Ram Praveen M.

P h o n e : +91-9573999469
E - M a i l : m a r u t h ir a m p r a ve e n .m @ g m a i l . c o m

Result-oriented professional targeting challenging & rewarding opportunities in Infrastructure

Specialisation in Cloud & Secure Dev-ops expertise with an organisation of high repute in IT
industry
Location Preference: PAN India & Europe

Profile Summary

• A competent professional with 12 years of Professional success

• Microsoft certified Dev-Sec-Ops expert – Microsoft Certified Devops Expert and Microsoft Certified Security engineer
Expertise in following skills
Azure Cloud: Services (IAAS,PAAS,SAAS), Cosmos DB, Azure AD, APIM, Event Hubs, Storage (Blob,Queue,Table), Redis Cache,
App Service, Web Jobs, Azure Function, Azure-durable-functions, Application Insights, Availability test, Service bus, ARM
Template, Azure DevOps(CI-CD Pipeline , PowerShell), Azure Key Vault, Runbook, AKS, Docker, Micro services, Server side
scripting: ASP.NET MVC, ASP.NET Core, WEB API 2.0 Client Side Scripting: JavaScript framework – jQuery, Angular Js.
• Setup and Migrated to a Agile competent environment Provisioning in a combination of tools like SonarQube, GIT, Ansible,
Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, chef, puppet, Jenkins, my sql, Integrated security LDAP and Active Directory.
• Results Drawn to various clients on Infra Modernization Techniques, Infra Cost optimization.
• Lead a Liaison between customers, sales, service engineering teams, and support in a various offering project.
• Multi Cloud enablement and Automation with various use case solved.
• Possess honed technical, analytical & team management skills with an aptitude to learn new technologies relevant to the industry

Core Competencies
~ Multi Cloud Enablement ~ Automation ~Project Management
~Agile implementation ~Secure-Devops ~Troubleshooting

Technical Skills
Languages & Scripts: Java, Shell scripting, Ant, Maven, JSP, Json, XPath & XSLT, SQL and basic C/C++, Perl. Python,
PowerShell, AZ PowerShell.
Design Tools: CloudSkew, Moqups.
Task Management: Azure Boards, Asana, Trello, Atlassian - Jira Software, RTC.
Source Code Management: TFS –Team Foundation Server, SVN-Subversion, GitHub, VSTS
Automation/Build Tools: Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, Chef, Puppet, Rational Function Tester.
Cloud: AWS, Azure, IBM cloud.
Database Packages: MS SQL Server 2014, Cosmos DB, My SQL , IBM Db2, Mango DB
IDE: Visual Studio 2017, VS 2015, Rational Software Architecture 9.7
Infra Provisioning tools: Ansible, Docker, Terraform, Kubernetes, Istio, Microservices, Bluemix.
Tools: Splunk, Junit, Port Query, Zabbix.
App & Web Servers: WebSphere, Weblogic, Tomcat, JBoss, Apache, IBM Http Server, Message Queues.
Web Technologies: HTML, DHTML, CSS, JSP, XML, XSL
Platforms: Linux & UNIX, AIX, Solaris, Windows, Ubuntu
ERP: SAP
Network/Infrastructure: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, IAM,
Security: LDAP, AD,SDS.
Devops Expertise DevOps + Azure + Powershell, IaaS, Secure PaaS, CI / CD, Continuous Feedback, Design
DevOps Strategy, Azure security Engineer.
 Academic Details
• PGDBA in Human Resource Management from Symbiosis Center for Distance Learning, Pune in 2013
• B.E. in Computer Science from Anna University Chennai in 2007

Personal Details
Date of Birth: 18th August 1984
Languages Known: English, German , Hindi , Telugu & Tamil
Passport Number: P2614184

Organizational Experience

Projects:

Title: Chevron
Period: till Jan’2020
Role: Azure Consultant / IT Architect
Client: Human Energy, Oil Industry

Responsibilities:

● Design and develop applications using Microsoft Azure platform, C#, and .NET framework
● Design, develop and implement scalable distributed systems.
● Architectural design of Azure Services in collaboration with IBM soft layer.
● Lead internal and customer meetings assisting with the ongoing evolution of technology offerings
● Provide technical guidance on building solutions using Azure PaaS and other services
● Azure Kubernetes Services, Helm implementation.
● Active Directory Migration along with MFA authentication solution with zero trust model.
● ARM Templates, AZ Functions, AZ Storage (Blob,Queue,Table), Azure AD, AZ Cosmos DB.
● Azure Automation with DevOps (CI CD Pipeline), PowerShell Script.
● Event Hubs, App Service, Web Jobs, Azure-durable-functions.
● Azure Key Vault, Application Insights, Availability test Defect free Capacity Planning.

Title: IBM Internal and Microsoft

Period: till June’2018
Role: Azure Devops and Security Engineer / IT specialist
Client: Cloud modernization Application
Responsibilities:

● Worked as Cloud Administrator on Microsoft Azure, involved in configuring virtual machines, storage accounts, resource
groups.
● Good Hands on with Azure Develop, Azure Migrate, Azure Manage.
● Migrated SQL server on prems to Azure Database using Microsoft Data Migration Assistant
● Remote login to Virtual Machines to troubleshoot, monitor and deploy applications.
● Worked with different ARM templates.
● Worked on Continuous Integration and Continuous deployment.
● Created and Managed Serverless handles with FunctionApp.
● Managing Windows 2012 servers, troubleshooting IP issues and working with different support teams.
● Using Power shell to write, debug scripts to automate the processes and do migration of VM, involving copying and creating
of VHDS.
● Created and Customised Build and Release Pipeline in ansible for various automation solutions.
● Configuration of Microsoft DevTest Labs to migrate the virtual machines from one subscription to another subscription.
● Managing day to day activity of the cloud environment, supporting development teams with their requirements.
● Creating Labs, Virtual Machines along with setting up policies and using Formulas and Custom Images to deploy the
network.

