SUMMARY

• Motivated, Decisive and Teamwork oriented IT professional with over 15 years of experience in various roles as Cloud and DevOps engineer, Application & Data Migration, transformation, and Integration.
• More than 8 years on Windows, VMware, AWS and 2 years on Azure and GCP with hands - on expertise in Hybrid multi cloud deployments, migration, defining target landing zones, bringing efficiency in operations through Automation.
• Good understanding in Life Insurance, Banking, Healthcare and Telecom industries, with knowledge of security, compliance and optimization.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• AWS
• GCP
• Kubernetes
• Helm
• Anthos
• Terraform
• Bitbucket
• XLRelease
• Ansible
• Packer and Istio

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

AWS, Azure cloud, DevOps Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Strong track record of working on highly distributed hybrid and multi cloud-based environments.
• Good hands-on with DevSecOps life cycle integrations and with tools like GitHub, BitBucket, SonarQube, Maven, Gradle, Checkmarks, Jenkins, JFrog, Nexus, Docker containers, Kubernetes, Prometheus and Grafana.
• Develop infrastructure and configuration management automation on AWS and Azure with terraform, Ansible, PowerShell, Python, Yaml and CI/CD Azure pipelines.
• Implemented fully automated deployment in a CI and CD pipelines.
• Implemented canary tests and deployments with Kubernetes and Jenkins.
• Root cause analysis of system issues and advocate for best practices and modern technologies.
• Azure Active Directory & Identity Management deployment and configuration experience.
• Monitoring, collecting, and tracking metrics and setup to autoscaling with AWS resources.
• Implemented Splunk with heavy forwarder and cloud to cloud integrations on AWS and created KPIs on Splunk Operational dashboards for debugging and business executive dashboards for leaders.
• Involved in the production release cycle, which includes phases like Development, Quality Assurance, User Acceptance Testing and Production Environments.
• IntegratedMaven build artifacts, Sonarqube for code quality and Checkmarxfor static code analysis with Jenkins to determine threshold for build success or failures.
• Involved in Scrum meetings including activities like create and work on backlogs in collaboration with the team.
• Automate infrastructure support based on agreed architecture and Network design blueprint to support the business goals and objectives while adhering to the IT architecture and Information Security principles (Loosely coupled architectures and secure by design).
• Build pipelines that are secure by design and Cloud monitoring Experience with Azure Log Analytics Azure Monitor Application Insight
• Comply with the organizations Information Security Policy, and all subordinate policies and local procedures.
• Documentation of builds, best practices, source control processes, plans and the work done to mitigate future projects on confluence.
• Experienced in container orchestration frameworks such as Kubernetes, Fargate etc.
• Experience working in Agile env with modern CI/CD and DevOps principles.
• Solid background in Cloud-first environments and building cloud native platforms.
• Conduct technical audits of existing architectures (Infrastructure, Performance, Developing data security as a function of design as well as Scalability and more).
• Review application solution designs for cloud-fit, optimality and automate deployment patterns for reusability.
• Partner with other stakeholders to drive the creation of Cloud migration & transformation strategy and infrastructure roadmaps across application, information, business, and technology landscapes.
• Identify and Analyze Cloud Infrastructure architecture gaps to propose new technologies. Establish pilots and POCs for proposed solutions and make recommendations for approvals.
• Drive meetings with subject matter experts from application teams, operations, vendors to plan/coordinate migrations, resources requirements and timelines.
• Work closely on Splunk logs, alerts by integrating with AWS CloudWatch. Define various usecases for migrated applications, define operations, developer and Executive dashboards for onboarded applications.
• Involve in partner and vendor discussions. Provide feedback and inputs on legacy applications migrating to AWS cloud.
• Work with various SaaS, COTS and PaaS vendors on integration with applications in the customer environments.
• Good understanding on implementing Network & Security standards, User access management, Azure AD SSO, federation like OAuth, Okta and SAML 2.0

