ASIF SYED

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Terraform Certified| Azure Security Certified | Azure DevOps Certified | Docker|

AKS
Extensive 10 years of diversified experience within the IT sector in the multiple capacities across driving large-
scale delivery assignments, middleware infrastructure management, cloud management, client facing, and creating
cost effective technology solutions.

 Experienced with various Services in IT sector as Azure IAC DevOps & GCP, Terraform and Packer for building
and deploying applications by adopting DevOps practices such as Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous
Deployment (CD) in runtime with various tools like Git, Azure Repo, Maven, VSTS, Jenkins, Terraform, Docker,
Kubernetes and managing cloud services with Azure.
 Instrumental in executing, maintaining and improving Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery
environments.
 An innovative Specialist, with a successful track record of Software Deployment, involving Build, Change,
Configuration and Release Management and currently, leading a team to carry out CI (continuous integration and
inspection) builds - Jenkins and performing CD (continuous delivery) activities on daily basis over cross Platforms.
 Customer advocate and Skilled at Cloud Operation, designing, implementation, orchestration of infrastructure
provision (on AWS) and meeting quality of service requirements (conforming to SLA), complying with security
standards.
 Recognized Team Leader skilled at tasking, delegation, monitoring, feedback, skill upgrade, career planning,
issue resolution, motivation and mentoring team.
 A cohesive Team Player, looking to upgrade my knowledge as well as having analytical, problem solving,
negotiation, planning, communication, interpersonal skills.
ADDED SKILLS
AWS Project Coordination Application Development Cloud management
DevOPS People Management Training & Mentoring
Infrastructure Management Incident/Problem Management Troubleshooting
IT Consulting SSL management Change Management
Cloud Computing Deployment automation Cross-Functional Coordination

TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Programming Languages: Java,Node JS, Angular JS, ASP.Net, C#.
 Source Code Repository: Git, GitHub
 Databases: SQL Server,No SQL, Cosmos DB
 Operating System: Microsoft Windows and UNIX servers, Drupal Administrator
 Scripting: PowerShell
 Cloud: Azure, AWS and GCP
 Container Tools: Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, GK
 Monitoring tool: Uptime robot, Lens, Prometheus, Grafana
 CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, AWS DevOps, TFS
 Quality check: SonarQube
 Infrastructure Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Cloud formation, ELK

PROFESSIONAL SNAPSHOT
 Worked on CI/CD for Deployment into Azure Cloud. Worked on application gateway and their
configuration.
  Configured load balancer and rules. Providing Blob access using Azure storage Explorer.
 Deploying application on AKS using YAML. Work on JIRA as per the client requirement.
 Deployment of Function app. Resource Group Creation. Worked on App Service.
 Good knowledge of Azure Key Vault. Provisioning ADF, Storage account, ADLS, Blob, Container and HD
Clusters, Troubleshoot Cluster issues.
 Strong working understanding of PaaS, serverless computing, and cloud IaaS (Windows and Linux VMs)
installation, configuration, patching, and maintenance

 Creating Azure Kubernetes service. Setting up pods and containers with network configuration.
 Deploying PODS, containers and images using yaml file.
 Create CD pipeline to deploy images. Providing access for GITLAB. Creating Repos in GIT Advance
experience with and AWS, Azure, GCP, SSH, Database, AD Secret Engines
 Cloud IAM: Advanced experience on major cloud providers GCP, Azure, AWS
 Terraform: Advanced experience or better
 API: Experience with HashiCorp Vault APIs, Cloud APIs and API gateway
 Diligently working with team to ensure good performance on part of the Azure environment.
 Experience in managing Kubernetes especially AKS. Monitoring solutions such as Prometheus and
Grafana
 Configuring and maintaining virtual machines, virtual networks, and load balancers
 Maintaining physical network devices; troubleshooting issues with #virtualmachines and virtual networks
connected to Azure.
 Strong expertise on Release Management & Production roll outs of e-Commerce solutions as well as on
Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) with hands-on experience in AWS cloud platform (Cloud Formation, Auto
Scaling, IAM and others) and cloud deployments on Microsoft Azure

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

PRELUDESYS
Role : Azure Infra Head
Duration : May 2023 – Aug 2023
Roles & Responsibilities
 Acting as a single point of contact for customers thereby successfully resolving client’s issues, problems and
changes.
 Worked on CI/CD for Deployment into Azure Cloud. Worked on application gateway and their configuration.
 Configured load balancer and rules. Providing Blob access using Azure storage Explorer.
 Deploying application on AKS using YAML. Work on JIRA as per the client requirement.
 Deployment of Function app. Resource Group Creation. Worked on App Service.
 Monitor online reviews and respond to each review timely with care.
 Improving productivity by teaching real philosophy, motivating, sharing knowledge among enthusiasts.
 Performs regular solution optimization / maintenance tasks. These tasks range from
 standard in nature to complex.
 Installs and maintains infrastructure management tools.
 Provides advanced problem identification and resolution support services as well as
 performance monitoring and capacity planning support.
 Plays a support role in the development and implementation of departmental workflow
 automation processes and procedures.
 Required to provide on-call support during off-duty hours on weekdays, weekends, and
 holidays on a scheduled/rotating basis

PHOTON INTERACTIVE PVT. LTD.

Role : Sr.Azure Devops Lead
Duration : Jul 2022 – March 2023
Roles & Responsibilities
 Develop security standards for application development & deployment to head off the latest risks and
vulnerabilities.
 Mentor & train peers in advanced security techniques and tools
 Design, implement, configure, and maintain network security infrastructure, including FortiGate, Palo Alto &
Cisco firewalls, Citrix & F5 Load Balancer, Forward Proxies, VPN, and Email Gateway.
 Perform upgrades, patches, and maintenance on network security infrastructure as needed.
 Deploying application on AKS using YAML. Work on JIRA as per the client requirement.
 Deployment of Function app. Resource Group Creation. Worked on App Service.
 Monitor online reviews and respond to each review timely with care.
 Ability to use a variety of scripting languages, such as PowerShell, ARM (Azure Resource Manager), and
Terraform, to automate tasks with a focus on IaC (infrastructure as code)

BIRLASOFT INDIA LTD.

