Monis Khan
Denver,CO
Summary
Dynamic leader with extensive experience in fostering collaboration and driving strategic partnerships to deliver innovative solutions. Recognized for a strong track record in revenue growth, waste reduction, and cost management through effective application of technology. Possesses comprehensive understanding of e-commerce, internet retail, healthcare systems, and financial operations, coupled with expertise in application architecture design and technology implementation. Exceptional communicator adept at leading cross-functional teams and identifying cutting-edge technologies to enhance business performance.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Director Cloud Delivery
Telus Digital
02.2018 - Current
- Spearheaded the migration of 3000+ workloads to GCP and AWS, optimizing through analysis, inventory, and rightsizing tools and APIs.
- Migrated Virtual Machines into GCP using StratoZone for analysis, inventory and rightsizing and Velostrata for the migration. Worked with the different application teams to prioritize workloads and create “runbooks” for mission critical and business critical apps.
- Architected solutions for a major wireless/wireline, communication customer that utilized technologies such as WebLogic, VMware and Amazon Web Services to ensure performance and the highest level of availability for 22 of their most critical 'ground stop' applications.
- Led the transition of 250+ WebLogic and OpenShift domains to Kubernetes Engine across GCP, AWS, and Azure, ensuring seamless workload prioritization and critical application runbook creation.
- Designed high-availability solutions for key telecom clients, leveraging WebLogic, SAP, and OpenShift to guarantee performance for essential ground stop applications.
- Collaborated with stakeholders to develop a tailored cloud platform success strategy, articulating business benefits and ROI for proposed solutions.
- Played a pivotal role as a senior architect in Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity planning across Public Cloud, focusing on high-level infrastructure design for global replication.
- Executed the migration of a Hadoop Cluster to AWS EMR, eliminating reliance on on-premise infrastructure and hardware.
- Transitioned an Enterprise Data Warehouse from Teradata to AWS Redshift, integrating with S3 Storage (Data Lake) for a streamlined data management approach.
- Implemented robust IAM roles and policies across various AWS services, including S3, Lambda, and EC2, enhancing security and access management.
- Utilized CloudTrail for meticulous API logging and CloudWatch for comprehensive network resource monitoring, bolstering cloud security measures.
- Developed a High Availability Multi-Region Active-Active configuration, ensuring maximum up time and reliability for client services.
- Managed ECS and EKS clusters, running applications within Docker images for seamless and efficient deployment.
- Oversaw user and group management using Amazon Identity and Access Management, maintaining op mal access control.
- Crafted EC2 instance architectures aligned with high availability and stringent security requirements.
- Established and maintained AWS infrastructure using a suite of resources like VPC, EC2, S3, and RDS, employing CloudFormation templates for efficient provisioning.
- Formulated cloud migration strategies and best practices, utilizing AWS services for database and server transitions from on-premises to cloud environments.
- Authored AWS CloudFormation templates for custom VPCs, IAM policies, and security groups, ensuring successful web application and database deployments.
- Orchestrated Docker containerization and management using Kubernetes, facilitating deployment, scaling, and container lifecycle management.
- Managed Telus Cloud (Managed Digital Services) for an insurance client, overseeing SLAs, escalations, invoicing, and a range of hosting services including compute, storage, and network solutions.
- Led the establishment of metrics, key performance indicators and service level agreements for driving the performance of infrastructure service delivery.
- Oversees IT Operations ensuring reliability and availability of data centers, infrastructure, and core enterprise applications.
- Eliminated 4.5 million dollars in annual operating expense by moving disaster recovery (DR) of all on-premises applications / systems to Oracle
- Lead a team of SMEs in a hands-on role with Telus where I set standards across teams for IT and migration processes considering cloud security and Telus’s change management.
- Created multiple onshore and offshore teams for different PODs, managed budgets, and work orders (SOW) for every set of applications.
- Involved in finalizing 24-million-dollar deal with Telus and Telus Digital to migrate 150 business critical applications to GCP.
