SUMMARY

• Virtualized the servers using the Docker as per the test environments and dev - environments needs. And performed configuration automation using Docker containers.
• Domain expertise: Enterprise Backup & Recovery systems / DPM/ Other Enterprise Backup & Recovery Solutions OR strong expertise on working and troubleshooting Windows/Azure/Linux VMs related issues.
• Worked on Deployment Automation of all microservices to pull image from private Docker registry and deploy to Kubernetes Cluster.
• Implemented a Continuous Delivery pipeline with Docker, Jenkins and GitHub and AWS AMI’s, whenever a new GitHub branch gets started, Jenkins, our Continuous Integration server automatically attempts to build a new Docker container from it, the Docker container leverages Linux containers and has the AMI baked in.
• Leading and architecting Web Applications deployment to AWS with Kubernetes and/or Docker containers
• Experienced with Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery, On-Prem Backup and restore, Virtualization, VMWare, Networking, Infrastructure.
• Integrated Docker container orchestration framework using Kubernetes by creating pods, config Maps, deployments using Jenkins
• Experience in Kubernetes to deploy scale, load balance and manage Docker containers with multiple name spaced versions.
• Building Docker images and fetch/promote and deploy to Production.
• Set up CI/CD pipelines for Microservices and integrated tools such as Maven, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Nexus, Docker, Slack for providing immediate feedback to DEV teams after code check-in.
• Automation - Experience working with Azure Automation Runbooks, Desired State Configuration (DSC), PowerShell, Azure DevOps - CI/CD pipelines, ARM Templates, Terraform, CloudFormation.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Azure Expertise: IaaS, PaaS, VM Migrations, VNet, Traffic Manager, SQL Azure, AADData Factory, Data Lake, ExpressRoute, OMS, ASC, Azure Storage

Languages: Java, PL/SQL, C and C++.

Web Development: J2EE Technology, JDK, JDBC2.0, Servlets2.0, HTML, XML

Operating Systems: Windows Servers 2008,2012,2016, Linux Open System With RedHat7.1, 6.1, SUSE, Ubuntu, SUN Solaris, AIX

Scripting: PowerShell, ARM Templates, UNIX Shell Scripting (Korn/Bourne), JACl, Jython&ANT

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential, Alpharetta, GA

Azure Architect

Responsibilities:

• Lift & Shift migration of On-premise legacy applications to Azure
• Leveraged Azure Migrate tool to assess the existing on-prem Infrastructure for Server compatibility and cost estimation.
• Designed the target state architecture with Network, VPN and Firewalls to secure the cloud environment.
• Used ASR for replicating the server from on-prem VMWare to Azure Vault.
• Designed the approach for Application Gateway deployment for load balancing, SSL off-load and session affinity of various sites, customers access the applications.
• Migrated 500+ servers for PROD and Non-Prod environments of the application
• Used ARM Templates and Terraform for IaC
• As a Lead Engineer worked on creating Azure Pipelines for automated deployments of Azure Infrastructure
• Leveraged Azure Migrate tool to assess the existing on-prem Infrastructure for Server compatibility and cost estimation
• Defined and created master ARM templates for all the Azure services
• Created fully automated deployment of Infrastructure in Azure using Azure DevOps Pipelines
• Used PowerShell DSC modules for running post installation scripts and AD configuration
• Well-versed with the DevOps branching strategy and approval-based deployments to Prod environment

Confidential, Charlotte, NC

Azure Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led migration of various Dev, QA, UAT and Prod workloads to Azure cloud using manual lift and shift and ASR.
• Leveraged Azure Migrate & Cloudamize tools to assess the existing on-prem Infrastructure for Server compatibility and cost estimation.
• Used ASR to replicate the prod servers to new DR site setup in Azure.
• Designed fully automated DR strategy for failover and failback of the environment.
• Deployed VNETs and Site-Site VPN using PowerShell and deployed VMs into various Subnets and enabled communication between Subnets.
• Worked on Azure Site Recovery and Disaster Recovery tasks planning and implementation.
• Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, and security policies and routing.
• Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNets and subnets.
• Implemented high availability with Azure Resource Manager deployment models.
• Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets.
• Designed User Defined Routes with custom route tables for specific cases to force tunneling to the Internet via on premise network and control use of virtual appliances in the customer’s Azure environment.
• Created Architecture documentation with Network flow diagram, ports and protocols for all the migrated environments to Azure.
• Used ARM Templates and Terraform for day to day activities, migration activities and automation.

