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KALEEM YASIR

Vetted Talent

KALEEM YASIR

Vetted Talent

With a robust background in IT and a focus on Azure Cloud Administration, my leadership at Cognizant has centered on delivering cloud automation and optimization solutions. Our team's mission is to implement and manage comprehensive cloud infrastructures, ensuring seamless operations and elevated efficiency.


My expertise in Azure DevOps, combined with certifications like HashiCorp's Terraform Associate, empowers me to drive innovation in cloud environments. At Tata Consultancy Services, I honed these skills, which now serve to enhance Cognizant's service offerings and client satisfaction through cutting-edge cloud strategies and technologies.

  • Role

    IT Support - Other

  • Years of Experience

    14.00 years

Skillsets

  • Policies
  • Deployment
  • Grafana
  • Migration
  • Network Security
  • PowerShell - 1 Years
  • Prometheus
  • Azure resource management
  • Arm
  • Bicep
  • Azure cli
  • Azure landing zone setup
  • Blueprint
  • Ci/Cd Pipelines - 4 Years
  • Vm resizing
  • Backup and restoration
  • Azure devops lifecycle
  • Azure key vault integration
  • Container images
  • Ansible - 2 Years
  • Datadog - 1 Years
  • Cloud engineering - 6 Years
  • SOC 2
  • Azure bicep - 2 Years
  • Azure architecture - 5 Years
  • Classic pipelines
  • Computer & Network Security - 2 Years
  • AWS - 1 Years
  • Python - 1 Years
  • cloud computimg - 6 Years
  • Kubernetes - 2 Years
  • Azure - 6 Years
  • VMware
  • YAML
  • Network security groups (nsgs)
  • Ansible runbook
  • Paas services
  • Power shell scripting
  • Terraform - 2 Years
  • Nutanix infrastructure
  • Solaris
  • Data Architecture - 1 Years
  • EC2/S3/RDS/Lambda/SageMaker - 3 Years
  • Product Management - 1 Years
  • Risk Management - 2 Years
  • Solution Architecture - 1 Years
  • Cloud Computing - 6 Years
  • Docker - 2 Years
  • AKS
  • automation

Vetted For

12Skills
  • Roles & Skills
  • Results
  • Details
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    Sr Cloud Infrastructure EngineerAI Screening
  • 49%
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  • Skills assessed :Arm templates, Cloudformation, Databases, Google Cloud, Networking, Cloud Computing, Terraform, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, Security
  • Score: 44/90

Professional Summary

14.00Years
  • Nov, 2017 - Sep, 20213 yr 10 months

    Azure Consultant

    Tata Consultancy Service
  • Apr, 2015 - Nov, 20172 yr 7 months

    Storage Consultant

    Capgemini Consulting Service
  • Apr, 2013 - Apr, 20152 yr

    Senior Engineer

    Mindtree Pvt Ltd
  • Senior Consultant - Azure

    Capgemini Consulting Service
  • Senior Analyst

    Tata Consultancy Service
  • Sr Infra Specialist

    Cognizant Pvt Ltd
  • Microsoft Azure Engineer

    Mindtree Pvt Ltd
  • Associate DataCenter Operator

    Wipro Infotech

Applications & Tools Known

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    Azure

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    Linux

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    Terraform

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    Bicep

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    PowerShell

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    Azure CLI

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    Bash

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    Azure Repo

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    Bitbucket

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    AWS

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    Windows

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    Security

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    WAF

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    PAM

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    BMC

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    Jira

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    Agile

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    Scrum

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    ITIL

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    Confluence

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    AD

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    IAM

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    Jenkins

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    Azure DevOps

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    ADF

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    AKS

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    SQL

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    BigFix

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    Storage

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    Microsoft Azure

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    AWS

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    Terraform

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    ARM Templates

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    Azure DevOps

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    GitHub

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    Docker

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    Azure Monitor

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    Grafana

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    CloudWatch

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    Azure Security Centre

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    Azure Policy

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    Azure Sentinel

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    VPN Gateway

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    Azure DNS

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    VPC

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    Azure Front Door

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    Azure Traffic Manager

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    Azure Load Balancer

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    Azure VM

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    AWS EC2

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    Azure SQL Database

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    Azure Cosmos DB

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    Azure Functions

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    Redhat Linux

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    VMware

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    Nutanix

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    Azure Key Vault

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    HashiCorp Vault

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    Prometheus

Work History

14.00Years

Azure Consultant

Tata Consultancy Service
Nov, 2017 - Sep, 20213 yr 10 months
    Experience on (ARM) as well as Bicep and handling infrastructure of azure with automation. Independently handling the Project closely working with architecture designs and client requirements. Taking care of individual teams code for the releases for different environments. Leading DevOps pool and involved in multiple hiring process acted as POC for devops in client side. Documenting - Technical and sprint related activities for future use. Creating & Handling all Branch Policies (Feature / Develop / Release / Master) Creating SOPs for internal reference. Creation of Azure NIC, Azure Virtual networks, Azure VMs and provide access users Managing entire cloud in Azure infrastructure services and creating resources manually for the POC Handling complete subscriptions to provide access and tagging right names Enabling and configuring the Backup policy on Virtual Machines. Handling all types monitoring configuration of alerts and dashboard, app insights and others Creating/Configuring Load balancer and Traffic manager. Migrating the VMs from Nutanix to Azure infrastructure for better availability.