- Migrated SQL Server on-premise databases to Azure SQL, Azure SQL MI and Azure VM with SQL Server. This applies to SQL Server 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019 and 2022.
- Migrating MySQL 5.x and 8.x. types database to Azure cloud.
Principal Architect
Xavient Digital
05.2011 - 01.2018
- Oversaw IT personnel and full lifecycle of information technology infrastructure, testing, application development, and services.
- Managed operations including DBA, Middleware Application Administration, Operations, NOC, Windows, Network, Data Backup and Storage 24/7 coverage.
- Led implementation of Big Data using Hadoop and successful migration to AWS Redshift.
- Directed implementation of ground-up applications integrated with Amdocs Billing System and CI/CD pipeline for multiple customers.
- Migrated legacy systems to React JS and Micro Services for improved performance and scalability.
- Developed strategic business partnerships internally and externally.
- Ensured success of mission-critical projects and provided recommendations for complex projects.
- Developed change management processes, identified staffing needs, and managed cross-functional resources.
- Worked with globally distributed teams and influenced changes to business processes and infrastructure.
- Made decisions regarding resource allocation and communicated rationale to management.
- Advised senior management on marketplace evolution and potential application of information and technology.
- Directed business process re-engineering associated with system development and implementation.
- Responsible for technology delivery and ROI.
- Built strong teams, provided coaching and mentoring, and ensured alignment with project and department objectives.
- Managed full lifecycle of IT infrastructure, testing, and application development services
- Provided 24/7 operations management for various IT functions
- Successfully implemented Big Data using Hadoop and AWS Redshift
- Managed implementation of CI/CD pipeline and migration of legacy systems
Principal Architect
Goldman Sacs
05.2016 - 12.2017
- Implemented various processes and procedures by working with cloud compliance team to provide visibility to the C-Level management to ensure they can make informed and timely decisions.
- Architected and designed CI/CD pipeline to deploy resources. Assessing client environments, provided strategy, roadmap, and standards to client teams. Built and assembled teams based on project verticals. Managed budgets of the teams, managed projects at various levels, managed relationship for managed services and with different line of business to grow the pipeline with a 15M dollars portfolio.
- Provided strategy, roadmap, and standards to clients’ internal and external teams. Built and assembled teams based on projects. Managed multiple verticals within teams, managed projects at various levels.
- Supporting production systems and ensuring 99.99% availability to the users and each system/application has proper disaster recovery and runbook.
- Collaboration with business, within IT and engineering teams to ensure timely delivery on standards set and ensuring business involvement and keeping them in loop through regular bi-weekly meetings and taking their feedback on the progress and fill the gaps where observed.
- Eliminated 4.5 million dollars in annual operating expense by moving disaster recovery (DR) of all on-premises applications / systems to Oracle Cloud, lift and shift of ERP and CRM solutions and other systems to cloud and moving infrastructure to Azure and AWS.
- Increased revenue by more than 7.5% ($1.2 million) by architecting and implementing a new infrastructure that reduced cost and increased hardware uptime.
- Aligned strategic business objectives with the IT objectives and transformed the technology team into a business process efficient organization.
- Improved corporate business application platform to accommodate fast paced business changes. Benchmarked 50% performance improvements over 6-month period.
- Ensured business continuation and minimized risk by redesigning payment card processes to ensure Payment Card Industry (PCI) Compliance standards.
- Improved infrastructure scalability and reduce IT production costs – benchmarked 52% cost reduction by implementing Content Management and E-commerce platform in a Cloud Infrastructure.
Solution Architect
Starbucks
01.2015 - 12.2015
- Worked very closely with Microsoft on migrations for approved tools, standards, and StarBucks approved Azure services for application migrations.
- Eliminated more than $4.5 million (23.5%) in annual cost by entering enterprise agreement with Microsoft.
- Reduced $2M in annual costs, improved helpdesk staff productivity by 32%, and cut service cycle time from 7 days to 3 through implementation of SLAs.
