Uttam Kumar Jaiswal

With a strong drive and genuine empathy, I am a dedicated professional committed to achieving targets and goals that benefit the client, organization, and team. Throughout my 20-year IT career, I have gained extensive experience working with a diverse range of organizations, from the esteemed public sector giant SAIL (Bokaro Steel Plant) to dynamic startups. Collaborating with teams of various age groups, experience levels, and cultural backgrounds has greatly enhanced my leadership skills in guiding teams towards success. I have successfully managed and motivated teams, as well as contributed to the development of innovative solutions by creating roadmaps for startups. My expertise lies in IT infrastructure, security, cloud computing, and open-source technologies. Currently, I am focused on adding value in the areas of Cloud/IT Infrastructure management, account management, and program management to drive increased profitability for the organization.

• 2023-2024, SkillMine Technology and Consulting, Enhancement of DevOps practice., Guided team for implementation of Automation of product deployment using docker compose., Enhancement of pipelines for security testing using Snyk, Trivy., Automated Email of reports from pipeline., GitOps using ArgoCD and implementation of scripts for maintenance and migration., HPA implementation integrated with DigitalOcean Node autoscaler., Monitoring, Observability and Logging solution using Grafana, Prometheus and Loki., Cronjob implementation in Kubernetes., Hashicorp Vault implementation., Automated backups of Cluster configs, Mongo DBs, DNS records etc., OpenVPN setup for restricted access to resources., Client infra setup on AWS/EKS., RBAC based access to Kubernetes clusters.
• 2022-2023, SkillMine Technology and Consulting, Streamlining of DevOps practice for inhouse IT Infra team., Optimizing processes and practices., Monitoring and management of cloud workloads.
• 2021-2022, SkillMine Technology and Consulting, Account Management and Delivery for 6 parallel project running for the organization., Technologies: Agile, Scrum, Docker.
• 2018-2020, Kavach Networks, Lead a software development Team for building web and mobile based applications for clients., Technologies: Python/Django.
• 2014-2018, Kavach Networks, R&D on Cloud solutions., Technologies: KVM, LXC, Openstack, Oracle VirtualBox and VMware.
• 08/2013, Kavach Networks, Installation and configuration of Virtualization platform and Open Source application., Technologies: Virtualization using KVM and OpenVZ, Openldap, Samba integration, Project collaboration solution (Codendi).
• 02/2012, In-house for Kavach Networks, Installation and configuration of Virtualization platform and Open Source application., Technologies: Virtualization using KVM and OpenVZ, LVM, NFS.
• 2005-2012, In-house for Kavach Networks, SoC and managed SIEM as a service., Technologies: AlienVault OSSIM.
• 2005-2014, Kavach Networks, Open-source Firewall, Mail server, office/application server., Technologies: Linux- Debian, RHEL/CentOS, Gentoo, IPTables, IP route2, HTB, VPN, Squid, Squid-Gaurd, DansGuardian, Bind DNS, ISC dhcp, Samba, LDAP, PostgreSql, MySql, SNMP, MRTG, Cacti, Nagios, CVS, Subversion, GIT, Postfix, Amavis, Spamassassin, Thin client implementation, SMS gateway, VOIP -Asterisk, Open-source applications, Security VA/PT audit, Nessus, Nmap.
• 2004, Kavach Networks, Corporate Email Hosting solution., Technologies: Linux, Postfix, Amavis, Spamassassin, Postgres, LDAP, Apache, PHP.
• 11/2003 to 12/2004, CorpShield, IS Manager for Professional Access, Bangalore., Responsibilities included Network Planning, IT Infrastructure planning and sizing, IS Management, Vendor Management, IT Policy.
• 10/2002 to 05/2004, CorpShield, Management's representative to head the team as a IT Manager on a part time basis., Helped in streamlining the IT functions so as to meet the SLA and impart high levels of satisfactory services to the development team.
• 04/2002 to 10/2002, CorpShield, Implemented a diskless solution for all the client workstations using commodity hardware.
• 01/2001 to 03/2002, Netkraft Pvt Ltd, Promoted Linux implementation in the Server room., Implemented the first firewall in the organization with Iptables.

• Date of Birth: 12/12/68
• Nationality: Indian

• Kubernetes, Terraform, 2022, Online, self learning
• DevOps, 2021, Online, self learning
• Agile /Scrum Framework, 2021, Udemy, self learning
• Python-Django/DRF, 2020, Udemy, self learning
• Official training for PMP, 2014, Adept Technologies, Bangalore
• Official training for ECSA, 2013, Adept Technologies, Bangalore
• PostgreSQL administration, 2010, EnterpriseDB, Bangalore
• Official training for CISSP, 2008, MIEL E-Security, Bangalore
• ISO-27001 implementation, 2007, BSI
• Solaris administration, 2000, Radiance Technologies, Bangalore
• E-commerce development, 1998, WebTech, Kolkata
• Application software for Hot Strip Mill automation, 1996, Voest Alpine, Linz, Austria
• Soft skills & communication, 1995, Bokaro Steel Plant
• ISO-9000 /QMS, 1994, Bokaro Steel Plant