AJAY PATKAR
Delhi
Summary
AWS Cloud Engineer with 7+ years of IT experience, including 3+ years specialising in enterprise AWS cloud infrastructure, L2/L3 support, and systems administration. Proven track record maintaining 99.99% uptime, automating deployments via Terraform, and reducing cloud spend by up to 20%. Expert in incident management (ServiceNow/SNOW), root cause analysis (RCA), and high-availability operations.
Overview
1
1
Certification
5
5
years of professional experience
Work History
AWS Cloud Engineer
Thomson Reuters
Delhi
04.2024 - Current
- Provision and manage AWS core services (EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, SNS, SES) using modular Terraform, reducing deployment time by 45%.
- Drive monthly cost audits, eliminating unattached EBS volumes, obsolete AMIs, and orphaned resources to optimise cloud spend.
- Configure CloudWatch dashboards, custom log metrics, and SNS alerts to proactively resolve bottlenecks prior to user impact.
- Perform live Linux storage management (LVM, EBS volume expansion) and streamline automated patching via AWS Systems Manager (SSM).
AWS Platform Engineer
AXA UK
Delhi
09.2023 - 03.2024
- Executed live EBS volume resizing, partitioning, and snapshot restorations during critical release windows.
- Deployed and managed AWS WorkSpaces for 200+ remote enterprise users, ensuring secure virtual desktop availability.
- Resolved high-priority ServiceNow (SNOW) tickets, conducted RCAs, and enforced least-privilege IAM policies to elevate security.
AWS Cloud Engineer
Warner Bros.
Delhi
01.2022 - 07.2023
- Maintained multi-AZ AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, SES) and managed autoscaling policies for AppStream 2.0 services.
- Executed disaster recovery (DR) protocols using automated EC2 snapshots and cross-region S3 replication.
- Partnered with cross-functional development teams to troubleshoot network routing, deployment failures, and build issues.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA - CS) -
GLA University
Mathura01-2018
Skills
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS)
- EC2
- VPC
- S3
- IAM
- EBS
- SNS
- SES
- CloudWatch
- WorkSpaces
- AppStream 20
- SSM
- Terraform (Modules/State)
- Linux (RHEL/CentOS)
- LVM
- File Systems
- Windows Server
- ServiceNow (SNOW)
- RCA
- SLA Compliance
- Cost optimization
- Disaster recovery
Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner, Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Timeline
AWS Cloud Engineer
Thomson Reuters
04.2024 - Current
AWS Platform Engineer
AXA UK
09.2023 - 03.2024
AWS Cloud Engineer
Warner Bros.
01.2022 - 07.2023
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA - CS) -
GLA University