Amogh Sankangoudar

• Analyzed cloud usage patterns using Harness and AWS Reservation Recommendations to identify cost-saving opportunities, leading to the strategic purchase of Reserved Instances. Achieved a 30% reduction in cloud costs by optimizing instance types and payment plans.
• Monitored and reported on cloud cost anomalies and trends. Reported anomalies and communicated with stakeholders to take corrective actions to address the root causes, such as resizing resources or adjusting usage patterns.
• Implemented Cloud cost optimization strategies like deletion of Unattached EBS Volumes, turning off Non-Prod EC2 instances in weekends, rightsizing recommendations.
• Provided detailed financial reports and dashboards to stakeholders by creating a custom dashboard as per Organizational standards which includes Tagging, Research and Chargeback Dashboards.
• Conducted budgeting and forecasting for cloud expenditures using AWS Pricing calculator and AWS Budget.
• Experienced with cloud cost management tools like Harness, AWS Pricing calculator and AWS Cost Explorer.
• Proficient in using financial analysis tools and software.
• Familiar with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform.

• Automated creation of a golden image in the AWS Cloud using Packer as part of the CI/CD process. Installed and configured organizational standard agents like Datadog, Splunk, Qualys, and Tanium for improved monitoring and vulnerability assessment.
• Provided technical support to clients by troubleshooting and resolving issues related to golden AMIs, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance.
• Automated cloud deployments using Terraform and Ansible to enhance operational efficiency.
• Led the coordination of customer communication and the ticket resolution process, resulting in timely responses to inquiries and efficient resolutions of technical issues.

• Created alarms in CloudWatch service for monitoring the server’s performance, CPU utilization, disk usage, and configured Elastic Load Balancers with EC2 Auto Scaling groups.
• Managed users and groups using the Amazon Identity and Access Management (IAM).
• Performed Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI and CD) process using Jenkins.
• Created alarms in CloudWatch service for monitoring the server’s performance, CPU utilization, disk usage, and configured Elastic Load Balancers with EC2 Auto Scaling groups.
• Created and configured Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS, Solaris Virtual Machines in AWS using EC2, Elastic IP, VPC, Subnets, NAT Gateway.