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Ashish Raj

SIMPSONVILLE,SC

Summary

Aws Solution Architect And Azure Network Security Eng. Over 2 years’ experience planning, designing, implementing and maintaining system applications in AWS cloud in window and overall 8+ years in IT related experience. Experience working agile Scrum Software Development cycle with respect to maintenance and configuration. Experience in migrating and implementation of multiple applications from on premise to cloud using Aws services like SMS,DBMS,Cloud formation,S3,Route53 Glacier,EC2,RDS,SQS,SNS,Lambda and VPC. Build servers using AWS, Importing volumes, launching EC2,RDS,creating security groups, auto-scaling, load balancers in the defined virtual private connection. Increased network security by integrating advanced firewall and VPN management tools

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Aws Solution Architect

7-11
03.2023 - Current
  • Design, implement and maintain all AWS infrastructure and services within a managed service environment
  • Implement process and quality improvements through task automation
  • Institute infrastructure as code, security automation and automation or routine maintenance tasks
  • Perform data migration from on premises environments into AWS
  • Support business development lifecycle (Business Development, Capture, Solution Architect, Pricing and Proposal Development)
  • Reduced deployment time for applications through use of AWS Cloud Formation templates.
  • Streamlined AWS infrastructure by implementing best practices in architecture, resulting in improved performance and cost optimization.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams for successful migration of workloads from on-premises data centers to AWS environments.
  • Automated backup strategies using Amazon RDS snapshots, ensuring data integrity during disaster recovery scenarios.
  • Optimized cloud storage solutions with Amazon S3 lifecycle policies, reducing storage costs over time.

Business Analyst

US Software Solutions
06.2015 - 03.2023
  • Orchestrated the establishment and development of detailed BRDs and DFDs using various modeling tools as well as built databases based on the system model
  • Forged strong relationships with subject matter experts and contributed to the success of company progression by assisting stakeholder in completing the assigned tasks
  • Captured both high and low-level business requirements through interviews, document analysis, design workshops, surveys, use cases, and workflow analysis
  • Translated high-level business and user requirements into functional requirements and specified in an appropriate level of detail
  • Steered efforts towards arranging test with the cooperation of QA team in order to verify the implementation of new features and enhancements
  • Streamlined internal control process by implementing processes for the development and documentation of detailed business requirements
  • Sketched and designed business workflow models that covered business processes as well as revised workflow diagrams to analyze AS IS and TO BE scenarios and designed new process flows
  • Regarded as a vital members of Application Development (JAD) Sessions for communicating and managing functional requirements and project expectations
  • Tackled significant challenges by diligently performing defect tracking and change control procedures using rational clear quest, configuration management, and version control using rational clear case
  • Highlighted and defined test cases requirements based in the test plan as part of the development cycle.
  • Reduced operational costs through thorough data analysis and implementing cost-effective solutions.

Account Specialist

First Care Financial
08.2005 - 05.2015
  • Mortgage/Loan Processor with extensive experience and knowledge with mortgage lending policies and regulations, loan processing documentation requirements and loan closing procedures
  • Proficient in analyzing credit and financial data of loan applications
  • Proficiently and competently monitored pipeline to ensure loans close on time, while simultaneously handling other projects and complex client scenarios
  • Enter all data on new loans as received into computer system as needed for initial submission through appropriate loss
  • Maintain an open line of communication with borrowers, loan originator, underwriter, realtor, and/or builder throughout entire process assisting each as needed
  • Monitor all incoming mail and documents for verification information on data used to obtain any loan approval
  • Order credit report and private mortgage insurance from company approved service providers, as required, by the loan approval
  • Self-motivated, with a strong sense of personal responsibility.

Education

National Retail Development Program -

Imperial Oil Limited

Electronics Engineering -

Sheridan College
Brampton, Ontario

Computer Engineering -

T.B.Girwalkar Institute of Technology

Skills

  • Business Modeling Tools: Rational Rose, MS Visio, Star UML, Lucid Chart
  • Processes: Agile, Waterfall, BPM, JAD Sessions
  • Requirements Management: JIRA, IBM DOORS, Rational Requisite Pro
  • Test Reporting Tools: HP ALM (HP Quality Centre)
  • Containerization Technologies
  • Network configuration
  • Databases: MS Access, SQL Server, Oracle
  • Web Application Tools: HTML, Adobe: Acrobat, Photoshop
  • AWS Services: Ec2, Elastic Beanstalk, EFS, VPC, RDS, S3, Glacier, IAM, Kinesis, Cloud Front, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail, Cloud Formation, DynamoDB, Lambda, Route53, SNS, SQS, API Gateway
  • Containerization Technologies

Certification

AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate

Project Management Professional (PMP)

In Progress AWS DevOps Certification

In Progress Azure 104 & 400 Certification

Timeline

Aws Solution Architect

7-11
03.2023 - Current

Business Analyst

US Software Solutions
06.2015 - 03.2023

Account Specialist

First Care Financial
08.2005 - 05.2015

National Retail Development Program -

Imperial Oil Limited

Electronics Engineering -

Sheridan College

Computer Engineering -

T.B.Girwalkar Institute of Technology
Ashish Raj