DevOps, release governance, test automation, Azure cloud and agentic AI across financial services and healthcare.
About Me
Engineering leadership grounded in delivery
Eighteen years across engineering, automation architecture, and delivery leadership in healthcare and financial services. The work has shifted from building systems to governing them.
I stay technically engaged by choice. It narrows the gap between what teams build and what delivery needs, and it makes risk visible earlier in the process.
Outside of work I run QuantixLabs, an independent mobile games studio, and maintain a custom e-commerce integration platform. Both run in production.
Core Capabilities
Engineering, DevOps, Automation and AI Expertise
Hands-on across the full engineering stack, from pipelines and cloud to AI systems and team leadership.
DevOps & Release Engineering
Release governance and CI/CD pipeline design across complex enterprise environments. Zero-downtime deployment, structured release processes, and full environment control.
AI & Agentic Systems
Production deployment of GenAI tooling and multi-agent systems for operational intelligence, test automation, and self-service infrastructure.
Cloud & Infrastructure
Azure architecture and cost governance across AKS, APIM, and Landing Zone design. FinOps strategy and enterprise environment management at scale.
Test Automation
Enterprise automation frameworks designed for longevity. Selenium, C#, and JMeter with a plain-language interpreter embedded directly in CI pipelines.
Observability
Operational visibility across hybrid estates: real-time dashboards, structured alerting, and release-readiness tooling that teams rely on in production.
Engineering Leadership
Team design, hiring, and development. Budget and vendor ownership. Delivery governance with clear accountability at every layer.
Integration Engineering
Resilient API and system integrations across CRM, ERP, and e-commerce platforms. Designed for maintainability over the full operational lifecycle.
Risk & Compliance
Environment stability controls, DR planning, and compliance frameworks built into delivery practice from the outset.
What I've Built
Engineering Tools, Platforms and Delivery Systems
A selection of things built across work and personal projects.
AI Driven Development
Azure AI · LLM Orchestration · Agentic Systems
Coordinated AI agents handling test automation end-to-end, from requirements to scripts to results, with no manual handoffs.
DevOps Tools
CI/CD · D365 · Power Apps · Provisioning
Automation across environment provisioning, Dynamics 365 deployments, Power Apps pipelines, and release orchestration.
Test Automation
Selenium · Java · Performance · Custom Interpreter
Enterprise test frameworks with a plain-language interpreter, performance monitoring, and load testing across web and API layers.
Environment Dashboard
Azure DevOps · Datadog
Unified real-time view across cloud, on-prem, and legacy environments: status, alerting, and release readiness in one place.
Data Management
Delphix · Oracle · Unix · Data Masking
Large-scale Oracle data virtualisation using Delphix, with automated Unix pipelines covering provisioning, masking, and data quality.
QuantixLabs Apps & Games
Android · Google Play
Independent mobile games studio. PuzzleQ, Quickfire, and Trivia Hub. Privacy-first, no ads, lightweight on Android.
E-commerce Integration Suite
Marketplace API · Inventory & Order Automation
Custom platform handling listings, pricing, inventory sync, and orders across e-commerce channels. Available to other businesses.
Productivity Tools
Azure · FinOps · Indexing & Analysis
Internal tooling built to fill operational gaps: document indexers, a FinOps spend tracker, and environment analysis utilities.
Multi-Agent Systems
Agentic AI Delivery Framework
A coordinated multi-agent system where each agent has a single, non-overlapping responsibility. No agent bypasses the chain. The pattern is domain-agnostic, applied here to software delivery.
01
Coordinator
The only entry point. Reads prior context, orchestrates the chain, and writes nothing itself. All decisions flow through here.
02
Researcher
Read-only discovery. Maps the current state, identifies gaps, and returns a structured findings report before anything is actioned.
03
Builder
Executes the work within a strictly defined scope. Never overreaches into adjacent responsibilities.
04
Spec Writer
Validates against the live system, not assumptions. Grounds every output in observed reality before producing a result.
05
Reviewer
Audits output against defined standards. Returns pass or fix with exact references, routing failures back to the correct agent, never to the user.
06
Documenter
Always runs last. Captures decisions, watch-outs, and context so the next session inherits what this one learned.
The result
Locator drift dropped. The agents read button labels from the live DOM rather than guessing. After several sessions, they were making decisions consistent with architectural choices from weeks earlier, because they had read their own notes. The outcome wasn't driven by any single AI feature. It came from treating the agents like team members: defined roles, a structured process, documented prior decisions, and a reviewer who routes failures back through the chain.
Career
Engineering Leadership Experience
Enterprise Release & QA Manager
McMillan Shakespeare2+ years · Melbourne
Full-time
Accountable for release governance and quality assurance across enterprise applications supporting two concurrent multi-million dollar transformation programs
Introduced agentic AI systems for test automation, replacing manual handoffs with a fully automated pipeline from requirements to validated results
Owns the full release lifecycle: environment management, deployment execution, and post-release validation across all production streams
Automated environment provisioning and release configuration, eliminating recurring failures that had previously blocked delivery
Leads a cross-functional delivery and QA team across multiple concurrent workstreams
DevOps Transformation Lead
Bupa ANZ8 years · Melbourne
Full-time
Delivered ~$100K/month in Azure cost reduction through FinOps governance and DevOps pipeline restructuring
Zero-downtime production releases sustained across all major transformation streams throughout an 8-year tenure
Migrated thousands of APIs to Azure APIM; scaled Delphix data virtualisation across enterprise Oracle databases
Designed and deployed a GenAI chatbot for self-service environment provisioning, removing dependency on the operations team for routine requests
Built and led a DevOps and delivery team through multiple concurrent transformation programs
Engineering Lead · Automation & Quality
Xpanxion1.5 years · Pune
Full-time
Implemented CI/CD via Jenkins and Octopus Deploy, reducing deployment cycles by 45%
Redesigned performance testing with JMeter: 4x scalability improvement and 60% latency reduction
Built innovation dashboards that surfaced $250K in annual savings opportunities
Led and mentored junior engineers across concurrent client engagements
Automation Architect
Datamatics6 years 8 months · Multiple locations
Full-time
Joined as Research Engineer · Progressed to Automation Architect
Delivered automation programs across insurance, finance, and technology clients in multiple geographies
Designed a Java-based test interpreter with natural language processing, enabling plain-English test authoring without code
Held accountability for delivery, pre-sales, and client relationships across concurrent engagements
Recognised with 4 internal awards across R&D, delivery, pre-sales, and client relations
Technical Skills
Technical Skills: Azure, DevOps, AI and Test Automation
DevOps & Release
Cloud & Infrastructure
AI & Automation
SRE & Monitoring
Data Management
Languages & Tooling
Leadership Competencies
Digital Transformation
Technology Strategy
Team Leadership
Stakeholder Management
Budget Management
Vendor Management
Innovation Management
Agile / Lean Delivery
Continuous Improvement
Ventures
Technology Ventures and Side Projects
Things built outside of work.
QuantixLabs
quantixlabs.org
Independent mobile games studio. Three titles in development: PuzzleQ, Quickfire, and Trivia Hub. Built for Android, privacy-first, no ads or dark patterns.
E-commerce Integration Platform
A custom-built integration platform connecting e-commerce storefronts with supplier feeds, pricing engines, and order management systems. Built to run a retail operation and now available as a tool for other businesses operating at scale online.
Contact
Contact Rajendra Sharma
Happy to connect on engineering, AI, automation, or anything else worth talking about.
Currently
Enterprise Release & QA Manager at McMillan Shakespeare, Melbourne.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Engineering
Pune University