Karthik Mani
Sr. Azure Cloud Engineer
Emerald, Dubai
Summary
Passport No: VISA Status: K – 3485795 - IT Professional with 8+ years of experience specializing in the following skills DevOps, Azure, AWS Cloud, VMWare administrator and Windows administrator multi- tasking experience, Project based work , adept at handling multiple system operations, including installation, upgrade, configuration, administration and maintenance of windows and Linux systems. A Skillful Systems Engineer and Leader that welcomes challenges. I hold the conviction that Enterprise Infrastructures must be reliable, consolidated and simplified. I believe hurdles are overcome through technology innovation, process streamlining, team development and understanding of the customer's expectation.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
Work History
Lead II
UST Global
Trivandrum
10.2020 - Current
- Cloud Infrastructure Services
- UST is a global provider of digital technology and transformation, IT services and solutions, headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, United States
- UST specializes in financial services, retail & CPG, manufacturing, technology, media and telecom, semiconductor, and the public sector
- UST offers a host of services in areas like digital transformation, cybersecurity, data Analytics, data Engineering, technology and digital consulting, supply chain management, cloud infrastructure, developer productivity, quality engineering
- Roles and Responsibilities:
- Built S3 buckets and managed policies for S3 buckets and used S3 bucket and Glacier for storage and backup on AWS
- Good Experience in architecting and configuring secure cloud VPC using private and public networks through subnets in
- AWS
- Amazon IAM service enabled to grant permissions and resources to users
- Managed roles and permissions of users with the help of AWS IAM
- Create IAM user accounts and role-based policies for access to AWS services
- Initiating alarms in CloudWatch service for monitoring the server's performance, CPU
- Utilization, disk usage etc
- To take recommended actions for better performance
- Configured AWS Multi Factor Authentication in IAM to implement 2 step authentication of user's access using Google Authenticator and AWS Virtual MFA
- Included security groups, network ACLs, Internet Gateways, and Elastic IP's to ensure a safe area for organization in AWS public cloud
- Utilized Amazon Route53 to manage DNS zones and assign public DNS names to elastic load balancers IP's
- Involved in maintaining the reliability, availability, and performance of Amazon Elastic
- Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances
- Implement and maintain monitors, alarms, and notifications for EC2 instances using
- CloudWatch and SNS
- Coordinate/assist developers with establishing and applying appropriate branching, labeling /naming conventions using GIT source control
- Developed Templates for AWS infrastructure as a code using Terraform to build staging and production environments
- Experience in setting up CI/CD pipeline integrating various tools with GitOps to build and run Terraform jobs to create infrastructure in AWS
- Backup as a service solution - Design, Implantation and management for on-premises Hyper-
- V VMs, VMware VMs, and physical server to Azure Backup Vault using Azure Backup server and
- Agent
- Manage Backup Policies and Backup Infrastructure for different Workloads
- Disaster as a Service Solution - Design, Implantation and management for on-premises
- Hyper-V VMs, VMware VMs, and physical server to Azure Recovery Vault using Azure Site
- Recovery Provider and Agent
- Manage Replication Policies and Site Recovery Infrastructure for different Workloads
- Migration Service – Assessment and migrate for On-premise physical machines, Hyper-V VMs, and VMWare VMs to Azure Infrastructure (Azure Data Center) using Azure Migrate service
- Worked on On-premises databases migrated to Azure SQL by Azure Data Base Migration
- Services.
