Hari Panati
Hong Kong,Hong Kong
Summary
Seasoned System Administrator/ AWS Solutions Architect/ Cloud Engineer with 14-year background in Information Technology. Progressive experience marked by continuous contributions above and beyond requirements. Career achievements in large-scale deployments.
Proficient in Windows, Microsoft Exchange / O365, leveraging Amazon Web Services Global Infrastructure, Cloud Orchestration & Automation, Security, Identity & Access Management, Monitoring and Configuration, Governance & Compliance, Application Delivery, Data protection, Image and Patch Management while focusing on core Business Priority. Eager to contribute to team success through hard work, attention to detail and excellent organizational and communication skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
Work History
AWS Solutions Architect/AWS Cloud Engineer
Infosys Ltd
Hong Kong
01.2019 - Current
- Analyzed technical, and application requirements to determine migration requirements, identified potential issues, and performed project cost analysis using AWS Migration Evaluator and Migration Portfolio Assessment tools.
- Strategically analyzed the benefits, opportunities and risks associated with a proposed solution and influenced the technical direction of others to drive all projects to successful completion within architectural standards and guidance.
- Authored detailed migration plans including current and target state architecture.
- Architected and implemented multi-tier infrastructures following AWS well architected framework principles.
- Developed and managed infrastructure provisioning using CloudFormation, Terraform and Ansible, following best practices. Designed for high availability and business continuity using self-healing-based architectures, fail-over routing policies, multi-AZ deployment of EC2 instances, ELB health checks, Auto Scaling, and other disaster recovery models.
- Visualized infrastructure ideas, charts, diagrams using Lucidchart, Draw.io and managed tools like JIRA, Confluence, Jenkins ensuring traceability, repeatability, and quality.
- Implemented IAM to manage users, groups, roles, policies and ensure compliance with best practices.
- Implemented various security best practices including MFA, access key rotation, Security Groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies, ACLs and Encryption.
- Implemented Storage Management on both Linux and Windows servers.
- Optimized organization operational cost through proper selection of suitable s3 storage classes, Lifecycle Rule, Reserved Instances, EC2 instance selection and Auto-Scaling.
- Configured S3 events to set up automated communication between S3 and other AWS services.
- Implemented and managed Ansible Tower to automate EC2 provisioning across multiple environments.
- Architected and Implemented AWS Cloud cost-effective solution Non-Production environments using Instance Scheduler.
- Implemented AWS Systems Manager capabilities to automatically collect software inventory, apply OS patches, and automate administration tasks and complex workflows across multiple environments.
- Leveraged AWS Control Tower to set up and governed a secure, multi-account AWS environment.
- Implemented preventive (Service Control Policies) and detective guardrails using SNS, SES and lambda function for auto-remediation.
- Developed custom Service Control Policies and attached them to approved OUs and AWS accounts as required.
- Deployed GuardDuty across Control Tower managed organization.
- Automatically remediated Trusted Advisor findings using Amazon CloudWatch Events and AWS Lambda
- Configured CloudWatch alarm rules for operational and performance metrics for AWS resources and applications.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced atmosphere.
- Implemented security best practices including multi-factor authentication, access key rotation, encryption using KMS, firewalls- security groups and NACLs, S3 bucket policies and ACLs, mitigating DOD and DDOS attacks.
- Implemented for elasticity and scalability using ElastiCache, CloudFront – Edge locations, RDS
(read replicas, instance sizes) etc - Managed and monitored installed systems for highest level of availability. Wrote and maintained custom scripts to increase system efficiency and performance time.
- Investigated and monitored current-state cloud usage, risks, gaps, limitations and recommended solutions, optimizations and remediation.
- Built custom images Linux and Windows
- Defined enterprise processes and best practices and tailored enterprise processes for applications.
- Participated in team-building activities to enhance working relationships.
- Mentored team, sharing skills and expertise and encouraged each member to bring forward ideas and suggestions for improvement.
Wintel and Exchange Consultant
Infosys Ltd
Hong Kong
01.2016 - 12.2018
- Oversaw technology services delivery, consulting with relevant personnel to assist with migration and troubleshooting.
- Provided technical and functional recommendations based on project requirements.
