umesh ramanathan

 More than 13+ years of experience on Design, Build & Implementation of various middleware products and last 5+ years extensively working on automation of Infrastructure configuration and management using SaltStack, Ansible, Git, GoCD, Python, Artifactory etc.  Significant work experience in Datacenter migration topics from on-premises to Private cloud environments.  Highly experienced in installation and configuration of WAS, JBoss, Tomcat, Wildly, Apache, IHS etc.  Strong Experience in Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis of Mission critical business applications in production environment.  Very Strong documentation Skills on creating Architecture blueprints, Solution design specifications, Hardening, DR Procedures and SOP.  Extensive knowledge & experience on setting up HA, Failover, Fault Tolerance, Data Replication, Scalability, Disaster Recovery Architecture both at Infra level as well as Application level.  Strong knowledge of Enterprise application architectures hosted on both on-premises and hybrid cloud environments.  Strong knowledge & operational experience in Linux/Unix based environments.  Experience building CI/CD pipelines with DevOps toolchain.  Good understanding of VMware Virtualization, mainly VCF which includes VMware SDS (vSAN), SDN (NSX-V and NSX-T), Local/Metro Stretch ESXi Clusters, WLD, PODS Architecture, Underlay & Overlay firewall and NSX-T micro-segmentation automation.  Strong knowledge of standard networking protocols and components such as HTTP, DNS, TCP/IP, the OSI Model, Networking, Routing, SSL, and Load Balancing.  Good understanding of container-based platforms such as Docker, Kubernetes.  Good understanding of Private/Public clouds like Vcenter, Azure  Demonstrable cross-functional knowledge with systems, storage, networking, security, and databases  Exceptionally well-versed Middleware Infrastructure Consultant with sophisticated technical skills and a passion for resolving complex problems or challenges through innovation.