Cloud Solutions Architect
Rounak Computers LLC
DUBAI
08.2019 - 10.2020
- Rounak Computers LLC is a Microsoft Gold Partner in Cloud Productivity competency
- In the past 16 years the company has built a strong reputation in the UAE providing IT sales and
- Services
- Rounak Computers provide the best cloud computing solutions from Microsoft Azure, Amazon’s AWS, and Google Cloud services ranging from local server files to cloud, application hosting, web hosting, SQL databases, Disaster recovery As
- Service, Site Recovery etc
- Rounak has started its Cloud Services practice in December 2014, and started offering Cloud products like Microsoft Office 365, Exchange Online,
- Microsoft Azure, Software as Service (SaaS), Platform as Service (PaaS), Infrastructure as
- Service (IaaS)
- Azure Backup services, Azure AD services, Azure application hosting and
- M365 Projects
- Roles and Responsibilities:
- Design and implementation of Azure and AWS cloud deployment service solutions for Managed multiple clients and customers
- Understand the customer requirements for Azure and AWS Cloud Solutions and suggest the right solution
- Azure Subscriptions creation and Management on different Cloud Solutions Provider with rooted Account
- Refer MS Azure Architecture Center for Azure Solution for different customer requirements
- Preparing Cost Estimate using Azure Pricing Calculator and BOQ for Azure and AWS
- Solutions
- Preform Billable Services contracts – 90% remote and 10% on location as required by the clients
- Managing Infrastructure on Microsoft Azure - IaaS, PaaS, SaaS including Storage Account,
- Networking, and Security
- Managing Microsoft Azure Virtual Machines, deploying Azure VMs (Windows Server and Linux) in a highly available environment
- Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (Azure VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into Secure VNet and subnets through Power Shell Script, Azure Portal and ARM
- Capture an image (VHDs) of a Virtual Machine
- Attaching a Disk to a Virtual Machine
- Manage and create Virtual Network and End Points in Azure Portal
- Provided high availability for IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances for access from other services in the VNet with Azure Internal Load Balancer
- Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNet), Subnets, Azure Network Settings,
- DNS settings, Security
- Policies and Routing, Load Balancer and Application Gateway
- Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets
- Create and Manage Storage Account (Blob, File, Queues and Table service) in Azure Portal
- Create and Manage Disks – HDD and SSD (Azure VM) in Azure Portal
- Deployed and Management of Web Application in App service platform (Platform as a service) and Database creation and management in Azure SQL server (Platform as a service)
- Monitor the Application by Application insights
- Monitor Azure Infrastructure (Azure VMs) through Azure Monitor
- AZURE Monitor with Log
- Analytics Workspaces and Log Search to “drill down” into the most important data in your
- IaaS systems
- Deployed and Managed Azure Function App in Azure Portal
- Design Virtual networks to support workloads with the highest security and performance
- Explore configuring Hybrid connectivity between on-premises environments and Azure
- (VPN-
- P2S and S2S)
- Designed, configured and deployed Microsoft Azure for a multitude of applications utilizing the Azure stack (Including Compute, Web & Mobile, Blobs, Resource Groups, Azure
- SQL, Cloud Services, and ARM), focusing on high - availability, fault tolerance, and auto- scaling
- Resources migration from one Resources group to Another Resource group
- AZURE Resources and depended resources are migration from one subscription to another subscription
- AZURE resources are migration from one region to another region
- Backup as a service solution - Design, Implantation and management for on-premises Hyper-
- V VMs, VMware VMs and physical server to Azure Backup Vault using Azure Backup server and
- Agent
- Manage Backup Policies and Backup Infrastructure for different Workloads
- Disaster as a Service Solution - Design, Implantation and management for on-premises
- Hyper-V VMs, VMware VMs and physical server to Azure Recovery Vault using Azure Site
- Recovery Provider and Agent
- Manage Replication Policies and Site Recovery Infrastructure for different Workloads
- Migration Service – Assessment and migrate for On-premise physical machines, Hyper-V VMs and VMWare VMs to Azure Infrastructure (Azure Data Center) using Azure Migrate service
- Worked on On-premises databases migrated to Azure SQL by Azure Data Base Migration
- Services
- Deployed Azure VDI solution to multiple customers
- Deployed Azure Cognitive services like FACE API and Azure Bot through Azure Portal
- Deployed, Integrated Azure active directory with on premise AD using AD Connect
- Deployed and Managed Directory objects for Users and Computers by AAD and Azure Active
- Directory Domain Services
- Deployed MDM Service in Endpoint Manager Portal and Managed for all Users and Computers with set of configurations profiles (GPO) and Access policies
- Managed for all Computers, Mobile devices and different OS and Securities by MDM
- Training conduct to support team and Sales team.
