Abhay Kumar Sinha

India
Phone: 9916941099
Email: abhay.sinha79@gmail.com

Profile
Education
Worked with multiple industries (Automobile, Electronics, Aviation etc)
MCA, Computers, IISE Lucknow, with client from US, UK, and Europe. Cloud as the base technology for
IN, 2003 the accounts, I worked and took multiple roles and delivered
successfully based KPI's and responsibilities entrusted on me. As a
Solution Architect for AWS and Azure, I worked on Infra and DevOps
projects and as a People Manager mentored my team. Most of the work
Languages on which I worked were client facing roles and I delivered the
expectations as defined as per the Contractual Agreement. Worked as
English - Fluent Migration Architect, Modernization Architect, DR Setup, Kubernetes AKS
Azure Red Hat Open Shift, EKS, ECS, CI/CD pipelines IAM. Well versed
Hindi - Fluent with "Well Architecture Framework" while handling a project and the
design principles which are required to make it successful. Good
understanding of the Databases (structured and unstructured data,
relational and document databases, Network topology, VPC, Resource
groups, Subnets, Vnets, VPC, IGW, NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, PVC
Peering, Site to Site VPN, Cloud Front, CDN, EC2 and Virtual machines,
storage classes and types of storage, block, file, FSX, EFS, EBS, Auto
scaling Load Balancers.

Key skills
1.Define the business requirement into functional and non-function
requirements.
2. Understand the customer's requirement and get the requirement doc
signed off with the customer
3.Provide the High-Level solution for the requirements along with the
timelines, milestones, assumptions, Risks, mitigations which also
includes the design documents, and the different phases involved.
4. Worked on Migration of Projects from DataCenter to cloud (Azure and
AWS)
5. Worked on Azure Landing Zones. Created the HLD and LLD for Hub
and Soke Model., Tenants, Management groups and subscriptions.
6. Spearheaded the transition for customer's existing infra on
DataCenter and Azure.
7. Worked on the Compute, Storage and Azure network components
and designed for the migration.
8. Worked on Creating the DR setup of AKS using Valero
9.Worked on Azure Native Tools, Azure Monitor, Azure Backup, Windows
Update Manager, Network Watcher, designed the tools and seup for
different environments.
10. Worked on the discovery doc and created the blueprints for Build
sheet which used for the deployment of Infrastructure in AWS using
Cloud Formation.
12. Good exposure on Azure and AWS IaaS and PaaS Servies which
includes recrements gathering, Proposing Solutions including HLD and
LLD and Implementation), this also incudes doing PoC for any new
services which are onboarded into the existing environment

Key courses and training

70-533 Implementing Microsoft Azure Infrastructure Solution
Azure-104 Certification - Azure Admin Certification
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.
AWS Certified Solution Architect- Associate
AWS Certified Solution Architect- Professional.

VMware vSphere 4.x, 5.x,6.

PMP
CCNA
MCSE 2000, 2003, 2008, 2012, 2016

Work experience
IBM India Pvt t Ltd (Dec 2019-Present)

Designation: Business Manager

Role: Cloud Solution Architect. (AWS and Azure)

AWS Solution Architect:

CGPower Oct 2024 till Date

Worked on providing the solution for CGPower company for their used
cases on the Data platform and building the AWS Architecture solution
and design including AWS Control Tower, Landing Zone, Organization
Unit, Management Accounts, App Flow, Glue, S3 and RDS.

The infra components VPC, EC2, IWG, NAT were build using Terraform.

Site to Site VPN, Security, Monitoring and backup tools were configured
using the native backup tools.

Worked on AWS Appflow for ETL for SAP which was hosted on GCP.

Worked on Glue For MSSDQL which was hosted on customer on premise

of ETL

Designed and build Spark Cluster using EMR for reading data from S3
and ingesting it back to RDS.

