Hi, I’m
Anand PremKumar Ponnian
Director, Devops And Cloud Infrastructure
Trivandrum
Summary
A hands-on information technology leader with over 20 years of IT experience with broad range of technical and managerial skills. Good at decision making, have demonstrated innovative approaches to solve technical and business problems.
Overview
21
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
4
Languages
Work History
Infobelt India Pvt. LimitedHyderabad
Director
03.2019 - Current
Job overview
- Designed and developed the architecture to deploy as containerized applications in AWS EKS
- Migration from monolithic to micro services architecture
- Built the Devops process, developed a CI/CD practice including the toolsets involved
- Working on the RFPs from the customer and involve in various stages of evaluation and execution
- Design, Architect and Developed a multi-tenant SaaS application delivery
- Delivered multiple product deliveries – SaaS, EKS Cloud, AWS Marketplace, On-premise
- Process to code review, code smells, vulnerability check and remediation
- Cloud cost optimization efforts, analyze and manage spending.
Somnoware Healthcare SystemsTrivandrum
Systems Infrastructure Architect
02.2013 - 03.2019
Job overview
- Lead the migration of Somnoware web application from Windows to Linux platform
- A detailed plan, design and migration took about 3 quarters to settled with an enhanced performance, stability, scalability and cost saving of about 30% in infrastructure spending
- Increased the release cycle from bi-weekly to daily
- Release automation using Git, Jenkins, Ansible and Maven with Agile based development model brought in the success
- Driven the project from initial thought to implementation
- Expansion of the datacenter into AWS cloud
- Migrated services to AWS cloud and leverage S3/Glacier storage for archive data, implemented using S3 REST API
- AWS instances cost is slashed by 60% by setting up Lambda functions to turn on/off the instances by the marketing and sales team to use it only when required
- Drastically increased the upload/download speed of large files by switching from SFTP solution to UDP based file transfers
- Acknowledged by customers as it reduced the turnaround time of a study review
- One of the core function view Polysomnograph by the physicians faced a bottle neck due to high disk IOPS and CPU cycles
- Investigated the storage and system performances and suggested an alternative storage and servers for better user experience
- Driven the implementation of Nimble SSD storage and introduced high turbo CPU Dell servers to reduce the CPU bottleneck
- Design and implementation of third party interfaces integration with the cloud application through IPSec VPN tunnels and API calls
- Mirth HL7 interface setup between hospital network and datacenter for cross platform electronic data transfer
- Created a Disaster Recovery plan and setup the DR site in Atlanta for the primary datacenter in Charlotte along with the datacenter management team
- Capacity planning, cost cutting efforts and creating technology roadmap in orientation with business requirement
- Architect the expansion of Virtual Server environment to adapt the new business requirements and extended some of the services in AWS
- Conducted architecture and security aspect review with cross-platform internal teams and third-party organizations
- Perform architecture maturity assessment to identify strengths and weaknesses and address ways to improve the enterprise architecture performance
- Implemented HIPAA compliant IT security systems, with ITIL best practices and lead the SOC2 audit
- Hands-on experience in Linux, Web Servers, AWS Cloud, Windows Servers, ESX servers, Security, Storage Management, Backup and Recovery.
Illume BV, ABN AmroAmsterdam
Technical Consultant
08.2011 - 08.2012
Job overview
- Designed the infrastructure as per the project requirement mainly focusing on performance improvement and cost reduction
- The system is designed to run core business during day time and the system will be transformed to run computation and end of day functions after business hours
- Prepared the technical delivery document (TDD) that explains the setup and functioning of each Sophis components and services involved in Basel II compliance implementation
- Managed releases and hotfixes for the application
- Change management are managed in Mantis which is integrated with Subversion version control software
- Involved in one of the major release PC Asia integration for Rebuilding Markets program
- Automated Sophis reporting using PowerShell that allows loading of reports for newly introduced portfolios from the XML file definition during each end of day process
- Previously this requires a build and deployment
- Provided production application support for Sophis v5.3.
Wipro Technologies, Akzo NobelBangalore and Amsterdam
Technical Lead
01.2006 - 08.2011
Job overview
- Migrated 700 physical servers into virtual machines running on ESX server platform
- Involved from design phase to implementation from deciding the server hardware, storage requirements, network design, backup plans and migration
- Installed ESX server 3.5, 4.0, creating virtual machines, P2V, configure vMotion and setup virtual switches
- The applications involved in the virtualization project are SAP, SharePoint, Citrix, Hyperion and MS SQL Servers
- Planned the patch management of ESX servers and virtual machines through vCenter, performing vMotion, capacity planning
- Planned, designed and implemented Citrix NetScaler MPX 7500 hardware appliance to handle load distribution, high availability, stability and scalability
- A global server load balancer is configured by installing two NetScaler devices at two different datacenters
- Leveraged the features like AppExpert, caching and compression for SharePoint applications resulted higher performance for end users
- Reduced cost for smaller business units who cannot afford to have an independent Citrix farm
- Proposed a solution to have a shared Citrix farm where multiple business units can participate in hosting their applications where user belongs to different domains
- Perform daily datacenter operations, server rack and installation, rack space management, capacity management, expansion plans, cooling and power management
- Interacted with OEMs HP and IBM
- Contacted software vendors and partners for technical support, review and assistance
- Building the server OS, RAID and adding to network, assigning IP address and install HP SIM, patches, SCOM client, McAfee antivirus, backup and restore
- Citrix XenApp, Access Gateway, license server installation, database setup, support and management of the Citrix servers, patching and hotfix installations, application installation and publishing
- Setup and Configured two node clusters for SAP R/3 and SQL server in active-active mode running in two different datacenters for high availability and fault tolerance
- SQL Server database management, DB refresh for SAP, SQL Server baseline, backup and restore
- Estimated cost for the new requirements, upcoming projects, change management and follow approval process for the projects
- Remote server management, incident management, and problem management based on ITIL, RCA, patch schedule for Microsoft security patches, Citrix hotfix rollup packs, ESX server security updates, group policy management, Active Directory and ADSI
- Built Windows Server 2003 SRDF cluster in two different datacenters for redundancy and high availability
- SRDF is a Symmetrix based business continuity disaster recovery EMC solution
- Internal and external audit preparation and readiness document for SAS70 and ISO20000
- Write standard operating procedures, preparing technical documents, service description documents, failure mode effect analysis (FMEA) document and business continuity plan
- Managed medium sized tier2 and tier3 storages of 30TB size mainly allocated for sleeper servers and backup related services
- Perform zoning, storage allocation and capacity management of HP EVA 4400 and P2000
- Distribution of storages using network storage array X9300 for remote backup
- Lead the team, bridge offshore onsite co-ordination, handled escalations, weekly and monthly meetings
- Configured and managed SCOM rules, tasks, views and overrides
- Achieved customer confidence in getting the CSAT (Customer Satisfaction) rating from a tough business unit for 5 consecutive years, scored better than every previous year.
