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Kranthi Allam

Irving,TX

Summary

Having 11 years of technical experience, with a focus on infrastructure design and architecture. Assisted customers in adopting the cloud, utilizing 7+ years of hands-on experience designing cloud platforms on Amazon AWS, Azure and GCP. Skills include migrating systems, automating processes, optimizing performance, managing security, implementing configuration management, integrating microservices, transforming to a DevOps model, implementing logging systems, and implementing backup and disaster recovery measures. Resourceful Solution Architect with 5 years of customer relationship management and implementation support. Highly skilled in managing database performance and upgrades for ongoing efficiency and achievement of corporate objectives in all cloud platforms.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Cloud Solution Architect

Bank Of America
Texas City, TX
06.2021 - 10.2023
  • As Lead Cloud Consultant, I am responsible for overseeing ,team of 5 cloud engineers and supporting.
    cloud operations for our customers across multiple AWS and GCP accounts. Responsibilities include ensuring
    smooth day-to-day operation of the company's cloud computing systems, addressing issues as they arise,
    and identifying ways to improve based on identified issues. I am also responsible for developing and
    implementing policies and procedures for cloud operations, maintaining the security, reliability, and
    performance of the company's cloud infrastructure, and working with other leaders and stakeholders to
    devise and execute strategies for using the cloud to achieve business goals. In addition, I provide technical
    guidance and support to team members and stakeholders as needed
  • Working with sales team to respond to RFIs, RFPs and RFQs based on customer requirements to win deals
  • Build services that will be delivered to customers as an GCP and AWS consulting partner, educate sales team on services
  • Work closely with customers performing cloud readiness workshops by interviewing SMEs and application owners to understand the drive for cloud initiative, infrastructure, goals and existing challenges
  • Working with customers to develop cloud strategy and perform applications migration and databases to GCP and AWS environments depending on customer requirements
  • Delivering secure and cost optimized cloud environments to customer
  • Demonstrate performance in the development and governance of enterprise architecture, applications architectures across multiple industries
  • Design and configure GCP services to host applications in cloud, configuring Virtual
  • Networks, IPSec VPN tunnels, Express Route for hybrid cloud setup
  • Migrating existing applications from on-premise to Cloud and releasing the environment to customer for testing
  • Developing CI/CD pipelines using AWS and Azure DevOps tools leveraging agile methodology to increase the efficiency and improve software delivery process for speed to market customer capabilities
  • Design and implement microservices architecture by breaking monolithic applications by deploying containers using dockers and orchestrating using Kubernetes platform
  • Configuring and maintaining container platform by monitoring and measuring for availability, latency, performance and system health
  • Developing CI/CD pipelines for delivering Infrastructure as code using tools like Azure and AWS
  • AWS DevOps, Jenkins along with ARM templates, Cloud Formation
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to create and implement GCP infrastructure as code (IaC) templates, optimizing resource provisioning and enabling efficient scaling.
  • Implemented security best practices, such as Identity and Access Management (IAM) and VPC Service Controls, to ensure data protection and compliance with industry standards.
  • Designed and deployed highly available and fault-tolerant GCP solutions, leveraging services like Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Cloud Load Balancing.
  • Spearheaded the establishment of monitoring and alerting systems using Google Cloud Monitoring and Logging to proactively identify and resolve issues, minimizing downtime.
  • Advised clients on cloud cost management strategies, in annual savings through rightsizing and resource optimization.
  • Developed disaster recovery and business continuity plans, enabling seamless data recovery in the event of disruptions.
  • Presented technical solutions and recommendations to non-technical stakeholders, translating complex concepts into understandable terms.
  • Provided mentoring and guidance to junior architects and engineering teams, fostering a culture of knowledge sharing and skill development.

