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Prakash Natarajan

Atlanta,GA

Summary

Accomplished engineer proffering extensive cloud monitoring, deployment and troubleshooting skills. Defined, built and maintained infrastructure using vendor-neutral and platform-specific tools. Organized and focused person with extraordinary leadership acumen.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cloud Security Engineer

Security Benefit
02.2023 - Current
  • Implemented comprehensive security strategy utilizing protective, detective, and monitoring controls within customer's AWS account to safeguard database backups in S3 against ransomware threats.

Solution Architect

Schwinghammer Lighting
06.2022 - 01.2023
  • Led the successful migration of the client's file server and paved the way for cloud-based infrastructure modernization by leveraging AWS. This eliminated the limitations of their legacy on-premises environment, resulting in enhanced performance, scalability, and operational efficiency.

DevOps Engineer

Hennessy Automobile
09.2021 - 03.2022
  • Instrumental in constructing a highly automated DevOps process for the Adesa pipeline, leveraging AWS Step Functions to streamline workflow execution and minimize reliance on manual efforts from Hennessy resources. Furthermore, implemented serverless architecture for cost-effective and scalable operation .

Cloud Infra and Database Engineer

Security Benefit
04.2020 - 08.2021
  • Designed and proposed a multi-phased DevSecOps implementation strategy tailored to meet the client's business objectives. This approach focuses on accelerating time to market (TTM), enhancing security posture, optimizing operational stability and reliability, and streamlining overall workflow .

DevOps Engineer

Accushield
08.2018 - 03.2020
  • Client leverage Heroku to host two critical business applications
  • Identified performance bottlenecks within the client's pre-built QA environment on AWS, leading to suboptimal application performance.
  • Supported client's growth trajectory by migrating their applications to AWS for robust and scalable infrastructure.

DevOps Engineer

WatchOps
01.2018 - 07.2018
  • Designed and deployed a robust multi-account AWS architecture consisting of development, staging, and production environments. Leveraged AWS migration tools and best practices to seamlessly move client's existing infrastructure to dedicated accounts, ensuring optimal security and performance.
  • Automated and implemented system backup and recovery procedures.
  • Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.

DevOps Engineer

Trimble
05.2017 - 12.2017
  • Successfully upgraded a production application from an outdated Python codebase, improving its stability and reducing manual support requirements. Additionally, implemented GCP monitoring, alerting, and backup/disaster recovery solutions for enhanced security and resilience.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Bangalore
06.2016

Skills

  • Cloud Architecture Design
  • Technology Support
  • Disaster Recovery Planning
  • Troubleshooting
  • Cloud Computing
  • Incident Response
  • Business Continuity
  • Continuous Integration
  • Logging Solutions
  • Capacity Planning
  • Azure Proficiency
  • Data Migration
  • Serverless Computing
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Containerization Technologies
  • Scripting Languages
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Load Balancing
  • Monitoring Tools
  • Version Control
  • Disaster Recovery
  • Performance Optimization
  • Google Cloud Platform
  • DevOps Principles
  • Kubernetes Management
  • Network Configuration

Certification

  • AWS Certified Sysops Administrator - Associate
  • AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
  • AWS Certified Developer - Associate

Timeline

Cloud Security Engineer

Security Benefit
02.2023 - Current

Solution Architect

Schwinghammer Lighting
06.2022 - 01.2023

DevOps Engineer

Hennessy Automobile
09.2021 - 03.2022

Cloud Infra and Database Engineer

Security Benefit
04.2020 - 08.2021

DevOps Engineer

Accushield
08.2018 - 03.2020

DevOps Engineer

WatchOps
01.2018 - 07.2018

DevOps Engineer

Trimble
05.2017 - 12.2017

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

University of Bangalore
Prakash Natarajan