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• With Azure CAF [Cloud Adoption Framework] Guidelines and Best practices for workloads migration from On-premises, other clouds [AWS, GCP] to Azure Cloud. • Conducting workshops with customers and stakeholders for Azure Landing zone design (ACF).• Coordinating with Application Owners/Architects to understand the application build & design, functionality, and deployment methods for the application migration either in IaaS or PaaS.• Azure Infra build (Landing zone) using Azure DevOps, GitHub and Terraform or ARM Templates and managing infra with Azure DevOps and Terraform.• Deploying Applications in Azure App service and Azure Functions using Azure DevOps.• Creating and Managing Projects, Azure Repos, Branches, Build pipelines, Release Pipelines, Pull requests, Deployment Groups, Variable groups in Library.• Creating and Managing Service connections for Azure and AWS, PAT management, Agent pools with Self-hosted Agents on Windows and Linux in Azure DevOps. • Creating and Managing Projects, Repositories, Pull requests, PATs, Self-hosted Runners on Windows and Linux in GitHub.• Writing PowerShell and Az PowerShell scripts in Build/Release pipeline tasks for the Azure Infra resources and Apps deployments.• Load balancing solutions to the Application and Database servers with ALB, Application gateway, Traffic manager and Azure Front door.• IAM solutions with Azure AD, On-premises AD sync, MFA, SSPR, conditional access and PIM.• Azure Lighthouse, Azure Policy, Security Center, Monitoring, Update Management, Backup, DR.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Migration of applications, databases, and webservers to Azure cloud with the best cost effective, secured, scalable and highly available solution.• Implementing Hybrid solutions for customers who preferably want to manage their infra-applications and resources both in Cloud and On-premises.• Migration of server workloads from VMware, Hyper-V and Physical servers to Azure with ASR and Azure Migrate services.• Designing and implementation of Site-Site, Point-Site and Hub & Spoke network topology for On-premises and Azure infra.• Azure Infra build and management with Azure DevOps and Terraform.• Creating and Managing Projects, Azure Repos, Branches, Build pipelines, Release Pipelines, Pull requests, Deployment Groups, Variable groups in Library.• Managing Azure Active Directory for MFA, Conditional access, Just-in-time access for Azure Resources and Azure AD Roles with PIM. Self-service Password Reset [SSPR], Password Protection and Company Branding & ToU. Azure AD Connect Sync with On-prem AD for Hybrid identity solution.• Managing Azure Monitor, Policies and Governance, Security Center, Automation account Runbooks and Update Management, Azure Backup and DR solution for the business-critical applications.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Migration of VMware vSphere, MS Hyper-V and Citrix Xen Infra VMs and Physical Servers to Azure cloud with ASR tool.• Configuring and Managing Configuration Servers/Process servers and troubleshooting the replication and connectivity issues between Azure portal and On-Premise servers.• Deploying and managing Azure AD Connect tools for Hybrid Identity management.• Administering Azure Active Directory to manage MFA with Conditional Access, SSPR.• Managing Virtualization infra with VMware vSphere 5.5 & 6.0, MS Hyper-V 2012R2 & 2016 and Citrix Xenserver 6.5.• In place upgrade of VMware vSphere from 5.5 to 6.0 U1, Citrix Xenserver from 6.2 to 6.5 and MS Hyper-V 2012R2 to 2016 along with Security patches deployment.• Managing Physical infra with HP Half/Full Blade servers with HP iLO, OA, VC & Enclosures with different Generations G5, G6, G7, G8.• Managing ADDS for a multi-domain forest along with DNS servers.

Chandigarh Area, India

• Administering VMware vSphere environment with 5.1 and 5.5 and managing Configuring and managing DVSwitch, Datastores, RDMs, HA, DRS, FT, and vMotion, Clones, Templates and Snapshots for the critical VM's and Mail alert for Critical behavior in Hosts and VM's.• In place upgrade of VMware vSphere ESXi servers and VCenter from 5.1 to 5.5 including drivers and patches along with VMware Tools and VM Hardware version HW9 to HW10 using update manager.• Managing Active Directory, DNS & Group Policies, Windows Clustering for File servers.• Managing Linux servers running RHEL 7.x, CentOS 7.x.

Chennai Area, India

• Administering Active Directory environment along with Group Policies, DNS and DHCP servers running on Windows Server 2003, 2008, 2012.• In-place upgrade of Windows Active Directory from 2008 to 2012 for 5 domain controllers.• Managing VMware vSphere platform with 5.0 & 5.1 including sVSwitch, Datastores, HA, DRS.• Managing Snapshots, Templates, Cloning, VMotion and P2V using VMware Converter.• Managing MS Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008R2 and 2012R2 and Citrix XenServers 6.x.

Chennai Area, India

• Configuring and managing the Active directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policies on Windows Server 2003, 2008 along with Windows workstations like XP, Vista.• Configuring and Managing RAIDs, File servers and Printer servers with Windows server 2003, 2008.• Supporting Virtualization team for VMs deployments in VMware vSphere and workstation.