MANOHAR B
Plano,TX
Summary
Senior Cloud Platform Engineer with over 5+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and optimizing cloud solutions across Azure, AWS platforms for banking and machine learning sectors. Proficient in Azure Resource Manager for efficient resource orchestration, Terraform for multi-cloud infrastructure provisioning, and Kubernetes for scalable container management. Led complex migration projects and implemented data migration strategies that improved performance by 40%. Expertise includes Azure SQL Database for high-throughput data solutions, alongside AWS RDS and Google Cloud SQL integration. Utilized Azure Virtual Machines, AWS EC2, and Google Compute Engine for scalable infrastructure deployments. Achieved significant deployment time and cost reductions through strategic optimization with Azure Cost Management and Azure Advisor. Committed to delivering solutions aligned with sector-specific goals and exceeding client expectations.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Platform Cloud Engineer
Acadian Asset Management
10.2022 - Current
- Led migration efforts of SQL databases to Azure Data Lake and transitioned on-premises databases to Azure Data Lake Storage through Azure Data Factory.
- Implemented data encryption and access controls using Azure Key Vault and Azure Databricks Secrets to securely manage credentials and ensure compliance with corporate security standards.
- Successfully transitioned infrastructure and applications from on premises to Azure, and configured Azure Active Directory authentication for various Azure services, including Azure SQL Server.
- Applied in-depth Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) expertise to optimize network and service efficiency, implementing technologies such as Express Route, VPN, Load Balancing, and App Services.
- Proficiently optimized Azure VMs, including Storage Pool creation, Disk Stripping, and Azure Backup configuration, managed Azure Active Directory for identity and access control.
- Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services within secure VNets and subnets. Configured Azure Traffic Manager for user traffic routing.
- Utilized Azure Resource Manager Templates (ARM) for server building and installation, implemented Azure VPN-Point to Site, Virtual Networks, and Azure Custom Security, including endpoint security and firewall updates, leveraging ARM for infrastructure provisioning.
- Managed Azure DevOps build and release pipelines, repository setup, Git branch permissions, microservices deployment, and Azure environment provisioning and implemented CI practices in Azure DevOps.
- Established a robust CI/CD pipeline in Azure DevOps for Kubernetes container environments, leveraging Kubernetes and Docker for runtime environments to build, test, and deploy applications across DEV and PROD environments.
- Coordinated Docker integration into CI/CD pipelines, seamlessly integrated Docker with platforms like Azure Devops, GitLab CI/CD, and Ansible for automated continuous integration and deployment workflows.
- Successfully deployed Azure Active Directory Connect and configured Active Directory Federation Services (ADFS) authentication flow, facilitating seamless ADFS installation via Azure Active Directory Connect.
- Implemented Kubernetes for automated container management, integrated with Helm charts to standardize deployments and manual intervention.
- Project: This project involves the strategic migration of an organization’s existing on-premises infrastructure, applications, and data to a cloud-based environment. and coordinated the production build and release team.
- Responsibilities
DevOps Cloud Engineer
Cisco
03.2021 - 12.2021
- Responsible for Setup of Automated Ec2 instance creation in AWS Cloud to handle Veteran Health System
- Utilized AWS Cloud Platform for Creation and Managing of AWS Resources
- Configured Management, CI/CD, Release Management, and Production Support
- Worked on Automated deployments on AWS Cloud platform
- Created and Configured Ec2 Instances with Apache Tomcat, James, Nginx, and Postfix servers
- Deployed Code on the Ec2 Instances using Automation; worked on building CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
- Created development test and Production Environments with Cloud Formation Templates and Docker templates
- Developed Chef recipes using Ruby for AWS Cloud Deployments; created Chef cookbooks to deploy Infrastructure on AWS EC2
- Created UNIX/LINUX scripts to manage daemon services Veteran Health System on AWS Cloud
- Created Jenkins jobs to create, terminate AWS Stacks and to move property files to AWS S3 Bucket
- Worked on AWS Cloud Network Diagrams for Security Group Updates for Test, QA and SOA regions
- Established Infrastructure and service Monitoring Using Prometheus and Grafana
- Initiated and Executed Terraform-driven automation for AWS, accelerating GCP to AWS migration by 50% by provisioning VMs, networking, and storage and streamlined CI/CD pipelines by integrating Terraform with AWS DevOps.
- Performed security scanning using Fortify Workbench for Application Vulnerability testing
- Participated in Change Order process for Production deployments and support; utilized Microsoft SQL DB queries
- Gained experience on HP Fortify setup and running Scans on Development Code
- Project: Cisco Business Unit was being migrated from externally hosted vendor system to Internal Cloud Architecture to handle millions of rewards updates, Account updates. AWS Cloud is being used to scale up the infrastructure in dynamic manner to support the heavy volumes.
