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ANKIT SAXENA

Cloud Infrastructure Architect / AWS/Azure/Office 365

Delhi,DL

Summary

A qualified IT and dynamic IT Infrastructure Management Professional having rich and professional experience of 18+ years, spent entirely in International/national environment, in IT Operations, Management and Cloud Project execution and now seek leadership challenges to execute initiative to drive comprehensive growth.

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years of professional experience

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Work History

Cloud Infrastructure Architect

LTI Mindtree

12.2022 - Current

Developed detailed architectural models to provide clients with clear visualizations of proposed projects.
Spearheaded redesign of historic building, preserving its cultural significance while modernizing its facilities.
Mentored junior architects on best practices within the field while providing guidance on complex design issues.
Streamlined permit acquisition process through effective communication and documentation, avoiding project delays.
Elevated design quality by incorporating innovative architectural practices in project planning.
Championed use of cutting-edge technology in design processes, improving accuracy and efficiency.
Led team in development of sustainable urban housing projects, resulting in enhanced community living standards.
Facilitated community engagement sessions to gather input for public space projects, leading to more inclusive designs.
Improved project delivery times with meticulous planning and effective coordination with construction teams.
Developed comprehensive project documentation, including site plans, elevations, sections, and details for clear communication of design intent.
Mentored junior architects, providing guidance on design principles and professional practices.
Engaged in continuous professional development to stay abreast of emerging trends in architecture and design.
Fostered culture of innovation within architectural team, encouraging exploration of creative design solutions.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure project specifications were met within budget constraints.
Conducted comprehensive site analyses to ensure structural designs were in harmony with their natural environments.
Conducted post-occupancy evaluations to gather feedback for continuous improvement in design practices.
Coordinated with local authorities to ensure compliance with zoning laws and building codes.
Applied creative problem-solving skills to address unique challenges in the architectural design process.
Oversaw architectural phases of projects from concept through completion, ensuring consistency with initial design visions.
Collaborated with clients to develop customized architectural solutions, meeting their unique needs and preferences.
Enhanced client satisfaction by delivering personalized design solutions that met specific needs and preferences.

Assistant Manager - IT

Xceedance Consulting India Pvt Ltd

2 2020 - 10.2022

Ensuring technical excellence in service delivery to achieve customers' satisfaction and minimize downtime in 24x7 Global Infrastructure & Operation support with 98.5% SLA
Strategy planning, developing tools/techniques to help cost control and increase ROI on IT Infrastructure investment
Devising IT Infrastructure project plans, preparing IT budgets, tracking expenses, and publishing IT cost dashboard/reports to Senior leadership team globally
Ensuring 100% compliance according to Hi-Trust, HIPAA, ISMS, and organization Information Security Policy
Responsible for resource planning/allocation as per business requirement and skilled capacity building for future goals
Requirement gathering/BOM preparing for ongoing and future IT requirements
Vendor screening and selection, bids invitation & negotiation with suppliers, and award of contract as per organization guidelines
Reviewing SLA/contracts for all services, optimizing terms & conditions to ensure better ROI on services
Develops strategy and implements architecture based on technical requirements obtained from users and business requirements obtained from key stakeholders
Closely worked with Xceedance Global Infrastructure team to ensure the successful completion of projects
Deliver Microsoft Azure Cloud-based infrastructure solutions in support of Xceedance internal and client-facing technology initiatives
Build-out and provisioning of DEV, QA, UAT, and PRD environments as well as POC/Sandbox and Demo environments
Managing Xceedance Group of global companies' cloud infrastructure (ChainThat, London, UK, Nuventure, London, UK & Activer Solutions Marlborough, United States)
Managing IT Infrastructure Global Projects
Managing Azure Cloud Infrastructure
Managing O365 administrative, Azure AD P1 & P2
Manage Azure Network (Point-to-site VPN, Site-to-Site VPN, VNet-to Vnet and Vnet Peering)
Manage PAAS, IAAS, SAAS model in Cloud architecture & RDS
Manage High Availability, DR & Site recovery
Managing Azure WVD environment
Managing and using barracuda email security service Networks Spam and Firewall
Cloud competency: Possess the knowledge and personal conviction to articulate why the cloud and Office 365 is a transformational industry change
Automated and executed Office 365 procedures utilizing Windows Power Shell
Managing O365 and administrative services (Including exchange online, SharePoint Skype for business, Microsoft Teams, One Drive, DLP and compliance management and custom domain)
Managed Office 365 Security Center
Managing Azure Active Directory, Azure Information Protection, and Information Rights Management, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and Cloud App Security and related technologies
Automating in azure for creation of subscription, Storage Account and tables using Windows PowerShell
Managed cloud solutions, design specifications, policies, procedures, and organizational cloud deployment and support standards
Automating in azure for creation of subscription, Storage Account and tables using Windows PowerShell
Designs, implements, and maintains security infrastructure for users and network services, including PKI certificates and security tokens for multi-factor authentication
Managed cloud solutions, design specifications, policies, procedures, and organizational cloud deployment and support standards
Hands-on in complete Lab Setup for Single Sign on with Enterprise Active Directory Federation System ADFS and Azure Access Conditional access.

