Nikhil Kulkarni
Pune
Summary
Cloud Specialist with extensive experience at Accenture, optimizing cloud infrastructure and achieving 99% uptime through effective Azure IaaS and PaaS management. Proven ability in deploying and managing Azure services, complemented by strong problem-solving and project leadership skills. Recognized for high productivity and efficient task execution, with expertise in data analysis and strategic planning. Excellent communication and adaptability skills contribute to success in dynamic environments.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Cloud Specialist
Accenture
Pune
06.2018 - Current
- Experienced Azure Administrator skilled in designing, deploying, and managing secure and scalable cloud environments, with expertise in Azure networking, identity, security, monitoring, and automation.
- Administered and managed Azure subscriptions and resources, ensuring adherence to organizational standards and governance policies.
- Designed, implemented, and managed Azure Virtual Machines, including scaling, backup configuration, and update management, Virtual Networks, NSG, VPN gateways, Azure storage accounts, and Azure Key Vaults.
- Configured and maintained Azure Application Gateway, Load Balancer, Firewall and Traffic Manager for high availability and load balancing.
- Utilize Azure Security Center to conduct threat analysis and incident response, reducing incident remediation time.
- Develop and enforce compliance policies using Azure Policy and Conditional Access, ensuring adherence to NIST, and GDPR standards.
- Conduct comprehensive security audits and manage risk assessment processes for Azure infrastructure, identifying and remediating potential vulnerabilities.
- Deployed Azure infrastructure using Terraform templates, improving deployment consistency and reducing manual configuration errors by 90%.
- Optimized costs by analyzing Azure resource usage, recommending right-sizing, and reserved instances, and automating routine tasks using Azure Automation Runbooks and PowerShell scripting to improve operational efficiency.
- Hands-on experience deploying and managing containerized applications using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), including cluster provisioning, scaling, and troubleshooting AKS networking issues involving pods, services, and ingress configurations.
- Set up and managed Azure Container Registry (ACR) for storing and integrating container images with AKS, configured Ingress controllers and routing rules to expose services securely in AKS, and also applied RBAC (Role-Based Access Control) policies to manage user permissions within AKS clusters.
- Configured Azure Key Vault for secure storage of secrets, keys, and certificates, enhancing data security and compliance.
- Worked with cross-functional teams to implement identity and access management policies using Azure AD Conditional Access and MFA.
- Managed on-premises and cloud-based servers, handling Azure AD synchronization, user management, and group policies.
- Managed GitHub repositories, including creating branches, merging pull requests, and resolving merge conflicts, and worked with Git commands (clone, commit, push, pull, rebase, cherry-pick) in daily development workflow.
- Migrated core applications and workloads to Azure, reducing infrastructure costs, and enhancing scalability.
- Managed secrets and environment variables securely for deployment workflows via GitHub Actions.
System Admin (Wintel)
Softenger Pvt Ltd
Pune
04.2016 - 05.2018
- Working with Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016 environment.
- Handling and managing tickets in SLA by using Ticketing Tool (Service Now/GSNOW).
- SFTP configuration and troubleshooting, File & folder permission related issues.
- Installing different AD roles and features and applying group policy.
- User account creation/termination, share drive access as per work request.
- AD Group creation, Service account creation/deletion/permission.
- Troubleshooting on DHCP, DNS, RDS, cluster issues.
- Daily server health service (SCOM/MOM) troubleshooting and certificate issue alerts.
- File transfer/data migration/User profile migration requests.
- Creating share disk for users and providing permission as per request.
- Monitoring and scheduling of critical infra (OS) services and patch updates.
- Creating and managing virtual machines, snapshot, disk space alerts and CPU, RAM upgradation.
Wintel Admin
Trigent Software Ltd. - IT Services Division
Pune
10.2014 - 03.2015
- Working with Windows Server 2008, 2012, 2016 environment.
- Handling and managing tickets in SLA by using Ticketing Tool (Ehelpline).
- Monitoring servers and their alerts by using Nagios application.
- File & folder permission related issues and users account creation/termination.
- Configuring and deploying virtual machines (VMs) and resources.
Sr. Associate Technical Support
Tech Mahindra
Pune
06.2010 - 09.2014
- Handling and managing tickets in SLA by using Service Now Tool.
- Monitoring server and their alerts by using IBM Tivoli application.
- Network printer, Share drive access related issues, File & folder permission related issues.
- Users account creation/termination, Granting printer access and share drive access as per work request.
System Administrator
Future Focus InfoTech
Pune
06.2010 - 09.2014
- Support on BMC Remedy tickets regarding L1, L2 tickets.
- Network printer, Shared drive access related issues, File and folder permission related issues.
- User account creation/termination, Granting printer access and share drive access as per work request.
- Group policies implementation and alteration.
- Remote Support via Deamware, Webex and RDP.
Education
MCM - Computer And Information Sciences
Pune University
Pune06.2019
BCA - Computer And Information Sciences
YCMOU
Pune06.2013
Diploma in Computer Engg - Computer Engineering
MSBTE
Satara12.2010
Skills
- Azure Cloud Services Administration
- Azure security and audits
- Technical documentation
- Azure Kubernetes management
- PowerShell scripting
- GitHub
- Infrastructure automation
- Azure platform as a service expertise
- Team leadership skills
Certification
- AZ-400, Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions, 06/01/24
- AZ-104, Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, 05/01/24
- AZ-500, Azure Security Engineer Associate, 06/01/23
- SC-900, Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals, 05/01/23
- SC-200, Microsoft Security Operations Analyst, 09/01/24
- SC-300, Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator, 05/01/24
- AZ-700,Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions
Hobbies and Interests
- Playing and watching football
- Cricket
- Badminton
- Travelling
Languages
- Marathi, Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
- English, Advanced (C1)
- Hindi, Upper intermediate (B2)
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 01/28/87
- Nationality: Indian
Languages
Marathi
First Language
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Hindi
Intermediate (B1)
B1
Accomplishments
- Accenture Celebrates Excellence (The Extra Mile Award) in Q1 FY24
Timeline
Cloud Specialist
Accenture
06.2018 - Current
System Admin (Wintel)
Softenger Pvt Ltd
04.2016 - 05.2018
Wintel Admin
Trigent Software Ltd. - IT Services Division
10.2014 - 03.2015
Sr. Associate Technical Support
Tech Mahindra
06.2010 - 09.2014
System Administrator
Future Focus InfoTech
06.2010 - 09.2014
MCM - Computer And Information Sciences
Pune University
BCA - Computer And Information Sciences
YCMOU
Diploma in Computer Engg - Computer Engineering
MSBTE
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