- Analyzed complex project server issues and worked on large enterprise and business-critical applications.
- Responsible for Office 365 Migration Project. Global user migration from Regional exchange platform (2007, 2010 and 2013) to Microsoft O365 Platform.
- Migrated users from one O365 Tenant to other O365 Tenant.
- Have implemented the project merging different exchange platforms (2007, 2010) of all the acquired companies by Telstra into a single exchange platform (Exchange 2010)
- Migrated the on premises sharepoint (2007) to office 365 sharepoint.
- Implementation of McAfee Complete advanced protection suite in our enterprise that includes
- Mcafee EPO server build and policy configuration
- Installation of Mcafee client components on all end user systems (McAfee agent, virus scan enterprise)
- Data Loss Prevention Policy configuration and installation of DLP Client end point on end user system
- Mcafee Drive Encryption for all Client computers
- Upgrading Firmware on the client computers
- Migrated users and end user systems from the new acquired companies by Telstra to Telstra Domain.
- Planning and Implementation of Office Move (client systems, servers, phones, connectivity) by coordinating with different internal teams and vendors.
- Implementation of Papercut print solution in all the office locations worldwide. Upgrading Printers. Printer provisioning. Liaising with print vendors.
- Implementation of Tanium Endpoint Platform. Tanium server build, Push the Tanium agent to all client systems. Report generation. Asset management.
- Led server infrastructure development, quality assurance, staging and production systems.
- Installed and configured of virtual servers in VMware. Troubleshooted any issues in VMware environment.
- Installed and configured windows sever 2012/2016/2019 servers, Active directory certificate services, DHCP servers, Domain Controllers, File servers, IIS Web servers, Remote desktop servers
- Planned and implemented upgrades to system hardware and software. Diagnosed and resolved hardware and software issues.
- Upgraded Windows servers from 2008 to 2016 and 2019. Coordination with different teams within organization (network, Application teams, service desk)
- Have setup the TWO TIER PKI infrastructure (Microsoft ADCS ) for the certs across the organization
- Monthly Patching of Enterprise Server Environment.
- Managing and administration of Windows Servers/ Linux servers
- Group Policy planning and administration.
- SCCM Software Distribution to push the required application packages to the client systems. Use SCCM reporting to generate various reports.
- Coordinating with respective software vendors for planning and deploying new solutions.
- Devised scripts (powershell) and automation tools to improve system efficiency.
Infrastructure Consultant
Infosys Ltd,
Hyderabad
05.2015 - 12.2015
- Requirement gathering and analysis for designing and building the Active directory and DNS infrastructure.
- Build and configure Active directory domain controllers and DNS servers, Terminal servers, Tacacs servers in cloud.
- Provide support to Applications team from Active directory, DNS, Tacacs server perspective.
- Migrate the virtual machines from one cloud vendor to other cloud vendor.
- Coordinated system training for employees, enabling personnel to remain current on latest practices and procedures.
- Brainstormed with interdepartmental personnel to drive continuous technical improvements.
- Resolved issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.
- Maintained flexible schedule and responded to after-hours and weekend emergencies.
Technology Analyst
Infosys Ltd
Hyderabad
11.2012 - 04.2015
- Provide support to 500 + windows 2000 /2003/ 2008 / 2012 R2 servers. The various servers include Domain controllers, DNS, File/Print, Web, Application and Terminal servers which are either physical or virtual server.
- Manage Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and Windows Update Services.
- Planned and implemented upgrades to system hardware and software.
- Upgraded AD schema for deploying Windows server 2008 servers, windows server 2008 RODC and exchange server 2007.
- Upgrading windows server 2003 domain controllers to windows server 2008 and windows server 2008 to windows server 2012.
- Decommission physical\virtual servers.
- Group policy Planning and Administration.
- Manage Microsoft clustering services, Microsoft FTP services.
- Manage AD, DNS and DHCP backups.
- Perform manual patching on critical servers & troubleshooting failed patches.
- Diagnosed and resolved hardware and software issues. Troubleshooting &/or Coordinating with Vendors to resolve hardware/ Operating system issues.
- Automate various administrative tasks using powershell scripts.
- Monitor ADRAP, RAAS and resolve the issues.
