SUMMARY:

• Successfully designed and delivered secure cloud solutions for major organizations
• AWS, Azure, Oracle Cloud, VMware V Cloud, Open Stack platforms used and migrated to.
• Created DevOps culture and a collaboration between development, operations and testing.
• Designed cloud deployment strategies that mitigate risk while meeting infrastructure and budgetary needs.
• Seven years of experience with IAAS, PAAS and SAAS technologies.
• Experience in creation of security compliant infrastructure and applications platforms in the cloud.
• Actively and hands on involved in the creation, implementation, and delivery of private and hybrid cloud - based solutions for my customers.
• Extensive knowledge in the programming as well as the architecture and infrastructure domains.
• Master programmer as well as a master scripter when it comes to Vrealize VMware platforms as well as Chef, Puppet, Ansible, Terraform, PowerShell and other DevOps tool script creations.
• Expert at utilizing whatever technology is required to solve your current situation whether it is programming or platform related. Whether its cloud, in-house or hybrid platform based requiring API integration, or management of an ongoing project you have in order to accomplish your SOW.
• Extensive background in big data migration and implementation on private and public cloud.
• 7+ Years of experience in a Development Operations organization leading, administering, building and maintaining an automation environment
• Robust track record of delivering applications and cloud-based infrastructure delivery in an Agile environment
• Strong knowledge of infrastructure automation tools (Puppet, Chef, Ansible)
• Strong Linux system architecture experience (Red Hat/Centos/Ubuntu)
• Using AWS CLI to automate and create infrastructure stacks utilizing BOTO 3 / Python as well as native AWS tools.
• Expertise in operations and maintenance support for AWS cloud resources which includes launching, maintaining and troubleshooting EC2 instances, S3 buckets, Virtual Private Clouds (VPC), Elastic Load Balancers (ELB) and Relational Database Services (RDS); focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling with Cloud watch monitoring
• Significant Experience in the strategy and practical implementation of AWS Cloud-Specific technologies including EC2, EBS, S3, VPC, RDS, SES, ELB, Cloud Front, Cloud Formation, Elastic Cache, Cloud Watch, RedShift, Lambda, SNS, Dynamo DB
• I have extensive experience with hybrid cloud using VMware and complete cloud solutions using Amazon AWS and Microsoft Azure platforms.
• Using Azure CLI 2.0 with Python and PowerShell to create stacks in Azure eco system.
• Deployments of three tier apps using ARM templates.
• Automation of Azure dev, test, and prod environments.
• Utilizing MS VSTS, Azure SDK to generate scripts.
• SAML, LDAP, AD, ADFS, and backend APIs connections via API
• Migrated workloads into multi tenancy cloud including AWS/Azure/GCP.
• Implemented architecture and eco system using Google Cloud Storage, DNS, Cloud Engine Persistent Disks, Storage Nearline, Compute Engine, Kubernetes, Interconnect, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Big Query, Cloud Deployment Manager and other services that were utilized by the applications.
• I have 23 years of IT Infrastructure and Programming experience. Out of that, 8 years of expertise is in Cloud & DevOps.
• I have helped create DevOps technical groups from ground level up, hiring new employees and consultants to add to the existing people in the group.
• Working experience on build and continuous integration tools like Jenkins, Maven and ANT
• Hands-on experience with Puppet, Ansible, Chef, Ops works and OpenStack, Kubernetes
• Configured Ansible to manage AWS environments and automate the build process for core AMIs used by all application deployments including Auto scaling, and Cloud formation scripts
