Nitin Paras
Summary
Experienced Multi-Cloud Engineer skilled in IaaS, PaaS, DevOps, Linux, Windows, VMware vSphere Virtualization, Miration and Architecture. Proficient in AWS & Azure Cloud. Good in IaC Terraform, PowerShell Automation, CI/CD Deployments, Performance optimization & Application Modernization. Proven track record in seamless migration and efficient resource utilization with deep expertise in performance troubleshooting in Windows, VMware & Linux. Committed to staying up to date with cloud advancements. Effective problem solver and team player. Ready to drive cloud transformation for organizations.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
8
8
Certification
Work History
Stack
RDS
- AWS Cloud, EC2, AWS Systems Manager, Open VPN, Terraform, AWS, , Cloud Watch, NAT Gateway, IAM, Windows, Linux, VMware, vRA
- Worked to Setup Client’s Infrastructure from scratch into AWS Cloud IaaS, PaaS which includes HLDs and LLDs using well architected framework, AWS AMIs, IaC as Terraform, the reliable and cost-effective design which saved 40% of Infra costs
- Deployed and setup Open VPN from AWS Market Place for Instances connectivity from anywhere using Open VPN, integrated with Active Directory (LDAP)
- Provisioned 3 Active Directory domains (Parent Child), DNS Servers as per requirement for managing user and server access in a better way
- OS Hardening from GPOs
- Wrote Terraform scripts for EC2 provisioning from using a pre-configured Application AMI and Automation using AWS Run Command document which rename the newly provisioned EC2 and automatically join to Active Directory Domain using domain credentials as Store Parameters
- Automation of monthly Patching of AWS EC2 instances which also includes pre-configured AMIs through Patch manager in AWS Systems Manager
- Worked on other AWS Services such as AWS Cloud Watch, AWS Beanstalk, AWS Amplify, 3-Tier Application Architecture on AWS, AWS AKS provisioning, managing S3 buckets using lifecycle policies
- Worked on vRealize Automation in automating vRA Agent Installation on Blueprint machines using PowerShell scripts
- Client 2 – Currency Exchange Service Based in Bahrain
- Tech Stack - Azure DevOps, AWS EC2, Azure Service Fabric, Neuron, MS SQL Server, Git, PowerShell
- Managing Azure DevOps projects, user access to different projects, tokens and Azure Agents
- Setting up Azure Agent for each environment according to the capacity of CI builds (PR Merges) and faster deployments
- Managing and configuring CI/CD Pipelines according to different environments (Dev, QA, UAT, PROD) and deployments on QA after successful continuous deployments on Dev environment
- Collaboration with developers on any failed PRs, CI deployments or any PR merge issues to develop and master branch
- Applying Hotfixes/Critical bugfixes directly to master branch by merging PR directly to master branch and doing deployment directly on PROD
- Weekly UAT deployments after QA testing, daily pushing/approving deployments on QA environment & monthly PROD deployments to a tested application services version
- Monitoring CI builds for various services after any PR merges to develop branch of any app service
- Creating and configuration of Azure Service Fabric Cluster 3 node, 6 node and deploying application services on service fabric which includes troubleshooting on any service deployment failure
- Participated in performance, load testing of application and setting up cloud watch alerts for required metrics for troubleshoot performance issues on EC2 instances running on AWS Cloud
- Worked on planning on Migration of Azure DevOps to AWS DevOps using AWS Toolkit including cost analysis
- Client 3- Chemicals Company (British-based supplier of high-performance polymers)
- Tech Stack – Azure Cloud, Azure VM, Migration, Windows, Linux, Active Directory, AD Certificate Services, Remote Desktop Services RDS, KMS, MBAM, Azure Update Automation
- Efficiently well Planned RDS CALs migration (2000) from on-prem to Azure VM without any production impact on Manufacturing VMs
- Well planned and executed 2-Tier PKI services migration from on-prem to Azure VMs from Windows 2008 directly to Windows 2019 which included root CA and 2 Sub CAs
- KMS Services migration from on-prem to Azure VM
- Scheduling Monthly Patching using Azure Update Management for the VMs.
