VINAY KOHIRKAR

Cloud and DevOps Engineer

• Migrated an internal web-based application from VMs to Amazon EKS by implementing best practices. Improved performance, reliability, security, and reduced overall infrastructure related costs down to 50%.
• Resolved issues in the existing DevOps infrastructure, involving Jenkins pipelines, Apache webservers, databases, Ansible and complex bash scripts.
• Pioneered centralisation efforts across 100+ AWS accounts by devising and implementing Running Automations to achieve centralised changes, enhancing efficiency and control.
• Designed a CloudFormation template that creates resources to monitor CloudTrail events for unrestricted Security Group inbound rules and send email and webhook notifications.
• Successfully migrated resources and applications across multiple accounts, seamlessly integrating them with the central Transit Gateway (TGW).
• Implemented Lambda@Edge and CloudFront functions within CloudFront Distributions.
• Created pipelines for EC2 Image Builder and updated its recipe and components through CloudFormation.
• Set up and maintained CloudWatch, SumoLogic, and NewRelic. Used these tools to search through logs, charts in order to perform root cause analysis (RCA).
• Manage IAM Identity Centre users and roles with least privilege principles and using inline policies. Also assisted with integrating Active Directory and Okta IDP through AWS SSO as called prior.
• Successfully diagnosed and resolved RDS and PostgreSQL database performance issues, performed cluster upgrades and enabled encryption.
Skills: Cloud Networking · DevOps · Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Linux System Administration

Cloud Engineer

• Robust AWS deployment and administration - CloudFormation, HA Architectures, Security.
• AWS WAR – Well-Architected Reviews – Scope projects, communicate, migrate, monitor.
• Level 2/3 technical and P1 incidents escalation point.
• Successfully resolved incidents related to website outages, performance and security issues.
• Worked on CloudFront, SSM, AutoScaling Groups, S3 Buckets, IAM Identity Centre.
• Environments worked in: AWS, CodeDeploy, Autotask, GitLab, ECS, Linux, CloudWatch, NGINX.
Skills: Amazon Web Services (AWS) · Linux System Administration

IT Admin & Cyber Security

• Supporting and managing 50+ customers and a team.
• Accountable for the company’s cyber security and asset protection.
• Email and website migrations.
• Google Workspace & Office 365 environment’s support and security activities.
• Linux systems administration and security.
• Automating tasks.

Web Hosting Manager

• Web Hosting, DNS configuration and troubleshooting.
• Linux Systems Administration.
• cPanel/WHM, Plesk & WHMCS Hosting Management.
• TCP/IP networking and troubleshooting.
• Email and Website Migration.
• Maintain Website security.
• Assist with and lead IT Projects.

Junior Network Engineer

• Supporting on and off-site Level 1 and 2 Network issues and Desktop support.
• Configuring Cisco and Huawei routers and switches on command line.
• Creating, updating, and maintaining network diagrams.
• Maintaining services hosted on AWS.
• Installed and managed network monitoring systems.

IT Engineer Intern

• Providing Desktop IT Support – Formatting, Installing, and Reconditioning MACs and PCs and performing hardware upgrades.
• Troubleshooting issues related to Windows 7/8/10 and MAC OSX, Software & Email Configurations, Restoring Files & Settings, Website Support, and VoIP Phones.
• Creating and following technical documentation, maintaining equipment and managing the asset list and performing regular compliance checks.
• Performed 2nd Line Support activities such as building open-source DNS infrastructure (Bind), Ticketing System (OSTicket), LDAP (FreeIPA), Asset Management (GLPI), and VoIP troubleshooting and Remote Phonebook Management.
• Also installed and migrated various CMS, managed Windows and Linux Servers, Cisco Devices, VMware, Storage Solutions, and Website Control Panels such as Plesk, cPanel, and ISPConfig.

IT Support

• Assisted in building an infrastructure with 100+ computers, integrate them with Active Directory, and configure Group Policies, WDS, and Firewall rules (Scotland: January 2017, June 2017).
• Managed an Insurance software that came with custom scripts and email automation (England: November - December 2016).
• Worked on Active Directory at three locations, combined with Sophos’ Next-Gen Firewall. Also managed hMailServer, its custom rules, and its integration with Outlook (March – May 2016).
• Have set up Vagrant with NGINX and PHP to host dynamic websites. In addition, solved their challenge of file sharing for the same client (January 2016).
• Maintained and monitored the Amazon Web Services to host a web application and managed the security checklist (October 2015).
• Installed several different parallel operating systems on clients’ machines with customized EFI bootloaders and GPT partitions (May 2015).
• Designed WordPress and other CMS websites (since 2013).

Technical Support Engineer

• First point of contact for the IT Support over Remote Desktop and VPNs in response to identified technical issues, and data recovery.
• Installed, formatted, and upgraded Windows XP/7/8/10 and MAC desktop machines and troubleshoot issues related to OS, Software, Internet, and Emails.

Northumbria University