Title: Project Informatix

Period: till May’2016
Role: IT Specialist (Infra Lead, Build Automation & Configuration)
Client: Government of Switzerland – IGS Informatix
Responsibilities:
● Configuration, installation and documentation to client expectations.
● Successful in leading a team to work on 20+ Proof of concept in delivering best possible solution to client’s requirements.
● Defect free Capacity Planning, Build, Release, Configuration management and Workload management
● Driving Support team for a response and to resolve incidents reported.
● Automated Setup to manage Health of servers which resulted in Infra Stability and Sanity.
● Performing continuous integration with Maven, Git , Jenkins and Docker implementation
● Managing installation, configuration & maintenance, continuous integration, automation and configuration management tools
● Designing & supporting the business infrastructure as well as day-to-day support of entire IT product lines
● Coordinating with architecture, development, test, security and IT services teams for smoother execution of the project
● Involved in security of applications and automation tools with Active Directory and Security Directory server for
Authentication.
● Establishing & introducing continuous deployment processes and advising on best solutions.
● Administering project management, team leadership & mentoring team members across projects and lending
application/production support
● Responsible for Authentication for Production Applications using LDAP and Active Directory , Tivoli Identity Management .
● Supervising a team of build & deployment and implementing security using SSL Protocol
● Implementing cost reduction strategies, ensuring server & service consolidation and performing migration of legacy systems
into virtualized environments

Title: Project Transport for London

Period: till June’2014
Role: Middleware Administrator
Client: Government of United Kingdom.
Responsibilities:
● Rendered services as an Infrastructure Specialist and managed servers & maintenance as well as Middleware security
● Administered hundreds of clusters with good performance tuning techniques and fewer failovers
● Performed configuration and extensively worked on Queue Managers, Listeners & Queues in effective & expressive messages
for queuing & message broker requests; worked on weekly schedule maintenance & upgradation of MQ series
● Analysed Console Messages, Java Exceptions, Log Files and Traces
● Generated clusters & cluster members to implement high availability and work load management
● Executed scripting using JACL, Jython, Shell, Scripts to automate administration tasks
● Debugged the application problems while developing the application
● Troubleshot hardware & software problems and interacted with IT staff & vendors for performing complex testing, rendering
support & troubleshooting functions
● Worked with Virtual Hosts, Web Sphere Variables & Shared Libraries to set-up web sphere environment
● Conducted daily administration & maintenance of the WebSphere MQ (including Queue Managers & Queues and all
interconnecting channels on the servers)
● Managed WebSphere MQ set-up & configuration, WebSphere object creation and modification
● Monitored the Middleware and performed daily on-call tasks (checking error logs, failover queues, system logs) to maintain
a healthy system
● Formulated & configured Local Queue Managers & Remote Queue Managers including Queues
Title: Project Vista
Period: till June’2012
Role: Middleware Specialist (WAS- LDAP Administrator)
Client: Government of Switzerland
Responsibilities:

Rendered services as a Middleware Specialist and managed servers & maintenance, security & certificate as well as SAP
implementation for social security project
● Performed installation & configuration of WebSphere Application Server 7.0, WebSphere Portal Server, IHS, Ldap on IBM AIX
right from the scratch on the new logical partitions of the new servers
● Worked on many POCs (Proof of Concepts) for migration of existing infrastructure to cloud computing; performed migration
to upgraded version of WAS, LDAP to AIX 7.1, and rational tools
● Installed IBM Tivoli directory Server6.2 (LDA) and configured the LDAP server including creating instances as per the
requirement, importing & exporting the Ldif files into the instances with fresh data
● Managed the Ldif file entries with LDAPsearch to add, delete & modify in the instances
● Facilitated triggering on the Queues for monitoring & automation; implemented security using SSL Protocol
● Executed remote administration of MQ objects; maintained workload across the cluster; worked on WebLogic & JBOSS set-
up for a supporting project
● Deployed J2EE applications and portlets in WebSphere Application Server and Portal Server environments

Company: Agile Soft

Period: Since Dec’07 till may 2012
Role: System Admin
Client: Internal

● Tickets and tasks management (Responsible for OTRS Pre prod/ Ticketing Queue)
● Training graduate hire with requirement fulfillment
● Assist team with problem solving on higher level (education of team)
● Performance Monitoring of Application Servers and Load Balances.
● IIS Deployment/handling general issues for Development/Staging/Production env.
● Maintained Documentation for the activities on changed configuration and managing them on a central repository.

Certifications
• IBM Certified as a WebSphere Liberty Profile V8.5, Tivoli Directory Server v6.3 Administrator and WebSphere MQ Administrator.
• IBM Certified Urban code Deploy Administrator.
• Certified ITIL V3 Foundation.
• IBM Cloud Certified.
• Microsoft certified Azure Security Engineer
• Microsoft certified Azure Devops Expert
• Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator
• Acclaim badges for Docker, Kubernetes, Istio, OpenShift, Microservices etc.
• Microsoft Certified Trainer 17673374