System Analyst
RAS Infotech Limited, FAB
DUBAI
10.2018 - 07.2019
- Abu Dhabi
- Bank), (Windows and VMWare – Data Center)
- RAS Infotech, as a security expert, our solutions cover the security aspects required throughout the life cycle of data from the creation to the disposal of the hardware containing it
- With that said, our channel network of over 200 active enterprise partners/resellers cater to over a 1000 enterprise accounts throughout the region of
- Middle East and North Africa
- And to continue addressing the ever-increasing sophistication of the threats faced by organizations in this day and age, we too continue to expand our expertise and bring in new and even more sophisticated information security solutions into the market
- Roles and Responsibilities:
- Install, Configure & Manage VMware vSphere 6.0 and 6.5 ESXi Infrastructure
- Participate on rotating shift coverage’s, as needed to support organizational goals;
- Participate in the company on call program, as needed to support organizational goals
- Responsible for provisioning, installation/configuration, operation, and maintenance of systems hardware, software, operating systems, and related infrastructure
- Self-motivated with the ability to work quickly and independently with minimal supervision
- Install, Configure & Manage VMware vSphere 6.0 and 6.5 ESXi Infrastructure
- Experience in high level diagnostics & troubleshooting on VMware vSphere 6.0 and 6.5
- ESXi
- Excellent troubleshooting and System Administration skills on VMware products and tools
- Experience working on vSAN configuration and troubleshooting
- OS / Patch Release management and manage Hosts patching via Update Manager Plug-in
- Configure and Manage HA, DRS, SDRS, Resource Pools clusters
- Manage Backups and Restore, along with understanding of VMware Snapshots
- Configure and Manage Monitoring Alerts w.r.t VMware Hypervisors and VM’s
- Perform Capacity and Performance reports for Cluster, Hosts, Storage, VM’s etc
- Manage Resources like CPU / Memory / Disk and manage respective resource bottleneck
- Experience in performance tuning of VMware servers and Virtual sessions and management of server’s resources between virtual machines
- Experience in P2V, VMotion, Storage VMotion, FT etc
- Experience on ESXi 6.0 and 6.5 Architecture and vSphere Web Client
- Installation and Configuration of ESXi, HA and DRS Clusters, Virtual Center and troubleshooting on HS, DRS, VMotion etc
- Issues
- Management & configuration of Virtual Center and plugins like Update Manager
- Knowledge and hands-on vROps
- Hands on experience with storage or at an expert level with IBM/HP/EMC/NetApp storage in block and file services: FC, iSCSI and NFS
- Knowledge of networking and storage protocols: NFS, CIFS, TCP/IP, Fiber Channel, Storage
- Area Network
- Experience working with external providers in the day-to-day support of hardware installation, repairs and decommissioning
- Must be able to create and modify PowerCLI scripts for day to day management of virtual environments
- Strong experience in Troubleshooting VMware related issues
- Experience with Operating System Windows and Linux
- Troubleshoot hardware and software problems in person and remotely, resolving, and documenting solutions
- Monitor backup and maintenance logs.
System Administrator
iLink MultiTech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
Chennai
02.2018 - 10.2018
- ILink Systems, a CMMI Level 3 and ISO 9001:2008 Certified Global Software Solution
- Provider and Systems Integrator, delivers next-generation technology solutions to help clients solve complex business challenges, improve organizational effectiveness, increase business productivity, realize sustainable enterprise value and transform your business inside-out
- We maintain an enviable customer– retention rate of 99% and repeat orders from clients form our major sources of revenue
- Roles and Responsibilities:
- Administers and manages Windows systems of moderate to medium complexity - all aspects of planning, set-up, deployment, updates, and maintenance
- Experience with Azure Governance and Best Practices (Role Based Access Control, Cost
- Management controls, etc.)
