Ashok Patidar, Developer in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India
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Ashok Patidar

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Cloud Architect and Developer

Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India

Toptal member since February 13, 2023

Bio

Ashok is a certified AWS and GCP professional solutions architect with over 15 years of experience in product-based companies. He specializes in building, deploying, and managing large-scale infrastructure, implementing DevSecOps practices, and providing comprehensive support to both operations and end users. Ashok's expertise spans multiple projects and cloud operations, ensuring robust and efficient solutions for modern enterprise environments.

Portfolio

Nexval
Cloud, Relational Database Services (RDS), GitOps, Jenkins, Agile, Desktop...
Comfisoft
Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)...
DainikBhaskar.com
Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM SoftLayer, IPsec...

Experience

  • Linux Servers - 12 years
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 6 years
  • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - 6 years
  • Cloud - 6 years
  • Desktop - 5 years
  • Jenkins - 5 years
  • Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) - 4 years
  • DevOps - 4 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Cloud, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon CloudFront CDN, Amazon WorkSpaces, Azure DevOps, Jenkins

The most amazing...

...thing I did was migrate a large on-premises data center to AWS and GCP for a major Indian media house, implementing a hybrid cloud and secure VPN network.

Work Experience

Cloud and DevOps Architect

2020 - 2023
Nexval
  • Envisioned, planned, and executed complex cloud transformations for enterprise information systems.
  • Migrated workloads to AWS using CloudEndure and DMS, enhancing scalability and resilience.
  • Collaborated with teams to implement CI/CD pipelines and consistent DevOps practices across the lifecycle.
  • Led cloud assessments, presales, transformations, and architectural design for high-level solutions.
  • Designed multi-account architectures with IAM, network, and security best practices for deployments.
  • Reduced costs by migrating Windows services to custom Linux daemons.
  • Architected secure, scalable, highly available cloud environments tailored to client needs.
Technologies: Cloud, Relational Database Services (RDS), GitOps, Jenkins, Agile, Desktop, Amazon WorkSpaces, Windows Server, Linux Servers, Ubuntu, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Docker, Helm, IPsec, OpenVPN, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Python, PHP, Node.js, Bash, Apache, NGINX, Squid, AWS CodeDeploy, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Amazon CloudFront CDN, Databases, .NET, Google Duo, VAPT, Laravel, Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Azure DevOps

Cloud and DevOps Engineer

2019 - 2021
Comfisoft
  • Reviewed, analyzed, and evaluated business requirements to determine and implement the most appropriate GCP solution for supporting new web and deploying DevOps applications.
  • Developed Helm scripts for continuous integration, implementation of parallel builds, and code deployment in Google Kubernetes cluster using Git and Jenkins Multibranch Pipeline.
  • Configured self-hosted Git and branching structures from scratch and applied best DevOps practices during development.
  • Collaborated with application and infrastructure teams, network groups, and vendors to resolve complex issues.
  • Implemented alarms in StackDriver, Nagios, and Grafana to monitor resource and service performance, disk usage, and CPU utility to take recommended actions for better performance and high availability.
Technologies: Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Google Compute Engine (GCE), SQL, Google Cloud SQL, Object Storage, Git, Jenkins, SSL, Let's Encrypt, Freshdesk, Google App Engine, ELK (Elastic Stack), Kibana, Filebeat, Grafana, Linux, Firewalls, Cloud

Cloud Engineer

2010 - 2019
DainikBhaskar.com
  • Monitored AutoSys jobs periodically, reviewed problems, identified failures, and worked to resolve them.
  • Performed change control, maintenance, patching activity, turnovers, and production deployments.
  • Collaborated with the network team for IPsec VPN connectivity from Google Cloud to 72 on-premises hub locations.
  • Configured and managed VMware ESXi and Cisco Unified Computing System. Hosted on-premises data center.
  • Provided technical support and problem resolution using the ticketing tool.
  • Developed and set up the organization structure, users, groups, and access rights with Documentum.
Technologies: Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Amazon Web Services (AWS), IBM SoftLayer, IPsec, Internet Key Exchange Version 1 (IKEv1), Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2), Interconnected Networks, Cisco UCS, Nagios, Shell Scripting, SQL, NGINX, Database Migration, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Leadership, Cloud

Data Center Setup

Configured and hosted the Zimbra email server. I set up 23 web servers for hosting the static website, Windows, and Linux operating systems, and connectivity from the data center to the head office by multiple leased lines and VPN from various locations.

Citrix Virtual Desktop Infrastructure

Migrated 10,000+ on-premises desktop users on Citrix Desktop using multiple Citrix tech stacks, such as Citrix: XenDesktop, Receiver, Delivery Controller, Studio, and License Server. I also used thin client, IWAN, and Cisco Unified Computing System.

IBM Cloud Migration

Migrated multi-node applications from an on-premises data center to IBM SoftLayer in 2016 to leverage cloud usage. I configured the IWAN infrastructure on the on-premises side with the help of the networking team for connectivity using site-to-site IPsec VPN.

Migrate Cloud to Cloud (AWS to GCP)

I successfully completed a seamless migration of a media house with a large infrastructure, including millions of media files and nearly ten terabytes of storage, from AWS to GCP without any downtime to the application.
NOVEMBER 2023 - NOVEMBER 2025

Google Cloud Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud

SEPTEMBER 2022 - PRESENT

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional

Amazon Web Services

Libraries/APIs

Node.js

Tools

AWS ELB, Jenkins, Amazon WorkSpaces, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Compute Engine (GCE), GitHub, AWS IAM, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Helm, OpenVPN, Amazon Simple Queue Service (SQS), Git, Let's Encrypt, NGINX, Squid Proxy Server, VMware, Citrix XenApp, Apache, Squid, AWS CodeDeploy, Amazon CloudFront CDN, ELK (Elastic Stack), Kibana, Grafana, Nagios

Paradigms

DevOps, Agile, Samba, Azure DevOps

Platforms

Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Desktop, Ubuntu, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Windows Server, Docker, Google App Engine, Windows Server 2008, Citrix, CentOS, Kubernetes, Linux, Cloud Run

Storage

Amazon S3 (AWS S3), Object Storage, Google Cloud SQL, MySQL, Databases, Database Migration

Languages

PHP, SQL, Python, Bash

Frameworks

.NET, Laravel

Other

Cloud, Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Linux Servers, Cloud Migration, SSL Certificates, IT Support, Remote Support, IPsec, Data Migration, Amazon RDS, Relational Database Services (RDS), AWS DevOps, GitOps, SSL, Freshdesk, IBM SoftLayer, Internet Key Exchange Version 1 (IKEv1), Internet Key Exchange Version 2 (IKEv2), Interconnected Networks, Cisco UCS, FSRM, RAID, Networking, Cloud Bridge, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Google Duo, VAPT, Filebeat, CI/CD Pipelines, Load Balancers, Storage, Shell Scripting, Firewalls, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Leadership, CloudEndure, Migration, Google Cloud Functions

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