Himat Varsani

Experience

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  Anami Agencies

  Jul 2004 - Apr 2015

  Insurance Broker

  Assisted the IT technician in setting up the new IT network infrastructure, ensuring a seamless and efficient technology frameworkDevelop the company’s website using HTML and CSS, enhancing the company’s online presence and accessibilityReached and exceeded set target of £50,000 gross written premium with Allianz in just four months, contributing to an overall income of £103,000 in gross premiumDiligently researched insurance companies’ policies and skilfully negotiated with range of underwriters to secure the most suitable insurance at the best price for our clientsDemonstrating expertise in handling complex cases, arranged specialist insurance cover and wrote necessary reports for insurance underwriters and surveyors, showcasing my strong analytical and communication skillsAssist a senior manager who was struggling to obtain a quotation for a large risk. By leveraging my close relationship with an insurer, secured a premium of £15,995 within hours, saving the company £805 compared to the initial quote of £16,800Nurturing excellent working relationship with underwriters, customers, and other professionals was an integral part of my approach, enhancing collaboration and fostering mutual trust Show less

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  SEED PROPERTY CONSULTANTS LIMITED

  May 2015 - Jul 2019

  Investment Analyst

  Demonstrated a keen eye for detail, an innovative problem-solving, and deep commitment to driving success of property investment.Developed a property deal analyser using Microsoft Excel to automate the calculation on the metrics such as profit, return on investment, cash investment, project cost, refinance options, cash flow, and investment growthSetup and organisation of SharePoint folder structures, infrastructure, and the assignment of permission and rolesEstablishing a lettings department, included systems and processes, formulating contract, terms and conditions, tenants, and overseeing property management operations Show less

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  Amazon

  Oct 2019 - Nov 2021

  Fulfilment Associate Process Guide

  A Process Guide provided me with invaluable experience in operational management, process optimization, and team leadership.Identifying the root causes, engaged in deep diving and troubleshooting the mechanical roboticsResponsible for Crucial Pull Time, Time off Task, and effectively managing the overall operational flowEarning trust as a coach for Amazon Associates, providing support in enhancing their understanding of processes, maintaining quality standards

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  Bansuri Dabeli

  Jul 2021 - Sept 2021

  Personal Project (Web Development - HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript)

  Designed and developed a website for a family-owned Indian takeaway business using HTML5, CSS3, and JavaScript.

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  Cloudreach, an Eviden business

  Dec 2021 - now

  DEFRA | Azure Platform EngineerExecuted enhancement to the infrastructure deployment pipeline by configuring using ARM/Bicep and YAML. This involved updating the code from pipeline-common’s version from a 3.0 to 6.0-latest for each environment and changing the tags, service connection, and changing the variable names and valuesEnsured the success of environment releases by monitoring and analysed application logs through App Insight. Investigated issues based on log data to promptly address any identified concernsImplemented changes to the deployment infrastructure pipeline using Azure DevOps files, repository and executing pipelines to segregate environment including sand, test, and production App-code integration modification in GitLab and Jenkins specifically incorporating IUCLID Integration template adjustments. Notably, configured properties in the siteConfig to ensure ‘alwaysOn’ is set to trueMonitored and maintained Jenkin pipelines, and rebuild any failed Jenkins pipelinesConfigured security groups, subnet, and key vaultsRan pipeline utility scripts and maintained Microsoft SQL Database. The use of SQL statement to test the accuracy of data within the databaseSuccessfully managed several REACH releases in to pre-production and production environment Show less Unilever | Azure Cloud/DevOps EngineerThe Use of Terraform, Go, Ansible to build, deployed and tested Azure services and orchestrated automation through CI/CD pipelines, including the utilisation of GitHub ActionsDeveloped the full infrastructure by an application stack for the development and production environment and facilitated the automate of a lift-and-shift migration from AWS to Azure using IaC Build, deployed, and tested Terraform Modules for a Function App, SQL Server, and an Azure Container Instance and Azure Container RegisterScripting in Bash to efficiently administrative functions to reduce manual efforts Show less Designed, build, and tested a full infrastructure in AWS deploying a VPC, Subnets, S3, and EC2 to install, launch server for the Elasticsearch, Kibana, and LogstashAutomation using Ansible and Bash Scripting to streamline the configuration, installation, and deployment processesLeveraged GitHub actions to establish a robust CI/CD pipelineAdopted an Agile methodology and presented the completed project to a panel of experts, showcasing the implementation of the solution and its benefitsSkills: AWS, VPC, EC2, S3, ELK Stack, GitHub, Agile, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Action Show less

  • Cloud Systems Developer

    Nov 2021 - now

  • Azure Platform Engineer

    Aug 2023 - Nov 2023

  • Cloud Engineer (Azure)

    Jan 2023 - Jul 2023

  • Project: ATOS | Office Access System

    Jun 2022 - Jul 2022

  • Project: Cloudreach | ELK Stack

    Dec 2021 - Jan 2022