Seeking assignments and role of Associate Consultant in System Integration process for Cloud as well as On-prem Data Centre with a growth oriented organization of repute
Seasoned professional with over 15 years of experience in On-Prem Data Centre management, involved in handling Unix Servers (Linux, AIX), providing BAU Support for IT Infrastructure in onshore/offshore operational model.
Specialized Automation tower lead in the area of IaC (Infrastructure as Code) and very passionate about innovation and automation.
Hand on exposure to deploy various application as microservices on Docker container platforms and perform orchestration using Kubernetes.
Design, build, manage and operate AWS & Azure cloud platforms with a focus on automation and infrastructure as code.
Have good working knowledge of a wide range of AWS cloud services like EC2, VPC, EBS, S3, RDS, IAM and have strong ability to design AWS infrastructure based on the application requirements.
Strong understanding and experience in deploying and troubleshooting issues with Compute, Networking, Storage, Backup and Database services on AWS.
Have worked as a key contributor in IBM Power hardware and as AIX SME role and having expertise in AIX, LINUX, AWS and Azure public /hybrid cloud infrastructure hosting.
Sound knowledge in implementing High Availability, Cluster solution, writing UNIX shell script for automation and OS & Storage migration.
Have worked on IBM power server hardware installation, HMC and VIO installation & configuration, LPAR creation, AIX installation and L3 level administration.
Strong exposure in planning, design, installation and configuration of IT Computing components, DR implementation its maintenance and troubleshooting.
An effective communicator with excellent relationship building and interpersonal skills.
Strong analytical, problem solving and organizational abilities
Lead, coach and guide the staffs in both management skills and technical expertise to deliver a scalable, reliable, and safe on-prem and cloud infrastructure.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Assistant Consultant & Team Lead
TCS
Bengaluru
03.2014 - Current
Lead team of 10+ associates working 24x7 to provide production critical Linux & Unix system administration and support, mentor & finalize their goal sheet, support them to meet their respective goals
Was deputed to onshore location Peterborough, UK between Mar 2018 to Feb 2020 on a client facing role as Quality Manager to deliver critical Migration and Upgrade projects
Participated in training and managing new hires to bring new team members up to speed.
Managing Team, co-ordination with customers and running BAU operations as Platform Engineer Lead
Preparing Business continuity plan and conduct DR test and DC failover/fallback
Have basic knowledge of various popular AWS cloud services - EC2, IAM, S3, VPC, ELB, RDS, Lambda function etc
Implementing security controls in both On-Prem as well as Cloud hosted infrastructure as per the guidance of Security Professionals
Work with Security division to design and manage IAM roles for users, Product vendors and other third-party & partners
Prepared SOP for Level-1 team for assuring proper escalations are followed and Incident tickets are resolved within agreed SLA
Configured various performance metrics using AWS Cloud watch & Cloud Trail & LPAR2RRD
Work with internal teams to create the migration process of legacy systems to the AWS cloud
Experience in deploying, customizing and managing Red hat Satellite Infrastructure
Upgrading firmware in IBM Power's systems and HMC, Managing Infrastructure Enterprise Oracle DB in AIX servers
Conduct knowledge sharing session (KSS) on regular basis to upgrade technical/functional skills
Working in P2P, P2V & V2V Migration and Upgrade projects
Prepared & analyzed problem management tickets for repetitive occurring incidents
Part of an Interview panel for hiring experienced professionals for technical team, assist in on-boarding and support ongoing production escalations
Active participation in project transition, proactive approach across the entire transition lifecycle to ensure successful on boarding & engagement with TCS for remote support
Documentation of incident, change, Unix inventory, diagrams, vendor details, escalation matrix with proper version control
Prepare technology roadmap in accordance with current architecture, and manage IT budget
Active participation in internal, external, and third party IT audit.
IT Analyst
Accenture
Kolkata
05.2008 - 03.2014
Given L1/L2 level of IT support to Oracle Database and SAP application servers running on Unix/Linux platform
Performing daily health checks on AIX & Linux servers
Installing Operating System, Crash dump analysis, RCA for system panic and reboot and suggesting preventive actions
Sendmail, DNS & NTP server configuration and service/daemon management
LVM, File System and disk space Management, Creating and extending File systems
Enabling Cron jobs for user and scheduling jobs
Write shell scripts to automate administration tasks
Backup/Restore using Snap Manager for SAP (SMSAP)
Security and Performance related hardening for production systems
Netapp NAS aggregate, flexVol, qtree creation
Oracle DB startup and shutdown and prepare system for regular refreshes in SAP landscape
Identified areas of improvement in existing systems and proposed changes accordingly.
User administration and security hardening for productive systems
Management of various services and daemons and its configurations
LAN interface administrations and route configuration
Configuration and administration of RAID, Solaris volume manager and Storage SAN & NAS volumes
Create patch schedule and perform patching
Work on Incident and Change tickets and adhere to ITIL standard.