Confidential

Lead Infra Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead the project on Cloud assessment as a service designed and rolled out to pre-sales and professional services team within Confidential .
• Part of Ideation and development of Cloud labs(CCL) from scratch. CCL labs includevarious real world usecases to learn and practice on AWS, Azure, Google and DevOps.
• Created Azure Monitor metrics, logs, and notification alerts, configured Azure log Analytics workspace to provision and connect resources and used application insights.
• Troubleshoot network connection issues with Azure Network watcher, NSG flow and traffic analytics.
• Good understanding on Vnet-Vnet VPN gateway, Vnet peering, Express Route, site-to-site, point-2-site connections.
• Automate schedule on VM and fileshare backup & restore using Azure backup service.
• Implemented Azure Load balancer distribution modes, scale set, URL path based, multi-site routing and Application gateway.
• Implemented guard rail security controls with NSG, Azure Firewall DNAT, App rules.
• Hands-on app deployment with AKS, ACR and ACI.
• Worked with Azure App service deployment, integrations, creating service plans and config settings.
• Automatedlogin, deletion of services created monitoring of activity creation and finally reporting learners progress was done inAWS, Azure and Google using native tools.
• Gather requirements from professional Services and Markets team in understanding the business needs and build usecases / capabilities in CCL.
• Point of contact for L3/L4 issues,architectural reviewsrelated to AWS, Docker Containers, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD

Confidential

Delivery Lead

Responsibilities:

• Lead the team on Cloud transformation projects from On-PremisestoAWS and GCP Clouds.
• Analyze pattern requirements, create user stories and sub-tasks and distribute story points and expected hours for the subtasks on JIRA.
• Written whitepapers in confluence for internal consumption.
• Build and review Terraform templates to provision infrastructure as code on AWS and GCP. Used Bitbucket for SCM, Ansible for Configuration management, Maven for build, SonarQube for code test, XLR for CI/CD and Nexus for artifactory
• Escalation point of contact for Cloud delivery and operations in resolving operational challenges and complex issues.
• Identify collaborative opportunities with vendors including alliances and partnerships & develop customized solutions.
• Involve in technical discussions with stakeholders, vendors to understand business requirements and solutions.
• Build and manage teams in onshore and offshore. Work closely with the customer, gather project requirements, involve in due diligence.
• Technical SME advisory to the customer, identify right candidates for the project. Ensure onboarding on time.

Confidential

Lead Infra Architect

Responsibilities:

• Automate operational tasks such as software configuration, server scaling and deployments, and database setups in multiple AWS cloud environments with the use of modern application and deployment, configuration and management tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Maven, Jenkins),
• Experienced in developing AWS and GKE infrastructure as a code using Terraformto build staging and production environments.
• Experienced in migrating legacy applications toAWS cloud ecosystem using Services likeVPC, EC2, S3, RDSfor Compute and Storage
• Expertise in designing and deploying stacks on AWS Cloud Services such as EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudFront, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Glacier, RDS, Route53, SNS, SQS, API Gateway, Storage Gateway,Elastic Cache, RedShift, DynamoDB, Auto Scaling, Aurora, Lambda, Direct Connect, EMR, Elastic File System (EFS) ensuring high-availability, fault tolerance and auto-scaling in AWS.
• Analyze the Jobs In detail to determine right instance/cluster type (Storage/IO/Compute/Memory Optimized) for cost efficient performance.
• Lead from the front in evaluating and onboarding various CMP, Monitoring, Performance management & Optimization tools and integrations as part of cloud operate framework offering in CIS.
• Evaluated CMP tools- Scalr, Right Scale, Cloudcenter and Cloudbolt etc.
• Experience with migration, Backup/ DR and Transformation tools- CloudEndure, Actifio, Velostrata and AWS native tools.
• Act as an escalation point for Cloud operations in resolving operational challenges and complex issues.
• Explore service offerings from the vendor and to develop best practices, cloud design patterns and secured architectures.
• Work closely with AWS Solution Architects to develop quick starts and provide thought leadership to address customer business needs.
• Build Reusable Patterns, Reference Architectures addressing specific industry problems, Point of Views.
• Identify collaborative opportunities with vendors including alliances and partnerships & develops industry specific solutions.
• Manage multiple engagements of a functional area/ strategic account in RFPs to help in solution design architectures, Q & A as part of the response.

