Ayan Mullick, Developer in Madison, WI, United States
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Ayan Mullick

Verified Expert  in Engineering

Cloud Architect and Developer

Location
Madison, WI, United States
Toptal Member Since
February 13, 2023

Ayan is a cloud architect, Microsoft Certified Trainer, and technology-driven professional. He has 18 years of experience in cloud architecting, IT infrastructure and incident management, change management, and team leadership. Ayan seeks to contribute remotely to Azure IaaS and PaaS application development and management projects.

Cloud ArchitectureCloud EngineeringAutomationInfrastructure as Code (IaC)DevOpsMarkdownWindows PowerShellAzure SQLAzure IaaSAzure DevOpsContinuous Delivery (CD)DockerFirewallsAzure Active DirectoryMicrosoft Graph

Portfolio

Independent Consultant
Windows PowerShell, Azure IaaS, Microsoft Graph, IT Automation, Agile...
Microsoft
Azure, Azure Active Directory, Azure Blobs, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps...
DataQuest Corp.
Azure, Azure SQL, Azure IaaS, Azure PaaS, Azure VDI, Azure Migrate...

Experience

Azure Migrate - 10 yearsAzure SQL - 10 yearsAzure Boards - 10 yearsAzure PowerShell - 10 yearsWindows PowerShell - 10 yearsAzure PaaS - 10 yearsAzure IaaS - 10 yearsAzure DevOps - 10 years

Availability

Part-time

Preferred Environment

Azure PowerShell, Azure DevOps

The most amazing...

...project I've designed and implemented involved migrating to Azure Infrastructure while meeting aggressive data center evacuation timelines.

Work Experience

Azure Architect

2022 - PRESENT
Independent Consultant
  • Provided Identity and Access Management (IAM) services for complex, multi-tier applications migrating to cloud platforms.
  • Selected appropriate IAM cloud controls for migrating applications based on given requirements.
  • Collaborated with risk management to ensure the deployment and testing of necessary controls for cloud services.
  • Engaged in a globally distributed team, providing innovative and robust cloud-centric solutions.
  • Worked closely with vendors to develop and deploy cloud services and meet customer expectations.
Technologies: Windows PowerShell, Azure IaaS, Microsoft Graph, IT Automation, Agile, IT Operations Management (ITOM), Azure Functions, Azure Site Recovery, JSON, PostgreSQL, Azure Active Directory, Firewalls, Markdown, Postman, Microsoft Visual Studio, Azure DevOps, Load Balancers, Continuous Integration (CI), Infrastructure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Continuous Delivery (CD), Azure, DevOps, API Gateways, Automation, Architecture, Azure SQL, Azure PaaS, Azure Migrate, Azure Boards, Azure Portals, Azure Blobs, CI/CD Pipelines, Docker, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering, Azure VDI, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Senior Consultant

2020 - 2022
Microsoft
  • Generated Azure activity log data subsets for auditing and reporting. Built Azure activity logs related to RBAC-enabled data analytics dashboards using PowerShell to identify environment-wide infrastructure governance deviations.
  • Set up multi-container AzWebApps to host custom applications in private networks. Built Power BI reports from datasets hosted in Azure SQL. Designed PowerBI dashboards in Azure DevOps for visualization of DevOps metrics related to user activity.
  • Modernized ETL jobs from bash to PowerShell in SQL 2019 and RHEL. Interacted with client business stakeholders during critical business issues.
Technologies: Azure, Azure Active Directory, Azure Blobs, Azure Boards, Azure DevOps, Azure Functions, Azure IaaS, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Architecture, Automation, Azure Migrate, Azure PaaS, Azure PowerShell, Azure Site Recovery, Azure Portals, Azure SQL, Cloud Architecture, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Cloud Engineering

Azure Architect

2016 - 2020
DataQuest Corp.
  • Optimized the Azure governance framework for an existing Azure infrastructure. Attended daily scrums for build phase projects and Kanban standups for operations on live projects. Migrated file shares to Azure using Azure Files and Azure File Sync.
  • Implemented understanding of 12-factor application principles. Automated AzNetOps and AzDevSecOps using PowerShell scripts. Configured diagnostics for Azure resources and onboarded them on Sentinel, App Insights, and Log Analytics workspaces.
  • Worked towards improving the Security Center Secure Score for IaaS and PaaS Azure Infrastructure. Coordinated with development teams to automate patching using AzAutomation. Worked on RBAC matrix implementation for the tenant.
Technologies: Azure, Azure SQL, Azure IaaS, Azure PaaS, Azure VDI, Azure Migrate, Azure Portals, Windows PowerShell, Azure Active Directory, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering

Principal Infrastructure Engineer

2013 - 2016
Mphasis
  • Processed planning and workflow SCVMM 2012-R2 operating system deployment for Server 2008 and 2012-R multidomain\multi-site environment. Designed SCVMM 2012-R2 infrastructure for the CIO team, covering capacity planning, implementation, and ongoing support.
  • Migrated Windows VMs from VMWare to Hyper-V through SCVMM 2012-R2. Deployed images of the Nano server on Storage Space Direct to test SQL-guest-cluster performance on Hyper-V. Designed and tested Hybrid.
  • Architected a Hybrid DR solution on Windows Azure to host SQL cluster. Designed documents and deployed Hyper-V clusters to host SQL databases migrated from 2005 to 2008 R2.
Technologies: Azure, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering

Architecture Diagram

https://docsify-this.net/?basePath=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ayanmullick/AzPaaS/master/Blog&homepage=Toptal.md#/
An architecture diagram for an eCommerce startup's Azure infrastructure security and operations. This is a design that I delivered for a secure and scalable eCommerce web app. I used Azure Functions and Web Apps, so users could create personalized experiences while Azure took care of the infrastructure.

Deploy Windows on Arm Processor

https://ayanmullick.github.io/AzIaaS/?path=https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ayanmullick/AzIaaS/main/Blog/DeployWindows11ArmVM.md
The project involves the deployment of Windows virtual machines (VMs) on Arm CPU in Azure. The VMs are powered by Ampere Altra Arm-based processors. These VMs are engineered to run scale-out, cloud-native workloads efficiently. They offer up to 50% better price-performance than comparable x86-based VMs for scale-out workloads. The VMs can be configured with up to 64 vCPUs and have the flexibility to opt for VM sizes with 2GiB, 4GiB, and 8GiB per vCPU memory configurations. They are accessible in 10 Azure regions. These VMs represent a cost-effective and power-efficient option that does not compromise the level of performance that customers require.
AUGUST 2022 - AUGUST 2023

Microsoft Azure Solutions Architect Expert

Microsoft

Tools

Microsoft Graph, Postman, Microsoft Visual Studio, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Paradigms

Automation, DevOps, Azure DevOps, Agile, Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Delivery (CD)

Languages

Markdown

Frameworks

Windows PowerShell

Platforms

Azure, Azure PaaS, Azure IaaS, Azure Functions, Docker

Storage

Azure SQL, Azure Blobs, Azure Active Directory, JSON, PostgreSQL

Other

Azure PowerShell, Load Balancers, Infrastructure, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Engineering, API Gateways, Architecture, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Azure Migrate, Azure Boards, Azure Portals, Azure Site Recovery, Microsoft Azure, Firewalls, IT Operations Management (ITOM), IT Automation, CI/CD Pipelines, Azure VDI

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