Mehul Haresh Karia
Cloud Solutions Architect
Amazon AWS SA & SysOps Professional
Microsoft Certified Windows Professional
Google Cloud GCP Professional
Trend Micro Deep Security Certified
VMware 6.5
London (HA2 7BP) United Kingdom
Professional Status
Employed
Open to opportunities
About Me
My current role has afforded me the opportunity to organize and develop the entire solutions process from start to finish. Excellent communication skills allows me the ability to serve as a liaison between Enterprise Architects and Application Developers allowing the delivery of exceptional applications that work across a variety of platforms and systems. With a Master’s Degree in Information Technology and a decade of progressively responsible Solutions Architect experience with Cloud Management has extended my knowledge to offer the visionary and innovative approach needed in the role. I have expert-level abilities for Windows Infrastructure, Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Virtualization, Cloud Technology, VMware, along with Professional certifications for both Amazon AWS and Google Cloud Platform.
Being a ruthless Optimist, my visionary skill translates into a big-picture solutions approach. I have strong strengths in conceptualization and implementation of Cloud Infrastructure development within the architectural structure. I tend to think out of the box resolving complex IT requirements to deliver projects on time; saving the cost to the company and strengthening the trust. With a proven track record of gaining recognition for my work and honest commitment to my service, I have gained a strong and respected IT presence.
Being a ruthless Optimist, my visionary skill translates into a big-picture solutions approach. I have strong strengths in conceptualization and implementation of Cloud Infrastructure development within the architectural structure. I tend to think out of the box resolving complex IT requirements to deliver projects on time; saving the cost to the company and strengthening the trust. With a proven track record of gaining recognition for my work and honest commitment to my service, I have gained a strong and respected IT presence.
Experiences
Sr. Cloud Consultant
ECS
Since July 2018
- Working as a Sr. Cloud Consultant for various Cloud Migration projects
- Devising Client Architectural requirements for private and public Clouds
- Advising the ECS team internally on various projects involving Cloud migration and Cloud adaptability from the Client perspective
- Helped Think Analytics company with their infrastructure changes and addition of new features in their existing systems using Terraform and Ansible, deployed in their AWS Cloud environment
- Actively participating in various projects in ECS for development and adaptability of Cloud technologies
- Trusted Advisor for large scale cloud implementations and transformations onto AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and understanding of the benefits/ pitfalls of each
- Engaged with senior stakeholders to advise on the cloud journey and understood the function of apps within a cloud environment and how these would be migrated & integrated
- Understood cost models to analyse business cases and understood associated costs based on the utilisation of technical consultants, licencing etc, experience in creating Target Operating Models and Business Cases.
- Understood requirements that governed implementation choices such as hybrid, automation (DevOps) and the use of Agile to achieve desired outcomes
- Developing MLOps capabilities for ML enablement for ECS clients
Infrastructure Web and Virtual Analyst
SThree PLC
March 2011
to May 2018
Full-time
London
United Kingdom
- Infrastructure & Cloud Responsibilities:
- Designing and Deploying scalable, highly available & fault tolerant systems
- Lift and Shift of existing on-premise applications / services to Cloud
- Ingress and Egress of data to and from Cloud based systems
- Selecting appropriate Infrastructure / Cloud service based on Users, Compute, Database or Security requirements
- Identifying appropriate use of Infrastructure / Cloud architectural best practices
- Estimating costs and identifying cost control mechanisms
- Designing and Deploying scalable, highly available & fault tolerant systems
- Manage Web Infrastructure Design, Deployment and overall Administration of 12 leading Recruiting firms in London
- Designing Virtual Infrastructure Architecture and oversee Administration of VMware Vcenter v6.0 and v6.5
- Designed the Solutions Architecture of SThree Services on Amazon AWS using, S3, EC2, ELB, VPC, Lamda, Route 53, Terraform on EBS and Instance-based storage on On-demand and Reserved Instances, secured with AWS IAM.
- Managing, Deploying and Administration of Certificate Infrastructure encapsulating various services like Web, Remote Access, SAP, Microsoft Exchange 2010 and 2013, Office 365, IronPort and Netscaler Network services, using Internal CA authority and 3rd party CA authorities like GoDaddy, CloudFlare
- Oversee Active Directory Management and Administration on Windows 2012 and Windows 2016 servers
- Collaborating with the Infrastructure team in Development testing and Deployment of Exchange 2013 and Office 365 Cloud services
- Collaborating with Website developers in Development testing and Deployment of Recruitment Websites for 12 brands using IIS 7.0, 8.0 & 10.0 platforms, PHP development tools on Joomla 2.x and 3.x platforms.
- Management of a consolidated global infrastructure for Microsoft Exchange 2010, Microsoft Web IIS, and Office 365, scaled for 2500+ users, consolidating the need for only two data centres
- Implemented vRA/vRO based virtualization architecture facilitating Unified Cloud Management and Accelerated Service Delivery of Multitier Application systems.