Software Engineer
US Bank
09.2019 - 03.2020
- Recreated existing application logic and functionality within the Azure Data Lake, Data Factory, SQL Database and SQL data warehouse environment.
- Performed log analysis and reporting using PowerShell scripts, and integrated PowerShell with third-party APIs to automate data retrieval and processing tasks, enhancing data analysis capabilities and operational efficiency.
- Implemented a GIT mirror for SVN repository, which enables users to use both GIT and SVN.
- Involved in creation of virtual machines and infrastructure in the Azure Cloud environment.
- Administrated and maintained Docker runtime environment, Versioning and lifecycle management of Docker images.
- Improved security protocols by smoothly incorporating Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) into Azure DevOps pipelines and precisely configuring conditional access policies in Azure AD to enforce MFA based on various contextual factors like user location, device type, or risk level.
- Implemented Prometheus and Grafana for comprehensive monitoring, leading to reduced system downtime through proactive issue detection, and developed Docker and Kubernetes ecosystem, integrated Istio for microservices communication and reliability, reducing infrastructure costs by 50%.
- Utilized Terraform for IAC (Infrastructure as Code) and auto scaling, streamlined cloud instance deployment for microservices, enhancing efficiency, and maintaining consistency.
- Deployed Pod Security Policies (PSP) in AKS to enforce best practices and regulate pod scheduling, effectively reducing security risks and also handled Kubernetes objects such as Istio-system and Ingress controller.
- Managed Splunk deployment in Azure for log management and analysis, enhancing monitoring, troubleshooting, and security response by tailoring configurations to the Azure ecosystem with deep Azure expertise.
- Successfully integrated Azure Key Vault with CI/CD pipelines to securely retrieve secrets during application deployment and implemented robust disaster recovery strategies for Azure Key Vault.
- Orchestrated Azure DevSecOps projects, enhancing security across Azure infrastructure by utilizing Azure Security Centre, Azure Policy, and Azure Sentinel for proactive threat detection and compliance, achieving a 30% improvement in security posture.
Build & Release Engineer/DevOps Engineer
FICO
06.2018 - 07.2019
- Developed Unix and Perl Scripts for the purpose of manual deployments of the code to different Environments and e-mail the team when build is completed
- Automated CICD pipeline using Jenkins when there is a code commit.
- Worked on the Gitlab migrations were doing poc’s to enhance and integrate with AWS.
- Automated builds using Jenkins Server to create .war files and store them in Artifactory for deployments
- Automated Apache Tomcat server deployments using UNIX scripts
- Deployed static content to Apache Tomcat and IBM HTTP Server
- Developed and maintained integration and release processes
- Used ANT Scripts, Perl/Shell to automate deployment process
- Involved in MAVEN and Gradle based Build process
- Designed and developed the tools to allow efficient configuration management, build and release software developed in J2ee
- Executed the planning of product software release
- Project: Worked on products and tools that are leveraged On-Premises are adopting new cloud capabilities that will enable better functionality over time and improve the way services function On-Premises.
Education
Master of Science - Information Technology
Concordia University
Minneapolis, MN12.2020
Skills
- Cloud Services: AWS, Azure
- Version Control Tools: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Subversion (SVN)
- Build Tools: Gradle, Junit, Maven, Ant
- Repository Management: JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, AWS Code Artifact
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Argo CD, Travis CI, Git hub Copilot, Harness
- Scripting Language: Python, PowerShell, Groovy, Bash, JavaScript (Nodejs), Ruby, Go
- Container Tools: Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, OpenShift
- Infrastructure Automation Tools: Terraform, ARM Template, AWS Cloud Formation
- Configuration Management Tools: Chef, Ansible Puppet,
- Operating Systems: Windows, Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL, Linux
- Web Servers & Load Balancers: Apache Tomcat, Nginx, WebSphere, JBoss, HAProxy
- Databases: MySQL, NoSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB
- Monitoring Tools: Splunk, Nagios, ELK Stack, Cloud Watch, Prometheus, Grafana
- Incident Management Tool: ServiceNow, Jira Service Management
- Collaboration Tools: Slack, Microsoft Teams, Confluence
Certification
- Amazon Developer Associate
- Amazon solutions Architect
- Microsoft – Azure AZ400
Timeline
Platform Cloud Engineer
Acadian Asset Management
10.2022 - Current
DevOps Cloud Engineer
Cisco
03.2021 - 12.2021
Software Engineer
US Bank
09.2019 - 03.2020
Build & Release Engineer/DevOps Engineer
FICO
06.2018 - 07.2019
Master of Science - Information Technology
Concordia University