I am a certified AWS professional with 13+ years in IT infrastructure management and 6+ years focused on cloud, DevOps, and AWS solutions. I design secure, scalable architectures, automate infrastructure deployment, and implement DevOps practices to accelerate delivery and improve reliability. I have expertise in migrating workloads to AWS, optimizing costs, and ensuring compliance and high availability for cloud-native and hybrid environments. I enjoy collaborating with stakeholders, security teams, and engineers to align infrastructure with business goals.

Raju Chiklinge

I am a certified AWS professional with 13+ years in IT infrastructure management and 6+ years focused on cloud, DevOps, and AWS solutions. I design secure, scalable architectures, automate infrastructure deployment, and implement DevOps practices to accelerate delivery and improve reliability. I have expertise in migrating workloads to AWS, optimizing costs, and ensuring compliance and high availability for cloud-native and hybrid environments. I enjoy collaborating with stakeholders, security teams, and engineers to align infrastructure with business goals.

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I am a certified AWS professional with 13+ years in IT infrastructure management and 6+ years focused on cloud, DevOps, and AWS solutions. I design secure, scalable architectures, automate infrastructure deployment, and implement DevOps practices to accelerate delivery and improve reliability.

I have expertise in migrating workloads to AWS, optimizing costs, and ensuring compliance and high availability for cloud-native and hybrid environments. I enjoy collaborating with stakeholders, security teams, and engineers to align infrastructure with business goals.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Aws cloud engineer at Alight services pvt ltd
December 21, 2020 - Present
AWS Solution Architect / Cloud Engineer / DevOps Engineer at Alight Services India Pvt Ltd
December 1, 2019 - Present
Designed and managed AWS Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service deployments. Created reusable Terraform modules for multi-account infrastructure, implemented SCPs and security controls with AWS Config, CloudTrail, and GuardDuty to ensure compliance and secure posture. Built secure VPCs with private/public subnets, NAT gateways, and VPN connectivity; automated backups, snapshots, and DR strategies; monitored with CloudWatch; containerized apps with Docker and deployed to ECS/EKS; implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitLab CI, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions; deployed Lambda and API Gateway; upgraded EKS clusters; implemented security checks in CI/CD; optimized costs via auto-scaling and rightsizing.
Server Administrator at Nsight Inc Pvt Ltd
May 1, 2017 - December 1, 2019
Managed VMware virtualization: templates, cloning, snapshots; configured HA, DRS & FT; performed P2V/V2V moves; added datastores; monthly patching; Active Directory administration; server OS installation/configuration; migrated domain controllers from 2008 to 2012 R2; migrated DHCP servers; created network shares; installed network printers; resolved BSOD issues; transferred FSMO roles; conducted Windows PowerShell scripting for admin tasks.
System Administrator at ION Trading India Pvt. Ltd
July 1, 2015 - May 1, 2017
Administered Active Directory, GPOs; user provisioning; domain controllers, DNS, DHCP, printing and file services; RSA soft/hard token issues; O365 software; access to Jira, Confluence; Google Groups; supported international clients; domain controller and related IT infrastructure tasks.
System Engineer at ASPL Info Services Pvt. Ltd
July 1, 2013 - July 1, 2015
Desktop and thin client provisioning; troubleshooting MS Office, Outlook, Visual Studio; AD password resets; Server 2008 AD; Avaya and Genesis application issues; printer configuration; Level 1 & 2 IT support; antivirus issues; service desk ticketing; vendor follow-ups; SLA adherence and escalation handling.

Education

B. Tech at AITS
July 1, 2008 - May 16, 2012
B.Tech in Information Technology at AITS
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2012
Intermediate at Board of Intermediate Education
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2008
SSC at Lal Bahadur High School
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2006

Qualifications

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C01)
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics

Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate