Amit Barate
Miraj
Summary
Results-driven AWS Engineer specialising in cloud migration and DevOps leadership. Directed 50+ server wave migrations using AWS MGN, ensuring 99.99% uptime through disaster recovery strategies. Utilised Terraform for infrastructure automation and CI/CD implementation, improving operational efficiency and cost management. Engaged stakeholders to facilitate cross-functional collaboration and compliance with HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR.
Overview
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Certification
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
AWS Engineer
Arise Virtual Solutions
04.2024 - Current
- Architected highly available and disaster-resilient application infrastructure, achieving 99.99% uptime through multi-zone deployment, failover mechanisms, and robust DR strategies.
- Chaired 50+ server wave migrations using AWS MGN, achieving tight cutovers that minimised service disruption.
- Led AWS cloud migration of on-premises infrastructure, implementing downtime risk controls to ensure seamless transition.
- Directed migration readiness assessments and set standards for migration runbooks.
- Oversaw heterogeneous database migrations across Oracle, Aurora PostgreSQL, SQL Server, RDS.
- Defined hybrid connectivity architecture with Direct Connect and site-to-site VPNs.
- Set service governance across EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and VPC capabilities.
- Accounted for compliance via AWS Control Tower across dev, staging, production.
- Standardised monitoring using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana dashboards.
- Held security posture using VPC flow logs, WAF, and GuardDuty.
- Established Terraform IaC and CI/CD using Terraform Cloud for provisioning.
- Drove regulated compliance across HIPAA, PCI-DSS, and GDPR with RCAs.
- Approved golden AMI automation and disaster recovery plan scripting in Python/Shell.
- Raised DevOps delivery standards through CI/CD, cost optimisation, right-sizing.
- Fostered a DevOps culture, implementing CI/CD best practices, cost optimisation strategies, and post-migration workload right-sizing.
- Optimised cloud infrastructure costs through credit maps/utilisation, right-sizing resources, and implementing Reserved Instances and Savings Plans, conducting regular compute optimisation reviews to ensure cost efficiency.
- Utilised AI tools including Kiro and Claude for code generation, troubleshooting, documentation, and workflow automation, improving development efficiency and delivery speed.
DevOps Lead
Simform
Ahmedabad
02.2023 - 02.2024
- Led a DevOps team managing AWS infrastructure, ensuring performance, scalability, and security.
- Oversaw migration of microservice architecture to AWS EKS, including containerisation strategy, service mesh integration, and zero-downtime deployments.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployment with Terraform (IaC).
- Spearheaded AWS competency initiatives, contributing to upgraded AWS partnerships in services such as DevOps, Lambda, RDS, EKS, ECS, SaaS, CloudFront, and Control Tower.
- Directed architecture planning, implementation, and management for diverse cloud-based projects.
- Designed Landing Zone architecture using AWS Control Tower for multi-account migration, isolating Dev, Staging, and Production environments.
- Migrated applications from multiple AWS accounts/regions into a consolidated account/region using AWS Sync and AWS Migration Service.
- Configured GitLab CI/CD pipelines for streamlined build and deployment processes.
- Implemented EFS mounting on EKS services for log collection and scripted log migration to S3 after retention.
- Conducted application portfolio assessments to determine migration strategies (6Rs) based on business criticality and technical complexity.
- Authored detailed Confluence documentation covering migration processes, architecture, and operational procedures.
- Prepared comprehensive handover documentation including architecture diagrams and operational guidelines.
- Managed team responsibilities for AWS service selection and migration planning.
- Key Projects: View Trade, Paidiern, Abacode
DevOps Lead
Escalon Business Services
Mohali
04.2021 - 02.2023
- Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodeBuild and CodeDeploy to automate deployments.
- Deployed serverless microservice architectures with AWS Lambda and API Gateway for scalable, event-driven applications.
- Directed cross-account application migrations, ensuring data integrity and minimal service disruption.
- Managed application migrations between accounts, ensuring secure communication by configuring SSL on Apache/Nginx servers.
- Designed CloudFormation templates for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and created target-state architectures for migrated workloads.
- Installed and configured ELK clusters for monitoring live channels and traffic logs, enhancing real-time troubleshooting capabilities.
- Implemented web server hardening techniques to enhance security and performance.
- Hardened AWS accounts by applying best security practices and configuring necessary controls.
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Skandha Media Services
Mumbai
05.2019 - 03.2021
- Led the DevOps team managing AWS infrastructure and migrating media workloads to the cloud.
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform.
- Built CI/CD pipelines using GitLab for streamlined deployments.
- Automated tasks using Python (boto3) and AWS Lambda.
- Ensured AWS infrastructure security and automated manual tasks, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Configured monitoring tools (ELK, Zabbix, Nagios) for logs, servers, services; performed RCA and communicated findings to project managers.
- Designed serverless architectures and highly available application infrastructures.
- Applied cost optimization strategies, reducing cloud architecture expenses.
DevOps Engineer
Applied Cloud Computing
Pune
09.2018 - 04.2019
- Created and managed tenant environments using AWS Cognito to ensure secure access.: Implemented tenant management with AWS Cognito, designed tenant infrastructure using CloudFormation, and built a GUI for tenant administration.
- Oversaw manual code deployments and generated weekly server reports, ensuring operational transparency and system reliability.
- Generated monthly AWS billing reports and optimized AWS services based on project requirements.
- Automated transcoding workflows for CBR, VBR, QVBR, and custom profiles using AWS MediaConvert, enhancing asset processing efficiency. Developed GUIs for transcoding and metadata generation, utilising AWS Rekognition and Azure Indexing for asset metadata creation.
- Configured server alarms and installed required packages on servers.
- Conducted comprehensive DevOps training sessions for internal teams to improve skills. to internal teams.
- Created billing reports for individual tenants, enabling precise tracking of usage and costs.
Education
Master of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering
Asta, Maharashtra01-2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Rajendra Mane College of Engineering
Ambav, Maharashtra01-2014
Skills
AWS Migration Hub AWS MGN AWS DMS AWS SCT AWS Application Discovery Service AWS DataSync AWS Transfer Family CloudEndure Migration Migration Readiness Assessment Wave-Based Migration Planning Cutover & Rollback Planning Risk Mitigation AWS Control Tower Landing Zone Design Multi-Account Architecture Cloud Governance Terraform CI/CD GitOps Infrastructure Automation Configuration Management Infrastructure Monitoring Docker Kubernetes Amazon ECS ECS Fargate Serverless Architecture AWS Lambda API Gateway Step Functions HA/DR Cloud Cost Optimization Incident Management Kiro Claude AI-Assisted Engineering Stakeholder Management Customer Engagement
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional - VPLNMDVDLF1QQW3Q
Timeline
AWS Engineer
Arise Virtual Solutions
04.2024 - Current
DevOps Lead
Simform
02.2023 - 02.2024
DevOps Lead
Escalon Business Services
04.2021 - 02.2023
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Skandha Media Services
05.2019 - 03.2021
DevOps Engineer
Applied Cloud Computing
09.2018 - 04.2019
Master of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Annasaheb Dange College of Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Rajendra Mane College of Engineering