- Installation of McAfee Antivirus and monitor the servers
- Manage AD Audit plus and report generation.
- Configure and monitor alerts using SCOM 2007
- Resolved issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.
- Team lead of 3 member offshore team & coordinating with Client employees across various teams.
- Provide 16 X 5 support on weekdays and on call support on weekends. Maintained flexible schedule and responded to after-hours and weekend emergencies.
Windows System Engineer
Infosys Ltd
Hyderabad
10.2009 - 10.2012
- Provide support to 2400+ windows 2000 /2003/ 2008 R2 servers that are spread across 200+ stores in USA. The various servers include Domain controllers, POS, File/Print, Database, Exchange, Web, Application and Terminal servers which are either physical or virtual server.
- Involved in migration of old 2003 (physical) server to Virtual server (win 2008) maintaining its role & functionality.
- Server Upgrades from 2000-2003 and 2003-2008 R2.
- Provide support of VMware Vsphere 4/5 (Configuring, deploying, managing VM's)
- Installation and configuration of IIS.
- Build and decommission of Physical /virtual servers
- Performing Application, file/print server swap.
- Manage Active Directory, DNS, DHCP and Windows Update Services.
- Migrating DHCP scopes, DB & managing, configuring them.
- Perform manual patching on critical servers & troubleshooting failed patches.
- Troubleshooting &/or Coordinating with vendors to resolve hardware/ Operating system issues.
- Automating various administrative tasks using powershell scripts.
- Managing & administration of various printers remotely.
- Installing, configuring & Managing Avamar & NetBackup client from front end (windows).
- Restoring data using above backup applications.
- Complying with ITIL V2 standards for change, release and Incident management.
- Team lead of 5 member offshore team & coordinating with Client employees across various teams.
- Provide 24 X 7 on call support
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
R.M.D Engineering College, Anna University
Chennai, India05.2008
Junior College - Mathematics, Physics And Chemistry
Vikas Junior College
Tirupati, India05.2004
SSC - High School
Municipal High School,
Srikalahasthi, India05.2002
Skills
- Microsoft Windows, Active Directory, Certificate Services, Powershell
- Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, Microsoft Sharepoint
- RedHat Linux
- AWS Networking: VPC, Subnets, VPC Peering and Route 53 (DNS) etc
- Monitoring & Event Management: VPC Flow Log, AWS CloudWatch (Events & Logs), AWS CloudTrail, SNS etc
- AWS Security: Amazon Marcie, AWS Security Hub, AWS WAF, AWS Guard Duty, AWS Shield, AWS Config rules etc
- Identity & Access Management: AWS IAM, AWS Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store etc
- Data Protection: AWS KMS, AWS Certificate Manager, Snapshot Lifecycle Manager etc
- Databases: Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB,
- Governance & Compliance: AWS Organization, AWS Control Tower, AWS Trusted Advisor, AWS Budgets and AWS Service Catalog etc
- AWS Migration: Migration Evaluator (TCO), ADS, CloudEndure, DMS etc
- Cloud Orchestration & Automation: CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible, SSM etc
- DevOps: Lambda, K8s, GitHub, Jenkins,
- Programming Languages/Scripting: JSON, Powershell
- Other Tools Used: Service Now ticketing tool, ITAM, SCCM 2012, SCOM 2007, ADRAP,RAAS McAfee ePo, Manage AD Audit Plus, Bittitan Migration wiz, Sharegate
- Capacity and Scalability Planning
Excellent Problem solving skills
Product Life Cycle Management
Project Management
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
Timeline
AWS Solutions Architect/AWS Cloud Engineer
Infosys Ltd
01.2019 - Current
Wintel and Exchange Consultant
Infosys Ltd
01.2016 - 12.2018
Infrastructure Consultant
Infosys Ltd,
05.2015 - 12.2015
Technology Analyst
Infosys Ltd
11.2012 - 04.2015
Windows System Engineer
Infosys Ltd
10.2009 - 10.2012
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics And Communications Engineering
R.M.D Engineering College, Anna University
Junior College - Mathematics, Physics And Chemistry
Vikas Junior College
SSC - High School
Municipal High School,
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Microsoft Certified: Windows Server Hybrid Administrator Associate
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