SUMMARY:

• Proficient in designing, deploying, managing and troubleshooting Cloud based IT Infrastructure, including computing, networking/routing, security, storage, automation and more
• Experienced in handling client - facing projects dealing with a range of cloud infrastructure management tools
• Has strong analytical, verbal, written, quantitative and listening skills, highly technical, detail oriented and customer service centered effective in communicating issues and presenting solution that integrates business needs and technical requirements
• Solid track record of delivering projects on-time, on-budget and with high customer satisfaction
• Disciplined in documentation, recording changes and processes and efficiently sharing knowledge across the board

TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE:

Cloud Technology: Confidential AWS, Azure, Softlayer, Google Cloud, Office365, GoGrid

DevOps Tools: Jenkins, git, Ansible, Docker, Octopus

CDN: Akamai, CloudFront

Enterprise Applications: Tableau, Splunk, SiteCore, Maximo, Appian

Firewalls and WAFs: Cisco ASA Appliances, FortiGate, Sonicwall, Checkpoint, FortiWeb, Sophos

Network Monitoring Diagnostic Tools: Pingdom, EM7, Qualys, WUG (WhatIsUp Gold), Etherpeek, Wireshark, Solar Winds, Cisco Routing, Switching, security and VOIP platforms

Virtualization Technology: Vmware ESXi 3.5/4.x/5.x, VCenter Server 4.x/5.x

Operating Systems: Win Server 2008, 2012, and Linux RHEL / Ubuntu

Middleware, Web and Mail Servers: Webshere, Weblogic, IIS 6/7, Exchange, Domino

AntiVirus / Network Threat Protection Tools: Symantec Endpoint Protection, TrendMicro

Programming and scripting: Python, Powershell, Javascript

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Herndon, VA

Cloud Solutions Architect

Responsibilities:

• Scope and define requirements for functional designs of enterprise level solutions
• Develop high level and detailed technology design as well as resource and capacity planning activities
• Review IaaS cloud technology solutions provided by AWS, Azure, Softlayer and other public and hybrid environments
• Create an architectural procedure that define processes and ensure conform to standards
• Ensuring the proposed solution is secured, distributed, highly available and cost effective designing highly robust architectural solutions that involve Confidential Web Services including RDS, EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, security polices and CloudFormation as well as Microsoft Azure products including AAD CRM.
• Managing and monitoring end to end configurations process across different environments such as Dev, Staging QA, UAT and Production and configuring the CDN on Akamai or AWS CloudFront
• Work in Agile, fast paced, DevOps environment using automation tools such as Ansible, Cloud Formation, AWS Powershell CLI, Jenkins, git
• Solid understanding of cloud automation tools such as Puppet, Chef, Terraform along with bash scripting
• Experience working in a containerized environment Docker / ECS
• Ensure delivered solutions meet the agreed technical and functional/non-functional requirements.
• Deploying security tools and applying them in the cloud environment including Nessus, Firewall appliances such as FortiGAte, WAFs such as FortiWeb Sophos,
• Configuring tools that allow the continuous monitoring and maintenance of the solution including tools include WSUS, Splunk, Pingdom, EM7, TrendMicro, etc.
• Ensuring a smooth transition of projects to Operations team by providing thorough documentation and adequate training to familiarize the Operations team members with the solutions that they will end up supporting.
• Ensure that ITIL concepts are followed in managing requests and incidents submitted
• Once the solution is handed over to Operations, provide technical expertise and support in diagnosing and resolving of an issue when needed.
• Being readily available, if and when incidents get escalated to an SA level, to work with Operations team 24 x 7 (nights, weekend holidays included )
• Experience in project management and detailed technical planning.
• Program and Project leadership.

Confidential, Alexandria, VA

Infrastructure Engineer, Senior

Responsibilities:

• Manage Cloud accounts at Confidential ’s AWS (EC2) and GoGrid
• Engaged in setting up environment at IBM’s cloud environment Softlayer
• Designed and implemented AWS Enterprise application architecture
• Provisioned a production environment in AWS that include services including EC2, Elastic Block Storage (EBS), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), VPN, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Security Groups, Routing Tables, S3 and SES
• Planned details of AWS Cloud VPC and proper subnets for high availability and auto-scalability
• Prepared AWS Cloud Formation Templates to automate the provision EC2 instance
• Managed AWS Cloud user administration using IAM
• Lead the P2V initiative that the company underwent; the internal infrastructure environment which was 100% physical servers is now almost 95 % virtual.
• Design a virtual environment and deploy virtual infrastructure, using mainly VMware technology
• Once the infrastructure is up day-to-day monitoring the Esxi Server from Vcenter console
• Monitoring the resource utilization and accordingly prepare capacity planning
• Upgrading the VMware tool service if require
• Managed a hosted environment of IBM’s Smart Cloud Control Desk for customers (SCCD)
• Install, implement, upgrade, patch Maximo EAM, SCCD
• Configure Maximo desktop and mobile configurations, Screen Changes, Conditional User Interface Expressions, Custom Work Flow Development, User Security levels
• Helped prepare training materials including setting up training and sales demo environment
• Integrated and customize Maximo using TRM tools such as Rules Manager™
• Installed and configured web server, database and middleware applications including Websphere, Weblogic, Apache, DB2, Oracle and Microsoft SQL
• Configured BGP/OSPF routing policies and designs, worked on implementation strategies for the expansion of the MPLS VPN networks.
• Designed, and implemented MPLS VPN and QoS for architecture using Cisco multi-layer switches, and made sure the connectivity, configuration and availability of LAN and VPN's of HQ and 4 branch offices and multiple remote users
• Responsible for MPLS / LAN/ Wi-Fi/ WAN security administration for both HQ and Branches
• Thoroughly documented the configuration of the of VPN technologies like IPSec, GRE tunneling, MPLS for remote access security
• Configure and maintain network security including setting up and fine tuning Firewall and follow up with the usage and availability of VPN, troubleshot VLAN, VLAN Trunking issues
• Manage the network infrastructures such as routers, switches, firewalls, wireless devices made by different vendors (Cisco, HP, Sonicwall, checkpoint, Fortinet) and make sure all office are connected and up all the time.
• Configured the internal as well as guest WiFi Wireless AP for the five offices that mainly consisted Cisco Aironet
• Managed a Riverbed, WAN acceleration device
• Monitor and diagnose network using with WUG (WhatIsUp Gold), Etherpeek, Wireshark, Solar Winds
• Manage the Domino servers including Notes, Sametime, Quickr and Traveler.
• Update and maintain Windows Active Directory and Group Policy
• Install, upgrade, update and apply patches on Microsoft Windows OS 2003/2008/2012 , Linux RHEL / Ubuntu
• Migrated Windows servers from 2003 to 2008 and 2012
• Follow up the daily, weekly and monthly backup
• Served as the primary contact person with regards to the WAN connection and all communications with the ISP
• Manage IT assets including accounting for all deployed physical assets, virtual machines and software and make sure the compliance of the users and the company with licensing agreements.
• Recommend and execute software and hardware procurement