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M. Narasimha

Hyderabad,Telangana

Summary

IT professional with 12 years of experience, including 5+ years in Cloud and DevOps, specializing in IT infrastructure, automation, and continuous operations. Skilled in cloud platforms, CI/CD, Terraform, and system optimization, with a strong focus on efficiency, reliability, and customer satisfaction. Seeking a technical role where I can leverage my expertise in DevOps and cloud technologies to develop seamless and scalable IT solutions.

Working in Vertafore as a AWS/DevOps Engineer from (April 2021-Till date) AWS/DevOps Engineer Roles & responsibilities: EKS Management: Administer and optimize Amazon EKS clusters across multiple environments, ensuring high availability and performance. FSx Migration & Infrastructure Automation: Automated Amazon FSx deployment using Terraform, including FSx volume creation, permissions management, and exposure settings. Successfully migrated on-premises workloads to FSx for Windows/Linux, ensuring high availability and optimized performance. Jenkins Migration: Successfully migrated Jenkins from EC2 to EKS, improving scalability and reducing infrastructure costs. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Designed, deployed, and maintained cloud infrastructure using Terraform, creating reusable modules for automation. Security & Code Quality: Integrated Veracode and SonarQube into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security compliance and code quality best practices. Application Migration: Led on-premise to AWS migration using AWS DataSync, CloudEndure, and FSx, optimizing data transfer and storage solutions. GitOps & Automation: Automated application deployment using ArgoCD, streamlining release processes and reducing manual interventions. CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Improved GitLab CI/CD pipeline runtime, enhancing deployment efficiency and reducing build times. Server & Application Management: Configured and maintained Apache, Tomcat, and JBoss for high-performance application hosting. 24/7 Production Support: Provided round-the-clock support for critical applications, ensuring minimal downtime and quick incident resolution. AWS,Azure Cost Optimization: Monitored and optimized AWS costs by eliminating unnecessary snapshots, right-sizing instances, and reducing redundant expenses. Terraform Scripting: Developed Terraform modules and automation scripts to standardize infrastructure deployment across multiple projects. Database Migration: Executed AWS DMS (Database Migration Service) for seamless and secure database transitions to the cloud. Monitoring & Observability: Utilized Dynatrace and AWS CloudWatch to monitor infrastructure, detect anomalies, and optimize system performance. CI/CD Governance: Managed and validated GitLab & Jenkins pipelines, ensuring compliance with best practices and security standards. Enterprise and Premium support for EC2 infrastructure Worked closely with EC2 infrastructure teams to troubleshoot complex issues Building customized Amazon Machine Images Managed multiple AWS accounts with multiple VPC’s for both production and non-prod Worked on AWS Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation services Managed and supported AWS Security related issues, such IAM and S3 policies for user access Manage and configure AWS services as per the business needs (ELB, SNS, EC2, Route 53, S3, RDS, Cloud Watch, IAM, and VPC. Support for all other AWS products such as S3, RDS, Elastic Load Balancing, Route53 (DNS) Assisted high profile Enterprise customers to resolve critical issues related to Windows and Linux EC2 instances MySQL Database security, creating users and managing permissions. Oracle Database security, creating users, roles and managing permissions. Created detailed AWS Security groups which behaved as virtual firewalls that controlled the traffic allowed to reach one or more AWS EC2 instances. Created alarms in Cloud watch service for monitoring the server performance. Maintaining the user accounts (IAM), RDS, Route 53, SES and SNS services in AWS cloud. Configuring and managing web Server. Experience in Automation using chef. Developing cookbooks and push to the chef server. Build servers in cloud based and physical infrastructure. Automate deployments through the use of configuration management. Create chef coding best practices for existing development team Work with chef Automation to create infrastructure and deploy application code changes autonomously. Create cookbooks for chef using the Ruby programming language. Build servers in cloud based and physical infrastructures. Excellent at defining chef server and workstation to manage and configure nodes. Developed chef Cookbooks to manage systems configuration.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AWS/DevOps Engineer

