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New Jersey, United States

🔹 Worked on AWS architecture expansion using Terraform as Infrastructure as Code (IaC), creating reusable Terraform modules.🔹 Designed and implemented boundary control patterns for securing government flows using AWS Shield and Fortigate firewalls.🔹 Baked golden AMIs with security patches using HashiCorp Packer, integrating with Nginx and Squid proxies.🔹 Built multi-stage Docker containers deployed on AWS ECS for high availability and efficiency.🔹 Integrated Filebeat to capture Nginx server logs (Redhat Linux) and published them over ELK stack, with alert monitoring system to various Slack channels, also implemented Route53 monitoring solution.🔹 Deployed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins in dev and prod environments.🔹 Implemented Lambda function to backup proxies using EventBridge rules, minimized housekeeping jobs with various Bash scripts.🔹 Hands-on experience with monitoring tools (ELK, Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace), including custom metric scraping.🔹 Deployed secure flows using PKI/mTLS and SNI concepts on Nginx, defined roles in HashiCorp Vault for PKI.🔹 Responsible for Let's Encrypt certificate renewal process and deployed Lambda function for alerting cert expiry.🔹 Designed and deployed VPC endpoints/services to connect with AWS cross-account.🔹 Familiar with Kubernetes objects and components (service mesh, ingress controllers, Kube-system, CRDs, admission control, RBAC).🔹 Deployed applications into Kubernetes cluster, including stateful applications.🔹 Wrote Confluence pages to prevent Terraform drift and document certificate renewal process.🔹 Defined and wrote TIP for migrating existing services to new proxies in prod deployments.🔹 Strong experience with IAM policies and boundary controls.🔹 Deployed API gateways with EventBridge for pushing data into S3 buckets using Lambda integration.🔹 Worked with Athena and Glue, supported data streams.🔹 Handled various Jira tickets including issues/bugs within timelines.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

🔹 Deployed EKS cluster with auto scaler, admission control, prefix delegations.🔹 Managed EKS pods security, security policies, namespaces, RBAC.🔹 Implemented ALB ingress for application exposure with security best practices.🔹 Managed Docker containerized apps on EKS, including pod scheduling and admission control.🔹 Worked with Kubernetes operator framework and ArgoCD for service provisioning.🔹 Utilized Helm package manager for Kubernetes.🔹 Integrated Vault CSI plugin into EKS for security token integration.🔹 Defined AWS SSO policies, guardrails, provided support for new joiners.🔹 Created snapshots of volumes and replaced EC2 volumes at different AZ’s.🔹 Built infrastructure (VPC/EC2/Route-tables/IGW/subnets/ELBs) using Terraform.🔹 Managed cloud networking (VPC peering, VPN, connectivity between resources).🔹 Ensured AWS security compliance (Firewall/Monitoring/IAM/CloudWatch/WAF/Shield/ACL’s).🔹 Maintained CICD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, Github actions.🔹 Delivered HLD’s for migration of services within Cloud infrastructure.🔹 Built Lambda functions for housekeeping.🔹 Worked extensively with GitHub/bitbucket for repository management.🔹 Designed and built flows over nginx and proxy servers.🔹 Handled Azure tickets and worked on Azure DevOps pipelines.🔹 Experienced in service mesh using Istio.🔹 Worked on VMware infrastructure components.

New York, United States

🔹 Led the migration of on-premise network to AWS cloud, utilizing Direct Connect and OpenVPN for secure connectivity, and implementing Transit Gateway for centralized network management.🔹 Defined and created AWS IAM roles and user policies, including migration of on-premise users to AWS AD connector, ensuring seamless access management and security.🔹 Proficient in using MAVEN build tool for building deployable artifacts (jar, war, ear) from source code stored in GitLab, and artifact management with Artifactory and SonarQube.🔹 Containerized a 2-tier PHP application with Postgres and deployed it into Kubernetes cluster, leveraging Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes orchestration techniques.🔹 Configured Kubernetes cluster from scratch using Kubeadm, kubectl, and kubelet, ensuring efficient container orchestration and scalability.🔹 Configured networking concepts on AWS using Terraform, including Routing, Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), Application Load Balancer (ALB), Route 53, route tables, Internet Gateway (IGW), Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), and EC2 instances.🔹 Implemented full CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins, with Git as source code management and Maven build tools deployed on Apache Tomcat, automating the software delivery process.🔹 Designed and implemented AWS EC2 connection to S3 using endpoints, optimizing data transfer and enhancing security.🔹 Managed nodes and configurations using Ansible playbooks, ensuring consistency and efficiency in infrastructure management.🔹 Integrated Network monitoring services including Elasticsearch, Kibana, CloudWatch, and SNS Topics, enabling proactive monitoring and alerting.🔹 Delivered High-Level Designs (HLDs) for migration of services within cloud infrastructure, ensuring alignment with business goals and best practices.🔹 Resolved various tickets on Azure related to VNet, Security Groups, network issues, IP allocations, Monitoring, and (AAD), ensuring smooth operation of Azure services.