Technical Azure Service Architect

NFUM, India | Jan 2024 – Sep 2024
Project name: NFUM

•• Currently working with one of insurance company where I am

responsible for coordinating and providing solution which includes but
not limited to the current Azure Infrastructure, IBM's proposal of
migration of the DCX program which was driven by MS CAF creation of
Huband Spoke model
1. Migration of the current Infra on Datacentre to Azure.
2. Managing the current footprint of the organization on Azure
3. Coordinating with the existing vendor who is managing the existing
Data Centre which is getting migrated to Azure
4. Some of the legacy applications and some other applications which
are not a good fit for Azure are getting migrated to new Datacenter
(VMware)

Contribution: • Currently working with one of insurance company

where I am responsible for coordinating and providing solution which
includes but not limited to the current Azure Infrastructure, IBM's
proposal of migration of the DCX program which was driven by MS CAF
creation of Huband Spoke model
1. Migration of the current Infra on Datacentre to Azure.
2. Managing the current footprint of the organization on Azure
3. Coordinating with the existing vendor who is managing the
existing Data Centre which is getting migrated to Azure
4. Some of the legacy applications and some other applications
which are not a good fit for Azure are getting migrated to new
Datacenter (VMware)

Infrastructure Consultant
Premier Farnell, India | Jun 2023 - Nov 2023

Project name: Premier Farnell

1. Current Infra is on DC
2. Built AKS and Redhat Open Shift cluster on OpenShift.
3. Deployed the application using CICD Pipelines
4. Configured Autoscaling for AKS and ARO (Azure Red Hat open Shift)
5. Configured PV and PVCs for the applications.
6. Working on DR solution for the distributed application on Azure on
AKS and ARO.
7. Working as consultant for other infra projects for same client.
8. Calculation for the Blue Green deployment for AS and ARO.
9. In Depth Knowledge of pods and deployments.
10. Decision making based on artifacts, strategic planning, People
Management and Team Development are other tasks which I own and
lead.

Contribution: 1. Current Infra is on DC

2. Built AKS and Redhat Open Shift cluster on OpenShift.
3. Deployed the application using CICD Pipelines
4. Configured Autoscaling for AKS and ARO (Azure Red Hat open
Shift)
5. Configured PV and PVCs for the applications.
6. Working on DR solution for the distributed application on Azure
on AKS and ARO.
7. Worked as consultant for other infra projects for same client.
8. Calculation for the Blue Green deployment for AS and ARO.
9. In Depth Knowledge of pods and deployments.
10. Decision making based on artifacts, strategic planning, People
Management and Team Development are other tasks which I own and
lead.

Infra Architect
Delta Airlines: India | Dec 2022 - May 2023

Project name: Delta Airlines

Worked on the Blueprints and approvals (Source being the Discovery

and analysis done)

Creating BluePrints with existing, Target Infra and migration approach

with the migration approach.

Working on Build Sheets which includes the “TO-BE” Infra details on

AWS.

The Infra components were deployed for Dev, SI and Prod Env using
CFTs.

Consolidated information of all the documents were recorded in

workbook for ADDR (Discovery and Assessment), Blueprints, Build Sheet
and Cutover
Worked on the Blueprints and approvals (Source being the Discovery
and analysis done)

Creating Blueprints with existing, Target Infra and migration approach

with the migration approach.

Working on Build Sheets which includes the “TO-BE” Infra details on

AWS.

The Infra components were deployed for Dev, SI and Prod Env using
CFTs.

Consolidated information of all the documents were recorded in

workbook for ADDR (Discovery and Assessment), Blueprints, Build Sheet
and Cutover

Contribution: Worked on the Blueprints and approvals (Source being the

Discovery and analysis done)

Creating BluePrints with existing, Target Infra and migration approach

with the migration approach.

Working on Build Sheets which includes the “TO-BE” Infra details on

AWS.
The Infra components were deployed for Dev, SI and Prod Env using
CFTs.

Consolidated information of all the documents were recorded in

workbook for ADDR (Discovery and Assessment), BluePrint, BuildSheet
and Cutover

Infrastructure Architect
MBRDI, India | Mar 2022 - Oct 2022

Project name: Mercededes Benz R&D India

Worked as a Solution Architect on AWS and Azure from Cloud

Perspective March 22 to Oct.

AWS=> AWS Infrastructure built using Terraform, VSC and PowerShell

including network and Security. This included VPCs, Subnets, VMs,
Lambda functions, databases. CICD pipelines were build using native
tools.

Azure=> Application Deployment, CICD pipeline using native tools and

Azure Repo., CI and CD and deployed on web App Service.

DB Consolidation of MongoDB at the Data Center

Contribution: Infra Consultant and People Manager.

Infra Architect
IBM Internal, India | Jun 2021 - Feb 2022

Project name: QAZUR

Worked with QAZUR Account as an Azure Architect since June 2021 till
Jan 2022. As an architect I was responsible for managing the Azure
Partner network subscriptions, tenants, billing and managing the
account.

