SUMMARY

• Business Savvy Senior IT Microsoft Azure, SAN/NAS/AWS and Backup Professional with more than 15 years of IT experience with proven track record in IT operations and reducing the operating cost for fortune 500 firms.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Confidential

Sr. Microsoft Azure Cloud Engineer /Architect

Responsibilities:

• Strong experience in implementing, monitoring and maintaining Microsoft Azure solutions, including major services related to Compute, Storage, Network and Security.
• Worked on ARM templates to deploy the new VM’s on the on premises. Migrated VM’s on prem to the Azure. Expert in Azure migrate, storage account, azure backups, vaults,Azure Site Recovery (ASR).
• Worked on data migration from AWS S3 to Azure Blob Storage
• Worked on assisting the customer reviewing the existing applications and mapping to the Cloud solutions (IaaS, PaaS, SaaS)
• Worked on 1.3 PB of data migration using various tool including azcopy, Azure data box family for online transfers. Databox, databox disk, databox heavy and using import/export.
• Automating creation of Azure compute resources using Powershell and ARM deployment templates
• Proposing, implementing and automating efficient Storage solutions for applications level requirements on Azure platform
• Worked on setting up networks HUB and Spoke for the multi tenants for the internal customers.
• Migrating on premises VMware and physicals on to Azure Cloud
• Strong knowledge of Backup, Restore, Recovery and high availability strategies for Microsoft Azure environments.
• Monitoring and enhancing the security of current and future Azure environments
• Evaluating and automating the scaling and capacity requirements within Azure environments
• Worked on data center migration project for solution as lead engineer
• Worked on NAS storages migration onto Azure Storage Blob storage and setup the DR for the backup data
• Implementing new environments in the Azure cloud
• Migrating on premise Directory service solution to Azure AD, Setting up new AD solution App Proxy /App Registrations for Customer applications for secure communications
• Migration of entire Azure platform from Classic to Azure resource Manager model using ARM Deployment templates
• Designing, Implementing Traffic manager solution for redirecting traffic from external DNS to the customer’s website.
• Designing and creating webapps to deploy web page code for bringing up maintenance page of customer’s website
• Designing, creating and automating azure file shares for maintaining application logs and system logs
• Automation of log shipping from hot storage to cool storage using PowerShell for cost optimization for customer
• Designing and implementing secure and cost effective networking solution between multiple environments as Production and Non Production
• Excellent experience with Nutanix cluster, day to day operations on managing Nutanix clusters
• Worked on the NetApp Cloud Volumes for storage management solutions with data protection.

Confidential

Senior Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Worked on ARM templates to deploy the new VM’s. Involved in migrating VM’s on prem to the Azure. Expert in Azure migrate, Azure Site Recovery (ASR),storage account, azure backups.
• Worked with sql team to setup the TDE to implement encryption, separation of duties in the management of keys and data.
• Worked on Azure AD, Active Directory including managing/maintaining GPOs
• Worked on knowledge of VPN connectivity and client trouble shooting.
• Experience in troubleshooting and resolving Azure environment performance issues, connectivity issues, security issues, etc.
• Ability to identify and troubleshoot Azure server and SQL database related CPU, memory, I/O, disk space and other resources
• Strong understanding and background of working with a complex Active Directory, Azure AD, LDAP and the requirement of strictly following standards, procedures, and processes
• Cisco DCNM and Brocade BNA for Zoning including CLI
• On call rotation, support 24 x 7
• POC on the Nutanix
• Setting up Microsoft Azure POC for deploying the VM’s creating templates through JSON
• Experience with AWS GATE WAY setup 40 tb on AWS gateway
• Setup the ISILON 16 node cluster with synciq, insight and superna configuration. 2.1pb ONE FS, creating the smart connect zones, setting up snapshots, quota limits, syncIQ etc.
• Worked on 2.1 PB of data migration from various Storage systems. Setup the SRDF on the VMAX Storage systems between 3 sites. Setup VNX replication between SpringField Data Center and Miamisburg and 3 other sites Scottsdale, Redhill and Slough.
• Migrated Data through EMC open replicator for the physicals cutover from VNX to the vmax storages petabytes of the data
• Responsible for ongoing improvement of processes and applying best practices for the environment set by EMC/Netapp standard. Principle duties and responsibilities include, capacity planning, Performance the storages and SAN Switches.

Confidential

Senior Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities:

• Deployed EMC VNX, VMAX Storages and setup the SLO in the MTS datacenter.
• Configured EMC VNX Recover point for data replication for DR, Configure EMC vplex for the data migration.
• Write up procedure for the new builds, Keep constant documentation update and store procedures on the share point
• Setup the ISILON 16 node cluster 8 NL,3SNode,5 Xnodes with synciq, insight and superna configuration. 2.1 PM ONE FS setup
• Architecting customer infrastructure as well as providing operational support on the SAN, performing storage operations. Work on Daily storage management tasks in complex environment.
• Maintain Netapp Filers and created plan for the migrations, documented SMB shares, fcp connectivity and some are ISCSI windows physicals.
• Completed DISA STIG 38 online trainings at onsite. Familiar with DoD Nteworks at AFB and other networks
• Setup EMC VNX2 7500 UNIFIED storage system.
• Worked on migration projects old EMC Clarions, DMX, Celera storage systems on to the EMC VNAX,
• Configured EMC VNX replicator for the file data, block data through emc recover point
• Worked on the VMAX, deploying FAST VP, SRDF. Migrated 1.1 PB data from old EMC arrays onto vmax storage systems vmax.