Washington Dc-Baltimore Area

🔹 Proficient in working with Ant and knowledgeable on Gradle, facilitating build automation and dependency management.🔹 Experienced in setting up AWS instances using both GUI and CloudFormation templates (IAAS), ensuring efficient provisioning and configuration management.🔹 Implemented life cycle policies to automate data backup from AWS S3 to AWS Glacier, ensuring data durability and cost optimization.🔹 Designed and deployed highly available and scalable infrastructure on AWS, utilizing services such as Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2), Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Elastic Load Balancers (ELB), Auto Scaling, Identity and Access Management (IAM), Simple Storage Service (S3), Security Groups, CloudWatch, Route 53, Relational Database Service (RDS), CloudFormation, and CloudFront.🔹 Built AWS CI/CD pipelines using services like CodeCommit, CodeBuild, and CodePipeline, automating build, test, and deployment processes.🔹 Collaborated closely with testing teams to support automation and manual testing efforts, ensuring quality and reliability of software releases.🔹 Managed containers using Kubernetes, including full cluster setup from scratch, ensuring efficient orchestration and scalability.🔹 Configured Virtual Networks (VNet), Route Tables, and Virtual Machines on Azure Portal, setting up Azure Active Directory (AAD) for identity management.🔹 Automated configuration management using Ansible, streamlining deployment and maintenance tasks.🔹 Deployed and managed containerized applications on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), configuring associated resources such as Virtual Network, Ingress API Gateway, and MySQL Databases.🔹 Implemented centralized monitoring by moving Kubernetes container logs, application logs, and cluster logs into Azure Event Hubs.🔹 Monitored production servers using Grafana, Prometheus, and integrating with Kubernetes, ensuring system health and performance optimization.

Vienna, Virginia, United States

🔹 Proficient in configuring Azure ExpressRoute and ensuring seamless connectivity between on-premises infrastructure and Azure cloud services.🔹 Experienced in configuring AWS network tools on AWS portal, including routing, Elastic Load Balancing (ELB), Application Load Balancer (ALB), Route 53, route tables, Internet Gateway (IGW), Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), EC2, VPC Peering, and setting up CloudWatch Logs/Alarms.🔹 Acted as a Lead Provisioning Engineer for top 100 customers, responsible for end-to-end design changes and implementation, including High-Level Design (HLD) and Low-Level Design (LLD), ensuring optimal performance and customer satisfaction.🔹 Offered conceptual and tactical solutions to meet customers' networking requirements, ensuring alignment with business goals and best practices.🔹 Provided technical expertise and team leadership during critical scenarios, ensuring order delivery success, superior customer experience, and business continuity.🔹 Designed, configured, and managed cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services (AWS), utilizing a comprehensive suite of services including EC2, Elastic Load Balancers, Elastic Container Service (Docker Containers), S3, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFront, Elastic File System, RDS, DynamoDB, Database Migration Service, VPC, Direct Connect, Route 53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, X-ray, CloudFormation, IAM, EMR, and Elasticsearch.🔹 Proficient in troubleshooting applications within Kubernetes clusters, utilizing tools like Prometheus and Datadog to monitor application performance and health.🔹 Ensured highly durable and available data storage on AWS S3 with versioning, lifecycle policies, and creation of Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for backup of mission-critical production servers.🔹 Planned, built, and configured network infrastructure within VPCs with public and private subnets, configured routing tables, Transit Gateway, and Security Groups in AWS projects.

Eagan, Minnesota, United States

🔹 Proficient in installing and configuring virtual servers using Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager, ensuring optimal performance and resource allocation.🔹 Skilled in managing, creating, and resetting user/group accounts, and proficient in password management, ensuring system security and access control.🔹 Expertise in changing and assigning file and directory permissions, maintaining data integrity and security.🔹 Proficient in managing file administration systems using Logical Volume Manager (LVM), ensuring efficient disk space management and data storage.🔹 Collaborate effectively with Network Engineers and support teams to resolve issues and troubleshoot system and network-related problems, ensuring smooth operation and uptime.