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S SYED JAWAHAR CONTACT: (+1)609-356-8672
[email protected]PROFILE
A seasoned IT professional with hands-on exposure to cloud technology solutions provided by Microsoft Azure and AWS. A Microsoft certified
Azure Specialist. Have adopted DevOps practices with Azure DevOps, PowerShell scripting, Git and Jenkins. Equally adept with container
deployment and management techniques like Docker, Docker Compose and AKS (managed Kubernetes). A Microsoft solutions provider and a
Certified Solutions Developer. Proficient in designing and development of multi-tier architecture enterprise solutions for windows and web
environments. Implemented microservices based solutions and deployed to an orchestrated platform.
CERTIFICATIONS
Microsoft Azure – Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solutions
Microsoft Certified Solutions Developer Build Web/Windows applications and services
Certified DevOps Practitioner
Certified Linux System Administrator
EXPERIENCE
GEICO. Chevy Chasey, MD Nov 2019 till date
Azure DevOps Architect
Design, develop and maintain solutions hosted on public cloud platform Microsoft Azure
Architected solutions included REST API, Web Apps, microservices based solution
Develop solutions to monitor enterprise infrastructure services
Define CI / CD pipelines for build and release pipelines
Implemented centralized logging and exception handling
Utilized NUnt, MS Test unit testing frameworks with Mocks
Code coverage with Visual Studio
Utilize Custom built DevOps tool to:
Provisioning Azure resources to deploy Web Apps / Web APIs in cloud services
Create CI /CD pipelines for build and release
Perform failover testing to ensure business continuity
Perform on-demand health check of applications hosted on cloud and on-prem
Implement synthetic monitoring for monitoring availability and performance of business-critical web application
Identify and troubleshoot issues in VM, Virtual networks and database connectivity
Use Azure DevOps Services for code base repository and, implement agile practices
Deploy and maintain Docker containerized apps on Azure Kubernetes clusters
Monitoring / Logging s – Dynatrace, Splunk, Enterprise Application Portal, AppInsights, Azure Monitor
Hewlett Packard Inc. Boise, ID 2005 to Oct 2019
Technical Specialist
Design, develop and maintain solutions hosted on public cloud platform Microsoft Azure
Migrating applications from on premise to Azure cloud
Provisioning Azure resources through Azure portal / PowerShell scripts
Allocate, manage and monitor Manage Azure resources created via Classic and Azure Resource Manager modes
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Build and host web application with Web Apps
Container Deployment and Management techniques:
Using Docker, Docker Compose, AKS (managed Kubernetes)
Defining and building CI / CD pipelines
Deploying microservice based solutions on Azure Service Fabric & Fabric Mesh
Deploying web apps within ASP.Net containers on windows containers
Deploy an ASP.NET container to a remote Docker host
Azure services utilized:
App service environments for dedicated enterprise grade applications
Multiple web apps / slots for Development / Staging / Production
Continuous and triggered Web jobs with PowerShell scripts or batch files
Hosted applications on VMs within an Availability set
Logic Apps to schedule and automate routines
API connections for Blob storage, Dynamics 365 and SFTP services
Application gateways for redirecting HTTP requests to HTTPS listener, prevent web-based attacks and load balancing
Storage services like blobs for storing content uploaded via application
and web log files
File shares for transferring files between on-premise and azure environment
Application Insights to monitor application
Request / Response times; Log exceptions; Generate diagnostic trace logs; Express Route, Traffic Manager
Azure Site Recovery, Azure Key Vault
Azure Backup, Recovery Services Vault
Amazon Web Services:
Migrating applications from on premise to AWS
Provisioning EC2 instances via Amazon Management Console and Ansible Script
Familiar with following AWS components and features
