• Developed IaC (Terraform, Azure DevOps pipelines) for core business application lift and shift to Azure. Fixed gaps in the solution architecture.
• Developed migration roadmap through gap analysis and implemented the roadmap items.
• Implemented network security through workload segmentation, nsg rules, bastion host and outbound Internet traffic control through Azure Firewall.
• Site-to-site VPN connections to several data centers and Virtual WAN, Virtual Hub.

• SME and Technical Leadership for the new SaaS platform, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Azure DevOps and other DevOps technology stack
• Created and implemented Azure landing zone concept
• Improved developer experience through documentation and teams
• Continuous improvement of IaC (Terraform code), Azure DevOps pipelines and updated target environments
• Continuous improvements to Kubernetes environments and Application delivery (ArgoCD)
• Created Infrastructure roadmap and successful implementation of production environment for the new SaaS platform

• Improved performance, reliability and availability of ecommerce sites hosted on Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) & other Azure services
• Successful migration of one of the ecommerce sites to the new infrastructure as part of the larger task force
• Successful implementation of infrastructure changes to meet the incoming traffic for Black Friday and Holiday season
• Implemented Blue/Green for deployments to minimize impact of newer versions for the ecommerce site users
• Improved performance of the CI/CD (TeamCity) setup to improve build and deployment times
• Upgraded Terraform codebase from v0.13 to v1.0 and upgraded several AKS clusters and Kubernetes components (ingress, cert-manager, etc)

• Refactored and upgraded Terraform code to v0.12.x
  
• Reviewed Kubernetes (AKS) clusters setup, deployment configurations and proposed security, scalability and deployment model improvements
• Improved backend services availability and separation of components through implementation of API Gateway (Ambassador) for Microservices
• Completed Istio Poc to test and verify the compatibility with microservices
• Improved microservices deployment times and flexibility using helm upgrades and Jenkins pipelines
• Implemented Kubernetes setup and deployment enhancements
• Implemented (Istio) JWT Token validation for backend services

• Operated & Optimized GitLab pipelines to deploy and modify Azure Services (AKS, Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Storage, etc.)
• Updated and added Terraform definitions to improve stability of infrastructure deployments
• Proposed and Implemented solutions to meet the security compliance
• Solved complex issues to improve reliability of Kubernetes clusters and application services
• Supported Istio task force to test, deploy Control Plane and relevant microservice configurations from dev to production rollout
• Code Reviews, proposed improvements & new platform features

• Kubernetes Clusters (AKS) Creation and Validation
• Developing Application Deployment Specifications
• Integration of Azure Log Analytics and Container Registry (ACR)
• Developed Terraform Templates for Azure Resource Deployments

Cloud LAN Services Design

• Designed future mode of operations for Azure and AWS environments
• Worked with global team of architects for integrations and approvals
• Created implementation plan for the approved design

Cloud Operations Transition

• Provided technical knowledge, guidance for AWS Cloud Services
• Contributed to the initial phase of SCOM transition discovery

Build Azure Operations

• Designed and Implemented Azure Operational processes and tools.
• Hired and trained a team in Azure and managed services operations.

Azure Operations Delivery

• Designed and Implemented Azure Infrastructure solutions for customers.
• Hands-on operating customer Azure and Windows Environments.

Email & Data Migrations, Data Discovery

• Migrated email from internal exchange and google apps to Office 365.
• Migrated File Server to newer hardware and Windows Server.
• Installed and configured SharePoint to enable search on file server data.

Infrastructure Review

• Provided recommendations and proof of concept, to meet the availability and load balancing of application, as per business requirements.

• Point of contact for infrastructure design changes and implementations.
• Handled technical escalations from service desk.
• Played an important role in retaining the customer.

• Designed and Implemented solutions for internal and external customers.
• Internal and Hosted data center setup and production rollout.
• Virtualized the infrastructure, upgraded Active Directory and Exchange.