Confidential

AWS Solution Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lead the project from offshore and responsible for Discovering, Assessment & Plan for the build, operate and validate cloud hosting solution with security (WAF, SG’s, MFA, hardening and AV) and various health care compliance (HIPPA, PCI DSS, ISO 27001, ISO 9001) requirements for the clients.
• Front end projects including response to RFP’s, SOW’s, Solution design, architecture diagrams, solution write-ups, costing model on cloud and infrastructure technologies.
• Responsible for the VPC design, architecture, setting up Managed Hosting in IaaS model, build AMI’s with all necessary bootstrapping, hardening and provisioning IIS and middleware stack in multi-AZ’s, migrate web application content.
• Propose, discuss and design costing model (on-demand vs reserved vs spot) with AWS calculator for the client’s environments.
• End- to- end ownership in all phases of assessment, design, implement to steady state and operations.
• Driving Steady state Operations, regular recommendations to clients on optimize and improve performance, closing security gaps, saving cost by identifying through running Trusted Advisor. Automate provisioning through scripts, daily & weekly EBS volume snapshot backups/retention, deletion, process harmonization, continual service improvements, problem management and RCA.
• Designed and implemented AWS backbone infrastructure setup for Active Directory, DNS, GPO’s, replication, Network connectivity, Security, Patch management, HA, backup & recovery.
• Responsible for AWS billing, resource utilization monitoring through cloud watch and OS built-in tools.
• Responsible for competency development, Knowledge management through writing whitepapers and readiness by delivering trainings and mentoring teams across organization.
• VMware vSphere upgrade, vCloud upgrade, Datacenter Consolidation, Migration and BAU Operation activities
• Involved in Datacenter Consolidation and migrations.
• Worked with the clients and understand the need for best practices in existing and future projects, identify relevant innovation opportunities in the projects
• Involved in customer facing - Solution Orals, workshop & presentations
• Involved in front ending solution design with SMEs in the areas of DC Transformation & Migration involving Servers Infrastructure, Storage systems
• Worked on design, architecture, sizing and product configuration experience in partnership with OEM vendors for DC Platforms - Servers, Virtualization, Storage, Converged Infrastructure

Confidential

IT Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Escalation support on Incident, problem and change management tickets on VMware and Windows technologies
• Build and Upgrade ESXi hosts, deploy VMs and templates. P2V and V2V
• Proactively involved on service enhancements on client setups
• Worked on designing and implementing VMware backup products and disaster recovery solutions
• Implemented AD snapshots, auditing, AD recycle bin, and AD disaster recovery using bare-metal backups and AD maintenance, ADCS and managing AD with powershell2.0
• Worked on troubleshooting complex issues using various AD tools, Sysinternals tools, Wireshark/Netmon trace analysis, dump analysis
• Performed case reviews and providing technical inputs
• Mentored support for 2nd and 3rd line engineers, responsible SPOC for competency development plans and trainings
• Contributed and published technical knowledge base articles

Confidential

Senior Systems Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Maintaining and managing the US client environments on different platforms
• Responsible for building Windows Servers, and ESX4.0 clusters
• Escalation point for all Windows OS and VMware issues
• Providing technical trainings for junior Systems Administrators

Confidential

Support Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Day to day activities include, handling frontline (Severity A, B) and escalated cases on AD, TCP/IP, SMB, DNS, DHCP, WINS, NLB, RRAS, FTP, RPC, DFS, CSC, and wireless technologies
• Extensive use of Sysinternals tools such as Network Monitor, Portquery, Performance monitor, Replmon, Repadmin, and Backup & restoration of AD
• Installation/Configuration/Design/Setup issues on Active Directory and Networking.
• Managing the Functional levels of the domain, Schema management, Trust relationships, Global catalog servers, FSMO roles, managing and troubleshooting issues with replication, logon, GPO’s, ACL’s
• Driving Customer Focused Culture within the org for better customer satisfaction results