Senior Consultant
NCS Pte Ltd
01.2023 - Current
- Managing Infrastructure of an DevSecOps based Application on Azure Cloud.Azure Automation for VM Patching and various other automations such as logic Apps
- Chef Inspect for managing user access compliance
- Application support as needed on EKS, Azure VMs, and various other automation tasks.Ensured adherence to Azure Cloud best practices, implementing cost optimization strategies and monitoring resources for efficient resource utilization.
Cloud Engineer
Rackspace Technology
01.2019 - 12.2023
Systems Admin Advisor
NTT Data
08.2017 - 01.2019
- Infrastructure: Consists of approx
- 4000 VMs on VM Environment
- Windows Server Administration and Performance troubleshooting PowerShell Scripting for Automation
- DELL OME configuration and setup for DELL hardware management
- Capacity planning and management of VMware vSphere Infra with vCenter, ESXi, Storage
- Managing EC2 Instances on AWS Fleet and using cloud watch metrics, AWS Systems Manager for Automation tasks.
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2014 - 08.2017
- Consists of approx
- 5000 VMs on VMware Infrastructure
- VMware SME for VMware infrastructure planning & Management
- ESXi installation, configuration and performance troubleshooting Planned and Executed VMware Infrastructure Upgrade and Patching efficiently
- Deployments of OVA Appliances and VMs using Templates
- Worked on HA, DRS configuration, snapshot restore, VM snapshot analysis
- Performing Snapshots, Disk Consolidation, Cloning, Cold Migrations and cross cluster Migrations by Web-client
- Management of virtual machines, their resource capacity planning, security hardening and monitoring of VMs & ESX servers (CPU, Memory, Disk,
- Network Utilization) for Security Compliance
- Active Directory Users Management, LDAP troubleshooting
- Windows Server Management as well as performance troubleshooting
- PowerShell Scripts for various IT Automation Tasks
- Windows Server Memory Leak Troubleshooting and BugCheck Analysis using WinDBG and various other SysInternals utilities
- Hands-on experience on HP c7000 Enclosures, Blades, ProLiant Series, Dell PowerEdge servers and hardware monitoring.
Specialist
HCL Technologies
03.2013 - 10.2014
- Consists of approx
- 2000 Servers Physical and VMs
- Windows Server Management and Troubleshooting
- Deployments of VMs using VM Templates and OVAs
- VM Snapshots and disk consolidation
- VMware and Servers Alert Monitoring
- Physical Servers Alert Monitoring
- Server Build and Decommission
- PowerShell Scripts for Windows tasks Automation
- Account Lockouts Troubleshooting
- Symantec Veritas NetBackup Client installation and troubleshooting
- SCCM Client troubleshooting and Windows Server Patching.
Associate Engineer
Wipro Technologies
12.2010 - 03.2013
- Infrastructure: Consists of approx
- 600 Physical and VM Servers
- Physical Server Alert Monitoring, Rack and Blade Servers on a Datacenter
- Windows Server Infrastructure Management, Patching using WSUS
- Users and Mailbox creation and management on Exchange 2007
- Users and Group management on Active Directory
- Account Lockout troubleshooting, managing DNS, DHCP
- Datacenter Monitoring, Daily Visit to Datacenter to check alerts, repair and replacement of faulty hardware on Physical Servers.
Education
Diploma - Information technology
Govt Polytechnic College
2010
Skills
- Amazon Web Services
- Microsoft Azure
- Azure DevOps
- IaaS, PaaS
- Git, CI/CD
- Chef Inspec
- Linux System Administration
- Windows Server Administration
- VMware Virtualization
- SQL
- IT Automation & Orchestration
- IT Infrastructure Design
- PowerShell
- Terraform
Certification
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104.
Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals AZ-900.
HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate.
VMware Certified Professional (VCP-DCV).
Microsoft Certified Professional (MCP).
Zerto Certified Professional Cloud Service Provider.
ITILv3 Foundations Certified
Timeline
Senior Consultant
NCS Pte Ltd
01.2023 - Current
Cloud Engineer
Rackspace Technology
01.2019 - 12.2023
Systems Admin Advisor
NTT Data
08.2017 - 01.2019
IT Analyst
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2014 - 08.2017
Specialist
HCL Technologies
03.2013 - 10.2014
Associate Engineer
Wipro Technologies
12.2010 - 03.2013
Stack
RDS
Diploma - Information technology
Govt Polytechnic College