Akshai Ramesh

• Implemented security best practices for cloud-based applications and infrastructure.
• Configured, managed, and monitored cloud-based services such as AWS EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS
• Client onsite AWS organization management, IAM management.
• Setting up scaling, secured, and cost-effective infrastructure.
• Managing deployment and troubleshooting architecture with multiple app teams.

1. Western Union [Terraform]:

• Infrastructure was built, modified, and versioned effectively.
• The client can create resources on the AWS platform in a very short period of time.
• Created modules, ease of deployment, and track drift easily.

2. Western Union [Cloud Engineering]:

• Provisioned and updated all Western Union resources according to ServiceNow tickets.
• Used CloudFormation CFT, Terraform, env0, and Jenkins for AWS provisioning.
• Cluster deployment in ECS, EKS, through Spinnaker, Argo CD, and using Helm charts.
• Led a team of 12 engineers in cloud engineering and used Node.js to build an SRE platform to automate requests and backend services for the engineering team, enabling application teams to achieve self-service and efficiently provision resources.

3. Western Union [E2E]:

• Changing the application from end to end in deployment and adding new features.
• Moving the application CI from Jenkins to GitLab CI.
• Added Canary Deployments from NLB, and MTLS for Service-to-Service Communication.
• Moving deployments from ECS to EKS.

3. HDFC [POC PROJECT]:

• Implemented a CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions and AWS Code Deploy to automate the build, test, and deployment process for a Node.js application. Integrated ESLint for code quality, SonarQube for SAST, containerized the application with Docker, pushed images to Amazon ECR, and automated deployments to Amazon ECS. Added blue-green deployment for changes in app code.

4. Sarto

• Containerize the application using Docker and a script to run the containers. Used AWS Code Pipeline and CodeCommit for creating a pipeline for deployments. Changed the existing application of React and Node.js to a container for in-house company websites.
  

• Supported system users, educating employees on troubleshooting and problem-solving protocols.
• Delivered helpdesk service and support to customers.
• Streamlined troubleshooting processes to improve system support and enhance communication between support team and end-users
• Handled daily operations and IT projects for users.
  • Installing, configuring, and managing software, Linux Os (ubuntu/RedHat).
  • Worked in deploying Java Application to different server environments.
  • Assisting with the management of data storage.
  • Infrastructure includes hardware, operation systems, database management systems, network and security.
  • Working closely with other IT departments to help determine and develop software that will be implemented.
  • Work with technologies like Tomcat, Rabbitmq, Mysql, Elasticsearch & Redis.

Provide primary system administration, configuration, and

troubleshooting of the Linux issues.
Perform Deployment of Odoo application in Aws servers.
Support as ERP Functional Consultant for clients.
Assist in creation of project work plans and implementation

strategies.
Create/Update procedures and documentation.