• Created custom policies using IAM (Identity Access Management) for AWS Cloud resources and Groups and Maintained IAM roles and User credentials
• Experienced in setup and maintenance of Load Balancers. TCP/IP fundamentals, DNS, FTP, LDAP, Remote Access, Security Management, System Troubleshooting skills, and good knowledge in networking concepts
• Implemented numerous server migrations on both Linux/Unix and Windows servers. Migrations include moving all clients and their data, configuration settings, testing and verifying everything is correct with zero downtime
• Expertise in code deployment on web application servers like Web Sphere/Web Logic/Apache Tomcat/JBOSS
• Well-versed in creating and updating Chef Manifests and modules, files, and packages, Automation cloud deployments using Cloud Formation Templates and Terraform
• Good command over Unix, Linux and Windows operating systems.
• Proficient in web technologies like HTML, CSS, XHTML and XML
• Experience in configuring and deploying Web Applications using Tomcat and Apache.
• Proficient in using scripting languages like Python, Ruby, Perl, Bash, Java
• Extensive experience in Linux/Unix system Administration, System/Server Builds, Server Installations/Upgrade/ Patches, Migration, and Trouble shooting developer tools like Code Commit, Code Build, Code Deploy, and Code Pipeline • Profound knowledge of RDBMS concepts and extensively worked with Oracle 10g/9i, PL/SQL, SQL Server & DB2
• Experience working with NoSQL databases like MongoDB and Dynamo DB
• Experience with container-based deployments using Docker, working with Docker images, Docker Hub and Docker registries and Kubernetes.
• I am a master programmer as well as a master scripter when it comes to VRealize VMware platforms as well as Chef and other DevOps tool script creations. I have mentored the people in the group I formed on how to become better programmers and at writing scripts as well as how to come up with scripts to manage the DevOps environment.
• 20 years of programming experience in all main stream object oriented and legacy languages; C, C++, JAVA, Python, Ruby, JavaScript etc.
• 23 years of Infrastructure Architecture Virtualization platform experience as well as migration to cloud of legacy data centers from physical to virtual.
• Enterprise Architect experienced architecture, design, and implementation. Extensive experience in cloud systems design and implementation. Expert in network and client/server architecture. And have effectively managed projects involving IT backend infrastructure and architecture design.
• Managed, IT strategy, architecture, engineering, operations, policy, processes, standards, organizational design, governance, and change management to enable technology and program delivery.
• Lead and built large teams, creating a positive work environment by developing new opportunities, successful delivery of engagements, monitoring of organizational health, and the driving of thought leadership.
• Leveraged Cloud Management Platforms, Virtualization Strategies, Automation and Orchestration Strategies, Public Cloud Platforms, Cloud Capacity/Performance Optimization, and Application Migrations to a Cloud Platform with a clear understanding of how an IT organization capitalizes upon technology to enable the business.
• Identified and addressed client needs including developing and sustaining deep client relationships using networking, negotiation and persuasion skills to identify and sell potential new service opportunities, preparing and presenting complex written and verbal materials, and defining resource requirements, project workflow, budgets, billing and collection.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Cloud: Chef, Puppet Enterprise, Ansible, Terraform, GitHub, Jenkins, V Realize, AWS, Azure, VMware, OpenStack, Hybrid, Off Premise, On Premise models implemented, JAVA, JavaScript, C++, C#, Perl, Ruby, PHP, Python, Power Shell, SOAP and REST, SQL

