Ashok N.

Ashok Reddy Nallatimmareddygari +1 (630) 287 9128 mailtoashok.aws@gmail.com __ OVERALL SUMMARY: • Having 13+ years of experience in the IT industry with designing Software Product Development, Administration on Cloud computing, Process Automation, Infrastructure deployment, Build and Release Automation, System Administration, Orchestration, Source Code repository and Environment management. • Designed, configured and managed Public and Private cloud infrastructures utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS) including EC2, Auto - Scaling in launching EC2 instances, Elastic Load Balancer, S3, RDS, VPC, VPC Peering, TGW, Route 53, CloudWatch, IAM, Security Groups, NACL, Event bridge, Cloud trail, Lambda and SNS. • Extensively worked with AWS for deploying EC2 instances consisting of various flavors like Ubuntu server, Amazon Linux, SUSE Linux, Red Hat Linux Enterprise and Microsoft windows server. • Hands-on experience on creating multiple AWS instances, ALB, NLB, ALB Ingress Controller, WAF, ACM and Auto Scaling to design cost effective, fault tolerant and highly available systems. • Good Experience in creating AWS resources using Terraform IaaC. • Experience on branching, merging, conflict resolution using source control tools such as GitHub. • Experience in working with EKS service and successfully deployed the images in the cloud environment for managing application. • Experience in infrastructure monitoring tools like CloudWatch, Splunk, Grafana and Prometheus. • Experienced in using Nexus and ECR Repository managers for storing binaries, artifacts and dependencies of the successful builds and used Helm Charts for deployments and AgroCD used for GitOps purpose. • Strong hands-on experience with scripting languages like Python Boto3. • Involved in working with various RDBMS like SQL Server, Oracle and PostgreSQL. • Hands on experience in configuring and maintain Jenkins, GitHub Actions to implement the continuous integration process with Maven plugins to schedule the builds. Knowledge on GitLab Environment. • Strong hands-on development and configuration experience with Configuration Management tool like Ansible. • Extensive knowledge and hands-on experience in installation, configuration, customization, designing, administering and managing SharePoint Server 2013, 2010& 2007. • Did lot of SharePoint patches in all environments. • Hands on experience in Configuration of Managed Metadata Service Application, Search Service Application, User Profile and Business Continuity service application in SharePoint server 2010 and 2013. • Knowledge in using System Center Operation Manager (SCOM), Prometheus and Grafana. • Good Experience in Installations and Deployment of Service Packs and Cumulative Updates for SharePoint 2010/2013 Servers and good Experience in Automating SharePoint 2010 sites with Power Shell Script. • Knowledge on SharePoint Object Model, Event receivers, Features, Site Columns and Content Types. • Experience in Backup and Restore of the SharePoint Servers, Power Shell and STSADM command tools. EDUCATION: • B.Tech in Computer Science Engineering from JNTU 2007, secured first class. CERTIFICATION: • Good Knowledge on ITIL process. • Received an Innovation Award for the year 2015 from HCL Delivery Team. • Did AWS cloud practitioner, AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate, Terraform Associate (003), Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), SharePoint 2013 (70-331, 70-332) and SharePoint 2016 (70-339) external certifications. • Received Circle of Champions Award at GE Organization level. TECHNICAL SKILLS: Cloud Technologies AWS EC2, VPC, Load Balancing, Auto Scaling, Route 53, IAM, S3, RDS, AWS CLI, EKS, SSM, EFS, EBS, TGW, VPC Peering SharePoint Technologies SharePoint 2010/2013, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server (MOSS 2007), SharePoint designer 2007,2010&2013 Scripting Terraform, Python Boto3, Ansible, Shell, Groovy, YAML Web Servers IIS, Apache Tomcat Operating Systems Windows, Linux Container Orchestration Tools Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, ALB Ingress Controller, Helm Chats Data Base SQL Server 2005 ,2008 & 2014 Monitoring Tools CloudWatch, Splunk, Prometheus and Grafana Ticketing Tools Remedy, Service Now, PagerDuty, Rally PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE Client: GE, San Ramon, CA Mar 2020 – April 2024 Role: AWS Cloud and DevOps Engineer Environment: AWS, Terraform, GitHub, Jenkins CICD Pipelines, EKS, ECR, Python Boto3, Ansible, Helm, Argo CD, Rally, Service Now. Responsibilities: • Design and manage AWS infrastructure, including VPC, VPC Peering, TGW, Endpoints, IAM (Users, Groups, Roles and Policies), EC2 instances, RDS databases, EKS clusters, ALB Ingress Controller, Helm and ARGO CD. • Automated infrastructure deployment processes using terraform, reducing manual errors and improving efficiency. • Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, and GitHub for automated software delivery. • Created and managed a Docker deployment pipeline for custom application images in the cloud using Jenkins and implemented a continuous framework using Jenkins. • Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions with CloudWatch, SNS and third-party tools for proactive system management. