Vikrant Singh Negi
Ghaziabad
Summary
Dynamic Azure consultant with a proven track record at Microsoft, specializing in cloud migration and modernization. Leveraged Terraform and PowerShell for automation, enhancing DevOps practices. Known for exceptional communication skills and a dependable work ethic, consistently delivering projects that exceed expectations.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Consultant
Microsoft
Noida
06.2024 - Current
- Worked as a DevOps automation engineer and developed several reusable patterns using ADO pipelines, Terraform, CLI, and PowerShell as automation tools. These patterns helped the Migration team during the velocity migration.
- Worked on cloud migration and modernization projects using Azure services like Azure Migrate, DMA, and worked on different aspects such as discovery, assessment, migration, post-migration, and hyper-care support.
- Build landing zones using automation, and have used Azure DevOps to set up different automation pipelines to deploy Azure components, such as VMs, networking components, load balancers, Azure SQL Servers, SQL MIs, app gateways, etc. using Terraform, Bicep, CLI, and PowerShell.
- I worked on one of OpenAI's deployment projects, where we developed Bicep modules that will deploy the Azure OpenAI models, and these models will then be used by data scientists.
Consultant
Deloitte USI
Hyderabad
07.2019 - 06.2021
- Part of Deloitte's Cloud Migration Factory Team, I performed all sorts of on-premises to Azure migration tasks, such as understanding the application landscape, discovery of servers, assessment, migration, and post-migration tasks.
- Conducted workshops to understand the different dependencies of the application.
- Used Azure DevOps to track daily tasks and project deliverables.
- Creating a migration template for each application, which includes a detailed migration plan for that particular app, different dependencies, and server and DB details.
- Running an assessment on servers to get different reports from the ATAVision module, which is Deloitte's inbuilt tool for server migration.
- Performed the actual server migration and ensured all the pre and post-migration steps were performed based on the migration template.
- Developed PowerShell scripts to assist in data gathering from servers to ease the migration process.
- Performed SQL DB migration to PaaS using DMA and DMS services.
- Troubleshooting any post-migration issues, and providing hyper-care support.
Specialist
HCL Technologies
Noida
02.2018 - 07.2019
- Part of the Cloud Practice track involves managing the Azure cloud infrastructure of our client, which has over 1,000 servers across six different subscriptions, along with multiple other Azure services.
- Handling new deployments in Azure, such as VMs, network components, load balancers, storage, etc., using ARM templates and PowerShell.
- Writing Azure PowerShell scripts for task automation.
- Used the Azure Automation account to deploy a runbook that will automatically start and stop a non-production VM during off-business hours for cost-saving.
- Deployed custom role-based access for different teams based on the work they are doing in the Azure portal.
- Creating new Azure policies in Azure to meet customer requirements, such as restricting the creation of any new VNET in the Prod subscription, and adding tags automatically to new resources based on the tags applied to the resource group for identification and chargeback to different business units.
- Using the Security Center to check for any possible threats and advise customers based on any recommendations provided by Microsoft.
- Coordinating with Microsoft in case of any issues at the platform level.
- Handling P1/P2 issues and coordinating with different teams.
- Handling Change Management.
- Administration and troubleshooting with the help of the Dynatrace monitoring tool.
Associate Technical Service Engineer
Fujitsu Consulting India
Pune
10.2017 - 02.2018
- Deploy, configure, and maintain infrastructure on Azure Cloud.
- Troubleshoot Azure-related issues and engage Microsoft for support.
- Automation of different reports for a quick check on disk space, and pending reboot on servers using PowerShell.
- Taking care of change and problem management.
- Taking care of VM backups through the Azure Recovery Service Vault.
- Develop and maintain knowledge base articles.
System Engineer
Tech Mahindra
Hyderabad
12.2014 - 09.2017
- I worked at L2 support and have experience in handling escalated production issues from the L1 support team.
- Performing all the activities with respect to a business request, such as Access Control, Database Objects, Backup and Restore, and Monitoring.
- Administering the Azure infrastructure of the client and performing deployment activities using the CLI or PowerShell.
- Also managing some of the critical SQL databases and performing tasks like ensuring optimal fragmentation levels, and rebuilding/reorganizing indexes.
- Provided training and prepared knowledge base articles for the L1 Support Team.
Education
B.Tech - I.T
Babu Banarsi Das Institute Of Technology
Ghaziabad01.2014
Class XII -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Delhi01.2010
Class X -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Delhi01.2008
Skills
- DevOps and CI and CD implementation
- Terraform, PowerShell, Azure CLI, and Bicep
- ServiceNow, Jira
- SQL Database
- Excellent communication
- Dependable and responsible
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
- Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Fundamentals (AI-900)
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)
Languages
Hindi
First Language
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Timeline
Consultant
Microsoft
06.2024 - Current
Consultant
Deloitte USI
07.2019 - 06.2021
Specialist
HCL Technologies
02.2018 - 07.2019
Associate Technical Service Engineer
Fujitsu Consulting India
10.2017 - 02.2018
System Engineer
Tech Mahindra
12.2014 - 09.2017
B.Tech - I.T
Babu Banarsi Das Institute Of Technology
Class XII -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
Class X -
Kendriya Vidyalaya
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