May 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · On-site

• I actively contributed to research initiatives in AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing at Quinnipiac University.
• Focused on cloud privacy and developed multiple projects using advanced techniques like RAG and fine-tuning.
• Leveraged AWS Braket, Qiskit, and Azure Quantum to create effective quantum computing solutions.
• Enhanced my skills in prompt engineering and multimodal AI development.

Sep 2024 – Present · 1 yr 9 mos · On-site

• I played a crucial role in enhancing operational efficiency at Quinnipiac University through my work in the Nursing and Graduate Affairs Department.
• Led initiatives in leadership and team management to foster collaboration and support.
• Conducted thorough research on student events to inform departmental strategies.
• Implemented automation for various workflows, significantly improving back-office processes.

Jun 2024 – Jul 2024 · 1 mo · Maharashtra, India

• Developed Infrastructure as Code (IAC) solutions for AWS and Digital Ocean, enhancing deployment efficiency.
• Led the proof of concept (POC) and implementation of k3s, streamlining container orchestration.
• Implemented DevSecOps practices, ensuring security integration throughout the development lifecycle.
• Conducted knowledge transfer sessions on various infrastructure components, fostering team growth.

Jul 2023 – Jun 2024 · 11 mos

• Architected and secured multi-account AWS, Azure and GCP environments with hardened VPC designs, zero-trust networking, Transit Gateway routing, IAM least privilege, and isolated prod/non-prod landing zones
• Led end-to-end ransomware recovery, rebuilding infrastructure, restoring critical workloads, and implementing backups
• Built enterprise-grade monitoring using Grafana, Prometheus, Dynatrace, ELK, CloudWatch, OpsGenie, delivering actionable alerting, SLO tracking, and faster incident response
• Managed, migrated, and optimized 50+ Kubernetes clusters across AWS, Azure, VMware, and Rancher, implementing RBAC hardening, network policies, runtime protection, and secure ingress/egress
• Designed and deployed scalable network architectures including VPN tunnels, Palo Alto firewalls, SD-WAN, BGP routing, multi-region HA, and segmentation for sensitive workloads
• Automated 80% of IT operations using Python, Ansible, Jenkins, and AI agents, improving uptime by 70% and reducing provisioning time by 40%
• Led a team of 5 engineers, driving DevSecOps culture, Terraform standardization, GitHub Actions CI/CD adoption, and OPA-based security guardrails
• Built resilient backup & DR strategies with Veeam, NetApp, immutable storage, cross-region replication, and integrity checks
• Hardened enterprise systems using CyberArk, CrowdStrike, Zscaler, Palo Alto, enforcing strong identity, endpoint, and network security postures
• Automated deployments and secured middleware stacks (Nginx, Redis, HAProxy, Solr, Consul, AMQ) across multi-cloud environments
• Administered Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) and Windows Server fleets with hardened baselines and HA configurations
• Designed zero-trust network and security architectures with tunnels, routing, firewall segmentation, PAM controls, and encrypted data flows
• Enabled a true DevSecOps ecosystem with IaC, CI/CD pipelines, policy enforcement, automated compliance testing, and SRE-style reliability engineering

Jun 2022 – Jul 2023 · 1 yr 1 mo

• Implemented various Infrastructure Architectures for both Cloud - AWS & Azure and on-premises environments, enhancing system reliability.
• Managed production incidents with P1 & P2 SLA, ensuring timely resolution and minimal downtime.
• Conducted root cause analysis for various issues, improving incident response strategies.
• Gained hands-on experience with containerized applications and DevOps tools, fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

Apr 2021 – Jun 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos

• Managed hybrid infrastructure across on-prem datacenters and AWS, ensuring scalability, reliability, and secure operations
• Provisioned and maintained high-availability servers on VMware, KVM, oVirt, physical hosts, and AWS EC2
• Automated repetitive IT and DevOps workflows using Shell scripting, Ansible, Python, and Jenkins
• Administered SFTP (Globalscape EFT), Postfix mail server, and SendGrid integrations for secure data transfers and communication
• Served as System Administrator for Linux (CentOS, RHEL, Ubuntu) and Windows Server environments
• Deployed and operated enterprise firewalls (Palo Alto, pfSense); built VPNs, tunnels, VPC routing, and multi-environment firewall configurations
• Provisioned and managed enterprise storage using NetApp systems
• Implemented and monitored alerting/observability using OpsGenie, Icinga, CloudWatch, and Pingdom
• Worked extensively with major AWS services including EC2, EFS, EBS, VPC, EKS, IAM, and policy management

Jan 2021 – Mar 2021 · 2 mos

• Engaged in comprehensive training on various infrastructure and DevOps technologies, enhancing my technical expertise.
• Developed a solid understanding of Linux networking concepts and SRE principles, crucial for modern software engineering.
• Served as an L1 engineer, addressing server-side issues to ensure system reliability and performance.

Jun 2017 – Aug 2023 · 6 yrs 2 mos · India · On-site

• I was a lecturer for science, maths and computer classes
• Have mentored 100+ students from high school till graduation
• Schedule Test and created course material in depth
• Focused on practical learning

Jun 2016 – Dec 2016 · 6 mos · India · On-site

• worked as an intern exploring Finance and Cash payment related task