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize costs and ensure security compliance on AWS. • Developed and implemented automation scripts using Python Boto3, Ansible, resulting in improved operational efficiency. • Implemented high availability and disaster recovery strategies using AWS services like Multi-AZ RDS, Route 53 and S3 replication. • Implemented scalable and fault-tolerant architectures using AWS services such as Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing. • Implemented security best practices on AWS, including encryption at rest and in transit for sensitive data. • Provided technical support and training to internal teams for AWS-related technologies, Terraform and best practices. Followed Agile methodology. Client: UPM, Finland (Helsinki) Jan 2019 - Mar 2020 Role: AWS Cloud and DevOps Engineer Environment: AWS, Terraform, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins Responsibilities: • Managed and administered AWS infrastructure, including EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and VPC configurations. • Implemented security measures on AWS, including IAM roles, security groups and VPC peering. • Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions with CloudWatch, resulting in improved system reliability. • implemented disaster recovery strategies using AWS services such as Route53. • Implemented backup and disaster recovery solutions, resulting in reduced data loss and improved system availability. • Developed scripts and automation tools using Bash and Python Boto3 for infrastructure management tasks. • Collaborated with the development team to optimize application performance and troubleshoot production issues. • Deployed and managed applications on AWS cloud infrastructure, utilizing VPC, EC2, S3, Load Balancer through terraform IaaC. • Worked closely with development teams to design and implement scalable, fault-tolerant architectures on AWS. • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, GitHub and Terraform, resulting in faster and more reliable deployments. • Created, tested and deployed an End-to-end CI/CD pipeline for various applications using Jenkins as the main integration server for Dev, QA, Staging, UAT and Production environments with Agile methodology. • Performed regular security audits and implemented necessary measures to ensure compliance with industry standards. • Implemented security best practices on AWS, including encryption at rest and in transit for sensitive data. Client: TIAA (Teachers insurance and annuity association), NYC, NY Nov 2015 – Jan 2019 Role: AWS Cloud Engineer and SharePoint Administrator Environment: AWS, SharePoint 2013 Responsibilities: • Managed and optimized AWS infrastructure, including EC2 instances, VPC configurations, and S3 storage for SharePoint Applications • Implemented scalable and fault-tolerant architectures using AWS services such as Auto Scaling and Elastic Load Balancing. • Configured Application Load Balancer with Route 53 and used Region failover capability. • Created Users, Groups, Roles, AWS policies and custom policies using IAM Service. • Configured Cloud watch for monitoring AWS resources and created custom metrics. • Created Internet Gateway, NAT Gateway, Route Tables and Security Groups. • Created SQL server using RDS Service. Client: Pfizer, USA (New York) Feb 2012 – Nov 2013 Role: SharePoint Administrator Environment: SharePoint server 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010 Responsibilities: • Installed the SharePoint Server 2010 Environment and SharePoint farm (Medium &Large) installations and Configurations • Worked on Configuration of Service Applications and services on SharePoint 2010 servers • Configured the Search, Metadata, User profile, Web Analysis Service, Excel Services Application. • Managing Authentication Providers and Permissions and Managing User Accounts and Roles. • Actively involved in troubleshooting SharePoint 2010 Server Level issues and Monitoring. • Worked on deployments of Service Packs and Cumulative updates on production servers. • Deployed different types of Custom solutions on farm level. Client: PGI (Polymer Group Inc), USA (Charlotte) Dec 2013 – Oct 2015 Environment: SharePoint server 2010, SharePoint Designer 2010 Role: SharePoint Administrator Responsibilities: • Troubleshooting the SharePoint 2010 client& Server issues • Monitoring and troubleshooting of SharePoint Servers and Sites issues • Creating and managing Web Sites and user accounts • Taking backups of SharePoint farms level, Web Applications and Site Collections. • Installation and configuration of SharePoint 2010 Servers. • Installation and configuration of Office SharePoint Server 2010 with SQL 2008 Database in test environments. • Creating and configuring SharePoint Team sites, Performing Backup and Restore. • Configure Alerts, Search, Email enabled Document Library, Workflow. • User administration (Creation of Users, Groups). • Managing Operating systems and software Deployment. • Installation and configuration of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server farm. • Created several Document Libraries, Form Libraries, Lists, List Columns, and Site Columns. Client: Hewlett- Packard Global Soft Ltd (HP), USA (Texas) May 2010 – Oct 2011 Environment: Moss 2007 Role: SharePoint Administrator Responsibilities: • Worked on L2 support and troubleshoot SharePoint site issues by interacting with users. • Worked on installation and configuration of the Microsoft Office SharePoint Server farm 2007. • Creating the Timesheets Periods every 3 months as for requirements. Managing the Timesheets. • Creating New Look up Tables (Global Enterprise Fields) and Columns as per end user request. • Setting up Department Sites, Security Groups, Site Templates, Content Types and Mail enabling libraries and setting up Department Sites, Security Groups, Site Templates, Content Types and Mail enabling libraries and developed several Document Libraries, Form Libraries, Lists, and Site Columns. • Involved in Backup and Restore of the SharePoint Sites.