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Libu Balakrishnan Lissy

Tempe,AZ

Summary

Over 14 years of IT experience with expertise in cloud computing, Linux server administration, and web hosting. Senior cloud consultant with a strong background in implementation, migration, and management of cloud-based projects. Proven ability to optimize cloud infrastructure and enhance operational efficiency, ensuring high availability and security.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Consultant

Infosys Ltd.
01.2022 - Current
  • Designed innovative solutions aligning with customer goals and requirements.
  • Led customer discussions and design exercises to gather use case details and evaluate existing technical environments.
  • Built highly available, scalable, secure, resilient, and cost-efficient development, staging, and production environments using cloud SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Cloud Filestore, Cloud Storage, Cloud Run, Cloud Functions, Cloud Source Repositories, Cloud Build, App Engine, Cloud Logging, Monitoring, and Terraform.
  • Guided customers in security and compliance standards, collaborating with relevant teams to address issues.
  • Resolved service issues promptly, minimizing customer impact and documenting solutions to prevent recurrence.
  • Shared insights and best practices through design reviews, incident drills, debriefs, and collaboration with engineers and product teams.

Assistant Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2019 - 01.2022
  • Executed SAP migration programs on AWS and Azure clouds, ensuring high availability solutions.
  • Configured and supported SAP Basis teams across multiple cloud environments to ensure seamless operations.
  • Installed and configured Pacemaker SAP HANA cluster solutions on Azure, enabling high availability for critical applications.
  • Built and maintained automation scripts for SAP hosting activities and environment setups.
  • Implemented network security measures to mitigate security issues in AWS and Azure, enhancing overall system integrity.
  • Configured Linux (RHEL) servers, managing file systems and conducting vulnerability assessments.
  • Provisioned GCP platform using Terraform, configuring security and logging solutions.
  • Provided troubleshooting for GCP services, addressing SSH brute-force attacks and Splunk streaming issues.

System Engineer - Operations

Fischer Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2013 - 12.2018
  • Installed and maintained Linux servers, databases, directory servers, and Fischer Identity Suite applications to ensure reliability on Rackspace cloud platform.
  • Deployed applications while applying patches to Fischer Identity Suite software.
  • Managed remotely hosted Linux servers and databases to ensure optimal performance.
  • Maintained disaster recovery environments for production systems.
  • Supported production, test, and development environments using Linux, Apache Tomcat, PostgreSQL, and Fedora Directory Server.
  • Managed backups for file systems and databases to safeguard data integrity for Fischer Identity Suite on Windows and Linux servers.
  • Configured HTTPD, Tomcat, Java, PostgreSQL, and Fedora Directory Server for seamless application deployment.
  • Monitored events and services for Fischer Identity Suite applications to enable proactive issue resolution and minimize downtime.

Technical Support Executive

BuycPanel
06.2013 - 08.2013
  • Troubleshot customer servers through remote login, resolving issues efficiently.
  • Resolved support inquiries related to HTTP, DNS, MySQL, mail, and other system challenges, enhancing customer satisfaction through effective troubleshooting.
  • Delivered comprehensive support for client hosting services, ensuring reliable performance and swift issue resolution.
  • Executed cPanel installation and configuration for buycpanel.com, ensuring optimal functionality for customer needs.

Linux System Administrator

Ndimensionz solutions Pvt Ltd
03.2012 - 05.2013

• Website Publishing and management (With or without Control Panels)
• Initial server setup and server hardening.
• Regular maintenance and efficiency checking of servers.
• Installation and configuration of third party software used in sites.
• Remote server administration
• Server load management using top, ps etc.
• Monitoring public shop websites.
• Account/Server migration.
• Maintaining the Server checklist and documents as per company policy
• Daily routine work of servers like monitoring, checking events, and checking services.
• Remotely checking and monitoring of servers.

  • Administered Linux servers to ensure system stability and performance.
  • Monitored system logs for security threats and performance issues.
  • Managed user accounts and permissions across various platforms.

Linux admin cum Web Developer

Xminds InfoTech Pvt Ltd
08.2011 - 01.2012
  • Configured and maintained CentOS and Ubuntu servers in Amazon Web Services to ensure reliability and availability.
  • Performed maintenance and troubleshooting on Ubuntu systems to optimize performance and stability.
  • Executed installation and troubleshooting of software packages to support development initiatives.
  • Implemented JIRA ticket management tool to streamline project tracking processes.
  • Managed hardware assets to ensure optimal operational efficiency.

Education

Master of Computer Applications ( MCA ) -

University Of Kerala
Trivandrum
03-2010

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

University of Kerala
Trivandrum
04-2007

Skills

  • Cloud platforms
  • Azure and Terraform
  • AWS services
  • GCP storage services
  • GCP serverless
  • GCP data processing
  • Kubernetes and Docker
  • Load balancing
  • Security groups management
  • Cloud security practices
  • KMS and Secret Manager management
  • Bash scripting and kernel tuning
  • Version control: GitHub and GitLab

Certification

• RHCE (Red Hat certified Engineer), 12/22/20
• Azure Fundamentals, 12/13/21
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect, 04/10/21
• Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty, 09/21/22
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator, 08/25/22
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Security Engineer, 08/12/22
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Network Engineer, 09/11/21
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Database Engineer, 12/12/22
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate, 02/21/11

Personal Information

Visa Status: Valid US H1B VISA

Timeline

Lead Consultant

Infosys Ltd.
01.2022 - Current

Assistant Consultant

Tata Consultancy Services
02.2019 - 01.2022

System Engineer - Operations

Fischer Systems India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2013 - 12.2018

Technical Support Executive

BuycPanel
06.2013 - 08.2013

Linux System Administrator

Ndimensionz solutions Pvt Ltd
03.2012 - 05.2013

Linux admin cum Web Developer

Xminds InfoTech Pvt Ltd
08.2011 - 01.2012

Master of Computer Applications ( MCA ) -

University Of Kerala

Bachelor of Science - Mathematics

University of Kerala
Libu Balakrishnan Lissy