19+ years turning up in every seat a system needs a human in — always adaptable, always learning, always hustling to get it done.
Not a demo — every level below is a real chapter · World 1-1 → 4-1 · India → AustraliaInspired by Super Mario Bros., this interactive resume is a tribute to the golden era of 8-bit gaming. For everyone who grew up chasing coins, dodging obstacles, and believing the next level held something extraordinary, these timeless adventures were more than just games. They inspired generations to embrace curiosity, solve problems, learn from failure, and keep moving forward. Like every great adventure, every challenge is a chance to grow, and every new level is another opportunity to become better.
Every card below is a real chapter — the same story (World 1-1 → World 4-1) you'll play as levels in the game at the bottom of this page.
A High School in India · India
Grew up and went to school in India, graduating in 2002 with 70% in the school-leaving exam. Along the way: a love of science, relentless curiosity about how things work, and a stack of inter-school debate and quiz awards.
An Engineering College in India · India
Cleared a highly competitive engineering entrance exam to get in. Majored in Computer Science — electronics, coding, algorithms, mathematics, logical reasoning — while building time-management, pressure-handling and presentation skills outside the classroom.
Global IT Company · Pune, India
Landed the first job through an off-campus drive against 21,000 candidates. Cut teeth across functional, regression, integration and UAT testing.
Global IT Company 2 · India & Australia
Led a team of 8 while staying hands-on as a performance engineer across telecom, banking, insurance and commodities — the widest domain spread of the career.
Global IT Company 2 → Superannuation Co. → Big 4 Bank · India → Australia
Moved to Australia with Global IT Company 2 — first assigned to a superannuation company in Sydney, then Melbourne to deliver for a Big 4 bank. A fresh country, a fresh chapter.
Superannuation Co. & Big 4 Bank (via Global IT Company 2) · Melbourne, Australia
Owned client and vendor management, project planning and execution, finance planning, delegation and escalation handling. After 12 years in testing, chose to switch rather than stay stagnant.
Big 4 Bank · Melbourne, Australia
Made the leap into hands-on engineering after 12 years in testing — joined as an Integration Engineer on the IBM MQ / middleware stack, running live production incidents and triages within 6 months.
Big 4 Bank 2 · Melbourne, Australia
SRE on the platform team, keeping the bank’s integration platform reliable, resilient and observable — DevOps, cloud, automation, and mentoring the next generation.
These days: platform reliability and SRE — keeping systems steady, secure and observable. Next: leaning further into AI-enabled engineering, one deliberate step at a time. The tester-to-SRE range below is what got here.
These days: platform-minded, obsessed with engineering excellence, and always chasing the next continuous improvement.
AI-enabled and platform-minded, end to end.
Visionary when it counts, hands-on when it matters.
Production outages, 3am pages — get paged, triage fast, stabilize the system, communicate clearly, fix it right first time. Resolved and stabilized production incidents at speed, running point on complex, multi-team triages as the calm, clear voice on the bridge. Twelve years of testing taught the discipline; the years since in production support and SRE work turned it into instinct — and a bit of a reputation for it.
Every fact above is also a level. 8 levels, one continuous run from India to a Melbourne SRE desk — smash the bricks, beat the bugs, read the story. It's the same résumé — this version just lets you jump.
▶ Play in full screen. This is a fully interactive, gamified version of Ankit's résumé — built to show the creative, innovative problem-solver behind the professional. Making the work fun and enjoyable while still landing the message, clearly: that's the whole approach.
Having trouble? Open the game in a new tab ↗Every pixel, interaction, and idea on this site started with a vision. AI helped bring it to life, but only through my direction, decisions, and standards. That's how I approach engineering and leadership: understand the problem, define a clear strategy, align the right people and technologies, and turn complexity into reliable, measurable outcomes. Whether I'm leading critical incidents, building resilient platforms, automating complex workflows, or shaping AI-driven solutions, my role remains the same: transform ideas into systems that create real business value. Tools evolve. The ability to lead, innovate, exercise sound judgment, and deliver lasting impact is what truly creates value. That's what I bring to every challenge.
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