Contribution: Team Member

Solution Architect
LAM, India | Feb 2021 - Jun 2021

Project name: LAM

Worked as an Azure Architect since (Feb 2021 till June 2021) to

modernize the old application of LAM. As an architect I was responsible
for creating, designing, and implementing the platform where the
application was deployed. I also worked on the Azure DevOps for
implementation of the application which included, Azure Repos,
Containerization of the application, deployment of the application. Azure
Container registry and deployment using App Service, Azure Managed
Databases and CI/CD Pipeline.
Contribution: DevOps part of the entire project including designing,
solutioning and PoC was done by me.

Migration Architect
Fortum, India | Sep 2020 - Jan 2021

Project name: Migration Architect

Migrate the organization's workload which were in Poland and Finland to

Microsoft Azure Cloud.

As a Migration Architect, I assessed the applications using Azure Migrate

tool, created the move groups, created BluePrint for the migration, and
used ASR for migration.

Contribution: Individual Contributor/Team Member.

Principal Consultant
Microland (Sep 2017-Sep2018)

 Worked as an Associate Principal Consultant for the practice team

to develop new offerings and competencies for cloud-related
services for the Sales, Pre-Sales, and Solution team at the
organization level

 Responded to the cloud RFPS for multiple regions and worked on

cloud and Data Centre deals

Solution Architect
DXC July 2018 -Sep 2019

Worked as a Solution Architect and created and proposed solution for

existing customer for their Non-Standard Service Request which were
not part of Master Service Agreement.

SME
IBM India Pvt Ltd, India | Jun 2015 - Jul 2017

As a SME I worked as a tech Lead for one of the banking accounts and
worked in BAU on Windows, VMware and Active Directory.
Also was actively involved in the migration of client Datacentres to IBM
Datacentre

Team Lead

Tata Consultancy Services, India | Jun 2010 - Jul 2015

Worked as a Tech Lead for Wintel Team (Windows VMware and Active
Directory)
Worked on Migration project for from one DC to Another Data Center.
Worked as SDM for a CISCO client.
Worked as a Solution Architect for implementing Hitachi's ID Password
Manager which has integration with AD, McAfee, Enterprise Directory
and Hitachi Password Manager

Subject Matter Expert

IBM, India | Jun 2015 - May 2017

Project name: Coop Account

Migration and Management of the bank Infrastructure and services from

UK to IBM Data Centers in UK

Contribution: Migration and Management of the bank Infrastructure and

services from UK to IBM Data Centers in UK

Solution Architect
TCS, India | Jun 2010 - Jul 2015

Project name: PwC, Cisco,

1. Team Lead for PwC Canada. BAU for Windows and VMware.
2.. Asst. Consultant for PwC UK for DC migration. Played a key role for
AD Migration
3. Worked as SDM for CISCO for transition from CISCO to TCS for the
Windows, VMware and Worked as a Solution Architect for UCS BAU.

4. Worked as a Solution Architect for Implementing IAM solutions.

Contribution: 1. Worked in different roles for different projects. As a

Team Lead managed the team and supported the team technically and
handled the client.

2. As an architect analyzed the AD domain and migrated to TCS DC.

3. Led the team as a SDM and Transition manager from Cisco To TCS.
Made the migration smooth and environment stedy for functioning of
the team.

Sr. Support Engineer

Microsoft India Pvt Ltd, India | May 2007 - Jul 2010

Project name: Microsoft AD and Microsoft Networking

Microsoft AD and Microsoft Networking.

Manage the premier Microsoft AD and Microsoft networking customers.
Worked on the issues for the customers related to these technologies
over the call

Contribution: Microsoft AD and Microsoft Networking.

Manage the premier Microsoft AD and Microsoft networking customers.

Worked on the issues for the customers related to these technologies
over the call

Tech Lead
CSC India Pvt Ltd, India | Jul 2006 - Jul 2007

Project name: AMP, BHO

Active Directory and BAU related tasks

Contribution: Managed the escalation and high priority incidents for the
client

IT Engineer

HCL Technologies, India | Aug 2004 - Jul 2005

Support for the Wintel team and Windows Platform and Active Directory.

Support Technologies
Wipro Ltd, India | Apr 2004 - Aug 2005

IT Internal Support for Wipro internal client.

Current Organization—IBM.
Current Organization—Bangalore
Preferred Location: Bangalore