Ashish Gondhale

Cloud Engineer

Pune, Maharashtra, India5 yrs 6 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Proven track record in improving system uptime.
Expert in Azure cloud solutions and infrastructure management.
Skilled in automating workflows using Azure DevOps.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Engineering expert specializing in Azure solutions and infrastructure management.

Contact

ashishgondhale123@gmail.com LinkedIn

Skills

Core Skills

Cloud EngineeringAzure SolutionsInfrastructure Management

Other Skills

ARMARM templatesAgile MethodologiesAutomationAzure Active DirectoryAzure DevOpsAzure Entra IDAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Azure MonitorAzure NetworkingAzure Security CenterAzure StorageAzure Virtual MachinesAzure backup and recovery servicesAzure pipelines

About

Cloud Engineer with extensive experience in designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and highly available Azure cloud solutions. Proficient in deploying Azure resources using ARM templates and PowerShell, managing Azure Entra ID (AAD) for identity and access management, and utilizing Azure DevOps for streamlined software development lifecycle (SDLC) processes. Adept at monitoring and troubleshooting cloud and on-premises environments, optimizing cloud resource utilization, and managing data flow and storage using Azure Storage accounts. Proven track record in improving system uptime, securing virtual networks, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate and optimize cloud solutions. Expertise in Azure Virtual Machines (VMs), Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS), Azure networking services, and cloud security practices, including disaster recovery and data protection.

Experience

Kion india private limited

Cloud Engineer

Jan 2024 – Present · 2 yrs 2 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India · On-site

Design and implement scalable, secure, and highly available cloud solutions using Azure.
Manage Azure Entra ID (AAD) for identity and access management.
Utilize Azure DevOps for SDLC with Azure Boards and collaboratively work with Devops team for automation of workflows and processes.
Deployed Azure resources using ARM templates and PowerShell scripts, ensuring efficient and automated infrastructure management.
Designed and built a comprehensive Azure infrastructure for internal teams, incorporating Azure VMs, VNets, VM Scale Sets, disk and image creation, snapshots, and Azure Entra ID for secure access management.
Designed and implemented scalable cloud solutions on Azure, improving uptime by 15%.
Monitored application uptime and performed troubleshooting for issues across on-premises and cloud environments, ensuring minimal downtime and optimal performance.
Managed data flow and storage using Azure Storage accounts and services, utilizing Azure Storage Explorer for efficient account and database management.
Collaborated closely with Azure Pipelines to manage application updates, integrating new versions from publishers and adapting client infrastructure to accommodate changes.
Collaborate with development teams to integrate cloud solutions with existing applications and systems. Optimize cloud resource utilization and costs.
Develop and maintain documentation for cloud architectures, procedures, and best practices

Azure Entra IDAzure DevOpsARM templatesPowerShellAzure Virtual MachinesAzure Storage+2

Ltimindtree

Cloud and Infrastructure Engineer

Feb 2021 – Jan 2024 · 2 yrs 11 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Installing and configuring different tiers of Virtual Machines for different project needs and managing these virtual machines on the Azure portal.
Migration of resources from classic to ARM.
Generalized and Specialized deployment of Virtual machines.
Configuring and managing Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) on Azure Portal.
Custom image VM deployment using a portal, template and PowerShell.
Configuration and Managing Availability Sets and Availability Zones for redundancy.
Configure the appropriate VMs, storage and network in Azure to support the customer workloads moving to Azure.
Migration of data between different Storage accounts using AZ copy or Storage Explorer.
Creating Backup Vaults for backing up data on Cloud.
Creating Backup Plans for backing up entire Virtual Machines on Cloud.
knowledge of Azure Active Directory (AAD), Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Azure Security Center, Azure Key Vault, and other security-related services.
Monitoring and Logging: Expertise with Azure Monitor, Azure Log Analytics, Azure Application Insights, and configuring alerts and notifications for Azure resources.
Configuring and troubleshooting Disk Encryption and Extension issues.
VM start/stop platform issues and thereby troubleshoot by attaching the problem OS disk to the recovery VM in nested virtualization fixing the issue and swapping the OS disk to the problem VM.
Worked on networking concepts like virtual networks (VNETs), subnets, network security groups (NSGs), Azure Load Balancer, Azure Application Gateway and Azure VPN gateway.
Configuration of Site to Site and point-to-site VPN for communication of multiple V-nets.
Remote login to Virtual machines to troubleshoot and monitor applications.
Worked on Managed and unmanaged disk, standard and premium storage.
Mounting file share and Azure file sync deployment.
Azure storage, copying, downloading and uploading using AZ copy and Azure storage explorer.

Virtual MachinesARMPowerShellAzure Active DirectoryAzure Security CenterAzure Monitor+2

Hudl

Data Analyst

Sep 2020 – Feb 2021 · 5 mos · Pune, Maharashtra, India

Tagging and capturing live events during a game on HUDL software solution.
Providing instant analysis.
Understanding the coaching team’s needs.
Analyzing videos of the games played, compiling statistics and using them in context, to provide highly accurate and in-depth analysis of various aspects of the game.