EC2 Container Service; S3; Amazon VPC, AWS Direct Connect, Amazon Route 53; Elastic Load Balancing; Amazon Relational Database
Services; VPC, Security Groups, Elastic IPs
Software development: DevOps practices, HPME SDLC methodologies
Partner with business and technical teams to design solutions
Develop Azure-based cloud-native applications
Developed workflows to connect services in the cloud and on-premises with Logic Apps
Used Service Bus to connect on-premises and cloud-based applications and services while implementing messaging workflows
Used Event Grids for Application Integration and Ops automation tasks
Engage with Operations team to ensure application SLA metric are met
Serverless solutions: Logic Apps, Azure Functions
Code base maintenance: Azure Repos, Git, VSTS Online, TFS
Build and Release Pipelines: Azure DevOps / Jenkins / Teamcity
PowerShell scripting for automation / customization
Provisioning Azure Infrastructure with ARM templates
Microservices platform solutions: Azure Service Fabric / Mesh, AKS
Business Requirement: Azure Boards, Application Lifecycle Management
Application Monitoring and maintenance: Azure monitor, Application Insights
Enterprise Security Technologies: Azure Active Directory, SiteMinder, SSO
.Net programming with C# / VB.Net
Software Testing: Azure Test plans, Unit / Integration / Regression testing
Effort estimation: Function point estimation
Code quality maintenance: Coding standard compliance, Code Reviews
Key Enterprise solutions provided:
Designed and implemented highly available solutions – Veritas & Microsoft clusters
Data flow between heterogeneous systems even in offline mode
Parallel processing of tasks in .Net
Fault tolerant solutions – To sustain network and hardware failures
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TCG Ivega Corporation Pvt Limited – India Feb 2004 to Mar 2005
Senior Systems Analyst
Requirements capturing
Design and develop web-based Microsoft solutions (C#, VB.Net, ASP.NET)
Create backend stored procedures in SQL Server
Performance tuning of SQL Queries
Adopt Software Development Lifecycle Process
Vispark Solutions (I) Pvt Ltd – India Sep 2001 to Jan 2004
Senior Software Engineer
Requirements capturing
High level and low-level designing
Developing windows / web-based solutions (VB, ASP/ASP.Net, SQL Server / Oracle)
Application interface prototyping
Performance Tuning (Backend)
Creation of backend packages / Stored procedures and queries / views
Source Code Control
Project rollout, implementation support and maintenance
Adhering to ISO: 9001:2000 standards in complete SDLC
Nova Softwares –India May 1997 to Aug 2001
Systems Analyst
Developing windows-based solutions (VB, SQL Server / Oracle)
Creation of backend packages / Stored procedures and queries / views
Source Code Control (Visual Source Safe)
Project implementation at client location
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Cloud Technologies : Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services
CI Tools : Azure DevOps (VSTS Online), TFS, Jenkins, TeamCity
CD Tools : Azure Release Pipeline, Jenkins, Docker
Scripting : PowerShell Script, Terraform, Ansible
Web Technologies : ASP.NET (Versions 1.1 to 4.5), Classic ASP, VBScript, AJAX, JavaScript
Web Servers : Microsoft IIS 6.0 / 8.0
Customized Solutions provided : Developed in C#.Net, VB.Net, SSIS / DTS packages
Microservices Platform : Azure Service Fabric and Fabric Mesh, AKS
Serverless Solutions : Logic Apps, Azure functions
Database : SQL Server versions 7.0 to 2014, Oracle version 6 to 11g. (Legacy - dBase III plus, Clipper and MS-Access
2003/07)
Design Tools : Microsoft Visio (Design), ER/Studio Data Architect
Version Control : GitHub, Subversion, Team Forge and TFS
Platforms : Windows Server 2003 till Windows 2012 R2, Red Hat Linux 7.0 / 8.0, Ubuntu 16.04
Development Environment : Visual Studio 2005 till 2015 Enterprise
Enterprise Security Technologies : SiteMinder, Ping Federate Server, SSO
EDUCATION
Master of Corporate Secretaryship from Alagappa University – India, 1997
Advanced Post Graduate Diploma in Computer Applications - Brilliant’s Computer Center India, 1994
Bachelor of Corporate Secretaryship from Bharathiar University, India, 1991
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