AKSHAY SHELKE
Mumbai
Summary
Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 9.7 years of experience in AWS, Linux, and automation. Skilled in streamlining operations using modern DevOps tools and delivering scalable, efficient cloud solutions. Passionate about continuous learning and innovation.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Administrator - Cloud Server
Merkle / Ugam (Dentsu Global services)
Mumbai
09.2022 - Current
- Configured and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Agile and DevOps methodology.
- Deployed infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, reducing manual setup time by 40% and improving deployment consistency across environments.
- Hands experience on IAM,VPC,ECR,ECS,K8s CloudWatch, Cloud trail, EC2, S3, Event Bridge , RDS, Redshift, SSM & Secret manager etc.
- Utilized CloudFormation, Terraform, and Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning, reducing human error and cutting deployment time by 30%.
- Integrated Okta SSO, VPC Peering, Direct Connect, and Transit Gateway, enhancing cross-VPC communication and improving security compliance by 25%.
- Optimized CI/CD pipelines with Python and Bash scripts, reducing build and release cycle time by ~50%.
- Control tower, Landing zone, Config & Guard duty services.
- Executed 450+ Docker containers O.S & 220+ hosts (DB/App) migration from centos 7 to Alma Linux.
- Automated patch management for 300+ Linux and Windows servers using AWS SSM Patch Manager, reducing manual intervention and decreasing patching downtime by 50%.
- Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (k8s) for managing clusters, configuring RBAC, implementing namespaces, handling deployments, and performing upgrades and node maintenance.
- Orchestrated Terraform-based infrastructure setup and Jenkins deployments, leading to a 20% boost in deployment efficiency.
- Migrated monolithic Airflow applications to a microservices-based architecture, improving scalability and reducing processing delays by 60% & ~ 30 % cost.
- Implemented monitoring using Datadog, Nagios,Prometheus, Grafana and CloudWatch, leading to early detection of issues and a 40% decrease in MTTR.
- Maintained high availability of AWS production environments, achieving 99.99% uptime through automated monitoring and scaling techniques.
Senior Executive - System Admin
Netcore Cloud
02.2020 - 09.2022
- Expertise in Terraform, Kubernetes, Ansible, and AWS Lambda for infrastructure automation and microservices architecture.
- Automated system monitoring via Nagios and infrastructure provisioning with Ansible, reducing manual intervention by 70%.
- Proficient in core AWS services: EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, CloudWatch, SSM, ACM, Route 53, SNS.
- Migrated 60+ websites to CDN (AWS CloudFront & Akamai), improving performance and availability.
- Led SSL implementation and troubleshooting across the organization.
- Containerized apps with Docker, managed workloads on Kubernetes for consistent deployment.
- Implemented monitoring and alerting using Nagios, Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.
- Strong in pipeline optimization, deployment automation, and system reliability improvements.
Team Lead
Logix infosecurity pvt. Ltd.
01.2016 - 02.2020
- Deployed, automated, and managed highly available AWS production environments, ensuring optimal performance and uptime.
- Configured and managed Nagios for system monitoring and alerting; automated infra tasks using Ansible Playbooks.
- Hands-on experience with IAM, EC2, S3, CloudWatch, SSM, VPC, Route 53 for scalable AWS infrastructure management.
- Provisioned domains and cloud email services, enabling secure communication workflows.
- Conducted log analysis and resolved mail delivery issues on Cisco IronPort for multiple enterprise clients, ensuring email uptime and deliverability.
- Created and maintained AMIs, Snapshots, Volumes, and performed resource resizing (CPU, Memory, EBS) as per requirements.
- Resolved multi-tenant VPC and Route 53 configuration issues, improving DNS resolution and network performance.
Linux Engineer
Dynacons systems & solutions ltd.
07.2015 - 12.2015
- AWS instance creation and configuration
- Taking backup of AWS instances to S3
- Configure security groups for EC2 instance & maintain scripts to manage AWS instance
- AWS cloudwatch monitoring
- EC2, EBS,NFS server management & LVM configuration
- Enabled proactive DNS and Radware server monitoring, reducing resolution time for DNS issues by 10%.
Education
Bachelor of Science -
Mumbai University
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India01.2015
Skills
- Git
- Linux
- Docker
- K8S
- Jenkins
- Terraform
- AWS Cloud
- DevOps
- Shell Scripting
- Python
- CI/CD pipelines
- Cloud security
- Datadog
- Nagios
- Grafana
- Lambda
Certification
- Red Hat Certified - RHCSA & RHCE , 140-223-215
https://rhtapps.redhat.com/verify?certId=140-223-215
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
https://cp.certmetrics.com/amazon/en/public/verify/credential/FG8HHZWKS214QJKE
Accomplishments
- Bright Start Award, Netcore (2021): Recognized for outstanding performance and contributions as an early achiever.
- Dedicated Netcorian Award, Netcore (2022): Honored for consistent dedication, excellence, and commitment to organizational success.
- Dentsu Infinity Team Award (2024): Won for successfully leading and executing the End-of-Life (EOL) migration, ensuring a seamless transition with minimal downtime.
- Inspire Change Award, Dentsu (2024): Recognized for driving Generative AI initiatives, fostering innovation, and enhancing operational efficient
Timeline
Sr. Administrator - Cloud Server
Merkle / Ugam (Dentsu Global services)
09.2022 - Current
Senior Executive - System Admin
Netcore Cloud
02.2020 - 09.2022
Team Lead
Logix infosecurity pvt. Ltd.
01.2016 - 02.2020
Linux Engineer
Dynacons systems & solutions ltd.
07.2015 - 12.2015
Bachelor of Science -
Mumbai University
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