Hari Iyer
Mumbai
Summary
Accomplished Akamai & Web Server Lead with demonstrated expertise in optimizing cloud infrastructure and enhancing performance.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Akamai & Web Server Lead
Akamai & Web Server Lead — Wipro Limited
04.2021 - Current
- Engineered Akamai CDN configurations for a global luxury brand, improving website load times by 28% across 40+ markets.
- Automated CDN, DNS, and WAF provisioning with Terraform & Akamai APIs, reducing deployment cycle from 2 weeks to 3 days.
- Developed custom Akamai EdgeWorkers for script injection and security integrations.
- Implemented adaptive image acceleration and caching policies, reducing bandwidth costs by 25% annually.
Senior Infrastructure Manager
IN10 Media
Mumbai
12.2019 - 04.2021
- Architected OTT streaming backend using Akamai ION & Limelight CDN, improving video start-up times by 35%.
- Migrated VOD, Live TV, and static content to Limelight in under 2 months with zero downtime.
- Containerized APIs in Kubernetes and integrated with Jenkins pipelines for automated deployment.
Manager – DevOps & Middleware
Reliance Industries Ltd
Navi Mumbai
10.2014 - 12.2019
- Designed and deployed high-availability Kubernetes clusters for enterprise apps.
- Automated disaster recovery and production deployments with Ansible, reducing downtime by 40%.
- Managed load balancing and fault tolerance for mission-critical middleware services.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Mumbai University
MumbaiBachelor of Science - Information Technology
Mumbai University
MumbaiSkills
- Akamai ION and EdgeWorkers
- Image and video management
- Cloudlets and Edge DNS
- NetStorage solutions
- Kona Site Defender
- Bot management
- API security measures
- DDoS protection strategies
- AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ELB)
- Azure fundamentals knowledge
- Kubernetes orchestration
- Terraform scripting
- Jenkins automation
- Nginx configuration
- SSL/TLS protocols
- Performance tuning techniques
- Reverse proxy setup
- Access control systems
- CI/CD pipeline management
- Infrastructure as code practices
- API integration skills
- Monitoring and alerting systems
- Akamai configuration expertise
- CDN management skills
Websites
Certification
- Akamai Web Application & API Protection, 2022
- Akamai Bot Manager Advanced, 2022
- Akamai Media Delivery Foundations, 2022
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator – CKA, 2021
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals, 2021
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate, Expired – renewal planned
- HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, Expired – renewal planned
Credly
credly.com/users/hari-iyer.1db25867/ba
Core Expertise
Akamai ION, EdgeWorkers, Image & Video Manager, Cloudlets, Edge DNS, NetStorage, Akamai Kona Site Defender, Bot Manager, API Security, DDoS mitigation, AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ELB), Azure Fundamentals, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Nginx, SSL/TLS, performance tuning, reverse proxy, access control, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code, API integration, monitoring & alerting
Languages
Tamil
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2
Hindi
Elementary (A2)
A2
Malayalam
Beginner (A1)
A1
Russian
Elementary (A2)
A2
Marathi
Elementary (A2)
A2
References
References available upon request.
Timeline
Akamai & Web Server Lead
Akamai & Web Server Lead — Wipro Limited
04.2021 - Current
Senior Infrastructure Manager
IN10 Media
12.2019 - 04.2021
Manager – DevOps & Middleware
Reliance Industries Ltd
10.2014 - 12.2019
Master of Science - Information Technology
Mumbai University
Bachelor of Science - Information Technology
Mumbai University
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