Cloud Architect /Devops Support Engineer

Qontrack Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad, Telangana
11.2017 - 06.2020
  • Designed and deployed AWS Solutions using EC2, S3, EBS, Elastic Load balancer (ELB), auto scaling groups.
  • Helped migrating and managing multiple applications from on premise to cloud using AWS services like S3, Glacier, EC2, RDS, SQS, SNS, SES, Cloud Formation, VPC etc
  • Enabled Logging on S3 bucket access, VPC flow, Cloud trail, AWS config, IAM, AWS inspector, Lambda, RDS, Dynamo DB, Cloud Front, liquid base, AWS API gateway, EC2 Application servers.
  • Demonstrated expertise in Azure core services, including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure App Service, Azure SQL Database, Azure Functions, and Azure Storage, to architect cloud-native applications and microservices.
  • Proficient in creating and managing Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and infrastructure automation scripts, enabling efficient resource provisioning and management.
  • In-depth knowledge of Azure core services, including Azure Virtual Machines, Azure App Service, Azure SQL Database, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Logic Apps, and Azure Functions.
  • Designed and deployed highly available and fault-tolerant Azure solutions, leveraging features like Availability Sets, Availability Zones, and Azure Site Recovery for disaster recovery planning.
  • Build and maintain environment on Azure IAAS, PAAS and responsible for implementing, monitoring and maintaining Microsoft Azure solutions, including major services related to Compute, Storage, Network and Security
  • Develop baseline for deliverables to include; Network access, Restriction of internet facing resources within cloud platform, provision and configure computer resources within AWS/Azure environment.
  • Developed Ansible playbooks to manage node configurations on AWS and to provision DEV servers
  • Created Ansible playbooks to automatically install packages from a repository, to change configuration of remotely configured machines and to deploy new builds.
  • Created Ansible playbooks to provision EC2 instances on AWS, copy Nexus artifacts from Nexus repository manager to Docker containers.
  • Installed and configured GIT and communicating with repositories in GITHUB.
  • Coordinate all build and release activities, ensure release processes is well documented, source control repositories including branching and tagging.
  • Experience working with deployment and orchestration technologies (such as Ansible, Jenkins and Kubernetes)
  • Virtualized servers using t Docker for test environments and Dev-environments needs. And configuration automation using Docker containers. Build Scripts using MAVEN build tools in Jenkins to move from one environment to another environment.
  • Worked in container-based technologies like Docker, Kubernetes

Program Coordinator- Cloud Computing

SAIS IT Services India Pvt Ltd()
Hyderabad, Telagana
11.2016 - 10.2017
  • Successfully managed and maintained Azure cloud infrastructure, overseeing virtual machines, storage accounts, and virtual networks.
  • Worked on major cloud service providers, such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and their core services.
  • Implemented security best practices, including network security groups (NSGs), firewalls, and identity and access management (IAM) for secure access.
  • Automated routine tasks using Azure PowerShell and Azure CLI, resulting in reduction in manual intervention.
  • Led server infrastructure development, quality assurance, staging and production systems.
  • Monitored networks and network devices to resolve technical problems quickly.
  • Conducted regular performance and cost analysis, optimizing Azure resources to reduce monthly costs.
  • Proficiency in using cloud consoles to create, manage, and monitor cloud resources.
  • Understanding of cloud infrastructure components, including virtual machines, storage, and networks.
  • Familiarity with cloud storage solutions for data storage, backup, and retrieval.
  • Awareness of basic cloud security practices, including access controls and data encryption.
  • Basic understanding of cloud cost management and ability to track and manage cloud spending.
  • Awareness of fundamental DevOps practices, such as continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
  • Troubleshooting skills to identify and resolve common cloud-related issues.
  • Regularly monitoring cloud resources for maintaining performance, security, and cost-effectiveness

