Cloud Architecture Specialist
KPN
Total years of experience :11 years, 7 Months
Designed and implemented complex multi-VPC environments in AWS, guaranteeing optimal security through the use of NACLs, Security Groups (SG), Routes, NAT Gateway, Internet Gateways, bastion host, DHCP option settings, Route53, VPC peering, Endpoints, and VPN connections (customer Gateways, Virtual Private Gateways).
Developed Terraform templates to establish AWS infrastructure as code architecture, including AWS Lambda, Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), Amazon Elastic File System (EFS), Identity and Access Management (IAM), and Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS).
Implemented Helm to manage Kubernetes charts, enabling the creation of reproducible builds for Kubernetes applications.
Containerized applications and prepared them for migration to cloud serverless services such as Amazon EKS and Amazon ECS.
Devised comprehensive migration plans and successfully executed the transfer of on-premises workloads to AWS.
Developed and applied a robust cloud infrastructure strategy for a multinational organization, resulting in a 30% reduction in operational costs and increased scalability, ensuring seamless business continuity.
Led a cross-functional team in the successful migration of legacy applications and data to a cloud-based platform, resulting in improved performance, enhanced security, and streamlined processes.
Architected and deployed multi-region, fault-tolerant cloud solutions, leveraging technologies such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, to ensure high availability and disaster recovery capabilities for critical business systems.
Collaborated with stakeholders to define and implement cloud governance frameworks, ensuring adherence to security and compliance standards, and providing guidance in optimizing resource utilization, resulting in significant cost savings.
As a CLoud Architect, my role is to design and implement robust security solutions, leveraging cutting-edge capabilities, to safeguard our organization's cloud resources and data, while ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations. I work collaboratively with cross-functional teams to integrate security seamlessly into our cloud infrastructure and applications, providing end-to-end protection against evolving cyber threats.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to define connectivity and communication requirements for applications and services
Led the successful implementation of a cloud infrastructure strategy, resulting in a 25% reduction in operational costs and improved scalability.
Implemented a comprehensive monitoring and alerting system, ensuring high availability and minimizing downtime for critical applications.
Developed and implemented a comprehensive CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps to automate the build, test, and deployment processes, resulting in a 20% reduction in deployment time and increased efficiency.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and configure Azure resources, including virtual machines, storage accounts, and networking components, ensuring optimal performance and scalability for cloud-based applications.
Conducted regular security audits and vulnerability assessments on Azure infrastructure, identifying and resolving potential risks and ensuring compliance with industry standards and best practices.
Streamlined the monitoring and logging processes by creating custom alerts and dashboards using Azure Monitor, enabling proactive identification and resolution of system issues, resulting in a 30% decrease in downtime.
Handling and managing Azure credentialing, authentication, security and recovery for application and network services.
• Worked in AWS environment, instrumental in utilizing Compute Services (EC2, ELB), Storage Services (S3, Glacier, Block Storage, Lifecycle Management policies), CloudFormation (JSON Templates), Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, VPC, RDS, Trusted Advisor and Cloud Watch.
• Implemented a production-ready, load-balanced, highly available, fault-tolerant Kubernetes infrastructure.
• Created a private cloud using Kubernetes that supports DEV, TEST, and PROD environments.
• Used CI/CD tools Jenkins, Git/Gitlabs and Docker registry/daemon for configuration management and automation using Ansible.
• Virtualized servers in Docker as per test environments and Dev-environments requirements and configured automation using Docker containers.
• Interfaced with system infrastructure, deployment and project teams to ensure continuous operation of build and test systems and assisted in incident management for Unix Servers.
• Migrated Linux environment to AWS by creating and executing a migration plan, deployed EC2 instances in VPC, configured security groups &NACL's, attached profiles and roles using AWS Cloud Formation templates and Ansible modules.
• Managed Ansible Playbooks with Ansible modules, implemented CD automation using Ansible, managing existing servers and automation of build/configuration of new servers.
• Orchestrated CI/CD processes by responding to Git triggers, human input, and dependency chains and environment setup.
• Created monitoring capabilities for all pieces of the infrastructure.
• Implementing AWS/Azure resources and provisioning of AWS and Azure resources using Terraform.
• Hands-on experience with deployment and management of modern cloud technologies and debugging live service outages.
• Experience in the migration of customer data from either on premise to cloud, or within AWS, for multiple oracle/ SQL Server and MySQL databases.
• Deployed and configured infrastructure, implemented authentication, workloads & security and secured data on the cloud.
• Accountable for Managing Windows Server Environment consisting of Active Directory, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Windows Clustering Service, etc.
• Re-engineered company’s systems setup, establishing automated server generation routines, optimizing system performance, installing upgrades/patches, establishing system monitoring and maintaining security protocols.
• Ensured that all server hardware, operating systems, software and procedures aligned with organizational standards and strategic business plan.
• Created a Continuous Delivery process to include support building of Docker Images and publish into a private repository.
• Followed Agile Mindset. DevOps Automation and was responsible of application security vulnerabilities.
• Maintained multiple computer databases, ensuring functionality and stability.
• Experience in administration activities, including setup, configuration and monitoring of databases to ensure backups, availability and performance and maintained to the highest standards.
• Maintained troubleshoot and administer VMs and networks for our hosted infrastructure.
• Performed Database installation and administration of Microsoft and Oracle databases with high availability and business continuity plan.
• Involved in Datacenter planning, Architecture design and Administration of server, storage and network assets.
• Handled Puppet automation, Network imaging, and Virtualization for the heterogeneous environment including windows and Unix.
• Created proactive procedures for problem prevention and resolutions, interfaced with software developers, analysed issues, and designed solutions.
• Played a vital role in implementing the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Project for different clients.
• Configured high availability solutions using Oracle RAC, data guard and Golden gate for Oracle databases.
• Implemented always-on cluster for SQL server and multi-replication mode in MySQL database.
• Investigating and troubleshooting L3 level server issues related to Operating systems.
• Performed Kernel Compilation and Patch up-gradation, server hardening, kernel tuning of Linux and Solaris Servers.
• Troubleshot issue related to LVM, ZFS, network, storage and application-related.
• Conducted professional data research, completed regular backups, and worked on the optimization of existing systems to reduce unnecessary costs.
• Monitored and managed system's day-to-day operations ensuring optimal system uptime Point of contact for equipment and software vendors, Information Services, and Revenue Cycle application clients.
• Accredited with Spot Award 4 times and Employee of the Year 2 times for finishing all assigned projects within budget and in a timely manner.
Database installation, administration of Microsoft and oracle databases
Data center planning, Architecture designing and server, storage and network Administration
Conferred with Spot Award 4 times and Employee of the Month for 3 times for completing 3 datacenters from scratch
Successfully implemented the Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Project for client BSNL
Managed Puppet automation, Network imaging, Virtualization for heterogeneous environment.
Bachelors in Electronics and communication engineering .