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SAIKARUN D

Hyderabad

Summary

Senior Solutions Engineer with expertise in AWS cloud architecture and automation. Achieved 25% cost savings through resource optimization and implemented CI/CD pipelines for efficient deployments. Proficient in CloudFormation and Python, while excelling in cross-functional collaboration to enhance operational efficiency and resolve complex technical challenges.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

SENIOR SOLUTIONS ENGINEER

TECHMAHINDRA
Hyderabad
06.2019 - Current
  • Managed 8 AWS accounts, including the setup and configuration of EC2 instances, RDS databases, VPCs, Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs), CloudFront distributions, Route 53 hosted zones, and health checks.
  • Configured and optimized AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda to meet performance and availability requirements.
  • Architected and deployed scalable and resilient cloud solutions on AWS, resulting in improved performance and cost savings.
  • Implemented security best practices in AWS environments, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.
  • Led successful migrations of on-premises applications to AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring seamless transitions, and minimal disruption.
  • Automated routine tasks and workflows using Python and AWS Lambda, enhancing operational efficiency, and reducing manual errors.
  • Conducted thorough performance optimization and cost analysis of AWS resources, identifying opportunities for improvement and savings.
  • Collaborated with development teams to deploy and manage applications on AWS cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability and reliability.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve issues in production environments, ensuring minimal downtime.
  • Provided expert-level support for AWS cloud infrastructure, resolving complex technical issues, and ensuring high availability and performance.
  • Analyzed and diagnosed system and network issues in AWS environments, implementing effective solutions, and preventive measures.
  • Collaborated with L2 support teams and customers to troubleshoot and resolve escalated issues in a timely manner.
  • Conducted root cause analysis (RCA) for critical incidents, identifying underlying issues, and implementing corrective actions.
  • Developed and maintained documentation, knowledge base articles, and best practices for troubleshooting AWS-related issues.
  • Engaged with AWS support teams, and escalated issues as needed to ensure timely resolution of customer issues.
  • Participated in on-call rotations and responded to emergency situations to mitigate service disruptions and minimize downtime.
  • Contributed to the development of support tools, automation scripts, and monitoring solutions to improve operational efficiency.
  • Migrated on-premise infrastructure to AWS, including lift-and-shift and refactoring projects.
  • Developed and maintained CloudFormation templates and Ansible playbooks to provision reproducible environments.
  • Built a CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and CodePipeline to automate application deployments across dev, staging, and prod environments.
  • Implemented centralized logging via Elastic Stack (ELK) and integrated it with CloudWatch metrics and alarms.
  • Designed and deployed a chatbot using AWS Lex, Lambda, and DynamoDB to handle Tier 1 support queries.
  • Introduced cost tagging, resource optimization, and rightsizing strategies—resulting in ~25% monthly savings.

InfraOps Engineer:

  • Managed around 5,000 servers, both physical and virtual.
  • Primarily responsible for providing support for Windows and VMware operations for production and non-production environments globally.
  • Handled tickets on ServiceNow ticketing system and Maximo.
  • Working with various incidents on all VM, Physical, ILO, NIC Teaming, Firmware up gradation, server H/W and production application issues as per auto generated and user created incidents.
  • Supported for multiple customers in implementation and managing Azure cloud environment.
  • Working on user profile and user sessions issue.
  • Handling issues related to AD, DHCP, DNS.

Education

BTECH -

JNTU
Hyderabad, India
05.2009

Skills

  • S3
  • EC2
  • Amazon AWS
  • Cloud Computing
  • RDS
  • Lambda
  • IAM
  • CloudFormation
  • VPC
  • Route 53
  • CloudWatch
  • CloudTrail
  • Terraform
  • git/Jenkins
  • CI/CD pipeline
  • Automation scripting
  • VMware Technologies
  • VSphere
  • ESXi
  • VCenter Server
  • VMware HA
  • DRS
  • VMotion
  • VRealize Suite
  • Containerization
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Scripting
  • Python
  • PowerShell
  • Networking
  • VPN
  • Direct Connect
  • Monitoring & Logging
  • Elasticsearch
  • Security
  • Identity & Access Management
  • Security Groups
  • Encryption
  • Compliance
  • Operating Systems
  • Windows Server
  • Linux

Timeline

SENIOR SOLUTIONS ENGINEER

TECHMAHINDRA
06.2019 - Current

BTECH -

JNTU
SAIKARUN D