Ashish Karnad

Experience

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  HDFC Bank

  Feb 2007 - Jun 2008

  Asst Manager

  Asst Manager.Responsible for production servers running on database like Sybase and Oracle 10g. Involved in shell scripting for basic automations of daily routine jobs for reports etc.Monitoring of job and execution of process in Autosys.Involved in preparing AUTOSYS jobs by automating user report as per requirement.Looked after troubleshooting problems encountered by the branches from the back end. Involved in taking backups on to the storage media using Symantec’s Veritas Netbackup restored the data back from the tape drives onto the database as per requirement.Escalated to higher level rendered on- call support from vendors/ application owners in case of job failures or aborts.Monitored various applications of HDFC bank like Finware, Collection, Disbursement (Cash Management Services), ATPAR, SVS, etc.Application jobs monitoring, EOD execution, scheduling various jobs as per the application owners request, finding error logs when jobs get aborted. Escalations, follow-ups till resolution and again maintaining the records on mail reasons and solutions etc Show less

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  Allied Digital Services

  Jul 2008 - May 2012

  Manager

  Key Result Areas handled as Site ManagerSupervising team activities of Data-center operators.Maintaining shift schedule and reporting same to HR and Regional Manager.Maintaining inventory of backups (on-site and offsite).Took care of back-ups, run EOD- BOD, escalated in case of problems to application owners. Unix shell scripts, Test Applications and coordinated with end users & developers.Daily Checking of networks of Production, BCP servers and escalating if any abnormal issue is noticed.Administrating and monitoring Linux servers and services.DNS Configuration on Production servers, Implementing new servers in the Data Centre and Nagios Monitoring.Maintained inventory of daily, weekly and Monthly backups both On-site and Off-siteWeeding out damaged and bad ULTs and replacing the same.Scheduling of Automatic, repetitive Jobs using AT & CRONTABInstalling packages using RPM and YUM.Implementing the Network related Services like SSH, FTP and HTTP Show less

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  Synchronica MyriadGroup

  Jun 2012 - Dec 2014

  Team Lead

  Clients : Verizon, AT&T Lead a team of operations and responsible for Level 2 escalation.Prime and volunteer in new deployment projectsWork independently to trouble shoot system issues and defectsWriting shell scripts in UNIX to make working easier for the team.Shell scripts using Sed, Awk and loops etc.Installation &Troubleshooting of Apache Web server.Load Balancing of Apache Webserver.Proactively check and monitor system and error logs.Manage patches and releases into production (including rollbacks, etc.).Devops:Part of Devops team.Worked on CI tools like JenkinsManage deployment on Large servers using Puppet. Show less

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  BillBachao.com - Digissential Enterprises Pvt. Ltd.

  Jan 2015 - Sept 2016

  Aws System Administrator

  Migration from Hosting to AWS.Managed migration from Hosting (E2E hosting) to AWS with a 200GB database and 1million data points.Set up entire AWS vertical and horizontal scaling infrastructureAnalytics:Redshift for database and loading data from s3 for the purpose of reporting.Configured kinesis for analytics and data processing to check recharge status, send usage summary from app.Installation and configuration of mongodb used as db for the reporting server.web:Configuration and troubleshooting of apache , jboss web servers Show less

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  MobiNext Technologies Private Limited

  Sept 2016 - Mar 2017

  Devops
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  B2X SERVICE SOLUTIONS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED

  Mar 2017 - Dec 2018

  Information Technology Infrastructure Team Lead

  Handling Devops team and Infrastructure for B2x. Responsible for Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery of projects. Handled various projects. Client interaction and Vendor Management.Projects: Apple, Google:• Actively managed improved, and monitored cloud infrastructure AWS • Created and maintained automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment . Build Automation:• Build automation using Jenkins, Gitlab and Gradle.• Managed Security, patching, configuration changes etc. using Ansible. Security Practices followed and implemented:Cost Optimisation:• via Migration from private cloud to AWS, Converted On-Demand to Reserved instances• Identified and deleted unutilised and underutilised resources• AWS Trusted Advisor for Cost optimization suggestions.• Decoupling of architecture to reduce dependency on EC2 instances and reduce costs.• Vendor Management.• Backup Management.• Basic working knowledge on Docker and Python. Used Agile methodologies like Kanban Show less

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  Traydstream

  Jan 2019 - now

  Vice President Information Technology
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  Traydstream

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  Vice President Information Technology