Confidential

Azure Architect

Responsibilities:

• Led migration of various Dev, QA, UAT and Prod workloads to Azure cloud using manual lift and shift and Azure Site Recovery (ASR).
• Prepared capacity and architecture plan to create the Azure Cloud environment to host migrated IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances for refactored applications and databases.
• Created recommendations on how to duplicate a subset of on-premise machines to the Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IAAS) offering which will be used for disaster recovery.
• Performed client acceptance and prototyping using Azure Compute and SQL Azure instances.
• Configured VMs in availability sets using ARM templates to provide resiliency for IaaS based solution and scale sets using Azure Resource Manager to manage network traffic.
• Deployed VNETs and Site-Site VPN using PowerShell and deployed VMs into various Subnets and enabled communication between Subnets.
• Created Architecture documentation with Network flow diagram, ports and protocols for all the migrated environments to Azure.

Confidential, Worthington, OH

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, and security policies and routing.
• Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNets and subnets.
• Exposed Virtual machines and cloud services in the VNets to the Internet using Azure External Load Balancer.
• Provided high availability for IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances for access from other services in the VNet with Azure Internal Load Balancer.
• Implemented high availability with Azure Resource Manager deployment models.
• Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets.
• Setup Azure Virtual Appliances (VMs) to meet security requirements as software-based appliance functions (firewall, WAN optimization and intrusion detections).
• Leveraged VNET system routes and underlying route table that holds Local VNet Rules, On-premise Rules, Internet Rules and IP Forwarding as design basis.
• Designed User Defined Routes with custom route tables for specific cases to force tunneling to the Internet via on premise network and control use of virtual appliances in the customer’s Azure environment.

Confidential

Senior BPM/Infrastructure Architect

Responsibilities:

• Leading the migration project - runtime migration from WPS 6.2.0.3 to BPM 8.5.6
• Creating a runtime migration plan from WebSphere Process Server to IBM Business Process Management, identifying the code and configuration dependencies and documenting the approach.
• Install/ configure and administered complex SOA IBM Business Process Manager V8.5.6 on Linux environments (used Golden and single cluster Topology).
• Migrated Business data and artifacts from WPS 6.2.0.3 to BPM 8.5.6
• Point of contact and led the team for complete Migration Project.
• Day-to-Day deployment of applications in to both WPS 6.2.03 and BPM 8.5.6 and troubleshooting of environmental and development issues.
• Extensively working with IBM on Migration issues (both Environment related and coding related).
• Involving in load tests/performance tests of applications and planning the readiness for the capacity.
• Worked on deployments of Data power XI50 Applicances.

Confidential

Senior BPM Admin

Responsibilities:

• Install/ configure and administered complex SOA IBM Business Process Manager V7.5.
• Upgrade of Business Process Manager from V75 to V751 FP1
• Worked on automating the profile backups, daily restarts in Production environments using Autosys.
• Worked on Linux symlink process for Business Process Manager Applications for Disaster Recovery mechanism.
• Day-to-Day deployments in BPM v7.5/8.5 using customized shell scripts, wsadmin scripts and admin console.
• Involved in Kerberos configuration for 3 critical applications in Confidential
• Used splunk for monitoring of the JVM health for Business Process Manager Applications.
• Configured alerts and created customized patters for alerting mechanism using splunk for 3 Business Process Manager Applications.
• Installed ifixes and JDK fixes for adhoc applications with deadlines in resolving the issues.
• Used HP service Manager for change management, scheduling the production changes, assigning the tasks to support team, emergency changes.