Vertafore
04.2021 - Current
  • EKS Management: Administer and optimize Amazon EKS clusters across multiple environments, ensuring high availability and performance.
  • FSx Migration & Infrastructure Automation: Automated Amazon FSx deployment using Terraform, including FSx volume creation, permissions management, and exposure settings. Successfully migrated on-premises workloads to FSx for Windows/Linux, ensuring high availability and optimized performance.
  • Jenkins Migration: Successfully migrated Jenkins from EC2 to EKS, improving scalability and reducing infrastructure costs.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Designed, deployed, and maintained cloud infrastructure using Terraform, creating reusable modules for automation.
  • Security & Code Quality: Integrated Veracode and SonarQube into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring security compliance and code quality best practices.
  • Application Migration: Led on-premise to AWS migration using AWS DataSync, CloudEndure, and FSx, optimizing data transfer and storage solutions.
  • GitOps & Automation: Automated application deployment using ArgoCD, streamlining release processes and reducing manual interventions.
  • CI/CD Pipeline Optimization: Improved GitLab CI/CD pipeline runtime, enhancing deployment efficiency and reducing build times.
  • Server & Application Management: Configured and maintained Apache, Tomcat, and JBoss for high-performance application hosting.
  • 24/7 Production Support: Provided round-the-clock support for critical applications, ensuring minimal downtime and quick incident resolution.
  • AWS, Azure Cost Optimization: Monitored and optimized AWS costs by eliminating unnecessary snapshots, right-sizing instances, and reducing redundant expenses.
  • Terraform Scripting: Developed Terraform modules and automation scripts to standardize infrastructure deployment across multiple projects.
  • Database Migration: Executed AWS DMS (Database Migration Service) for seamless and secure database transitions to the cloud.
  • Monitoring & Observability: Utilized Dynatrace and AWS CloudWatch to monitor infrastructure, detect anomalies, and optimize system performance.
  • CI/CD Governance: Managed and validated GitLab & Jenkins pipelines, ensuring compliance with best practices and security standards.
  • Enterprise and Premium support for EC2 infrastructure.
  • Worked closely with EC2 infrastructure teams to troubleshoot complex issues.
  • Building customized Amazon Machine Images.
  • Managed multiple AWS accounts with multiple VPC’s for both production and non-prod.
  • Worked on AWS Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation services.
  • Managed and supported AWS Security related issues, such IAM and S3 policies for user access.
  • Manage and configure AWS services as per the business needs (ELB, SNS, EC2, Route 53, S3, RDS, Cloud Watch, IAM, and VPC).
  • Support for all other AWS products such as S3, RDS, Elastic Load Balancing, Route53 (DNS).
  • Assisted high profile Enterprise customers to resolve critical issues related to Windows and Linux EC2 instances.
  • MySQL Database security, creating users and managing permissions.
  • Oracle Database security, creating users, roles and managing permissions.
  • Created detailed AWS Security groups which behaved as virtual firewalls that controlled the traffic allowed to reach one or more AWS EC2 instances.
  • Created alarms in Cloud watch service for monitoring the server performance.
  • Maintaining the user accounts (IAM), RDS, Route 53, SES and SNS services in AWS cloud.
  • Configuring and managing web Server.
  • Experience in Automation using chef. Developing cookbooks and push to the chef server.
  • Build servers in cloud based and physical infrastructure.
  • Automate deployments through the use of configuration management.
  • Create chef coding best practices for existing development team.
  • Work with chef Automation to create infrastructure and deploy application code changes autonomously.
  • Create cookbooks for chef using the Ruby programming language.
  • Build servers in cloud based and physical infrastructures.
  • Excellent at defining chef server and workstation to manage and configure nodes.
  • Developed chef Cookbooks to manage systems configuration.