Technical Specialist –Storage Management

Wipro Technologies
Hyderabad, Telengana
04.2013 - 11.2016
  • Wipro is engaged with CHI (Catholic Health Initiatives) – USA International Hospitalities to Manage Storage operations 24 X 7 from offshore. The Current SAN is approx 15 PB of storage and approx 7000 switch port SAN. Hardware including multiple EMC Clarion, VNX, DMX, VMAX, IBM, NetApp, HP-EVA, HITACHI USP-VM, AMS 2100 & Dell, Brocade DCX series, MDS 9124, MDS 9513, Etc. Total Team size is 7, currently working as Senior Storage Administrator
  • Administration/Troubleshooting of heterogeneous Storage environment  EMC Clarion, VNX, DMX, VMAX, Fabrics – Cisco & McData/Brocade
  • Write technical designs and plans for changes/Perform Quality Reviews on planned changes
  • Create SOP’s for allocation/de-allocation documents and flowcharts for common issue’s faced.
  • Implementing and troubleshooting DR solutions –Time Finder, Storage allocation, including L2/L3 configuration changes, like online Meta Expansion, Allocation, Performance Monitoring and reporting, Data Migration.
  • Working scheduled changes like, upgrading the firmware on enterprise fabrics, Microcode upgrades.
  • Handling technical escalations and providing L3 support to the clients.
  • Performed Allocation/De-allocations on IBM, HP, Hitachi, Dell and NetApp Arrays

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science

Waterford Institute of Technology
Waterford Ireland

High School Diploma -

Waterford Institute of Technology
Waterford Ireland

Skills

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  • **Amazon AWS Cloud
  • VPC, Route53, EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, RDS, Dynamo-DB, Lambda, IAM, Cloud Watch, Cloud
  • P>Front, SQS, SNS, SES, Event Bridge, Direct Connect, VPN, Storage Gateway,
  • Inspector, Security Hub, Secrets Manager, KMS, CICD services, Cloud Formation
  • Workspace, Work Docs, Cloud Trail, Dockers
  • P>**Microsoft Azure
  • Virtual Networks, Traffic Manager, VM’s, Azure Storage (Block Blob, Page Blobs), Azure
  • Files, Azure Backup, Azure Data Box, Site Recovery, Cosmos DB, Active Directory, Azure
  • Monitor, CDN, Service Bus Queues, Marketplace Email, Notification Hubs, Express Route
  • VPN, Stor-Simple, Application & Operational Insights
  • P>**Devops Tools
  • P>Ansible,Docker,Jenkins,GitHub,Chef Puppet,Kubernetes,Bitbucket,Prometheus Configuration management,Continuous integration GitLab,Jira,Nagios,Splunk,Artifactory
  • P>Integration/continuous delivery, microservices design and deployment of containers withKubernetes and Dockers,
  • P>(NETAPP, ISILON), Fabric (Cisco & Brocade), Servers (UCS, Dell, HP), OS (Linux, Unix, Windows) and N (EMC, DELL, HP, NETAPP), NAS
  • Network Administration, Backup & Recovery, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization
  • P>**GCP
  • P>Cloud Computing Fundamentals:
  • P>GCP Services Knowledge:Google Cloud Console
  • P>Networking:Compute Services:Monitoring and Logging:Security and Identity:erverless Computing:Storage and Databases:Data and Analytics:
  • P>GCP Marketplace and Compliance and Governance:
  • P>Cloud services
  • P>Storage virtualization
  • P>Problem and issue resolution
  • P>Quality improvement leadership
  • P>Team Leadership & Development
  • P>Online Training Leadership
  • P>Problem identification and resolution

Certification

  • Project Management Professional PMP

  • EMC Proven Professional (E20-001) –Information Storage and ma

  • EMC Proven Professional (E20-001) –Information Storage and ma

Timeline

Lead Cloud Solution Architect

Bank Of America
06.2021 - 10.2023

Cloud Architect /Devops Support Engineer

Qontrack Pvt Ltd
11.2017 - 06.2020

Program Coordinator- Cloud Computing

SAIS IT Services India Pvt Ltd()
11.2016 - 10.2017

Technical Specialist –Storage Management

Wipro Technologies
04.2013 - 11.2016

Master of Science - Computer Science

Waterford Institute of Technology

High School Diploma -

Waterford Institute of Technology

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