Confidential, Allen, TX

Senior BPM Admin

Responsibilities:

• Install/ configure and aadministered complex SOA based WebSphere Process Server v6.0 environments.
• Performed day to day full batch and patch deployments in WebSphere Process Server v6.0 using script and admin console.
• Worked on regular deployments in Data Power SOA Appliances v3.8.2 in Dev, QA and PROD environments.
• Worked on scaling the current Frontier production WebSphere Process Servers to support the increasing number of applications and improving the performance.
• Performed the regression tests for each deployment in Dev, QA and PROD environments and verified end to end functionality.
• Used Optier tool and Tivoli Performance Viewer to monitor the servers in Test and Production environments
• Used CVS for version control
• Worked with Nagios alerting tool for production support and HEAT for tickets management.
• Assisted Database, network and UNIX team from middleware for different projects during the maintenance.
• Assisted with performance load test in QA environments and Performance tuned WebSphere Process Server environments.

Confidential, Memphis, TN

Senior WPS Administrator

Responsibilities:

• Install/ configure and support of WebSphere Process Server v7.0 environments.
• Performed regular deployments on WebSphere Process Server v7.0 both using deployment script and Admin Console in Dev, QA and PROD environments.
• Configured WebSphere process server with Golden Topology, Silver and Bronze in different environments.
• Performed regular deployments WSRR v7.0 Dev, QA and PROD environments
• Worked on Firmware upgrade of Data Power appliances in different environments.
• Worked on Performance tuning of WebSphere Process Server, especially of Garbage collection phenomenon, heap sizing and upgrades for high performance of applications.
• Worked with IBM on P1 severity issues, exchanging information through PMRs and closely working with IBM on resolution of issues with CPU utilization of Hung threads issues due to high load conditions WebSphere Process Server Applications.
• Configured Clusters and standard configuration of WebSphere Application Server v7.0 environments for high availability of applications with front end IHS and F5.
• Installed Oracle Suite products- Oracle WebLogic Server, Oracle Identity Manager 10G/11g and Oracle Identity Analytics11G.

Confidential

Senior WebSphere Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Worked on automating the deployments for WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Application Server applications.
• Automated the deployment of 70 plus WPS applications with different configurations (WebService bindings with single and multiple bindings, Mapping modules to servers and IHS servers, security roles and user run as roles configurations)
• Created a new environment and cluster configurations for performance tuning and optimizing the environments in WPS and WAS.
• Installed monitoring softwares jprofiler for thr POC servers to analyse the JVM health and CPU utilization.
• Performed regular deployments and troubleshooting in all the environments
• Worked on Jython and Jacl scripting for automating applications backups, Mapping modules to servers and IHS servers, Web Service bindings and applying security roles to the WPS applications
• Worked with Liferay servers, Apache, IBM HTTP Servers and Load Balancer for high availability and front end interface of applications.
• Supported critical Production issues, handled alerts and assisted during weekend production releases.

Confidential

WPS Consultant

Responsibilities:

• Installed and Configured WebSphere Application server 6.1.x/7.0 in different environments
• Installed and Configured WebSphere Process Server and administered a complex SOA based WebSphere Process Server environments
• Expertise in creating different cluster topologies in WebSphere Process Server and WebSphere Application Server.
• Changed the SCA Components (Human Tasks, Rules, Selectors) at run time using Admin console
• Worked on scripts for automation of WebSphere configurations such as Data Source creation, Data Source Properties, JVM properties, Connection Factories, Activation Specifications and permissions scripts,
• Responsible for maintenance, configuration, tuning, deployment and troubleshooting
• Install/upgrade, configure and support of WebSphere Process Server v6.2/7.0 environments.
• Installed and configured WSRR 6.2/7.0 on Linux platform.
• Configured WebSphere process server with Golden Topology, Silver and Bronze in different environments.
• Installed and configured 6.1/6.0 version of WebSphere Application Server, IHS and plug-in in development, staging and production environments
• Assisted in Design of new middleware cluster topologies for new WebSphere Process Server 6.2 and WebSphere Application Server 6.1.
• Day-to-Day problem solving involving WPS 6.2, WAS 6.1, IHS Web Servers, WebSphere MQ and ITCAM & HP Monitoring servers.
• Diagnosed the problems caused in the applications through the log files and rectified the
• Conducted Performance Load Tests in Pre-Production environments to test environmental stability and load conditions
• Extensively involved in Load Tests for tuning WPS and WAS environments for scalability of increasing projects and loads and Improving response times.