Storage Consultant

Capgemini Consulting Service
Apr, 2015 - Nov, 20172 yr 7 months
    Worked on various activities like; functioned on NetApp Cluster and 7 modes, Data Refresh activity from Storage end & creating Flex clone and splitting it Coordinating with the client in weekly/monthly review meeting with the team & extending 24X7 support Performed creation and scheduling of snapshots as per requirement & provisioning of storage to servers Gathered Capacity and Health Check daily via Script and took action on that also Upgrading DFM version Creating the Incidents/Changes using the Service Now and interfacing directly with the customers Solving the hardware issues in co-ordination with NetApp Verify the whether the OS backup or successful during the weekend. Ability to install, support and troubleshoot Linux server Ability to oversee formal patch management and security procedures Maintained data center infrastructure including servers and networks. Configured and maintained multiple Linux systems. Assisted in updating existing Linux systems to meet business demands. Identified and rectified performance problems. Provided fist line support for any system issues.

Senior Engineer

Mindtree Pvt Ltd
Apr, 2013 - Apr, 20152 yr
    Worked on the monthly report of all activities and developed & scheduled snapshots as per requirement Utilized NetApp to generate performance and manager using OCUM; also resolved hardware issues Neutralized the NetApp array by destroying the Aggregate & Vservers Administrated & implemented Security, Qtree and Quotas Management; also configured Snap Mirror and managed the snap mirror relationship Coordinated with the Principal Vendor and NetApp Support Team for hardware failures Gathered Storage performance monitoring and storage capacity usage report. Working knowledge on VMware and Linux admistration. Good knowledge on handling ESXi servers Worked on Nutanix Infrastructure. Creating the Compute & Network resources using Prism Element and Prism Central. Configuring the NTP & Alerts using the Prism console. Managing the Infrastructure up to date with the latest version of Packages using LCM, Software update via Prism Element and Prism Central. VMware administration, troubleshooting and management experience in a large corporate or service provider environment SAN storage (NetApp), provisioning storage groups and LUNs

Sr Infra Specialist

Cognizant Pvt Ltd
    Developed and implemented a streamlined process for analyzing infra and security requirements, reducing Infrastructure cost and risks, independently controlled complete Offshore team. Extensive knowledge of Azure designing and maintaining the cloud services, including compute, database, storage, networking, upgrades, monitoring and handling end to end azure devops. Acquired proficiency in Azure resource management, deployment, and automation using terraform, ARM/Bicep PowerShell and Azure CLI. Acquired proficiency in design, implement, and maintain High Security and CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to automate the build, test, and deployment processes for multiple environments. Designing and implementing resource optimization strategies - Cost, Security, DR, Best Practices handling virtual machines, reservations, recommendations, autoscaling, Express route, Hybrid Connection & policies. Worked on Patching all the Windows & Linux Server which are residing in AWS & Azure Cloud with the tools i.e., BigFix & Automation Accounts. Taking the snapshots, Backups before and after the patching activity. Designed Network Security Groups (NSGs) to control inbound and outbound access to network interfaces (NICs), VMs and subnets. Creating the infrastructure using IAC Tool like Terraform, ARM Template. Creating the resource using Ansible Runbook and applying patches it. Automating the infrastructure creating using Azure DevOps Tool. Experience on Migration tools like Azure Migrate. Configuring new VMs in Azure as per the customers requirement (Linux/Windows). Resizing of Azure Virtual Machines. Preparing the target and landing zone for the migration in Azure Cloud. Backup and restoration of Azure Virtual Machines. Configuring and troubleshooting of Internal Load Balancer (ILB). Configuring and Troubleshooting of Availability Sets. Configuration and troubleshooting of Azure Traffic Manager. Managing Disks of the Azure Cloud Servers and On-Premises Servers. Configured PaaS services like App service, App service plan. Working with visual studio & PowerShell. Hands experience on Azure automation by creating Run books and scheduling jobs. Experience in Power Shell scripting for automation of technical activities. Effectively use Power Shell to manage Azure services, troubleshooting access related issues, Azure services involving in software design and implementation of various Client Server applications. Managing and monitoring Azure virtual machines. Good understanding Waf, Firewall, Networking, Front door, Traffic Management, Application gateway, CDN. Creating and margining YAML / Classic pipelines and private agents, Deployment groups. Multiple environmental creating/handling independently in azure devops for multiple projects.

