Highly motivated and dedicated individual with a strong desire to learn and grow professionally.
An organized, enthusiastic, and positive team player with a proven track record of meeting deadlines and successfully leading projects. I am a Senior DevOps Engineer with a deep passion for technology and a wealth of experience in providing architectural solutions in AWS and Azure. I am proficient in programming, scripting, and building infrastructures as code, as well as upgrades, troubleshooting, maintenance, and deployment of releases into testing and production environments. I am constantly learning new techniques and actively developing my skills set to stay at the forefront of my field.
― profile
― Work experience
Assistant Tax Manager - Real Estate Tax
KPMG LLP / Dec 2015 - May 2017
Senior DevOps Engineer
KPMG LLP / May 2017 - Present
Experience in Azure and AWS cloud providers.
Experience in using container based technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, EKS and AKS.
Experience in using Github and Azure Devops for Source Control.
Understanding modern web services architectures, cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure.
Build and maintain tools for deployment, monitoring and operations.
Infrastructure automation using Terraform to provision components in the cloud.
Build CI/CD pipeline configurations to orchestrate provisioning and deploymen using Azure Devops, ArgoCD, Octopus, TeamCity and Jenkins.
Implement robust logging & automate tools/solutions to monitor system health.
Documentation of current processes and updating documentation with process changes.
Application Support & Release management.
Experience in working with Data team on Azure Data Factory set up, Azure SQL Servers, RDS and general support.
Experience in Ubuntu/Linux.
Work / liaise with teams and departments inside and outside of File Engineering
(e.g. DevSecOps, Corporate IT, IT security) - in order to ensure compliance with corporate standards
Python - Used to create scripts to automate azure processes
See 'Projects' Page for further information
Tax Accountant
Close Brothers Limited / Aug 2011 - Oct 2015
Accounts Payable Clerk
TJX Europe / Sept 2010 - Aug 2011
Trainee Accountant
East London NHS Foundation Trust / Sept 2008 - Oct 2009
― skills
View the 'Projects' page that illustrates most of these skills
Azure
AWS
Terraform
Ansible
Azure DevOps
Github
Team City
Linux, Ubuntu, Windows
Security Best Practices
Data relating services - Azure Data Factory, SQL databases, RDS
Defining and building CI / CD processes
Octopus Deployment
Containerization using Docker, Kubernetes, AKS
Automation - Python, Bash, Powershell
Application Support & Release managment
Documentation of processes
Provisioning environments in cloud from start to finish
Cloud Migration
― Certification
Azure Solutions Architect Expert
― Education
the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Passed all the exams
2010 - 2015
BSc Accounting and Business Management
University of Westminster
2006 - 2010
“It was a challenging change for me coming from an Accounting background to Cloud but it was the best decision I have made. Not knowing anything to being competent in my role through self learning, dedication and hard work.”
- Vishal Patel