SCM Tool: GIT, Subversion (SVN), Perforce, Jenkins, Hudson

Build Tool: Ant, Perl, Maven, Make file, Quick Build, Team City

Servers: JBOSS, Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, WebSphere.

Version Control Tools: CVS, SVN, Harvest, Perforce

Languages: Shell, C, C++, Java, python

Operating System: UNIX, Linux, HP-UX, Solaris, Microsoft Windows Vista/ XP/ 2000.

Database System: My SQL Server … Oracle 9i/10g-PL/SQL, MS Access, DB2

Build Tools / Release Engineering / DevOps: Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, Ant, Hudson Anthill Pro, Bamboo, Docker, Maven, Ansible, Terraform.

AWS Gov Cloud: CJIS, CSA, Cyber Essentials Plus, DID Cloud Security model SRG, Fed RAMP, FERPA, FIPS 140-2, DIACAP, HIPAA, IRAP, ISO 9001/27001, ITAR, MPAA, MTCS tier 3, NIST, PCI DSS Level 1, SOC 1,2,3, Terraform, AWS Cloud Formation, Power Shell, Chef, Puppet, Ansible.

VMWare: vSphere, v Center / v Realize Orchestrator Amazon (AWS), Microsoft Windows Azure, OpenStack, Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes., Git, GitHub, Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Kafka.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Raritan, NJ

Cloud Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Data center consolidation and virtualization
• Moving applications locally hosted apps to cloud and hybrid cloud platforms on Open Stack, AWS, Azure, GCP and VMware Vcloud.
• Cloud security standards followed during architecture and security design.
• SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) implementation
• Service catalog, virtualization, automation and orchestration
• Architectural design and implementation of cloud management tools
• Migration of 75% applications to private, hybrid and public cloud.
• Implementation of Containers.
• Implementation of essential attributes of cloud compute: on-demand/self-service, anywhere network access, location transparent resource pooling, rapid elasticity, and pay-per-use service.
• Consulted in pre-cloud architecture layout and future integration plans.
• Vendor research, selection, contract negotiations, and final approval process formalized and executed.
• Experience analyzing and implementing access control mechanisms and security methodologies.
• Involved in the security issues dealing with cloud computing and analysis.
• Implementation of AWS Lambda, creation of Lambda permissions model, IAM execution roles and Lambda function policies.

Confidential, Wilmington, DE

Cloud Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Managed and helped create and grow the DevOps team while focusing on the cloud initiative that includes the following:
• CI/CD pipeline implementation by implementing tools to ensure version control, continuous integration, artifact repository, deployment orchestration, and configuration management.
• Tools utilized were: Eclipse, Visual Studio, GitHub, Jenkins, artifactory, Chef, puppet, and Ansible.
• Implemented container clustering and orchestration utilizing Docker Swarm Mode and Kubernetes.
• Threat modelling for web applications and web API
• Web security and compliance; Firewalls, DOS prevention, Intrusion detection and prevention, IDS/IPS, PCI, HIPAA, FIPS. FISMA, NIST, FedRAMP.
• Secure cloud configuration; VPC, security groups, IAM,
• On premise and in cloud implementation of hybrid environment. vSphere platform management via v Cloud Suite
• V Realize suite of cloud management platform implemented
• VRO orchestrator implemented and scripts created / utilized
• Kinesis for Analytics of streaming data
• Hadoop, Spark, HBase, Presto implementation
• Elasticseach clusters
• Production deployment configuration and monitoring of Kafka clusters on AWS
• Capacity planning and performance tuning of clusters
• Palo Alto and Checkpoint along with web application firewall WAF

Confidential, Foster City, CA

Cloud Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Amazon Cognito for user sign-ins and storage
• Amazon API Gateway and Lambda for cloud logic
• CDN using Amazon CloudFront
• Push notifications using Amazon SNS
• VMWare Consultant with VRealize Automation VRA vCloud Architect / vRealize / VRO Automation Development
• Hybrid Cloud Implementation on VMware VCloud:
• On premise and in cloud implementation of hybrid environment.
• Automated deployment, continuous integration, and release engineering tools implemented. vRealize / vRO workflows development vRA management and configuration vRA RESTful API development
• JavaScript and PowerShell scripts development & in corporation in workflows
• Integration and development of Service Now with VMWare backend to automate the provisioning of infrastructure and services.
• Development of VRA, VCloud air, SharePoint orchestration tools.
• NSX Design and Implementation
• VRO for reporting and management of hypervisors
• Scripting in BASH, PowerShell, VRA, and JavaScript

Confidential, Hopewell, NJ

Cloud Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Enterprise Architect for Azure.
• Azure databases, storage, service bus configurations.
• Building CI/CD methodologies in Azure using VS online, Jenkins, TFS.
• Azure reference architecture and security pattern implementation.
• Azure Resource Manager API builds.
• Deployments of three tier apps using ARM templates.
• Automation of Azure dev, test, and prod environments.
• Utilizing MS VSTS, Azure SDK to generate scripts.
• SAML, LDAP, AD, ADFS, and backend APIs connections via API
• PowerShell to install and configure Azure environments.
• JSON configuration files and PowerShell to automate CI/CD pipelines.

Confidential, Morristown, NJ

Cloud Consultant

Responsibilities:

• On premise and in cloud implementation of hybrid environment.
• Automated deployment, continuous integration, and release engineering tools implemented.
• All dev Ops and cloud platforms were created to be HIPAA compliant.
• All work performed went through IQ, OQ, and PQ verification and validation.
• Performance tuning and optimization, bottleneck problems analysis.
• Micro services and containers implementation.

Confidential, Oakland, NJ

Cloud Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Data Center Virtualization / Cloud Migration.
• Implementation of VI3 enterprise edition for server consolidation for Email platform.
• Implementation of cloud computing with VMware and Microsoft technologies.
• On premise and in cloud implementation of hybrid environment.
• Migration from previous versions of exchange 2010.
• Data Center Virtualization and Consolidation: