Vivek Salunkhe
Infra Dev Specialist
Pune
Summary
I am an IT professional with 9.5+ years of experience in IT Infrastructure and DevOps with hands-on experience supporting, automating, and optimizing mission critical deployments in Azure DevOps, leveraging configuration management, CI/CD and DevOps processes. In my hitherto career, I have learned that Knowledge is the key for Empowerment in this world and inspired by this thought, I always try to expand the horizon of my knowledge by learning, experiencing and practicing. This approach has helped me to practice my IT profession with better Individual Contribution, better Management and Decision-making skills. It has also inspired me to handle the Major Incidents and Changes efficiently and with adherence to agreed SLA requirements in the service. This has ensured the better delivery of Values from me to the Business and Organization.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
12
12
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
1
1
Language
Work History
Advance DevOps & Cloud Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions, ING BANK
Pune
07.2019 - Current
- Create and maintain fully automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Azure DevOps
- End to end support management for Azure DevOps Pipeline with multi skilled knowledge to assist major capability teams
- First & Second line support for more than 1000+ teams & catering to the requirements of IT4IT (End Engineers)
- Extensive & crucial core member of the decommissioning process of the Linux pipeline & adaption of Azure DevOps Pipeline
- Lead knowledge transfer from Organizational stand point for adoption of Azure DevOps
- Responsible for major CI certification management
- Act as contributor towards ensuring that meet banking compliance quality standards
- Work on reporting of the accurate data with regards to software & component vulnerabilities for 200+ servers
- Extract & analyses Service Now support data & provide it to the internal stakeholders
- Monitoring & management of on-premise agents using SCOM through Ansible automation
- Setup end to end (CI/CD) DevOps environment on Azure DevOps
- Deploy Infrastructure using ARM templates for Azure PaaS services with deployment tools such PowerShell and Azure DevOps, linked template deployments and updating Resources with ARM template
- Provide technical oversight and guidance during client’s engagement execution
- Design and Implement Azure DevOps (CI/CD) pipelines to deploy Application to Azure Web App
- Implement best Cloud security practices using Manage Identity, Service Principal, Azure Key Vault, Advanced Data Securities etc.
- Deploy and Integrate Azure WebApp with Azure Container Registry to pull Custom Docker Image
- Creating Custom Docker Image and push to Azure Container Registry
- Configure SSO/ Authentication/ Authorization for Azure Web App
- Monitoring Azure Security Canter and remediate and implement required securities
- Managing, creating users and providing user level (RBAC) access in Azure
- Creating Custom RBAC Roles to prevent actions for users
- Taking complete responsibility of onboarding new Teams (Purpose Space) and giving required permissions to access Azure feature
- OS patching on Linux servers using Ansible playbooks
- Design and implemented customized Azure DevOps extension for code quality analysis using SonarQube
- Well versed with concepts like CI/CD, Build and Release management, Source Code Control, Git tags, branching and merging, pull requests
- Experience working with Agile and distributed teams
- Linux and Windows system administration
- Experience in managing, monitoring and maintaining production infrastructure
- Used Azure resources such as ACR, Azure key vaults
- Managed user stories and tasks in Azure Boards
- Played scum master role, helped team in hurdles/blockers in their work
- Managing TFS Infrastructure, upgrading build agent’s capability, troubleshooting of build and release failures
- Onboarding team projects in TFS collection
- Responsible for maintaining 1500+ TFS Team Projects
- Migration of TFS projects to Azure DevOps
- Onboarded and trained 10+ new hires, mentored them with all required tools and skills for project
- Interviewed 20+ candidates for Level 1 DevOps Engineer role for team, focusing on Linux and Docker.
- Collaborated on stages of systems development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
GCC L1
Symantec Global Command Centre
Pune
10.2017 - 04.2019
- Major Incident Management and Event Management (L2)
- Validating all Incidents reported to Global Command Centre by IT Service Desk and identifying Major Incident (P1/P2) based on their current or potential impact to business
- Facilitate multiple groups to provide solutions on live bridges for software, hardware, and network issues with Global teams
- For Non-Major Incidents (P3/P4), coordinating with Technical Teams for resolution within stipulated SLA
- Ensuring presence of all required Stakeholders in Incident Resolution process
- Managing Major Incidents associated with Subscription Platform Services (Revenue Platform)
- Managing Critical Alerts (Event Management) appearing in ScienceLogic Monitoring Tool
- Scheduling Maintenance of Configuration Items impacted by Planned Change or Maintenance to Service
- Engaging Vendors, Service Providers to ensure quick resolution of Incidents
- Regularly review performance and trends in response to incidents and provide recommendations to Service Manager for service improvement
- Co-ordinate with Service/Application Owners manager in validating Application post Major Change.
Network Operations Specialist
Genpact India Pvt. Ltd
Pune
07.2015 - 09.2017
- Symantec Global Command Centre Event Management (L1)
- Responsible for monitoring Symantec global infrastructure, network connectivity, and system availability
- Monitor all network connections for global Symantec network and work with vendors, network team and local contacts to resolve all issues
- Manage all server and network alerts using Science Logic Monitoring tool
- Manage Business-critical devices and application within IT environment and suspend monitoring alerts as applicable
- Creating Informational Changes for Vendor Maintenance notification and tracking progress of those Changes, Support Services
L1 NOC Engineer
Tata Communications
Pune
09.2014 - 06.2015
- Ticketing Tools - Remedy for Incident handling
- Configuration of Customer routers using OSPF, BGP/ Static, Routing protocols, Qos to rate limit/ prioritize traffic
- Configuration of HSRP in case of dual links
- Configuration on Switches of v-lans, VTP, Port fast, Port-security
- To prepare daily, weekly and monthly reports of utilization, availability, health and summery reports
- Prepare Executive reports for customer’s
- Provide technical Support, maintenance and troubleshooting of Network problems
- Monitoring router status and network traffic
- Knowledge about WAN technologies
- Troubleshooting network issues and fixing faults within SLA timelines.
Network Engineer
Tata Teleservices LTD
Mumbai
12.2012 - 05.2014
- To setup and support LAN
- Provide technical Support, maintenance and troubleshooting of Network problems
- Monitoring router status and network traffic
- Knowledge about WAN technologies
- Escalation to Various vendors
- Troubleshooting network issues and fixing the faults within the SLA timelines
- Attempt to resolve calls through Remote Control tools.
Graduate Engineer trainee
Tata Teleservices LTD
Mumbai
09.2011 - 08.2012
- Worked on IBM TIVOLI to ensure 100% network security
- (TIM, TAM E-SSO, TSIEM, TRC)
- TIM -Manages details of all end user's details who access network elements
- TAM E-SSO- Provides single sign on to network element for end users terminal
- TSIEM-Collects and manages, process /events/logs of network elements
- TRC - Controls remote MS windows machine captures video log
- 24/7 Network Security Management for TTSL wireless and wire line network elements deployed PAN India
- Collect logs from Log management in all nodes to local PC and TSIEM server
- Change Request final approval as per defined SLA and policy
- Preparing Activity Tracker Sheet which lists persistent issues and analyzes how to reduce such issues for efficient function of system and Time Management.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Shivnagar Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s College of Engineering, Malegaon
Baramati 04.2001 - 04.2011
H.S.C - undefined
K.J.Somaiya Junior College, Mumbai University
S.S.C -
C.A.S.M.V, Maharashtra
04.2001 - 04.2003
Skills
Microsoft Azure & Azure DevOps
Certification
Microsoft Azure Devops Engineer Certified AZ400
Accomplishments
- Certifications: -, B.E project: - GPS based navigation for blind with voice playback facility
- T.E project (Mini project): - IR tracking robot
Timeline
Advance DevOps & Cloud Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions, ING BANK
07.2019 - Current
GCC L1
Symantec Global Command Centre
10.2017 - 04.2019
Network Operations Specialist
Genpact India Pvt. Ltd
07.2015 - 09.2017
L1 NOC Engineer
Tata Communications
09.2014 - 06.2015
Network Engineer
Tata Teleservices LTD
12.2012 - 05.2014
Graduate Engineer trainee
Tata Teleservices LTD
09.2011 - 08.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Telecommunication
Shivnagar Vidya Prasarak Mandal’s College of Engineering, Malegaon
04.2001 - 04.2011
S.S.C -
C.A.S.M.V, Maharashtra
04.2001 - 04.2003
H.S.C - undefined
K.J.Somaiya Junior College, Mumbai University
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