Role : Azure Security Architect
Duration : Sep 2015 – Jun 2022
Roles & Responsibilities
 Sending Reports to the Team Leads and Mangers for knowing the status of the work allocation.
 Working with our engineering team to identify and implement the most optimal cloud-based solutions for the
company.
 Involved in planning, designing and developing cloud-based applications.
 Managing cloud environments in accordance with company security guidelines.
 Training teams on the implementation of new cloud-based initiatives, providing associated training as
required. Employing exceptional problem-solving skills, with the ability to see and solve issues before they
snowball into problems.
 Leading and developing best practices for larger Cloud Engineer team.
 Building and designing web services in the cloud, along with implementing the set-up of geographically
redundant services

VA SOLUTION INTEGRATORS.
Role : Full Stack Engineer
Duration : Dec 2012 – Aug 2015
Roles & Responsibilities
 Build dynamic, visually attractive, end-to-end, and innovative software product/apps including front-end and
back-end
 Able to design the user experience, user interaction, responsive design, and complete architecture.
 Able to work with databases, servers, APIs, version control systems, and third-party apps.
 Provide insights on continuous improvement and add/remove functionality as per needs.
 Design strategy for continuous enhancement, performance optimization, stability, and scalability.
 Stay updated with new tools, frameworks, approaches, and architectures in the development world.
 Transform business needs into a finished product from conception to implementation.

PROJECTS UNDERTAKEN

Project Name : Boomi Migration – MSP Platform & Integration Design Improvements
Client Name : Manpower Group Global Inc & Migration from GCP to AZURE
Role : Azure Infra Head
Technologies : Azure, Git, VSTS (Azure Devops), MS Build, PowerShell

Roles & Responsibilities

 Configured Network Security Group for azure security and route traffic between virtual machines.
 Configured RBAC and Azure Monitor for adding security in Azure Cloud.
 Configured Network Security Groups for Subnet and NIC level for Azure Virtual Machines
 Configured User defined routes to route traffic between the Azure Networks
 Configured Azure VPN gateway and established Site-to-Site connectivity, Express Route with On Premise
Networks and Azure

Project Name : Boots International Ltd. {Jul 2022 – March 2023}

Client Name : Global Consumer Brands (GCB) Migration from GCP to AZURE
Role : Azure DevOps Lead
Technologies : Azure, Git, VSTS (Azure Devops), MS Build, PowerShell

Roles & Responsibilities

 Identifying engineering defects in the existing code base and constantly improving the code quality.
Automated monitoring tools to monitor system health and reliability to support high uptime requirements.
 Automated infrastructure in Amazon Web Services with Terraform and Ansible Build and Provisioning,
delivering the various environment to the clients.
 Deploying the resources tools like Ansible tower, Pipeline using service connection
 Troubleshooting Deployment Failed for Azure Virtual Machine
 Experience in using ticketing tools like Service Now
 Decommissioning of server by dropping the databases and uninstalling the SQL server on VM as well as
nodes in cluster environment
 Created the storage account, container blob in Azure to restore the databases to SQL MI and Azure SQL
Databases.
 Creating the jobs and troubleshooting the issues.

Project Name : DTCC – Enhancement Maintenance and Support (Sep 2015 – Jun 2022)
Client Name : DTCC, USA
Role : Azure Security Architect
Technologies : Azure, Git, VSTS (Azure Devops), MS Build, PowerShell
Domain : Insurance and Banking

Roles & Responsibilities

 Responsible for partnering with the Platform, Engineering and Delivery Teams to deliver seamless
infrastructure support for all Visa business lines.
 Working knowledge of monitoring and automation tools: Netcool, Splunk, BMC Patrol. Security Remediation
process (vulnerability assessment and patch management)
 Provisioning of Azure resources on the various environment according to the application specification and the
requirement
 Creating and managing subscriptions like Managed and Self-managed to the clients
 Providing necessary RBAC access roles with subscription level
 Creating Team Groups in Active Directory and providing necessary access
 Creating App Registrations for customers with necessary approvals
 Using Self Service Tool creating Resource Group, Key vault with deployment environments QA, UAT and Prod
 Troubleshooting Deployment Failed for Azure Virtual Machine
 Handson experience in TCP/IP, LAN, WAN, VLAN, Routing, DNS, and Load Balancing expertise and design
experience, ideally in public cloud environments.
 Experience in using ticketing tools like Service Now and Jira.
 Created the storage account, container blob in Azure to restore the databases to SQL MI and Azure SQL
Databases.
 Creating the jobs and troubleshooting the issues.

CERTIFICATIONS UNDERTAKEN
 Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate Certified ID:H919-4011
 Microsoft Certified: DP-203 - Data Engineering certification ID: 989615343
 Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate Certification number: 545E78-41F1O4
 Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert Certification number: D238SF-8B5698
 HashiCorp Terraform Associated Certified
 Service Now Admin Certification ID: 01011607
 ITIL Foundation and Intermediate Certified ID: GR750294772AS
 HP PPMv9.31 Trained by HP ART
 Java Standard Edition 6 Programmer Certified Professional Oracle Testing ID: OC0982516 1Z0-851.
 EDUCATION & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
 Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A) from JNTU

PERSONAL SNIPPETS
 Gender: Male
 Nationality: Indian

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