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akjprajapati/README.md

ASHISH KUMAR

An IT professional since July 2011, worked at a number of companies gaining variety of technical experience, teamwork and leadership skills.

Qualifications:

SKILLS

Linux, AWS, GCP, Azure, Bash, Python, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, MySQL, Postgresql, Snyk, OWASP ZAP.

Work Experience.

Lead DevOps -- Kloud9 Technologies -- Feb 2022 - Oct 2022

Roles and responsibilities—

➢ Automating the infra provisioning using terraform for AWS, GCP and Azure cloud platforms.
➢ Automating tasks using ansible playbooks and bash / python scripts.
➢ Working on serverless projects which involve lambda and serverless framework.

Projects—

➢ Modularization of the terraform code.
➢ Implementation of terraform for Kubernetes resource creation on cloud platforms.
➢ Implementation of packer and ansible provisioner with terraform.

Sr. Tech Support Engineer -- Yugabyte Software India Pvt. Ltd. -- Mar 2021 - Nov 2021

Roles and responsibilities—

➢ Automating the infra provisioning using terraform & ansible on AWS and GCP.
➢ Kubernetes Infra provisioning and deployment of applications on the kubernetes clusters using helm.
➢ Troubleshooting of customer (K8S) Infra and YugaByte DB issues.
➢ Providing YBDB support to the customers in coordination with the Engineering team.

Site Reliability Engineer -- VMware Software India Pvt. Ltd. -- Jul 2020 - Mar 2021

Projects (Individual Contributor role.)

➢ Centralization of monitoring by Wavefront using AWS lambda.
➢ Centralization of log collection on logz.io using lambda.
➢ Centralization of scripts and scheduled tasks using AWS lambda (python scripts).
➢ Automated alerting setup to a slack channel using AWS lambda (python scripts).

Technical Lead -- EiNFOCHIPS -- Feb 2018 - Jan 2020

Roles and responsibilities—

➢ Leading team of 10 members and taking daily standup and weekly scrum meetings etc.
➢ Architecting new AWS / GCP infra and defining its process.
➢ Providing required training and skill upgradation in the team.
➢ Leading Administration of Azure infrastructure.
➢ Evaluation and Implementation of new technologies which is best suitable for our applications and infra.
➢ Providing permanent solutions of complex and resurfacing issues.
➢ Implementation of IaC using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Python etc. for AWS, GCP and Azure infra.
➢ Assigning tasks and following up on Jira tickets, creating performance reports and velocity charts using Jira.
➢ AWS cost analysis and implementation of cost optimised infra as required.
➢ Security risk assessment and mitigation strategy using Qualys guard scan.

Projects—

➢ IAM Key Rotation automation using lambda.
➢ Zabbix & AppDynamics monitoring system setup.
➢ Implementation of AWS Auto Scaling (with and without LB).
➢ Automating Route53 record modifications using lambda.
➢ Implementation of AWS cross account roles across the infra.
➢ Containerization of the services and applications using Kubernetes (on Azure VMs) and AWS EKS.

Linux Admin -- Rave Technologies -- July 2016 - Jan 2018

Roles and responsibilities—

➢ Administering 2000+ Servers on AWS using puppet (open source and enterprise).
➢ Automating tasks like db updation, scheduled jobs using Puppet and bash/python scripts.
➢ Taking care of CI / CD using Jenkins, bamboo, git.
➢ Centralised config management of all the servers including web servers and databases using puppet.
➢ Providing shared drive solution using NFS, EFS, samba etc.

Projects—

➢ Migrating servers from vSphere to AWS EC2 using lift and shift.
➢ OS upgradation across AWS infra.
➢ Implementation of antivirus and HIDS across AWS infra.
➢ Setup process for periodic security audit.
➢ Containerization of bamboo builds using Docker.
➢ Implementation of lambda functions to automate tasks.

Sr. Executive - Infra -- ControlCase -- Feb 2014 - Jul 2016

Roles and responsibilities—

➢ Centralising the monitoring and alerting system using AWS cloudwatch and Nagios plugins.
➢ Managing server level configurations using Puppet across the board.
➢ Automating the replete tasks using bash and python scripts in conjunction with puppet.
➢ Network administration — Firewalls (Cisco & Fortinet), AWS VPC NACL, route tables and security groups.
➢ Implementation of IPS, IDS and HIDS (OSSEC) in the infrastructure.
➢ Troubleshooting SIEM related issues in the customers’ infrastructure.
➢ Implementation of auto scaled infra on AWS.

Projects—

➢ Automating backup process.
➢ Implementation of PCI-DSS directives across the board.
➢ Migration of on premise / vSphere infra to AWS.
➢ Implementation of Git, Puppet & terraform on AWS.
➢ Implementation of MFA and SSL for all kinds of access and authentication.
➢ Defining process and automation for patching and security updates on the linux servers.

Project Engineer -- CDAC -- Jul 2011 - Feb 2014

Roles and responsibilities—

➢ Migrating the servers of INDIAN NAVY from windows to BOSS Linux
➢ Training naval personnel to operate and use Linux.
➢ Implementation of Samba and LDAP to replace AD.
➢ Encryption of attached disks.
➢ Setup centralised authentication for Printer access.
➢ Setup a local repository for device drivers and security updates.

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