Client Support Analyst
Attenda Limited
February 2009
to February 2011
Full-time
London
United Kingdom
- Support Analysts Level II providing Client solution support to Critical applications and Web Interface hosted on dedicated and shared Infrastructure with Attenda.
- Managing Calls at P1-Critical Value, P2-High Value, P3-Intermediate Value and P4-Low Value
- Handling Client Service Incidents through SupportWorks Helpdesk Technology
- Technical, Application and Customer Support to agreed SLA's and ITIL standards
- Managing Client Clusters at Windows 2003 and Windows 2008 Server infrastructure alongside SQL based Clusters, Disk based Clusters
- Managing Client incidents related to SAN and NAS storage devices through HP and NETAPP
- Managing Client backup incidents through Veritas Netbackup (v5.5,6.0,6.5) and Backup Exec technology (v8.0,9.0,10.0) troubleshooting and administration
- Managing Client issues related to VMWARE Virtualization Platform - vSphere 4; hosting virtual servers and Client based applications on virtual platform
- Outlining the Design strategies of Client Project with Project Development and Infrastructure Management team
- Liasing with DataCentre Team for deploying new Client Solutions and updating existing ones
- Periodically scheduling and installing Microsoft Patches on Client servers thru Microsoft Shavlik
- Monitoring and Managing Client incident and their alerts through Attenda Internal Monitoring tools
Client Support Analyst
Quick Start Global
August 2006
to January 2009
Full-time
Vadodara
India
- Dedicatedly worked for QuickStartGlobal's Client - Attenda Limited (UK - my UK employer) which had its offshore IT based setup in INDIA with QuickStartGlobal.
- Job Profile was similar to my current position at Attenda Limited UK, with only difference that actions were carried out remotely from INDIA.
Sr. Administrator - Systems and IT Infrastructure
Eclipsys INDIA
December 2004
to July 2006
Full-time
Vadodara
India
- Managed Network of 150+ computers and servers at multiple locations in India and Atlanta-USA; including Domain controllers, DNS servers, DHCP Server, ISA Server, VOIP Server, Web Servers, FTP Server, MS Exchange Server, MS SharePoint Server, MS Project Server, VMWARE ESX and GSX servers, Citrix Server, SQL and Pervasive Database Server
- Administration of entire network in India and US (Atlanta office)
- Administration and Technical Management of team in US
- Handled various Internal & multinational External IT Project pertaining to the company and its clients
- Managed Physical and Virtual platform for software development and research of new technologies
- Coordinating and negotiating with IT vendors and Dept. of Telecommunication governing body for liasing the IT linkage with remote office and clients in US
- Administration of entire network in India and US (Atlanta office)
- Setup, Configuration, Administration & Troubleshooting of:
- Windows Server 2000 & Windows Server 2003
- Microsoft Exchange 2000 - 2003
- Microsoft ISA 2000-2004
- Citrix Metaframe XP Server
- Windows Server 2000 & Windows Server 2003
Senior Network Administrator
Data-Link Impex Pvt. Ltd.
August 1999
to November 2004
Full-time
Vadodara
India
- Administered ISP connections to handling higher end E1/R2 lines, Lease Lines, ISDN setup, Dial up Networks. Besides, got the experience of working with networking components like Hubs, Switches, Remote Access Servers, DNS Servers, Cache Servers, Routers, VOIP's of well known companies like Cisco, Multitech, Cobalt & OS like Windows 2000, NT, Linux Red Hat
- Established the entire ISP network @ Baroda
- Established Lease Lines thru Dept. of Telecommunication till the ISP & Client end
- Configuration of Lease Line thru RAD modems
- Configuration of E1/R2 Lines for Dial-Up customers to ISP on PAIRGAIN modems
- Configuration of MainStreet Xpress RAS & Cobalt Cache server
- Administered and Maintained ISDN connectivity to Customers
- Establishing Cable Internet Facility thru Analog Server
- Administration & Maintaining of Customer Help Desk
Skills
Virtualization
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Expert
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Google Cloud Platform GCP
Good
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VMWare 6.0
Advanced
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VMWare 6.5
Advanced
Microsoft Windows
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Windows Server 2016
Advanced
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Windows 10
Expert
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Active Directory
Expert
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Microsoft Exchange
Advanced
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Office 365
Advanced
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DNS
Expert
Certificate Management
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Certificate Administration SSL-TLS
Expert
Web Development
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IIS 7.0, 8.0 & 10.0
Expert
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Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Expert
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Joomla
Advanced
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PHP
Advanced
Infrastructure as Code - IAC
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Terraform
Advanced
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CloudFormation
Good
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Ansible
Good
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Packer
Advanced