Patni Computer SystemsChennai
Customer Support Engineer
07.2003 - 10.2005
Job overview
- Primary responsible for IT services of corporate customers include Kodak, Greaves, Usha Martin, AkzoNobel India, Ingersoll-Rand and SBI Bank managing their Chennai branch offices
- Handled escalations with cool head to meet corporate customer’s expectations and resolved issues cordially
- Chosen as a leader to manage the application deployment and support for Kodak photo store application in the Chennai region
- Installed, maintained and supported Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows 2003 servers and RedHat Linux servers
- Managed Oracle 8 and 9i database servers and mail server Lotus Domino Server 5.1
- Provided hardware support for servers, desktops, printers, modems, hubs and switches.
SSI TechnologiesCoimbatore
Faculty and System Administrator
10.2001 - 07.2003
Job overview
- Learnt and managed Windows NT servers, Linux, SQL Server and Oracle 8
- Developed multiple projects for students on Visual Basic 6.0, ASP, Oracle, SQL Server and MS Access
- Received acknowledgment from the management on handling multiple projects successfully and for positive feedback from students.
Education
Bharathiar UniversityErode, India
BE from Electrical And Electronics Engineering
06.1994 - 05.1998
Skills
Enterprise Architecture, Technical Design, Planning and ExecutionProject Management, Budgeting, Reviewing and Working on RFPs, Technology RoadmapIntegration with third-party applications, Working on Connectors for Structured and Un-Structured DatabasesDevops Processes, Continuous Integration & Delivery Practices, Code ScanningDesign and Architect EKS cluster architecture, Containerize applications, Micro services architectureArchitecture design for SaaS based delivery, Architecture and Build a Product for AWS MarketplaceSOC2, HIPAA and ISO20000 Audit Preparation and ComplianceLinux Infrastructure, Cloud deployment, DevOps, Windows servers and SharePoint Server applicationsMulti-site Datacenter Management, Datacenter to AWS Cloud migration, Physical Server Virtualization, Disaster RecoveryExperience with cloud platforms (AWS/ GCP), DevOps, and Monitoring ToolsTECHNOLOGY USEDHardware: Dell PowerEdge and HP ProLiant servers, Dell EqualLogic, Nimble Storage, Dell MD3000 FortinetCloud Infrastructure: AWS, GCPCloud Tools: Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Ansible, Terraform, Cloud Formation TemplatesOperating Systems: CentOS, Oracle Linux, RHEL, Windows ServerWeb/App Servers: Apache Tomcat, HAproxy, Nginx, Keepalived, Samba, Glusterfs, Shibboleth SSO, RabbitMQData Processing: Apache Drill, Zookeeper, Elasticsearch, Apache SparkVersioning: Subversion, GitHubBuild Tools: Maven, Gradle, Nexus, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Kustomize, SonarQubeVirtualization: VMware ESX 35, 40, 55, 65, vSphere Cluster, Citrix XenApp, NetScaler, EricomDatabases: MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, DB2, Postgres, MongoDBMonitoring: Icinga, Nagios, Microsoft SCOM, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Papertrial, AppDynamics, EFK StackThird-party Tools: Mirth HL7, File Catalyst, Core FTP, Veeam Backup, Velero, Zerto DRLanguages: Python, Shell Script, SQL/PLSQL, C, Visual Basic, JavaScript, PHPProject Management: Jira, Kayako, Confluence, ITIL Practices, HIPAA Process
Hobbies
I am fitness freak. I love to do a lot of walking, sometimes jog in the mornings.
Play Tennis over weekends and can play Cricket, Badminton or Table Tennis whenever I get a chance.
Engage with friends for social connect on regular basis.
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Director
Infobelt India Pvt. Limited
03.2019 - Current
Systems Infrastructure Architect
Somnoware Healthcare Systems
02.2013 - 03.2019
Technical Consultant
Illume BV, ABN Amro
08.2011 - 08.2012
Technical Lead
Wipro Technologies, Akzo Nobel
01.2006 - 08.2011
Customer Support Engineer
Patni Computer Systems
07.2003 - 10.2005
Faculty and System Administrator
SSI Technologies
10.2001 - 07.2003
Bharathiar University
BE from Electrical And Electronics Engineering
06.1994 - 05.1998