Shashi Kumar H M
Azure Cloud Consultant
Bangalore
Summary
Experienced Azure Cloud Consultant with nearly 18 years of expertise in optimizing cloud infrastructure. Proficient in designing, implementing, and maintaining cloud-based systems for peak performance and security. Skilled at resolving complex issues and delivering innovative solutions to enhance operational efficiency. Extensive knowledge of Azure and AWS Cloud platforms, with a successful history of application migration and integration. Strong communication and leadership abilities, dedicated to working with diverse teams to meet organizational goals. Committed to continuous professional development to stay current with industry trends and technologies.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
2011
2011
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Consultant
HCL Technologies
11.2018 - Current
- Worked as Operation Manager and Technical Lead for cloud operation team.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to successfully deliver comprehensive solutions for clients.
- Managed client relationships through regular check-ins and updates on project progress.
- Enhanced communication among team members to foster collaborative and supportive work environment.
- Identified areas of improvement for clients'' operations, implementing targeted solutions to increase productivity.
- Streamlined internal processes to enhance team efficiency and improve overall project outcomes.
- Conducted risk assessments for business processes, recommending measures to mitigate potential impacts.
- Educated staff on organizational mission and goals to help employees achieve success.
- Involved in multiple Azure projects design and implementation
- Knowledge on Various Cloud Service Models, including IaaS, PaaS and Supporting deployment models, including Private, Public, and Hybrid cloud.
- Administration, Configuration, support, and Design for Microsoft Cloud Windows Azure.
- Hands on experience of managing Microsoft Azure Services via Azure Portal & PowerShell.
- Good Experience in Creation and Management of Azure IAAS services.
- Involved in Migration of Onprem DC to Azure services.
- Involved in ASR migration(Migrate Vmware workload to Azure cloud) activity.
- Experience in designing and configuring Azure Virtual Networks (VNet), Subnets, Azure network settings, DNS Settings, Security policies (NSG's), UDR's (Routing), Load Balancers and Resource Groups.
- Implementation and Support Global Security for cloud resources, Deploy, Configure, Integrate, Identify, analyze Azure resources.
- Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNets and subnets.
- Designed VNets and subscriptions to confirm to Azure Network Limits.
- Exposed Virtual machines and cloud services in the VNets to the Internet using Azure External Load Balancer.
- Provided high availability for IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances for access from other services in the VNet with Azure Internal Load Balancer.
- Implemented high availability with Azure Classic and Azure Resource Manager deployment models.
- Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets.
- Setup Azure Virtual Appliances (VMs) to meet security requirements as software-based appliance functions (firewall, WAN optimization and intrusion detections).
- Utilized NSGs for layer 4 Access Control List (ACLs) for incoming and outgoing packets.
- Leveraged VNET system routes and underlying route table that holds Local VNet Rules, On-premises Associated routes with Virtual networks via the route table per relationship constraints.
- Configured BGP routes to enable ExpressRoute connections between on premise data centers and Azure cloud.
- Azure security center administration.
- Manage and Create Storage Account and Affinity Group in Azure Portal.
- Capture an image of a Virtual Machine.
- Attaching a Disk to a Virtual Machine.
- Manage and create Virtual Network and End Points in Azure Portal.
- Deploying VM's, Storage, Network and Affinity Group through PowerShell Script.
- Azure Backup Configure and Restore Azure Virtual Machine using Azure Backup.
- Recovery Services Vault Management.
- Part of the MS Private Cloud Build and Operations team.
- Hands on experience with managing and troubleshooting System Center Products such as Data Protection Manager (DPM), SCVMM & knowledge on System Centre Orchestrator.
- Configuring & implementation of Data Protection Manager Solution for backup of the fabric & tenant virtual instances.
- Configuration of Data Protection Groups, Backup retention & running scheduled backups using Data Protection Manager.
- Configuring workload recovery, Virtual Machine & Cluster protection using DPM.
- Experience on working with SOFS servers, creation of storage pools, virtual disks and allocations.
- Implementation & monitoring of the SCVMM infrastructure.
- Creating various templates using SCVMM for guest deployments, virtual networks & storage.
- Management & administration of the Hyper V guests using the SCVMM as central management console.