Storage & Dataprotection, Linux, AWS

Hitachi Vantara
08.2019 - 04.2021
  • Storage & Backup Management: Managed enterprise storage solutions, including NetApp, Pure Storage, EMC, Veeam, Commvault, and Cohesity, ensuring data integrity and high availability.
  • Collaborating with vendors and providing access to the DC center in accordance with the organization maintenance window.
  • Decommissioning of legacy NetApps, Hitachi, and Fabric switches.
  • NetApp, Pure Storages and Brocade Fabric switches Firmware upgradations.
  • Virtualization Technologies: Administered and optimized VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Horizon View, XenApp, and XenDesktop, supporting virtualized infrastructure.
  • Storage Provisioning & Reclamation: Performed LUN provisioning, exports, shares management, and storage reclamation, optimizing storage utilization and performance.
  • Disaster Recovery & Replication: Configured and maintained NetApp SnapMirror, SnapVault, Pure async, and DR replication, ensuring seamless data protection and recovery.
  • Backup & Recovery: Implemented and managed Veeam for VMware VM backups and Cohesity for enterprise data protection, ensuring efficient backup strategies and quick recovery times.
  • Brocade Fabric switch Zonings, cleanups and Configuration backups.
  • Installing all Linux flavors OS, Configuring and binding system with domain.
  • User administration, creating, modifying and deletion. Resetting UNIX account password.
  • Installing applications on Linux flavors.
  • Worked in close contact with network engineers in configuring LINUX servers across regional and offshore locations.
  • Maintained constant communication with system administrators, team leads, database administrators and project managers in keeping the LINUX environment efficient and up-to date.
  • Worked on automation of activities through scripting (Python).
  • Performed operating system installation and configuration.
  • Managed and implemented changes, upgrades, security procedures and policies to the Linux.
  • Responsible for Day to Day Backup and Recovery using tar. Updated backup scripts on different environments.
  • Responsible for providing support and assistance in initial installation of the system, setup and maintenance of the user account, data recovery, etc.
  • Maintained production servers ensuring productivity at all times.
  • Troubleshot and resolved issues on Red Hat machines containing classified data.
  • Installed printers and other network devices, authored scripts designed to automate installation of new components. Provided end user support.
  • Monitored PCs/network operations and documented any security issues. Applied software patches, reconfigured networking settings, and instituted other information security procedures.
  • Built S3 buckets and managed policies for S3 buckets and used S3 bucket and glacier for storage and backup on AWS.
  • Building customized Amazon Machine Images.
  • Created detailed AWS Security groups which behaved as virtual firewalls that controlled the traffic allowed reaching one or more AWS EC2 instances.

Storage & Dataprotection, Linux, AWS Cloud

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 08.2019
  • Storage & Backup Management: Managed enterprise storage solutions, including NetApp, Pure Storage, EMC, Veeam, Commvault, and Cohesity, ensuring data integrity and high availability.
  • Collaborating with vendors and providing access to the DC center in accordance with the organization maintenance window.
  • NetApp, Pure Storages and Brocade Fabric switches Firmware up gradations.
  • Virtualization Technologies: Administered and optimized VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Horizon View, XenApp, and XenDesktop, supporting virtualized infrastructure.
  • Storage Provisioning & Reclamation: Performed LUN provisioning, exports, shares management, and storage reclamation, optimizing storage utilization and performance.
  • Disaster Recovery & Replication: Configured and maintained NetApp SnapMirror, SnapVault, Pure async, and DR replication, ensuring seamless data protection and recovery.
  • Backup & Recovery: Implemented and managed Veeam for VMware VM backups and Cohesity for enterprise data protection, ensuring efficient backup strategies and quick recovery times.
  • Brocade Fabric switch Zonings, cleanups and Configuration backups.
  • Installing all Linux flavors OS, Configuring and binding system with domain.
  • User administration, creating, modifying and deletion. Resetting UNIX account password.
  • Installing applications on Linux flavors.
  • Worked in close contact with network engineers in configuring LINUX servers across regional and offshore locations.
  • Maintained constant communication with system administrators, team leads, database administrators and project managers in keeping the LINUX environment efficient and up-to date.
  • Worked on automation of activities through scripting (Python).
  • Performed operating system installation and configuration.
  • Managed and implemented changes, upgrades, security procedures and policies to the Linux.
  • Responsible for Day to Day Backup and Recovery using tar. Updated backup scripts on different environments.
  • Responsible for providing support and assistance in initial installation of the system, setup and maintenance of the user account, data recovery, etc.
  • Maintained production servers ensuring productivity at all times.
  • Troubleshot and resolved issues on Red Hat machines containing classified data.
  • Installed printers and other network devices, authored scripts designed to automate installation of new components. Provided end user support.
  • Monitored PCs/network operations and documented any security issues. Applied software patches, reconfigured networking settings, and instituted other information security procedures.
  • Built S3 buckets and managed policies for S3 buckets and used S3 bucket and glacier for storage and backup on AWS.
  • Building customized Amazon Machine Images.
  • Created detailed AWS Security groups which behaved as virtual firewalls that controlled the traffic allowed reaching one or more AWS EC2 instances.

