SUMMARY

• Results - oriented technology leader with complex knowledge of current technology, alignment of Information Technology business strategy operations while demonstrating a customer-first mentality. Leveraging twenty years of technical experience and business expertise to drive vision, innovative strategy, as well as driving excellence through IT.
• Ability to provide a strategic IT road map while maintaining and improving operational excellence through careful guidance and leadership with personnel.
• Proven track record of creating business partner relationships with vendors for long term initiatives, implementation planning, projects, and product knowledge.
• Ability to build successful and fully empowered teams to meet the long-term vision as well as daily challenges.
• Foster enterprise collaboration with multiple technological disciplines and complex objectives by developing focus groups, improving communication, leading, and supporting projects.
• Ability to deliver measurable goals and objectives to ensure deadlines are clearly understood and achieved.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Automation tools: CICD pipeline, Jenkins, Github, Docker/Containers

Databases: Microsoft SQL Server

Infrastructure: Cisco UCS

Cloud/Virtualization: VMWare, AWS, Azure and GCP Public clouds (IAAS/PAAS)

Security: SIEM tools, Log Analytics

Project Management: PMP, ITIL.

Other skills: Infrastructure / Networking, Fortigate NexGen Firewalls

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Cloud Architect- Team Lead

Responsibilities:

• Designed cloud-native applications and resilient infrastructure, Azure Web App including all key domains such as compute, storage, Site Recovery, and networking.
• Managed and deployed OMS/Sentinel for Azure subscriptions for Log ingestion from Azure services
• Experience with AWS cloud networking including VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, ACLs, Transit Gateways, ALB/NLB, Route53, ACM, API Gateway.
• Managing Automation tools to improve on Cloud workloads in Azure and AWS to enable microservices
• Designed and implemented service catalog in AWS to enable AWS Microservices, Customize workloads patterns
• Provided Architecture and build for Active Directory and ADFS which was sized for 3000 users and over 10000 devices. This included OU structure design, DNS, Group Policy Architecture, implementing RBAC
• Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets
• Managed vaults and protected virtual machines, Manage Azure virtual machine backups, Azure service backup Vault and Recovery Service Vault and Backup/Restore Data warehouse databases, monitor, and optimize databases.
• Deployed FortiGate Firewall in Azure, Web application firewall, HTTP/HTTPS load balancing, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) offload, Multi Site Routing, Back-End and Front-End Configuration, AppGateway HTTP Listener, network ID and Subnets, request Routing Rules with proper NSG security configuration.
• Designed the implementation of FortiGate NW Firewalls in AWS and Azure in HA mode
• Hands-on experience with security technologies of the following functions: NGFW, VPN, WAF, DDoS mitigation, key management, SIEM, endpoint security

Environment: AWS, Azure, VPCs, Subnets, Security Groups, ACLs, Transit Gateways, ALB/NLB, Route53, ACM, API Gateway, Active Directory, ADFS, FortiGate, HTTP/HTTPS, NSG security, NGFW, VPN, WAF, DDoS mitigation, key management, SIEM, endpoint security

Confidential

Technology Architect - Infrastructure & Cloud

Responsibilities:

• Manage and provide support for AWS/Azure and Google Cloud Infrastructure for any service requests and manage incident management
• Responsible for SAML integration of public facing Applications, Core Systems and Cloud MFA
• Manage and configure Active Directory on prem / Azure, VMware environment, Office 365, AD connect, Skype/ Teams and configure Azure Policies. Monitor the cloud infrastructure and AAD Sync with over 2 Data Centres.
• Work with vendors partners for managing systems, licensing for the successful delivery of projects and services
• Hands on experience setting up Azure or AWS cloud solutions including WAP rules, load balancing, DR, hybrid cloud & on-premise solutions.
• Deployed multi-tier architectures: load balancers, caching, web servers, application servers, databases, and networking (IAAS/PAAS)
• Establish and managing strong relationships between Support Team, clients, stakeholders, and IT service providers
• Drove design and deployment of leading-edge technical solutions in AWS and Azure Public Cloud
• Ensure OLA’s and SLA’s and any third-party supplier agreements are in alignments with and capable of delivering services within contracted timeframes.
• Manage DR/BCP plan and publish reports, IT Inventory, Licensing, centralised IT Hardware purchasing
• Managed vaults and protected virtual machines, Manage Azure virtual machine backups, Azure service backup Vault and Recovery Service Vault and Backup/Restore Data warehouse databases, monitor, and optimize databases
• Ensuring the successful design, implementation, delivery and execution of enterprise application integration, information management, and customer relationship management
• Designed cloud-native applications and resilient infrastructure, Azure Web App including all key domains such as compute, storage, Site Recovery, and networking.
• Managed the Architecture, Design and Security in AWS for DFO
• Managed and deployed OMS/Sentinel for Azure subscriptions for Log ingestion from Azure services
• Managed the network layer and routing in Azure and AWS and done deployments using cloud formation
• Provide 24x7 operational support for Azure/AWS platform
• Provided Architecture and build for Active Directory and ADFS which was sized for 3000 users and over 10000 devices. This included OU structure design, DNS, Group Policy Architecture, implementing RBAC
• Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets
• Managed vaults and protected virtual machines, Manage Azure virtual machine backups, Azure service backup Vault and Recovery Service Vault and Backup/Restore Data warehouse databases, monitor, and optimize databases.
• Deployed FortiGate Firewall in Azure, Web application firewall, HTTP/HTTPS load balancing, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) offload, Multi Site Routing, Back-End and Front-End Configuration, AppGateway HTTP Listener, network ID and Subnets, request Routing Rules with proper NSG security configuration.
• Managed, designed, and Implemented IAAS/PAAS in Azure & AWS
• Designed and Deployed AWS Landing Zone & Transit Gateway with AWS SSO and Azure AD Sign-In
• Designed the implementation of FortiGate NW Firewalls in AWS and Azure in HA mode
• Hands-on experience with security technologies of the following functions: NGFW, VPN, WAF, DDoS mitigation, key management, SIEM, endpoint security
• Manage AWS resources for networking, storage and archiving, security, identity, and access management, workload deployment and monitoring.

Environment: AWS, Azure, GCP (Google Cloud Provider), Active Directory, VMWare, Office 365, IAAS, PAAS, ADFS, DNS, FortiGate, HTTP/HTTPS, NSG Security

Confidential

Solutions Architect-Infrastructure & Cloud

Responsibilities:

• Provided support for Virtualization and Backups
• Planned, and executed detailed service upgrade plan and procedures to ensure seamless transition
• Managed the data feed from third party resources for ingestion into AWS from hosts and other network devices
• Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces
• Provided support for AWS cloud resources for EC2 and S3 buckets, VPCs, ELB and RDS
• Backup on prem servers to Azure Cloud

Environment: AWS, EC2, S3, VPCs, ELB, RDS, Azure Cloud, Network Security.