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MICHAEL UBALE

Orland Park,IL

Summary

With a proven track record of 8 years in cloud computing, storage, and system architecture, I am a dedicated and adaptable AWS Solutions Architect. I have successfully designed, implemented, and overseen cloud infrastructure solutions tailored to diverse business and IT requirements. My collaborative approach has ensured the security, scalability, and reliability of cloud environments, having worked closely with cloud engineers, developers, and stakeholders. I am now eager to take on a challenging role within a dynamic environment, where I can leverage my skills and experiences to drive growth and excellence for the organization & society as whole.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Solutions Architect

Bank of Montreal
Schaumburg, IL
02.2022 - Current
  • Provided a clear path to migrate from on-prem to cloud by rebuilding machine/recreating an Open Virtualization Archive to be imported into AWS via AMI | Established site-to-site VPN between AWS and Azure using Terraform
  • Created detailed design documents that outlined system architecture, security measures, data models and integration points with other systems | Provided company-wide SAP and Active Directory servers
  • Designed core scripts to automate SPLUNK maintenance and alerting task | Support SPLUNK on UNIX, Linux and windows-based platform | Configured RedHat Linux 5&6 using Kickstart | Jira ticket system to resolve ticket issues
  • Led HCL software implementation & customization ensuring timely delivery and client satisfaction
  • Skilled in integrating Bitbucket with other CI/CD tools & services such as Docker, Kubernetes, & AWS/GCP/Azure, enabling seamless deployment to various cloud environments and container orchestration platforms
  • Designed & implemented custom neural network architectures in PyTorch, taking advantage of its dynamic computation graph & autograd system for efficient model development
  • Configured & Implemented VLANs on various network device(routers, switches, firewalls) to improve network performance & reduce broadcast domain | Experienced with VLAN tag& protocols(802.1Q) for data transmission
  • Experience in leveraging Kinaxis data connectors for popular ERP systems such as SAP, Oracle, and Microsoft Dynamics, facilitating smooth data exchange between Kinaxis RapidResponse & enterprise applications
  • Expertise in implementing real-time data integration using Kinaxis RapidResponse APIs (RESTful & SOAP), enabling near-instantaneous data exchange with external systems and providing timely insights for decision-making
  • Analyzed existing systems and identified gaps between current system capabilities and customer requirements
  • Consume API’s utilizing python request to read numerous JSON reports &file automatic bugs in the NVbugs for tests
  • Automated server provisioning using configuration management tools such as Ansible and Chef
  • Integrated Kafka into existing microservice architecture to allow event driven data flow
  • Designed ETS using stitch for valuable insights into KPI failures for customer’s acquisition
  • Designed data protection and privacy-centric security controls in enterprise data-warehouses including ingestion, ETL, storage, analytical consumption, & reporting | Built scalable app using Docker & container orchestration; EKS
  • Defined, built & executed ETL’s to resolve navigation issues | Established monitoring guidelines for database alerts
  • Created and managed Postgres and SQL server entities for use in data science modelling and reporting.

Cloud Developer

Mutual of Omaha
Chicago, IL
06.2019 - 02.2022
  • Designed secure software solutions and led complex system development using AWS resources, resulting in enhanced data protection and reduced vulnerabilities
  • Proficiently utilized Nagios, SolarWinds for real time monitoring, ensuring optimal performance & preemptive troubleshooting of server & network infrastructure | Used VMware vSphere to manage & scale server resources within Data center environment optimizing resource utilization & reducing hardware costs
  • Created automated scripts using python and nodejs with Jenkins to deploy applications in the cloud environment
  • Skilled in web development with Python using frameworks like Django or Flask to build scalable & robust web applications, APIs & microservices | Implemented systems automation using scripting languages like Python & Bash
  • Collaborated on Python projects using version control systems like Git, & utilized tools like GitHub/GitLab for code repository management, issue tracking & code review
  • Configured, managed, and monitored cloud-based services such as AWS EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS using Terraform and Ansible | Managed AWS services like Elasticache, Lambda, Redshift, and CloudFormation
  • Configured, monitored, and maintained AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure such as virtual machines, networks, and storage S3 | Responsible for development using PEGA Rules Process Commander V6.3 according to business requirements | Implemented new suggestions & maintained ticket queue within the Helix Ticketing System
  • Integrated Okta for identity management and access security, streamlining user authentication and enhancing system security | Deployed and configured Hyper-V virtual machines for optimal performance
  • Implemented Identity Provider (Okta) and integrated with Office 365 and Active Directory
  • Experience in managing virtual networks, storage, and snapshots within the Hyper-V environment
  • Administered Unix, Linux, Windows servers, optimizing performance and reducing infrastructure costs
  • Managed the roll-out of software updates with Ansible across multiple servers in the environment
  • Built tools for react.js, Salesforce Commerce Cloud and Utilize CloudFront as a CDN service to accelerate the delivery of websites, API's, Video content through CDN caching
  • Maintained and monitored production environments like Splunk and CloudWatch for high availability, scalability, and performance | Managed budgets for capital hardware & infrastructure, including LAN, VPN, Fiber, & NFS
  • Designed data pipelines to process semi-structured data by integrating raw records
  • Managed budgets for capital hardware and infrastructure, including LAN, VPN, Fiber, and NFS data.

