Vivek Kale

• • Infrastructure Automation: Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, enabling consistent and repeatable infrastructure deployments across Azure environments. Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management, reducing manual intervention and improving deployment efficiency.

• • DevOps Pipeline Implementation: Established comprehensive CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, streamlining software development and deployment processes. Implemented version control strategies and integrated source control systems to enhance collaborative development workflows.

• • Network and Security Automation: Designed and implemented firewall automation solutions leveraging Azure DevOps and infrastructure-as-code principles. Developed secure deployment strategies adhering to industry security standards and best practices.

• • Solution Design: Creating architecture, design solutions based on business requirements, thus leveraging Azure Services and Best Practises

• • Cloud Services Integration: Integrating various Azure Services to develop comprehensive cloud solutions, considering factors viz. scalability, performance, and cost

• • Security: Enforcing security measures to protect Azure resources & data, ensuring compliance with industry standards

• • Migration Planning: Developing strategies for migrating on-premises applications and infrastructure to Azure, optimizing for performance and cost efficiency

• • Networking: Capitalizing technology background in designing and implementing Azure Networking Solutions, including Virtual Networks, VPNs and ExpressRoute, to ensure secure and efficient communication

• • Identity & Access Management: Implementing Azure Active Directory for managing identities and access controls, ensuring proper authentication and authorization mechanisms

• • Data Management: Architecting solutions for data storage, management, and processing using Azure services like Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, and Data Lake Storage

• • Monitoring and Optimization: Establishing monitoring and logging solutions to track the performance and health of Azure resources, and optimize configurations for cost efficiency

• • Collaborative Approach: Working closely with development teams, operations, and other stakeholders to ensure alignment between business objectives and technical solutions

• • Documentation: Creating comprehensive documentation for architecture, design decisions, and deployment processes to facilitate communication and knowledge transfer

• • Provided technical leadership and consultancy services to with clients for integration of Cloud Services viz. Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Services and AWS Services

• • Led the implementation and deployment of Azure Solutions entailing:

◦ o Architected Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platform as a Service (PaaS) Implementation

◦ o Design, configuration, implementation management of Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS)

◦ o Design, configuration, and optimization of AZURE Compute Services - Virtual Machines, Virtual Machine Scale Sets, App Service (Web App, Mobile App, Logic App, API App), App Service Environment (ASE), Azure Functions, Batch, Service Fabric, and cloud Services

• • Managed configuration of Azure AD, AD Connect, MFA, SSO, identity protection, consolidation of Ads and ADFS

• • Architected& secured elastic storage in Azure i.e. Blob, Queue, File, Disk, Azure Backup, Azure Site Recovery (ASR) and ARM templates