- Working experience with Windows Azure portal (WAP), Installation and troubleshooting.
- Performing day to day tasks related to MS Private Cloud Health Checks, patching of Fabric servers using Cluster Aware Updating (CAU) and WSUS.
- Redesign existing Amazon AWS infrastructure to improve security and availability, eliminate single points of failure, enhance maintainability via simplification.
- Deploying, managing, and operating scalable and highly available systems on AWS.
- Configuring Load balancer (ELB) with SSL and without SSL.
- Work with developers and QA engineers to design, test, deploy, document, monitor and maintain Application and components.
- Conduct systems design, feasibility and cost studies and recommend cost-effective cloud solutions.
- Providing technical assistance for all AWS Cloud operations.
- Work directly with Amazon Web Service console to help reproduce and resolve customer issues.
- Meeting customer SLA's, managing updates and Communicate effectively with customers both verbally and in writing.
- Setup EC2 instances, setup storage , IAM, SNS, CDN, auto scaling, cloud formation, setting security groups& cloud watch.
- Providing on-site projects support by using new distributed computing solutions on private cloud and public cloud services.
- Constructed S3 lifecycle of applications and Database logs which includes deleting old logs, archiving logs based on the retention policy and granting rights to authorized users.
- Implemented and maintained the monitoring and alerting of production, corporate servers and storage using AWS cloud watch for efficiency.
- Initiating Amazon EC2 Cloud Instances using Amazon Web Services (Windows/Linux) and managing and configuring launched instances with respect to specific applications.
- Managing users and groups using the amazon identity and access management (IAM).
- Setting up and administering DNS system in AWS using Route53.
- Resolving all tickets using HPSM9 Ticketing tool.
ITO CONSULTANT 3B
HP Enterorise(DXC.Technology)
02.2017 - 11.2018
- Provide technical support and troubleshooting for client's IT systems, including hardware, software, and network infrastructure.
- Practical & working experience with MS Azure & AWS Public clouds.
- Implementing & providing solutions to customers on designing & hosting of instances, network & databases.
- Experience with managing& implementing MS Express Route.
- Experience with MS Azure backup & Storage solutions such as Blob, queues, blocks & managed disks.
- Implementation & migration of on-premises instances to Azure & health monitoring of public hosted instances.
- Experience with working on Azure Fault domain & Update domain for HA implementations.
- Implementation of virtual network’s & S2S, P2S, P2P connectivity in Azure.
- Working knowledge on Network Security Groups, Traffic Manager & Load Balancing.
- Worked on windows servers runtime issues.
- Experience with building Hyper V clusters, provisioning network.
- Worked on both Hyper V generation 1 & 2 versions.
- Experience with Hyper V concepts such as Live, Quick, Chekpoints & Storage migrations.
- Familiar with Hyper V concepts on Dynamic & Fixed memory, disks and there usage.
- Worked on user service requests.
- Worked on HP Proliant(G5,G6, G7 ,G8 & G9 series) and Dell servers.
- Administration on Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers.
- Handled the L2 escalated tickets.
- Worked as a shift lead and manage the team.
- Worked on HP SM9 ticketing tool.
- Worked on Problem, Incident, Capacity & Change management processes.
- Implemented patching and non-patching changes.
- Server patching done through HPSA tool.
- Worked on Availability management.
- Handling the crisis management calls.
- PSP and firmware upgradation.
- Configuration and Management of all Network printers.
- Performed hardware replacement and troubleshooting for the Dell Rack servers and HP Blade servers.
- Handled server performance issues.
- Worked on Microsoft Cluster issues.
Technical Leader
KPIT Technology (Client – HP Enterprise)
08.2015 - 01.2017
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members to enhance their skills and knowledge.
- Monitor and track project progress, identify bottlenecks, and implement corrective actions as needed.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks and issues to ensure project timelines and deliverables are met.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project requirements and develop technical solutions.
- Lead and manage a team of technical professionals to ensure successful project delivery.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and quality standards.
- Conduct technical feasibility studies and provide recommendations for project implementation.
- Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance team productivity and efficiency.
SENIOR ENGINEER
Volvo India Private Ltd
04.2012 - 07.2015
- Provide technical expertise and guidance to junior engineers and other team members.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure effective communication and coordination.
