Pavan Kumar Chakilam

Azure Platform Engineer

About

17 years of experience in experience in complete Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) which includes comprehensive experience in managing Azure, AWS cloud infrastructures and services. Agile Methodology Delivery Process using SCRUM and Jira,. Experience in Microsoft Azure Cloud Services (PaaS & IaaS), Storage, Azure Monitoring, Key Vault, SQL Azure, Azure Cosmos. Strong Azure BI Development Experience (Azure Blob Storage, Azure Data Lake, Azure SQL Server, Azure Data Factory). User management in On-Prem active directoy, adding users to different OKTA SSO groups and other Database access groups User access management in New relic and Cloudflare tools Handling users access in different storage access roles like reader, contributor, Owner on Azure Storages Handled Azure Peering between VNETs Worked on Azure Private endpoints creation on storage accounts Handled security vulnerabilities raised by security team like RDP access on AWS Ec2 instacnes and public access on Azure storage accounts and Azure Database services. Decommissioned AWS services in order to deleted the AWS accounts to reduce the monthly costs. Handled AWS ec2 instances creation and adding security groups inbound and outbound rules. Handled creation of AWS lamda functions, Dynamo db tables Built application gateways API’s (deployment , Stage creation, Api keys generation, Usage plan, Custom domain addition) in AWS environment. Handled End to end OKTA SSO integration for AWS console and OCI cloud. AWS IAM management, roles creation and Policies creation in AWS different environments. AWS S3 buckets creation and adding required policies and roles addition based on the required access. Extensive experience in implementing data pipelines using Azure Data Factory, working with different source and sync, linked service, data sets and data flow. Orchestrated the end to end data integration pipelines using Azure Data Factory. Good understating to store and read data from cloud storages like azure blob storage and data lake. Extensively used data flows for transformation and customization of files format and headers. Promoting Azure Data factory pipelines from DEV to QA/SIT/PROD environments using ARM templates and Azure DEVOPS Pipelines. Worked on the Incident tracking tools such as Remedy, HP quality center, CA service desk Worked on the server performance monitoring tools like Zabbix, HP Performance, Dynatrace,ITRS. Worked on Job Scheduling tools like Autosys. Effectively using Confluence in content sharing and publishing knowledge articles on confluence.

Country

United States

City

Springfield

Industry

Computer Software

Skill

Data Engineering, Azure Data Lake, Apollo GraphQL, Operating Systems, Troubleshooting, FTP software, Root Cause, Unit Testing, File Transfer, Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), SME, Offshore, Onshore Operations, Incident Response, Incident Investigation, Change Orders, Problem Solving, Creative Problem Solving, Analytical Skills, Problem Analysis

Experience

Azure Platform Engineer

CAPGEMINI AMERICA, INC

2021-11 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

United States

Cloud Infrastructure Management: • Managed storage access, Azure Entra maintenance, and Service principles creation for efficient • operation of Azure infrastructure. • Debugged and fixed issues in Azure Data Factory pipelines, ensuring smooth data flow and processing. • Handled Databricks issues promptly to maintain optimal performance of data processing tasks. Identity and Access Management: • Managed On-prem Active Directory users addition and user management, ensuring secure authentication and authorization. • Managed user and access management in New Relic and Cloudflare for effective monitoring and security. Integration and Automation: • Integrated AWS login with Okta for streamlined authentication processes across cloud platforms, enhancing security and user experience. • Created AWS Lambda functions and managed AWS IAM roles and policies for automation and scalability. Networking and Security: • Implemented Application Gateway creations and handled security groups for secure network access. • Added inbound and outbound security rules for EC2 instances, ensuring network security and compliance. • Oversaw quota increases for subscriptions to accommodate growing cloud infrastructure demands, optimizing resource allocation and cost-effectiveness. • Managed VM termination and creation processes, ensuring optimal resource utilization and scalability. Storage Management: • Added users in different roles for storage accounts, facilitating secure and efficient data access. • Copied files from one storage container to other containers, optimizing data transfer and storage utilization. • Created S3 buckets and set up policies to govern access and data management in AWS. • Created AWS roles and added policies to enforce security and access controls. Networking Solutions: • Implemented Azure Peering between different VNETs and created Private Endpoints for secure access to storage accounts.

Senior Technical Consultant

Larsen & Toubro

2017-11 - 2021-11 · 4 yrs 1 mo

Springfield, Illinois

• Define a plan to migrate all the legacy processes • Coordinate with Vendors and Application teams for converting the legacy processes to new enhance system i.e. Globalscape • Participate in research and develop replacement FTP jobs in Globalscape for all • Current legacy FTP jobs. • Assist with legacy FTP server migration to Globalscape. • Utilize the configurable FTP template for as many of these migrations as possible. • Document each FTP job migrated to Globalscape. • Contact the vendor and determine if the platform has more granular controls to limit • Access to analysts to only the FTP jobs and config files that they support. • Potentially participate in vendor POC's to compare Globalscape with other alternative solutions. • Update the FTP configurations in Mainframe and deploy the packages in Mainframe with new VSAM updates. • Writing AWEs to support file transfers based on customizations. • Worked on Globalscape upgrade to new version • Preparation of Test cases for new deployments • Worked with Network team for IP changes when vendor changes their IP address for Servers. • Worked on REST, SOAP API calls from Globalscape. • Automatic file transfer set up with file upload, monitor and schedular events. • Created multiple linked services to connect Azure Data Lake Gen2, Blob, Azure SQL server and Azure Cosmos DB • Created self hosted Integration rum time to connect Azure SQL database • Developed database driven solution to design the ADF pipelines and parameterized pipelines. • Setting up Storage accounts and containers according to the requirements • Integrating the end-to-end data pipeline to take data from source systems to target data repositories ensuring the quality and consistency of data is maintained at all times. • Setting up different type of triggers like schedule and storage based to trigger the ADF pipelines automatically and process the files

Senior Application Support Specialist/ Production Support Specialist

Infosys

2011-3 - 2017-11 · 6 yrs 9 mos

My responsibilities are managing onsite and offshore teams.Reviewing the work done by offshore. Actively work on Incident Management, Change Management, Problem Management and Release Management process in the project. Providing innovative ideas to build up the automation tools.