- Worked on Microsoft Azure (Public) Cloud to provide IaaS support to client
- Create
- Virtual Machines through Power Shell Script and Azure Portal
- Manage and Create Storage Account and Affinity Group in Azure Portal
- Capture an image of a Virtual Machine
- Attaching a Disk to a Virtual Machine
- Manage and create Virtual Network and End Points in Azure Portal
- Deploying VM's, Storage, Network and Affinity Group through PowerShell Script
- Creating Storage Pool and Stripping of Disk for Azure Virtual Machines
- Backup Configure and Restore Azure Virtual Machine using Azure Backup
- Mitigates hardware/software issues, performance bottlenecks and overall system health concerns
- Define, build, and maintain in good operational conditions complex technical environments with respect to SLAs
- Integrated Azure active directory with on premise AD
- Responsible for administration and troubleshooting of 200 Physical machines & windows servers
- Implementing Group Policy Managing GPO Links and Password Policies
- Migrated Windows 2008 R2 Domain Controller to Windows 2012 R2 Domain Controller
- Configured and applied patches, service packs with the help of WSUS
- Responsible for DHCP server and make sure no users are getting IP conflict throughout the organization
- Responsible for Name resolution server
- Managed Configuration of WAN, LAN, VPN and other required settings in SONICWALL firewall
- Worked with ADS issues such as: logon failures, account lockouts, network connectivity, authentication problems, folder and printer permission
- Administration of the Symantec server and make sure all the client systems are updated and protected
- Implemented WDS in our network for the installation of Windows family
- Performed and verified scheduled backup of the servers.
System Administrator
TAG Info Solutions India Pvt Ltd, Microsoft technologies
Chennai
06.2016 - 12.2017
- Have been creating striking, affordable, dynamic, and practical websites for organizations of all kinds
- It’s consistently delivered appealing designs and applications to clients making their online identity stand out of the crowd and brings value to the businesses
- It’s explained the quality of design and content which is a testimony to our commitment towards quality
- We maintain an enviable customer– retention rate of 99% and repeat orders from clients form our major sources of revenue
- Roles and Responsibilities:
- Experience in, : Windows server 2008 R2, 2012 R2, 2016, 7, 8, XP
- FIREWALL – PFsense Implemented with regular maintenance, creating and deployed 3rd Party
- Firewall usage plans and user management with website restrictions
- Virtual Private Server Management for Hosting of projects
- Virtual Private Network management to the officials and client end
- Managed and administered Windows systems – Performed periodic maintenance, provided technical support and executed systems engineering
- Maintained & Performed troubleshooting and provided resolutions for server problems
- Implemented proper recovery procedures for disasters and administered user–accounts mailbox Maintained the timely back–up of important data and management resources
- Assisted in the timely recovery of data lost due to software crash or hardware failure
- Conducted periodic performance tests on existing servers
- Managed and advised the deployment of new system designs
- Knowledge on Windows Server Active Directory, Group Policies, AD User Creation and AD
- User Permission
- Regular Maintenance of Software Applications, Operating Systems and Network Hands-on experience on Virus Protection using Kaspersky Anti-virus
- Responsible for configuration and Troubleshooting of Mail Clients such as Microsoft
- Outlook 2007, 2010, Webmail & eM-client
- Recommended and executed modifications to server environment in order to improve efficiency, reliability, and performance
- Experience in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Installation and Uninstallation
- Experience in Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Server & Client Connections, Database User
- Rights Strong working knowledge of windows-based environments, internet, mail client, & MS- office Suite applications
- Responsible for setting up workstations and laptops for new employees; configured systems, ensured network connectivity, installed, and tested hardware and software for the same
- Handled remote support for users with Microsoft RDP, Team viewer, Any Desk, and Ammyy
- Admin
- Experience in day-to-day maintenance/on call support.