Storage & Dataprotection, Linux, Virtualization Administration

Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd
05.2013 - 06.2016
  • Installing all Linux flavors OS, Configuring and binding system with domain.
  • Storage & Backup Management: Managed enterprise storage solutions, including NetApp, Pure Storage, EMC, Veeam, Commvault, and Cohesity, ensuring data integrity and high availability.
  • Virtualization Technologies: Administered and optimized VMware ESXi, Citrix XenServer, Horizon View, XenApp, and XenDesktop, supporting virtualized infrastructure.
  • Storage Provisioning & Reclamation: Performed LUN provisioning, exports, shares management, and storage reclamation, optimizing storage utilization and performance.
  • Disaster Recovery & Replication: Configured and maintained NetApp SnapMirror, SnapVault, Pure async, and DR replication, ensuring seamless data protection and recovery.
  • Backup & Recovery: Implemented and managed Veeam for VMware VM backups and Cohesity for enterprise data protection, ensuring efficient backup strategies and quick recovery times.
  • User administration, creating, modifying and deletion. Resetting UNIX account password.
  • Installing applications on Linux flavors.
  • Worked in close contact with network engineers in configuring LINUX servers across regional and offshore locations.
  • Maintained constant communication with system administrators, team leads, database administrators and project managers in keeping the LINUX environment efficient and up-to date.
  • Worked on automation of activities through scripting (Python).
  • Performed operating system installation and configuration.
  • Managed and implemented changes, upgrades, security procedures and policies to the Linux.
  • Responsible for Day to Day Backup and Recovery using tar. Updated backup scripts on different environments.
  • Responsible for providing support and assistance in initial installation of the system, setup and maintenance of the user account, data recovery, etc.
  • Maintained production servers ensuring productivity at all times.
  • Troubleshot and resolved issues on Red Hat machines containing classified data.
  • Installed printers and other network devices, authored scripts designed to automate installation of new components. Provided end user support.
  • Monitored PCs/network operations and documented any security issues. Applied software patches, reconfigured networking settings, and instituted other information security procedures.
  • Goal-oriented professional with proven success in applying analytical skills to solve complex problems and overcome challenges. Dedicated to enhancing team performance and driving business success.

Education

B-Tech - CSE

CMR Institute of Technology And Science
Hyderabad
01.2011

Skills

  • Amazon
  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Linux (Red Hat 4/5/6)
  • Ubuntu
  • Windows NT
  • 2003
  • 2007
  • 2012
  • Shell Scripting
  • Python
  • Ansible
  • Nagios
  • Git hub
  • Git LAB
  • NetAppSnapmirror replication
  • CloudEndure

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect (SAA-C03)
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)

Disclaimer

I am declaring that the above furnished information is authentic to the best of my knowledge.

Training

  • AWS Cloud & DevOps Cognizant Internal Training Program, Completed structured training on AWS cloud services and DevOps practices.
  • NetApp official WorkShop(Cabling) and Admin training on ClusterMode (Ontap 8.3)

Timeline

AWS/DevOps Engineer

Vertafore
04.2021 - Current

Storage & Dataprotection, Linux, AWS

Hitachi Vantara
08.2019 - 04.2021

Storage & Dataprotection, Linux, AWS Cloud

Cognizant Technology Solutions
08.2016 - 08.2019

Storage & Dataprotection, Linux, Virtualization Administration

Locuz Enterprise Solutions Ltd
05.2013 - 06.2016

B-Tech - CSE

CMR Institute of Technology And Science

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