- Conduct research and analysis to identify and resolve complex technical issues.
- Lead and manage a team of engineers to ensure successful completion of projects.
- Worked on HP prolient servers.
- Configure and manage ILO(ILO-2,3,4).
- Server RAID configuration and manage.
- Worked on component installation through powershell scripts.
- Worked on Capacity planning.
- Worked on Disk management(Add, extend disks).
- Resolving Server disk space issues, fine tuning of server performance.
- Managing and Troubleshooting Network printers.
- Worked on Problem, Incident, Capacity & Change management processes.
- Manging and configure Symatec Endpoint protection 11 and 12.
- WSUS server maintenance.
- Handling ongoing maintenance activities like Service pack installations, hot fixes, software upgrades, etc.
- Microsoft patching through SCCM.
- Remote management and maintenance of servers.
- Root cause analysis for the server hung/unexpected reboot issues.
- Troubleshooting hardware and operating system related issues.
- Server decommissioning.
- Handling OS and application related runtime issues.
- Managing DFS root hosting.
- IAS/NPS configuration on servers.
- Hyper-V configuration.
- Active directory Users and Groups account Management.
SYETEM ADMINISTRATOR
AXCEND AUTOMATION SOFTWRE SOLUTIONS PVT LTD
05.2008 - 04.2012
- Conduct system audits and ensure compliance with company policies and regulations.
- Create and maintain documentation for system configurations and procedures.
- Collaborate with other IT professionals to resolve complex issues.
- Provide technical support and assistance to end-users.
- Perform regular system backups and recovery procedures.
- Monitor system performance and ensure availability and reliability.
- Install, configure, and troubleshoot hardware and software.
- Manage and maintain computer systems, servers, and networks.
Education
BSc - IT
Universal College
Diplomo - Electronics & Communication Engg
DACG Polytechnic
SSLC - undefined
Hoysala High School
Halebeedu, KarnatakaSkills
- Cloud environment monitoring
- Management of cloud storage solutions
- Cloud infrastructure migration
- Adopting cloud security best practices
- Proficient in networking concepts
- Virtual network configuration
- Designing scalable cloud solutions
- Proficient in virtualization technologies
- Cloud infrastructure management
- Experience with cloud cost management
- Proficient in cloud storage solutions
- Cloud infrastructure performance monitoring
- Proficient in Azure networking concepts
- Cloud infrastructure management
- Cloud solution design and implementation
- Cloud security implementation
Analytical problem-solving
Prioritization and scheduling
Collaborative teamwork
Client management
Assessment of client specifications
Problem-solving skills
Client relationship management
Strategic decision-making
Execution of best practice strategies
Leadership and mentoring
Quality improvement initiatives
Team leadership
Goal-oriented planning
Performance evaluation
Client relationship management
Operational efficiency analysis
Conflict resolution skills
Analytical assessment skills
Workforce coordination
Requirements analysis
Analytical reporting
Effective change implementation
System configuration management
Cost evaluation expertise
Lifecycle management expertise
Disaster recovery strategy
Expert in specific subject area
Proficient in cloud solutions
Efficient server administration
Risk management assessment
Trend analysis
Technical analysis
Technical assessment
Effective troubleshooting skills
Collaborative teamwork
Responsive to new challenges
Certification
Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA), 990988588
Interests
Listening to music
Playing cricket
Reading books
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 08/06/85
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
- Marital Status: Married
Hobbies
Reading Books, Playing Cricket and Listening Music
Timeline
Consultant
HCL Technologies
11.2018 - Current
ITO CONSULTANT 3B
HP Enterorise(DXC.Technology)
02.2017 - 11.2018
Technical Leader
KPIT Technology (Client – HP Enterprise)
08.2015 - 01.2017
SENIOR ENGINEER
Volvo India Private Ltd
04.2012 - 07.2015
SYETEM ADMINISTRATOR
AXCEND AUTOMATION SOFTWRE SOLUTIONS PVT LTD
05.2008 - 04.2012
Diplomo - Electronics & Communication Engg
DACG Polytechnic
SSLC - undefined
Hoysala High School
BSc - IT
Universal College
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