- Collaboration within IT and with business to ensure there are no gaps. Collaboration with external customers to ensure delivery is as expected to re-gain trust for the IT division.
- Eliminated $2.3 million dollars from annual operating cost through the introduction of managed services and offshoring model. Achieved 21% in productivity increase by restructuring.
- Saved 23% in annual operational cost by moving Web Presence hardware to Microsoft Azure.
Enterprise Architect
Alpha Bay
01.2013 - 02.2015
- Worked as Technical Lead / Enterprise Architect for SEI / NCO handling web and client-server-based systems. Architected, Developed, and deployed key SharePoint and .Net Web sites to ensure business success. Responsible for following areas: SharePoint administration, Application Development, Operational Readiness; Code Deployments, System Performance.
- Architected and developed various software implementation projects for domestic and international clients. Managed the technical team to successful completion.
- Direct relation with clients to outsource their Infrastructure and assisting them to move their applications to AWS cloud.
- Create SOW, HLD, LLD and POC for all cloud and infrastructure projects.
- AWS services including VPC, LB, NLB, Security group, Route 53, Cloud Front, S3, EC2, EBS and etc.
- Cisco Nexus Family of 3K, 5K, 7K and 9K, Cisco Load Balancers (ACE), Cisco Firewalls, Cisco Security Manager.
- Palo Alto, Check Point and Juniper, Firewalls/VPN appliances.
- Design and implement many projects including Fabric Path, STP, VTP, EIGRP, OSPF, BGP. and VPN technologies, etc...) to determine scope and effort required.
- Managed implementation of Application grounds up and integrated with Amdocs Billing System.
- Managed implementation of CI/CD pipeline grounds up for multiple customers by using Salt Stack, Ansible, Chef, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Splunk and Kafka.
- Migrated SoftwareAG web services to Java Micro services.
- Moved legacy systems to ReactJS and Micro Services.
- Migrated the ROR based middleware App into GO, JAVA, REACT for better performance and scalability.
- Implemented enhanced Automation framework by integrating it with different dev tools, android Mobile support, IDE integrations and added many new features such as like Bandwidth Controller, Network Traffic Analyzer, State Management, CI/CD Pipeline integration.
Team Lead
Xavient Information Systems, Inc.
05.2005 - 12.2012
Fullstack Developer
Limra Technologies
02.2002 - 03.2004
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Agra University
India02-2002
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: GCP (GKE, Compute Engine, Cloud SQL, Cloud Armor, Cloud CDN), AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda, Redshift, CloudFront, CloudTrail, CloudWatch), Azure (VNet, Azure SQL, App Service, Functions, Azure Security Center)
- Cloud Security & Identity: IAM, MFA, RBAC, SAML, Conditional Access, JIT Access, Cloud Security Posture Management, Vulnerability Scanning, Cloud Threat Protection (GuardDuty, Sentinel)
- Networking: Routing & Switching (OSPF, BGP, MPLS, VXLAN), Load Balancing (F5, NetScaler, AWS ALB/NLB), VPN, DNS, Network Automation (Ansible)
- Automation & CI/CD: Terraform, CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Azure ARM, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Gcloud CLI
- Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat, CentOS), Windows Server 2012/2016
- Monitoring & Tools: Splunk, Wireshark, SolarWinds, PRTG, Zabbix, Qualys, ArcSight
- Relationship building
- Strategic planning
Certification
- Google Professional Cloud Architect
- AWS Certified Solution Architect
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
Timeline
Director Cloud Delivery
Telus Digital
02.2018 - Current
Principal Architect
Goldman Sacs
05.2016 - 12.2017
Solution Architect
Starbucks
01.2015 - 12.2015
Enterprise Architect
Alpha Bay
01.2013 - 02.2015
Principal Architect
Xavient Digital
05.2011 - 01.2018
Team Lead
Xavient Information Systems, Inc.
05.2005 - 12.2012
Fullstack Developer
Limra Technologies
02.2002 - 03.2004
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Agra University