Umesh Ghate
Cloud Engineer At Amazon
Pune
Summary
Resourceful Cloud Engineer experienced in evaluating and assessing client requirements and implementing infrastructure to solve identified problems. Harnessed code and cloud-native technologies to create scalable and user-centric systems. Strong negotiator with excellent value-driven solutions. Developed significant expertise in cloud computing environments, focusing on designing and managing scalable cloud infrastructure. Skilled in troubleshooting, automation, and optimizing performance in complex systems. Seeking to transition into new field, bringing strong foundation in technical problem-solving and project management.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
7
7
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Cloud Engineer
Amazon Web Services
Pune, India
08.2024 - Current
- Designed, deployed, and managed highly available infrastructure on AWS using core services, including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, and Route 53, to support production workloads.
- Provisioned and maintained AWS managed services such as Amazon OpenSearch Service, Amazon MSK (Managed Streaming for Apache Kafka), and Kinesis Data Streams/Firehose; provided 24/7 customer-facing technical support and on-call troubleshooting for clustering, performance, and connectivity issues.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices across development, staging, and production environments.
- Containerized applications with Docker and orchestrated them using Kubernetes (EKS and on-premise); managed pods, deployment services, ingress, Helm charts, and cluster upgrades.
- Built and maintained enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins (Pipeline as Code, Declarative/Scripted), integrating Git, Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes for automated build, test, and deployment processes.
- Implemented observability stacks with Prometheus and Grafana; created custom dashboards, alerts, and Grafana Loki for log aggregation in Kubernetes and AWS environments.
- Developed automation and operational scripts in Python to reduce manual tasks, improve system reliability, and enhance monitoring/alerting workflows.
- Used metrics to monitor application and infrastructure performance.
- Reduced server downtime by proactively monitoring cloud resources and addressing potential issues before they escalated.
- Identified, analyzed and resolved infrastructure vulnerabilities and application deployment issues.
- Enhanced cloud infrastructure efficiency by implementing advanced automation techniques and tools.
- Provided technical support to internal stakeholders, diagnosing and resolving complex issues related to the organization''s cloud environment.
- Evaluated new cloud technologies and recommended solutions that aligned with organizational goals and objectives.
- Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams during major incident response efforts, ensuring timely resolution of critical issues affecting business operations.
- Optimized system performance for increased scalability and reliability through regular maintenance and updates.
- Understood client needs and objectives by conducting proactive customer and data analysis.
- Developed custom scripts to automate cloud operations, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing manual errors.
Systems Engineer
Qualys Inc.
Pune, India
03.2022 - 08.2024
- Performed systems administration on more than 5000 Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, Amazon Linux), Windows Server, and macOS environments, including patching, performance tuning, user management, and security hardening.
- Conducted a vulnerability assessment and remediation using the Qualys Vulnerability Management scanner; generated reports, prioritized findings, and coordinated patching across on-premises and cloud infrastructure.
- Administered VMware vSphere environments (ESXi, vCenter); handled VM provisioning, HA/DRS configuration, storage migration (vMotion, Storage vMotion), and cluster maintenance.
- Provided remote hands and eyes datacenter support for facilities in India, the US, and Europe.
- Contributed towards continuous improvement initiatives aimed at streamlining internal processes and enhancing overall service delivery quality.
- Designed high availability strategies to minimize downtime during critical systems outages or disasters recovery scenarios.
- Improved system performance by identifying and resolving technical issues in a timely manner.
- Completed software updates and assessed security patches for optimized computer use.
- Implemented networking and server changes to meet client budgets and needs.
Education
MCA (Master of Computer Applications) -
SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY
PUNE01.2022
Skills
DevOps principles
Cloud computing
Troubleshooting
Infrastructure as Code(Terraform)
AWS expertise ( Ec2, S3, IAM, VPC, Lambda etc)
Scripting languages (Python, shell script)
Network configuration
Linux, windows, centOs, ubuntu
System Administration
VMware
Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins
OpenSearch, Kafka, Quick-suit
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional
Interests
Bike riding, cooking, Travel, writing Motivational quotes
Accomplishments
- A Contributed to AWS Kendra official documentation by identifying and reporting an outdated API method, replicating the solution using a newer approach, and collaborating with the AWS team to validate and update the documentation. Link - https://docs.aws.amazon.com/kendra/latest/dg/data-source-zendesk.html
- Helped customer to resolve their query over the call to reduce the overall cost for the OpenSearch by suggesting implementing ISM policy to store old indices
- Improved documentation accuracy, ensuring developers had access to the latest and functional implementation details.
- Helped customer to setup infrastructure as a code using terraform to setup aws kinesis stream from cloudwatch metric stream to dynatrace to log analysis, which is not present in documentation did POC on it and provided solution to customer
Quote
There’s no shortage of remarkable ideas, what’s missing is the will to execute them.
Seth Godin
Timeline
Cloud Engineer
Amazon Web Services
08.2024 - Current
Systems Engineer
Qualys Inc.
03.2022 - 08.2024
MCA (Master of Computer Applications) -
SAVITRIBAI PHULE PUNE UNIVERSITY