Email: [email protected]
Phone: (+91) 8698-270-050
Social: LinkedIn
My Work: GitLab | Github
Address: Pune, Maharashtra, India
Cloud Enthusiast with 14+ years of experience in Cloud and Enterprise Virtualization products. Adept at designing and delivering secure cloud solutions for enterprises and public organizations, aligning infrastructure and business goals while mitigating risks.
- Cloud and Virtualization: OpenStack, Kubernetes, VMware, CEPH, NFV, Containers
- DevOps Tools: Ansible, GitOps (ArgoCD, HELM, Harbor), Crossplane, Terraform, Jenkins, SaltStack
- Programming and Scripting: Python, Bash
- Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana
- Certifications: CKA, CKAD, CKS, Red Hat Certified Engineer
Sep 2021 – Present
- Manage large-scale private cloud operations for OpenStack clusters.
- Implement GitOps deployments with ArgoCD, HELM, Kustomize and Harbor Registry images.
- Automate infrastructure management using Ansible and CI(Github-Actions,Jenkins)/CD(ArgoCD,ScrewDriver) pipelines.
- Deploy and monitor Kubernetes clusters and applications using Prometheus scrapeconfigs, AlertManager and Grafana Dashboards.
- Build cloud resources on AWS and GCP with Crossplane and Terraform.
- Performance anlysis and tuning of CEPH.
Jul 2020 – Sep 2021
- Managed OpenStack private cloud operations, including scaling and upgrades.
- Automated cloud upgrades with SaltStack and Jenkins pipelines.
- Designed and monitored infrastructure using ELK, Prometheus, and Grafana.
- Resolved tenant issues involving VMs, storage, and RabbitMQ.
Mar 2018 – Jul 2020
- Deployed and troubleshot Ultra-M OpenStack platform for telco clients.
- Automated OpenStack and CEPH tasks using Ansible.
- Benchmarked and tuned CEPH I/O to throttle performance of applications using DPDK inside VNF.
Apr 2011 – Mar 2018
- Cloud Consultant (2016 – 2018): Delivered solutions as a Cloud SME, managing CXO-level stakeholders.
- Senior Technical Support Engineer (2016): Troubleshot OpenStack deployments and performed automation with Ansible.
- Technical Support Engineer (2013 – 2016): Supported RHEV, KVM, and XEN issues and collaborated with engineering teams.
- Associate Technical Support Engineer (2011 – 2013): Configured RHEL systems and developed bash scripts.
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Eastlink Ansible Tower Implementation (Canada)
- Standup new Ansible Tower environment
- Help to Migrate Ansible AWX data into Tower
- Provide Best Practices and Architectural Review Services
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SHAW Openshift (Canada)
- Design and code a Dockerfile to build a custom container image.
- Deploy applications that are containerized using multiple container images.
- Create and deploy Jenkins pipelines to facilitate continuous integration and deployment with OpenShift.
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FirstOntario Red Hat Satellite (Canada)
- Review deployed satellite/capsule and satellite-installer options used to deploy
- Review all prerequisites are in place for provisioning
- Installing and configuring Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Performance Evaluation Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Troubleshoot network bandwidth between servers
- Red Hat partner accreditation
- Enabled customer to onboard as RH Partner
- Cleared all the mandatory pre-reqs required for technical partner enablement
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
Rajarshi Shahu College of Engineering, Pune | 2004 – 2008
Equivalent CGPA: 6.8
- Dec 2023: [Exam] Codefresh Argo - GitOps at Scale Level II
Certificate ID : 659043f27ef021b2c409c218 - Jun 2022: [Exam] Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
Certificate ID : Lf-v6zejvhtxm - Jan 2022: [Course] Introduction to GitOps (LFS169)
Certificate ID : LF-u15v1yng3y - Jan 2022: [Exam] Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) Certificate ID : LF-fqdun03yvb
- Jun 2021: [Course] Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
- Dec 2020: [Exam] Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Certificate ID : LF-nif8mlmcdi - Dec 2019: [Exam] IELTS scored 7.5 band (L-7.5/R-7.5/W-7/S-7)
- Dec 2019: [Course] Amazon Web Services – Solution Architect Associate
- Aug 2018: [Course] Docker Deep Dive
- Aug 2018: [Exam] RabbitMQ Certification
Certificate ID : License UC-NZ4D9388 - Apr 2014: [Exam] Red Hat Certified System Administrator – OpenStack
Certificate ID : License 150-097-194 - Jul 2012: [Exam] Red Hat Certified Virtualization Administrator
Certificate ID : License 120-125-059 - Sep 2011: [Course] VMware vSphere Install, Configure, Manage [v4.1]
- Nov 2010: [Exam] Red Hat Certified Engineer
Certificate ID : License 805010354254491 - Dec 2009: [Course] CCNA (Cisco Certified Network Analyst)