Irfan Ahmed
Allen,Texas
Summary
Motivated Engineer recognized for strong critical thinking and problem-solving abilities coupled with successful 12 year track record in industry. Dedicated to offering innovative solutions to eliminate legacy issues and elevate performance metrics. Diligent creator of innovative workflows and exceptional final products.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr AWS Engineer
National Student Clearing House
Sterling, VA
01.2017 - Current
- Provisioned AWS accounts using control tower
- Created AWS stacks with CloudFormation templates for migrating onprem applications to AWS
- Integrated AWS accounts with AzureAD using AWS SSO and SCIM for user/group provisioning
- Deployed CloudFront distribution with custom lambda at edge functions
- Created/Deployed AWS CFTs for creating VPC, Subnets, Route tables, EC2, Security groups, ALBs, ECS clusters, ECS tasks, S3 buckets, IAM policies, RDS, Redshift Cluster, Aurora Postgres cluster
- Implemented AWS WAF v2 with custom rules
- Used AWS security HUB to improve security posture
- Worked with development teams to migrate application to AWS using EC2/ECS Containers/Serverless Lambda
- Used AWS inspector to identify vulnerabilities in Fargate Containers , lambdas
- Provisioned ELB path based routing to Fargate applications , Ec2 application , on prem WebLogic applications.
- Implemented cost saving measures with combination of Reserved instances, Saving Plan and nightly and weekly automated shutdown using maintenance window
- Developed and implemented engineering strategies to improve production efficiency.
- Conducted research into the feasibility of product design plans.
- Evaluated existing processes and technology solutions for improvement opportunities.
- Researched industry trends in order to identify potential areas of improvement.
- Prepared estimates and budge
Sr Cloud Engineer
Ciena Corporation
07.2015 - 12.2016
- Managed the lifecycle of aws cloud infrastructure resources including provisioning, configuration, monitoring and decommissioning.
- Provided support to internal teams on was cloud architecture design best practices.
- Maintained high availability of was services through proactive monitoring and capacity planning.
- Implemented security best practices for all aspects of the cloud environment including network security groups, identity management, encryption technologies and access control mechanisms.
- Created CFT for Redshift cluster provisioning , Aurora postgres cluster
- Created and deployed S3 buckets and policies
- Created CFTs and deployed for creation of subnets, routes, security groups , ec2, ELBS, RDS, SSM, Cloudfront
Oracle Apps and FMW DBA
Citigroup
Tampa
05.2011 - 06.2015
- Installed and Integrated OAM 11gR2 with OID, Ebiz, Webcenter content Imaging
- Created Custom auth schemes for siteminder integration with OAM
- Upgraded Oracle Ebiz suite from R12.0.6 to R12.1.3
- Installed and configured Oracle webcenter Content Imaging and webcenter portal 11.1.1.6 on a single node, clustered and PROD and DR
- Integrated webcenter imaging with ebiz suite using 11g Accelator
- Expertise in Installing OHS 10g,11g, enable weblogic proxy, ssl
- Installed and configured ODC and OFR 10g in DEV, UAT, PROD and integrated with webcenter imaging
- Installed and configured Oracle webcenter portal and integrated with OAM and Ebiz
Oracle Apps DBA and UNIX Admin
State Farm
Phoenix, AZ
08.2010 - 04.2011
- Migrated Oracle e-business suite 11.5.10.2 environment to new datacenter
- Cloned production oracle e-business suite environment to development environment
- Automated the parts of migration process with the shell scripts
- Upgraded Oracle e-business suite 11.5.10.2 to Ebiz 12.0.6
- Installed Oracle 10g SSO and OID and portal
- Integrated Oracle 10g SSO and OID with Ebiz R12.0.6
- Created the backup policy document and also Unix shell script for backup
- Created RMAN backup, cloning and recovery scripts
- Supported the production environment after the migration of datacenter
- Worked in the automation process of vertex monthly data file updates
Oracle Database Administrator and Developer
Accenture Consulting
Hyderabad, India
04.2007 - 07.2008
- Held Primary DBA position and worked in coordination with the database management team
- Actively involved in designing and supporting web applications database for MetLife
- Responsible for developing PL SQL stored procedures and functions
- Responsible for setting up hot and cold back up and testing all backup and recovery scenarios
- Performed security management by creating users, granting/revoking roles and privileges
- Responsible for database space management and monitoring the database growth using shell scripts
- Worked as a part of the team in implementing disaster recovery using Oracle 8i standby database
- Responsible for cloning the oracle database from production to development and test environments.
Education
Master of Science in Computer Science -
Silicon Valley University
09.2010
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication -
Osmania University
04.2007
Skills
- AWS Cost Management
- AWS account Provisioning
- AWS account and service security
- Disaster Recovery Planning
- Scripting Languages
- Technical Documentation
- Infrastructure Deployment
- Resource Monitoring
- Configuration Management
- System and Network Security
- Virtual and Cloud Technologies
- Analytical Thinking
- Adaptability
- Security management
- Team Collaboration
- Goal Setting
- Continuous integration
- System Administration
- Continuous deployment
- Version control systems
- Containerization Technologies
Certification
AWS Certified Solution Architect, 08/2019
Timeline
Sr AWS Engineer
National Student Clearing House
01.2017 - Current
Sr Cloud Engineer
Ciena Corporation
07.2015 - 12.2016
Oracle Apps and FMW DBA
Citigroup
05.2011 - 06.2015
Oracle Apps DBA and UNIX Admin
State Farm
08.2010 - 04.2011
Oracle Database Administrator and Developer
Accenture Consulting
04.2007 - 07.2008
Master of Science in Computer Science -
Silicon Valley University
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication -
Osmania University
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