SUMMARY:

• Highly accomplished, innovative, and experienced IT professional with demonstrated expertise and proven track record in management, development, delivery and support of broad - based large-scale enterprise virtualization products and services in the information technology arena. Adept at utilizing strategic and cost-effective technology to achieve project goals.
• Exceptional project leader with the ability to consistently improve delivery times and service levels within specified budget. Excelled at implementing effective methodologies, software development life cycle and best practices. Proactive team player with extensive experience in providing solutions to IT service, telecom, healthcare, pharmaceutical, finance and accounting, supply chain management, sales, retail, marketing, product lifecycle, manufacturing, MRP II, and procurement functions.
• Experienced handling a variety of hats, including Management Consultant, Technical Lead, Integration Specialist, Solution Developer, Solution Architect, Enterprise/SOA/Web Services Technical Architect, Data Architect and J2EE/Java/Web Developer. Involved in the functional usage and Deployment of Applications in WebLogic, WebSphere and Apache Tomcat Server.
• Enterprise Architecture & Development
• Cloud, SecOps & DevOps
• Deployment Automation
• Microservices
• Security
• Data Warehouse & Big Data (ETL & Modeling)
• Solution Engineering
• Business Process Automation & Engineering
• Integration
• Infrastructure Design and Implementation
• CI/CD
• Container Development / Management
• Emerging Technologies
• Machine Learning
• SDLC
• Business Rules

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Languages: Golang, Python, Swift, Scala, Ruby, Java, C, C++, Bash shell script

Emerging Technologies: Machine Learning Technologies including MATLAB, R, Python, Tensor Flow, Apache Spark. Blockchain architecture and development, IoT

Containers & Microservices: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, OpenShift, Spring Boot

Cloud: AWS, Microsoft Azure, OpenStack, VMWare, Google Cloud Platform, IBM Smart Cloud

Automation / CaaS / PaaS: Ansible, Helm, Hashi Corp Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, GKE, PKS, PCF, Cloud Foundry, Chef, Puppet, PowerShell, EKS, AKS, Serverless including Lambda

Security: Istio, SSL, TLS, mTLS, CloudPassage, TwistLock, AquaSec, Amazon IAM, Azure IAM, Management and Security best practices, auditing and enforcement

Monitoring / Tools: Prometheus, Alert Manager, Nagios, Service Now, Netcool, Ceilometer, Splunk, Elasticsearch

CI/CD: Jenkins, Artifactory, Git, GitLab, Concourse, Nexus

Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, Windows, OS X, IOS, I5/OS

Data: Oracle, Teradata, DB/2, SQL Server, MySQL, Hadoop (Cassandra and Hive), Mongo DB, Hortonworks, PostgreSQL, Aurora, Redshift, DynamoDB

SOA & Integration: Apache Wink, Jersey, SOAP, REST, XML, JSON, Oracle SOA Platform, Websphere SOA Platform, Tomcat, TIBCO, MULE, FUSE, IBM TDI, IBM MQ, Kafka, Rabbit MQ, Apigee

Business Process / Rules: Pega, IBM BPM and jBPM, KIE, Appian, Pega Rules Process Commander (PRPC), RedHat BRMS (including DROOLS and Guvnor), Blaze Rules Engine, Oracle Business Rules, JRules, IBM BRMS (ILOG ODM)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential

Cloud Devops Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Architect and deploy Twistlock on Microsoft Azure & GCP Kubernetes
• Architect and deploy Twistlock on OpenShift
• Deployment Documentation
• Network Segmentation Design and Implementation
• Serverless Security Design and Implementation
• Vulnerability Management, Remediation, Reporting Design and Implementation
• Tools Security Integration Design and implementation for Jira, Splunk and Jenkins
• Standards / Guardrails Design and Implementation
• Implemented end-to-end TLS, mTLS and lifecycle management with service mesh
• Network monitoring using tools for packet capture
• Database security and monitoring for PostrgeSQL and MongoDB
• Infrastructure as code using Terraform on Azure and GCP

Confidential

Next Generation Devops Automation Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Create Terraform Templates for application migration and deployment to AWS
• Migration to Terraform Enterprise
• Architecture, development and deployment of Hashi Corp Vault on AWS & GCP
• Dynamic SPN development
• IIS, Redis, Tomcat and Nginx Web Server environment automated deployments using Azure.
• Design, development, configuration and deployment of Twistlock on AWS
• Implemented end-to-end TLS, mTLS on platform and serverless (Lambda)
• Appian implementation with application prototypes and POCs
• Architected and deployed PostrgeSQL and MongoDB including zero-trust data security and monitoring

Confidential

Infrastructure Migration Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Capacity planning and logistics for 2-phase move of infrastructure
• Architecture and security for AWS
• Implemented end-to-end TLS, mTLS with service mesh and serverless (Lambda)
• Automation for migration of workloads from on-prem PCF to Azure & AWS
• Appian for application prototypes
• Architecture and Deployment of Cassandra, Hive and MongoDB
• Create Terraform Templates for application migration and deployment to Azure and AWS

Confidential

AWS Site Reliability Devops Engineer

Responsibilities:

• EKS development support for error handling
• Implemented end-to-end TLS, mTLS and lifecycle management with service mesh
• Kubernetes pod priorities
• Maintenance automation
• Automated testing
• Service deployment automation with Appian

