Akhil Koroth
Sunnyvale,CA
Summary
Experienced with delivering strategic consulting services to enhance client business operations. Utilizes in-depth industry knowledge and analytical skills to identify and implement effective solutions. Track record of building strong client relationships and driving measurable results.
Overview
15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Consultant
HCL Technologies
06.2019 - Current
- Gather new requirements for different application systems, drawing out a plan for releases of the enhancements for the Datacenter, Google Cloud Platform and Network services
- Ensure project meet standards and technical specifications, perform technical analysis and component delivery
- Create Project and Technical plans for Cloud Projects
- Manage multiple Application and server refresh activities at different stages of design and implementation ( UNIX/Wintel Hardware refresh
- Migration of SAP infra from On-premises to Cloud)
- Responsible for the deliverables, through Technical reviews, Technical Support, Monitor and impact analysis for all the defects, change requests or new requirements for Network/UNIX/Wintel/Storage/Backup & IT infrastructure
- Automate all new Server & Network infrastructure for application build through configuration management tools, also automate the environment through continuous integration with various tools like Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, Git
- Work on google cloud platform services compute engine, cloud load balancing, cloud storage, cloud IAM and Cloud networking
- Deploy and maintain the terraform, ansible, and Jenkins for the cloud build
- Administration of 1000+ Linux servers and multiple infra-supported applications
- Manage GCP infrastructure as code (IaaS) using Terraform, Ansible and Jenkins and write new code as per the requirement
- Work with various application teams and provide the solution for the cloud deployment
- Support application team on the cloud tasks
- Provide GCP permission to the users/Service accounts for the GCP resources
- Manage google Cloud DNS for multiple cloud projects
- Troubleshoot issues related the the cloud infrastructure
- Proactively identify, manage and mitigate project risks and find ways to accomplish project goals in the context of dynamic business/technical environments
- Procure and renewal of TLS certificate
- Tools and Technology used: CentOS, Suse, Ubuntu, GCP, Jenkins, VMware, Terraform, Git, Ansible, Shell scripting, Datadog, Python, VMware
Sr. Systems Engineer
Thomson Reuters
12.2016 - 06.2019
- Support for VM/Cloud/Physical Servers
- Linux OS administration
- Support server hardware HP/Dell Server build, configure through automation
- Coordinate with the application team and provide solutions
- Support for automated patching through IBM Bigfix
- Server build/migration to the latest OS version
- Work with hardware vendors and get the solution
- Actively participate in bridge calls in outages
- Automate the daily tasks using shell scripts
- Tools and Technology used: CentOS, Redhat, AWS, Jenkins, Ansible, Shell scripting, Python, VMware
Tech Lead
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
11.2015 - 12.2016
- Support for VM/Cloud/Physical Servers
- Linux server OS administration
- Detailed reporting on the status of trouble tickets and build projects through defined processes
- Provide KT to the team mates for smooth workflow with proper handover
- Automating the daily tasks by using script
- Participate in the planning of new requirements
- Provide support to the various applications - HAproxy, Open Exchange, Dovecot, Mysql, Cassandra db, f5 load balancer
- Apache web administration
- Install and configure the application servers using automated script / Ansible
- Create and Implement change records based on the requirement
- Actively participate in bridge calls in outages
- Automation using Ansible/Git
- Tools and Technology used: CentOS, Redhat, Openstack, Jenkins, Ansible, Shell scripting, Python, Apache, Cassandra, HA Proxy, Dovecot, Open Exchange, F5, Mysql, NGINX, VMware
Senior Engineer
Mindtree ltd.
02.2014 - 10.2015
- Database administration- Mysql
- Application support - Troublesh Handling Linux user administration tickets
- AWS cloud instance provisioning and management
- Support e-commerce applications
- Installation and troubleshooting of Linux server OS
- Installing and configuration of Apache, Nginx, tomcat, PHP for the web application
- Coordinate with the development team for the application requirement
- Work with the team for the deployment of automated application code deploy using Ansible/Jenkins and GIT integration
- Ensure the code deployed in all the environments in each release
- Tools and Technology used: Suse, Ubuntu, AWS, Jenkins, Git, Gerrit, Ansible, Shell scripting, VMware, NGINX, Apache Tomcat, ANT, Magento
Customer Engineer
HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
05.2010 - 02.2014
- Handling Linux user administration tickets
- Server build, OS installation
- Resolve incidents and escalate to the required team if needed
- Find RCA for the problems
- Create Documents for the future reference
- Tools and Technology used: Centos, RHEL, Windows
Education
3 Year Diploma -
EK Nayanar Memorial Model Polytechnic College
Kannur, Kerala, India01.2010
Higher Secondary -
GBHSS Cherukunnu
Kannur, Kerala, India01.2007
Class 10 -
GHSS Morazha
Kannur, Kerala, India01.2005
Skills
- Linux Systems Administration - Redhat, SUSE Linux, Ubuntu, Centos
- Ansible Orchestration Expertise
- Jenkins Pipeline Management
- Infrastructure Automation
- Repository Management Skills - Github, Gitlab
- Experience with Apache
- NGINX Configuration
- Proficient in Bash Scripting
- Python Automation
- Experience with cloud services - GCP, AWS, OCI, Alibaba
- Google Kubernetes Engine Administration
- VMware Infrastructure Management
- Shell scripting
- Web services - NGINX, Apache, HAproxy
- Postfix Server Administration
- Problem-solving
- Cloud architecture design
- Infrastructure automation
- IT infrastructure management
Certification
- RHCE
- RHCSA
- Google Cloud Professional Architect
Personal Information
- Passport Number: L1012420
- Date of Birth: 09/11/89
Timeline
Consultant
HCL Technologies
06.2019 - Current
Sr. Systems Engineer
Thomson Reuters
12.2016 - 06.2019
Tech Lead
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS
11.2015 - 12.2016
Senior Engineer
Mindtree ltd.
02.2014 - 10.2015
Customer Engineer
HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
05.2010 - 02.2014
3 Year Diploma -
EK Nayanar Memorial Model Polytechnic College
Higher Secondary -
GBHSS Cherukunnu
Class 10 -
GHSS Morazha
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