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Nikhil Aitha

Hyderabad

Summary

With over 5+ years of experience, my expertise spans across Public Cloud, DevOps, and System Administration (AWS, Azure, VMware, Hyper-V, Windows), with a focus on laC Integration and Pipelines. Also, I am seeking a position that allows me to apply my skills in cloud architecture and automation in a Cloud Engineer role.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Cloud Architect

Orchid Technologies USA
Hyderabad
11.2022 - Current

• Organized the design, implementation, and management of AWS infrastructure for an enterprise client, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security, including DMZ setup.
• Led numerous successful lift-and-shift migrations to AWS using AWS Application Migration Service (MGN) and Database Migration Service (DMS), minimizing downtime and business disruption.

Principal Engineer

Orchid technologies SA
Hyderabad
05.2020 - 10.2022

• Designed and deployed Amazon Elastic Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions, conducting regular drills to validate DR procedures and improve recovery time objectives (RTOs).
• Implemented SAP HANA deployments on AWS using the AWS SAP Launch Wizard, optimizing performance and resource utilization.
• Developed & maintained infrastructure as code (laC) using Terraform and CloudFormation, automating infrastructure provisioning and making deployments 40% faster.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and AWS CI/CD, which resulting in a 30% increase in deployment frequency and a 20% reduction in errors.
• Configured and maintained AWS services, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Route 53, SNS, ELB, and Auto Scaling, to meet client performance and security requirements.
• Developed and implemented security best practices, including configuring security groups, network ACLs, and IAM roles, to protect sensitive data and ensure compliance.
• Provided expert-level support and troubleshooting for AWS infrastructure issues, minimizing downtime and ensuring business continuity.
• Automated patching of Windows/Linux servers using AWS Patch Management and Azure Update Management platform services.
• Utilized FSx file systems across diverse environments, optimizing storage and data access.
• Implemented AWS WorkSpaces with AD (Native and Microsoft) connectors, providing secure and scalable virtual desktops.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and Engineering

JBIT
Hyderabad
05-2013

Skills

  • AWS: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, Route 53, SNS, ELB, Auto Scaling, RDS, Direct
    Connect, FSx, AppStream, Control Tower, Workspace's, S2S VPN, Firewall, MGN, EDR, SAP
    Launch Wizard
  • Automation: Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, CI/CD, Git, Log Monitoring
  • IAC: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, PowerShell, Python
  • OS: Windows Server (2008, 2012, 2016, 2019, 2022), Linux Flavours
  • Virtualization: VMware, Hyper-V and AWS Workspace's
  • Azure: IAM, Update Management, Landing Zone Preparation, Patching, Virtual Networks, Subnets, DHCP, DNS, NSG's, Load Balancers, Resource Groups, Virtual Machines
  • Hardware: Dell, HP, IBM, Cisco
  • Monitoring: CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Nagios, Systems Manage
  • Application: WSUS, UCS Manager, MS Office

Timeline

Cloud Architect

Orchid Technologies USA
11.2022 - Current

Principal Engineer

Orchid technologies SA
05.2020 - 10.2022

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science and Engineering

JBIT
Nikhil Aitha