Cloud Storage Engineer

Grubhub
Park Ridge, IL
03.2016 - 02.2019
  • Great knowledge of data protection techniques such as RAID configurations, snapshots, replication, & backup solutions | Experience in designing & implementing disaster recovery strategies to ensure data integrity & availability
  • Proficient with storage management software & tools such as EMC Isilon, NetApp on Command, Dell EMC Unity, or IBM Spectrum Storage Suite
  • Experience in monitoring storage performance, capacity planning & troubleshooting storage-related issues
  • Configured, monitored, and maintained cloud infrastructure such as virtual machines, networks, and storage
  • Configuring & managed SAN environments, including Fibre Channel and iSCSI protocols | Experience with SAN fabric management, zoning, & LUN (Logical Unit Number) provisioning
  • Experience in capacity planning to forecast storage requirements and scale storage infrastructure to meet growing demands efficiently | Hands-on experience creating storage Tiers and implementing FAST VP technology, FAST policy in VMAX for performance optimization | Performed system administration tasks to maintain high availability of cloud services
  • Optimized application performance by monitoring serverless computing platforms like AWS Lambda or Azure Functions | Deployed data warehousing concepts (star schema, snowflakes, fact tables)
  • In-depth knowledge of various storage technologies such as SAN (Storage Area Network), NAS (Network Attached Storage), DAS (Direct Attached Storage), & object storage
  • Understanding the differences between block, file, & object-based storage is crucial
  • Ability to analyze performance metrics, identify bottlenecks, and implement solutions to improve scalability and optimizations for improved storage performance
  • Analyzed existing applications for performance bottlenecks and implemented
  • Solid understanding of storage security best practices, including data encryption, access control & compliance requirements (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).

Education

Bachelors - Anesthesiology

All Saint University of Medicine
08.2019

Skills

  • Container management (Kubernetes, Docker)
  • Infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
  • CI/CD (Jenkins, GitLab, Azure DevOps)
  • Databases (RDS, DynamoDB, Oracle, MYSQL, PostgreSQL)
  • Security (IBM Cloud Pak, CloudTrail, IAM, Cisco CloudLock, Cloudflare, VM-Series Virtual Firewalls, Panorama, Active Directory)
  • SFCC SAS Admin Sage maker Redshift Cisco
  • Excellent verbal & written communication skills Presentation Skills Ability to meet deliverables on time
  • Programming & Automation (Ansible, Python, NodeJS, Bash, PowerShell, YAML, JSON, SAS, Ruby ML/AI: Pytorch, MLFlow)
  • AWS SDK (Interacting with AWS services) Tomcat
  • Repository Management (Git, Helm)
  • Ticketing systems (ServiceDesk, ConnectWise and Service Now) Azure VMSS Java Agile Splunk

Certification

  • AWS Solutions Architect – Certified
  • Computer Science Cert.

Timeline

Solutions Architect

Bank of Montreal
02.2022 - Current

Cloud Developer

Mutual of Omaha
06.2019 - 02.2022

Cloud Storage Engineer

Grubhub
03.2016 - 02.2019

Bachelors - Anesthesiology

All Saint University of Medicine

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