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# Nitil Prajapati on Tal

## Headline

Cloud Engineer \| AWS Certified Solutions Architect \| Cloud & Linux Infrastructure

## About

Cloud Engineer with 4\.5\+ years of hands\-on experience in designing, operating, and supporting cloud and Linux\-based infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments\. Currently working at HCL Technologies as a Cloud Engineer / Linux Administrator, supporting production systems with high availability, security, and performance requirements\. I am an AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate \(SAA‑C03\) with strong expertise in AWS core services including EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Auto Scaling, ELB, Lambda, and EKS\. My role involves monitoring and incident management using AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Security Hub, and GuardDuty, ensuring SLA compliance and rapid issue resolution\. I have solid experience in infrastructure monitoring, alerting, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis \(RCA\) for P1 and P2 incidents across cloud and Linux platforms\. I regularly collaborate with cross‑functional teams \(Dev, QA, Network, Security\) to restore services quickly and implement long‑term fixes\. My background includes Linux system administration \(RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu\), user and permission management, security hardening, patching, backups, and disaster recovery\. I have also worked on containerized workloads using Docker and Amazon EKS, and supported CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps and Git\. I use Terraform \(IaC\), Bash, and Python for automation and operational efficiency and actively maintain runbooks, SOPs, and troubleshooting documentation\. Alongside technical work, I frequently handle customer\-facing support, explaining issues clearly and providing reliable cloud solutions\. I am passionate about cloud technologies, continuous learning, and delivering secure, scalable, and reliable infrastructure\. Key Skills: AWS \(EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, Lambda, EKS\) \| Azure VMs \| CloudWatch \| CloudTrail \| Incident Management \| Linux Administration \| Terraform \| Docker \| Kubernetes \| Bash \| Python \| CI/CD \| Cloud Security \| Monitoring & Alerts \| Documentation \| Customer Support

## Location

Noida

## Work experience

Cloud Engineer at HCL Technologies, May 2021 \- Present · 5 yrs 2 mos, Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, \- Manage and support AWS and Azure cloud infrastructure to ensure high availability, performance, and security of production environments\. \- Design and operate highly available and fault‑tolerant AWS architectures using EC2, Auto Scaling, Application/Network Load Balancers, and Multi‑AZ deployments\. \- Provision and maintain storage and database services including Amazon S3, RDS, EBS, EFS, and Azure Storage \(Blob/File\) with a focus on durability and performance\. \- Implement cloud security and compliance controls using AWS IAM, Security Hub, GuardDuty, ACM, KMS, along with Azure Key Vault and Defender for Cloud\. \- Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure using AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Kinesis, and Azure Monitor & Log Analytics, enabling proactive alerting and faster incident resolution\. \- Support containerized workloads using Docker and Amazon EKS and assist with CI/CD pipelines through Azure DevOps and Git to improve deployment efficiency\. \- Perform Linux system administration across RHEL, CentOS, and Ubuntu, including user management, permissions, patching, backups, and security hardening\. \- Investigate and resolve P1/P2 critical incidents across cloud and Linux platforms, perform root cause analysis \(RCA\), and implement permanent fixes to prevent recurrence\. \- Collaborate with development, QA, network, and security teams during major incidents and infrastructure changes\. \- Automate routine operational tasks using Bash, Python, Terraform \(IaC\), and scripting, improving operational efficiency and consistency\. \- Maintain operational runbooks, SOPs, and troubleshooting documents, and provide L2/L3 technical and customer\-facing support for cloud and infrastructure\-related issues\. \- Ensure system reliability with a focus on 99\.9% uptime, backup validation, and disaster recovery readiness\.

## Education

Bachelor of Technology \- BTech, Information Technology, Dr\. A\.P\.J\. Abdul Kalam Technical University

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