Technical Support Engineer
RBM Soft Tech
Chennai
11.2012 - 12.2015
- Team Management and organizing the workflow /handling call escalations
- Expertise in assembling and Troubleshooting for all kinds of a Desktop PC
- Administrating and troubleshooting Windows server (workgroup model)
- Managing user accounts and giving share & security level permissions
- Responsible to install, set up, maintain network, and also configure the peripherals, cabling and equipment’s accordingly as per the requirement
- Responsible for maintaining the company strategy like designing, implementing and maintenance of enterprise network components
- Managing data base of server & creating new users accounts
- Responsible for troubleshooting Microsoft windows issues
- Responsible for configuring & troubleshooting Microsoft outlook accounts
- Responsible for creating new Microsoft outlook accounts for new users
- Responsible for sharing the network printers
- Expertise in analyzing information system needs, evaluating end-user requirements
- Proficient in resolving the issue regarding Desktop, laptop and servers
- Providing Desktop support to the customers
- Administration, Disk space management for all Desktops and Laptops
- Resolution of call within SLA.
Education
Bachelors - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Shri Angalamman College of Engineering and Technology
01.2007 - 01.2011
HSC - Maths
N.S.M.V.P.S Higher Secondary School
SSLC - undefined
N.S.M.V.P.S Higher Secondary School
Skills
IaaS, PaaS,SaaS,M365 Project implementation and administration, ComputeStorage, Azure Windows VDI, Azure Backup , Azure Site Recovery ,Azure Migrate - PhysicalAnd VM Migrations, Azure Database Migration Services, MDM, VSTS, Virtual NetworkApplication Gateway, Azure Load Balancer, Traffic Manager, Web App Services, Azure SQLService, Azure Database for MySQL, Azure Function, Cognitive Service, Key Vault, AzureActive Directory, AD Connect, AADDS,VPN Gateway,P2S ,S2S,ExpressRoute, PowerShell, AzureCLI, Azure ARM Portal, Azure Monitor, Security Center, Cost Management and Billing ,LogAnalytics, Azure AdvisorAmazon Web Services: EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, Ops Works, Cloud Formation, VPC, cloud frontSecurity GroupsMS Servers: Windows 2008 R2,2012,2012 R2 ,2016 and 2019, Office 365, Windows ClusterServer, SQL Server, IIS Server, File Server, AD with DNS Server, DHCP Server, ExchangeServer, TFS Server, WSUS Server, WDS Server, Terminal ServerNetworking: Firewall Configuration/Installation -Dell SonicWall, FortiGate and SOPHOSTCP/IP Configuration, Ethernet, Firewall, VPN, Wireless Networking, DHCP, DNS, SMTP, POP3FTP, TFTPVirtualization: Hyper-V, VMware ESXi, Oracle Virtual BoxNAS Administration – Synology and Open filer (Opensource)Databases: MS SQL, MYSQLVersion Controls: Git Hub, SVN, TFS and VSTSWeb Servers: IIS, Apache HTTP Web Server, NginxProvisioning Tools: Terraform, Cloud FormationCI/CD Tool: GitLabTicket Tool: JIRA, Slack
Accomplishments
- Acronis Cyber Certified Engineer from Acronis, May 2020 – ACID: C2308
- Payilagam Software Training Institute, Chennai Jan 2016 – June 2016 Professional Trainedin the following areas:
- MS Windows Server Infrastructure
- RHEL
- VMware
- Network Administration
Certification
Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate from Microsoft, September 2019 - MCID
Timeline
Lead II
UST Global
10.2020 - Current
Cloud Solutions Architect
Rounak Computers LLC
08.2019 - 10.2020
System Analyst
RAS Infotech Limited, FAB
10.2018 - 07.2019
System Administrator
iLink MultiTech Solutions Pvt. Ltd
02.2018 - 10.2018
System Administrator
TAG Info Solutions India Pvt Ltd, Microsoft technologies
06.2016 - 12.2017
Technical Support Engineer
RBM Soft Tech
11.2012 - 12.2015
Bachelors - Electronics and Communication Engineering
Shri Angalamman College of Engineering and Technology
01.2007 - 01.2011
HSC - Maths
N.S.M.V.P.S Higher Secondary School
SSLC - undefined
N.S.M.V.P.S Higher Secondary School