Confidential

Java Microservices and Cloud Devops Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Developed infrastructure as code template for sort platform automated deployment
• Developed Jenkins pipeline with Hashi Corp Terraform, Ansible and Helm scripts to automate deployment of an edge Kubernetes cluster on VMWare
• VMWare vCenter & VRealize (VRO & VRA)
• Provided best practices and proofs of concepts to migrate legacy application to microservices using Java, Spring Boot and REST API
• Windows configuration with Chef, Python and PowerShell
• Microservices deployment and management on Pivotal Cloud Foundry
• PCF deployment, configuration and administration on bare metal and AWS
• Monitoring and Alerting for PCF OM and ER
• Proof of Concept deployments on Google Cloud Platform
• Implemented end-to-end TLS, mTLS and lifecycle management with service mesh
• API Lifecycle Management with Apigee
• Development of features in Go language
• CI/CD with Jenkins, GitLab and Artifactory

Confidential

Senior Java and Cloud/DevOps Solution Architect/Developer

Responsibilities:

• Lead solution architect and developer for Java applications
• Contributed to the design and development of several on-premise and hybrid clouds using OpenStack, AWS and Azure
• VMWare vCenter & vRealize (VRA/VRO) implementation, architecture and development
• Blueprint development, deployment and post-provisioning
• Terraform, Chef, Puppet, Python, Ansible and PowerShell development
• Provide technical guidance to security and operations teams
• Evaluate and recommend relevant new and emerging technologies
• Architect and solution engineer for the design and implementation of end-to-end security for Cloud, Container and Edge platforms including Airship
• Lead architect and team lead for the design and development of security for 5G Edge using OpenStack, Kubernetes and Docker
• Implemented Jenkins Code Deploy plugin to deploy and used to automate the build process and deploy the application to Tomcat server.
• Evaluated, recommended and implemented technologies CloudPassage, TwistLock, AquaSec, Keystone and Istio and others
• Lead architect and team lead for implementation of end-to-end TLS, mTLS and lifecycle management
• RBAC design, implementation and monitoring of security policies
• Designed and developed IAM platform for cloud using OpenStack Keystone
• Integration with Federated security platforms such as LDAP
• Implemented security policies for infrastructure access
• Designed and developed Blockchain solution for Edge cloud
• Deployment Automation with Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible and Helm
• Lead security and vulnerability scanning and compliance efforts on an on-going basis for all cloud environments
• Designed and developed Prometheus / Alert Manager solution for cloud on Docker Containers with Kubernetes
• Integrated FluentD, Elasticsearch and Kibana for Log Management
• Integrated Alert Manager with existing Nagios, ServiceNow, Netcool and other ticketing systems
• Designed and implemented tools for capacity planning, monitoring and alerting
• Designed Federated data warehouse for maintaining metrics and logs for cloud
• Deployment Automation with Jenkins, Artifactory, Ansible and Helm
• Infrastructure as Code
• Cloud and Edge deployment automation with Hashi Corp Terraform, Ansible and Helm on Bare Metal, OpenStack and Azure
• Deployment Automation on AWS with Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible and Helm
• Windows configuration with Chef, Python and PowerShell
• CI/CD with Jenkins, GitLab and Artifactory
• Azure Hybrid Cloud
• Architect and Solution Engineer for hybrid cloud with Microsoft Azure
• Migration of existing and development workloads on to Azure
• Design, development, installation and post-installation support activities
• Azure IaaS, SaaS & PaaS
• Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)
• Advanced knowledge and experience in engineering and managing Linux systems including build, patch, upgrade, monitor, configure and storage
• Apigee implementation for API LM
• Machine Learning Developer and Architect
• IoT Developer and Architect
• All integrations over REST API
• Development of Cloud features in Go Language

CVS/Caremark

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Rescued Enterprise Opportunity Management project on Blaze Rules Engine within specified budget and timeframe
• Led architecture team responsible for the strategic initiative of centralizing Adjudication processes such as Formulary as services through the use of Java and SOA architecture
• Implemented Apigee for API Lifecycle Management
• Managed six large projects concurrently using a combination of waterfall and agile (including scrum) and responsible for 14 project managers, both internal and vendor; more than 20 architects and over 100 developers with direct reports
• Devised system architecture, design, and requirements
• Rendered assistance in the optimization of data warehouse system on Teradata to accomplish business SLAs
• Performed a vital role in attaining strategic initiative for Condition Management (Pharmacy Advisor) of IT Analytics and Data Warehousing
• Super Plus Food Stores ( ) - Chief IT Officer
• Designed IT infrastructure and formulated solutions intended for a pharmacy and supermarket chain. Oversaw the overall IT operations consisting of a team of 50 resources with $5M annual budget. Directly reported to the Board of Directors.
• Designed, developed and implemented enterprise applications using Java
• Implemented COTS applications for HCM including PeopleSoft

Business Owner

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Promoted and executed more than 300 installations in North and Central America
• Directed overall company operations and management of 75 employees and technical resources
• Established and fostered relationships with partners, including IBM (Premier), Microsoft, Oracle, Red Hat and SUSE
• Integrated enterprise applications including HCM, time reporting and payroll systems like PeopleSoft, ADP, etc.