Senior Analyst

Tata Consultancy Service
    Integrated azure devops and power bi for pharma vaccination failures across the globe which played a critical role on product decision makings. Experience on (ARM) as well as Bicep and handling infrastructure of azure with automation. Independently handling the Project closely working with architecture designs and client requirements. Taking care of individual teams code for the releases for different environments. Leading DevOps pool and involved in multiple hiring process acted as POC for devops in client side. Documenting - Technical and sprint related activities for future use. Creating/Configuring Load balancer and Traffic manager. Worked on Nutanix Infrastructure. Creating the Compute & Network resources using Prism Element and Prism Central. Configuring the NTP & Alerts using the Prism console. Managing the Infrastructure up to date with the latest version of Packages using LCM, Software update via Prism Element and Prism Central. Migrating the VMs from Nutanix to Azure infrastructure for better availability. Create storage accounts for DEV & QA teams for their application development and testing purpose. Experience on PowerShell scripts to automate the infrastructure. Using Terraform to reuse similar deployment with some standard configurations and naming conventions. Adding additional disks to Azure VM upon request/utilization.

Senior Consultant - Azure

Capgemini Consulting Service
    Services: Webapp, App Service, Web Slots, Custom Host-names, Hostname Bindings, Alerts, Metrics, API, APIM, Application Gateway, Traffic Manager, Global Traffic Manager, CDN, Network Security Group, Storage, VM, Cosmos DB, Keyvault, Server forms & App Insights) with ARM templates and PowerShell. Creating & Handling of Repo, Service Connections, Pipelines- CI Build, Release - CD. With Blue and Green deployments. On premises to Azure Cloud migrations for (Webapp, App Service, Web Slots, Application Gateway, Traffic Manager, CDN, Network Security Group, Webapp backup/Restore, Storage, Blobs, VM, Key vault, Hybrid connection, IP Restrictions, Server forms & App Insights), Virtual Network, Virtual Network gateway with ARM templates and PowerShell. Creating & Handling all Branch Policies (Feature / Develop / Release / Master). Creating SOPs for internal reference. Creation of Azure NIC, Azure Virtual networks, Azure VMs and provide access users. Managing entire cloud in Azure infrastructure services and creating resources manually for the POC. Handling complete subscriptions to provide access and tagging right names. Working on Respective Tags to the New Resources Created during the Cutover Tasks. Enabling and configuring the Backup policy on Virtual Machines. Handling all types monitoring configuration of alerts and dashboard, app insights and others.

Microsoft Azure Engineer

Mindtree Pvt Ltd
    Multiple project operation in azure cloud monitoring and integrations of different applications, experienced with different approaches of solutions towards best practices. Orchestrated with (VM Creations & Maintaining VMs & Network Security Group, Storage, Azure-CDN, Akamai CDN, VPN Setup. etc). Create storage accounts for dev & QA teams for their application development and testing purpose. Create ARM templates to reuse similar deployment with some standard configurations. Working knowledge on VMware and Linux adminstration. Design, develop and maintain automation of VMWARE infrastructure management. Design installation, management and routine upgrades of VMWARE infrastructure. Provide 3rd support of VMWARE infrastructure. Provide key technical consultation with major migration and transition programs. Design and develop operation procedures of VMWARE infrastructure for Operations team. Deliver Global standard installation guidelines for VMWARE environment implementation.

Associate DataCenter Operator

Wipro Infotech
    Administered Solaris & Linux Server and Backup including Datacenter Operation (DCO). Gained hands-on experience on Datacenter Operations and Veritas Net Backup. Acquired an understanding of NetApp ONTAP Cluster-Mode and ONTAP 7 Mode. Observed and managed SUN 6140, 6130 Storage Boxes, and Brocade Switches and also Daily, Weekly, Monthly, and Yearly backup with Symantec Netback 7.0 Tool. Examined & troubleshot Filer, Array and Server Related Issues in The Environment using Monitoring & Reporting Tools.

Education

  • MCA - Master of Computer Applications

    Osmania University
  • MCA - Master of Computer Applications

    Osmania University, Hyderabad, India (2009)

Certifications

  • Microsoft: security& devops eng expert - az400

  • Microsoft certified: azure solutions architect exp - az305

  • Microsoft azure administrator associate: az 104

  • Microsoft: security & devops eng expert - az400

  • Itil foundation v4 certified

  • Hashicorp certified: terraform associate (003)