Deputy Manager- IT Infrastructure

Protiviti India Member Firm

12.2018 - 01.2020

Managing IT Infrastructure Operations for PAN India
Managed & Administrative Microsoft O365 Services & Azure Active Directory
Heading the Incident Management for India Team
Handling Incident/Change/SLA Management, Team/People Management
Troubleshooting skills in connectivity and migrations cloud competency
Understanding of services and the complexity of the issues that arise in migrations and deployment to the cloud
Provide Level III support for email and messaging systems and O365 exchange online
Managed Protiviti Middle East & India Data Centers including Cisco Network devices, Servers, Storage & Firewall devices
Providing direction for IT team members
Identifying opportunities for team training and skills advancement
Prepared the IT Roadmap for the organization by creating the policy document, planning the IT Infrastructure, Implementation Strategy, Create and maintain technical documentation, Conducted Software License compliance
Preparation of budget, Vendor management ensuring optimal utilization of the IT resources
Closely worked with IT Audit Consulting team, Business team
Perform large-scale infrastructure implementations and migrations.

Senior IT Officer

Alliance India

05.2010 - 12.2018

Managed & Administrative Microsoft O365 Services & Azure Active Directory
Managed PAN India IT Operations
Administration of Active directory, Group policy, DHCP and DNS related services
Managing IIS servers and websites
Administration of Terminal Servers and its services
Process Automation In case of servers, Application and services failure
Administered and supported Office 365 exchange online services and policies
Automated and executed Office 365 procedures utilizing Windows Power Shell
Managing email security gateway policies to protect from Office 365 phishing attacks, malware, and ransomware, and Spoofing, Lowered spam by 90% using firewall filtering with real-time spam blacklists for incoming email by using Trend Micro HES
Cloud competency: Possess the knowledge and personal conviction to articulate why the cloud and Office 365 in particular is a transformational industry change
Managed, deployed & Administrative Microsoft Azure VMs, security center, Resources Groups, Storage account, subscriptions, Analytics & Networking, App services, CDN
Managed Word Press websites
Managing Mobile device Management & Application Management
Managed Global Messaging/Operations team
Managing Azure Active Directory, Azure Information Protection, and Information Rights Management, single sign-on, multi-factor authentication and Cloud App Security and related technologies
Develops strategy and implements architecture based on technical requirements obtained from users and business requirements obtained from key stakeholders
Preparation of budget, ensuring optimal utilization of the IT resources
Running regular checks on network and data security
Identifying and acting on opportunities to improve and update software and systems.

Customer Support Engineer

Quantum Net Technologies Ltd

12.2006 - 04.2010

Planning, implementing, and maintaining a domain environment through active directory
Implement & configure exchange server
Managed Escalation cases as raised by IBM RSA team
Managed IBM System X Servers
Implementation, Monitoring and troubleshooting of MS Exchange 2003 and 2007, 2010 Servers
Monitoring and troubleshooting of Active Directory, Group policies and peripheral services
Managing existing systems, upgradation of server operating systems, server replacements, hardware and software updates and Image Development Activities: Create, test and develop current Workstation images
Test, evaluate, and package software and applications for workstation distribution.

Education

MBA - IT Systems -

Swami Vivekananda Subharti University

B Tech in Computer Engineering - undefined

Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University

Udaipur, Rajasthan

Diploma in Engineering: Computer Science - undefined

Haryana State Board of Technical Education

Skills

Cloud Infrastructure: Azure, AWS, (IAAS, SAAS & PAAS), Identity Management: Azure Privileged Identity Management, Azure Security Center

Microsoft O365 services administrative, Azure AD, Azure AD DNS Services

Active Directory: On Prem AD (2003 to 2019) & Azure AD, Group Policy

Microsoft Exchange Server: 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016

Networking: Firewall, Router, Switches, Netskope, Prisma Palo Alto, Cloud based firewall, email security gateway (Barracuda & Trend Micro HES)

Window Servers: 2003, 2008,2012, 2016,2019

Virtualization on Premises Hyper V \ Microsoft Cloud: Azure WVD (Windows Virtual Desktop)

Backup: Veeam Backup & Replication, Druva backup, Azure backup

A versatile ICT Management Professional with track record of experienced in IT services organization, Service Delivery, Client Management, Resolving Technical Escalations, Process Management related to Product Support, Case / Incidents / Workflow Refinement, Documentation, Constant Business Reviews & Analysis and Performance Management

Skilled organizer, motivator, team player and a decisive leader with capability to motivate teams to excel and win

Extensive experience in Project Delivery Management involving Initiation, Requirement Finalization, Project Scoping, Planning (Estimation, Scheduling & Milestones), Quality & KPI, Risk management, Communication between project stakeholders, Execution Control and Delivery within agreed timeline and designed quality

Deft Team Leader skilled at tasking, delegation, monitoring, feedback, skill upgrade, issue resolution, motivation and mentoring

A Cohesive Team Player with Fast Learning curve, along with analytical, problem solving, planning communication & interpersonal skills

Exclusive experience in Information Systems Management by Implementing corporate strategy, policy & procedure; Align Information Technology with Business needs/requirements; Planning & Control of day-to-day Input / Process / Quality / Deliverable; Design / Administrate / Support Infrastructure, Security, System & System Services; Oversight on Budgeting, Estimations & Costing; Operation management

Proficient in Support Service Management by Interaction & Coordination with all stake holders to meet Business Demands; Study & Analysis of Problem Tickets/Change requests; Requirement/Impact Analysis & Solution Design of Service Delivery; Incident/Problem Management; Change Management (including Testing)/Service Delivery, Patch/Update Release

Effectively managed IT and/or Cloud projects

Experience of driving project management in a rapidly changing hardware and software development environment while keeping up strenuous efforts on quality

Good understanding of Microsoft's productivity and cloud offering

Experience in managing software projects using Agile management tools (eg Atlassian JIRA, Bugzilla)

Networking Infrastructure Design

Project Planning