Ashish Rastogi
Solution Architect | Azure | M365 | SharePoint | Power Platform
Morris Plains,United States
Summary
- Microsoft Certified Professional with almost 16 + years of experience in delivering, designing, development, coding and testing of business/commercial applications
- Collaborate with business and technology organizations to align technology strategy to business strategy and help define architecture that modernize our technology, optimize business processes, and enable the business to compete in the evolving emerging environment.
- Gain organizational commitment for enterprise level architecture and infrastructure initiatives. Lead buy/build assessments and cost benefit analysis and derives effective decision making.
- Build alliances with both internal and external stakeholders to gain support and buy-in on ideas. Partners effectively with business stakeholders and leverages industry knowledge.
- Facilitate solution driven discussions, leads the design for simplification of complex architectures, and finds creative solutions through practical experiments and POCs.
- Works with Product Owners to define roadmap for the next generation platform implementation Lead and partner with teams (including developers) to define best technology practices and standardization strategies, and to create innovative solutions.
- Understanding of how on-premise architecture maps to an Azure IaaS/PaaS/SaaS implementation, including best practices
- Experience in delivering projects leveraging Azure, SharePoint Online and older versions, Power Platform, C# , .Net , Javascript , JQuery, M365 and other widely used technologies.
- Experience in working with major clients across Finance, Retail, Banking and Travel Hospitality industry.
- Certified : AZ 300 Azure Architect, Power Platform PL 100
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Senior Solution Architect
Cognizant Tech Solutions US CORP
02.2021 - Current
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks while remaining adaptable and flexible.
- Collaborated with departmental leaders to establish organizational goals, strategic plans and objectives.
- Provided efficient and courteous service to customers at all times
- Collaborated with engineers and software developers to select appropriate design solutions and ensured compatibility of system component.
- Technical Enterprise-scale experience with cloud & hybrid infrastructures, architecture design and deep knowledge in the following pillars: Modern Workplace. M365 Collaboration products & Azure services knowledge.
- Developed Solution Design Documents for on-premise to Azure migration
- Designed and Configured Azure Virtual Network , subnets, Azure network settings
- Deployed Azure IaaS VMs and PaaS in to secure Virtual Network
- Identify and Analyze Cloud Infrastructure architecture gaps to propose new technologies. Establish pilots and POCs for proposed solutions and make recommendations for approvals
- Experience on architecture and design of Power Platform implementations and using best practices and governance.
- Sound knowledge on design and development of Power Apps, Power Automate and other Power Platform features
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
- Managed use of various types of databases and configured, installed and upgraded new ones.
- Oversaw development and maintenance of organization computer systems and intranet.
- Managed Delivery of large scale and multi client engagements
- Developed departmental objectives, budgets, policies, procedures and strategies.
Solution Architect
Cognizant Tech Solutions US CORP
05.2014 - 02.2021
- Evaluated system architecture to verify security and scalability.
- Defined and analyzed objectives, scope, issues and organizational impact of information systems.
- Developed application-specific software to meet project requirements.
- Developed Solution Design Documents for on-premise to Azure migration
- Communicated with staff and clients to understand specific system requirements.
- Experience on architecture and design of Power Platform implementations and using best practices and governance.
- Sound knowledge on design and development of Power Apps, Power Automate and other Power Platform features
- Technical Enterprise-scale experience with cloud & hybrid infrastructures, architecture design and deep knowledge in the following pillars: Modern Workplace. Office Collaboration products & Azure services knowledge.
- Established and documented standards to comply with operational and quality requirements.
- Developed efficient and effective system controllers.
Technology Lead
Infosys Technologies
03.2012 - 05.2014
- Established functional or system standards to address operational and quality requirements.
- Identified system data and hardware or software components required to meet user needs.
- Implemented updates, upgrades and patches to limit loss of service.
- Developed application-specific software to meet project requirements.
- Scheduled and facilitated meetings related to information technology projects.
- Communicated project information through presentations and technical reports.
Senior Software Engineer
Larsen & Toubro Infotech
10.2006 - 03.2012
- Developed flowcharts and layouts to identify software requirements and solutions.
- Developed application-specific software to meet project requirements.
- Built interactive web-based user interfaces leveraging Typescript, Angular and SCSS.
- Facilitated root cause analysis of common system issues to meet customer needs.
- Reviewed software documentation to maintain adherence to industry standards and prevent discrepancies.
- Developed and directed software system testing and validation procedures.
Education
Bachelor of Computer Science -
CU Shah College of Engineering & Technology
Saurashtra University 10.2002 - 10.2006
Skills
Azure
undefinedCertification
AZ-300 Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies
Projects
- Intranet Portal for a major Financial client & setting up services in Azure
- Migration of Data and setting up servers for a major Pharma client
- Litigation Management Application for a major Insurance customer
- Setting up Hybrid Infra and migration for a retail customer
- Developing Group Life Portal for a major Insurance client
- Leave Management Application
Timeline
Senior Solution Architect
Cognizant Tech Solutions US CORP
02.2021 - Current
Solution Architect
Cognizant Tech Solutions US CORP
05.2014 - 02.2021
Technology Lead
Infosys Technologies
03.2012 - 05.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Larsen & Toubro Infotech
10.2006 - 03.2012
Bachelor of Computer Science -
CU Shah College of Engineering & Technology
10.2002 - 10.2006
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