Azure Cloud Engineer - CI/CD, Automation, & Security

YUSRA CHAUDRY

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Professional Summary

Experienced Azure Cloud Engineer with a proven track record of implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines in Azure. Proficient in designing and automating deployment processes, optimizing infrastructure, and ensuring high availability of applications. Skilled in using tools such as Azure Pipelines, Git, and Terraform to streamline development workflows and enhance team collaboration.

Employment History

Cloud Engineer, CVS Health. Remote

August. 2023 – Present

• Designed and deployed scalable, secure, and highly available cloud

solutions on Microsoft Azure.

• Implemented and managed Azure networking services, including

Virtual Networks (Vnet), Load Balancers, VPN Gateway,

ExpressRoute, and Traffic Manager.

• Configured and optimized Azure security features such as Azure

Security Center, Azure Policy, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC),

and Key Vault.

• Performed cloud migrations, including lift-and-shift and

modernization strategies for on-premises workloads to Azure.

• Automated infrastructure provisioning using ARM templates,

Bicep, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.

• Optimized cost and performance by monitoring resource utilization

and implementing best practices for Azure Monitor, Log Analytics,

and Application Insights.

• Managed identity and access with Azure Active Directory (AAD),

Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), and Conditional Access

policies.

• Implemented backup and disaster recovery solutions using Azure

Backup, Site Recovery (ASR), and geo-redundant storage (GRS).

• Ensured compliance and governance by enforcing Azure Blueprints,

Policies, and Security Best Practices.

• Troubleshot and resolved Azure-related issues, working closely

with cross-functional teams to maintain uptime and system

reliability.

Implemented Informatica Cloud Data Governance (CDG) to establish enterprise-wide governance across hybrid data platforms (Salesforce, AWS)

Used Informatica Enterprise Data Catalog (EDC) to automatically scan, catalog, and classify data assets; improved data discoverability by 70% for analytics users.

Built and maintained business glossaries and data domains in collaboration with stakeholders, aligned business and technical definitions using Axon integration.

Developed and enforced data governance policies, access controls, and stewardship assignments for critical data elements to support GDPR and HIPAA compliance.

Enabled full data lineage and impact analysis for key reports and pipelines, supporting root cause analysis and reducing data downtime by 40%.

Cloud Engineer, The Cloud Mania Irvine, CA

March. 2020 - August. 2023

• Worked on the design and implementation of multi-region and multi-tier

Azure architecture, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance for critical

applications.

• Leveraged Azure Automation to streamline routine operational tasks,

reducing manual effort and freeing up time for strategic initiatives.

• Conducted performance and scalability testing of Azure solutions,

identifying bottlenecks and optimizing resource utilization for cost-effective

operations.

• Provided technical expertise and guidance to cross-functional teams,

facilitating successful Azure adoption and cloud migration projects.

• Created the automation framework based on the Azure Arm template, Azure

CLI and Linux Bash commands.

• Deploy Azure Network Landing zone using Terraform IaC

• Automate Azure Tenant Level Security Policies

• Design and configured Azure Express Route and secondary circuit as S2S

VPN connections.

• Architecting, design, and implementation of Azure Networking Services:

Virtual Network, Load Balancers, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, Azure

DNS, Traffic Manager, Express Route.

• Create DevOps pipeline based per environment using Azure DevOps and

GitHub Actions

• Implementing Infrastructure as a Code in the DevOps process including HCL

Terraform, ARM templates, JSON resource templates, Azure CLI, and

PowerShell scripts.

• Created terraform modules and infrastructure code base for Azure services like APIM, APIM Products, APIM - Products - APIs, APIM - Subscriptions, Application Gateway, Storage Accounts, Cosmos DBs, Data Factory, App Service Environments, App Service Plans, App Services, Function Apps, and Service Bus. Used Jenkins pipelines to drive all Microservices builds out to the Docker registry and then deployed to Kubernetes, Created Pods and managed using Kubernetes. IaC - Implemented the automation to create service connection in Azure DevOps to the Azure resources using terraform.

• IaC - Setup terraform workspaces for every environment per application.

• Migrating M365 from Commercial Tenant to GCC-H.

• Migrating SharePoint 2013 farm to SharePoint Online.

Cloud Engineer, CU Direct. Irvine, CA

Mar. 2018 - Aug. 2020

• Azure Cloud - implemented hub and spoke architecture.

• Azure Cloud - worked on Application Gateways, App Services, SQL MIs,

Cosmos DB, Azure SQL DB

• Azure Cloud - worked on cost optimizations and cost controlling.

• Design, setup, configuration, and migration of systems to commercial cloud

environments.

• Expert in the cloud resources. (VPN, Firewalls, Function apps, Azure DNS,

App Gateways).

• Extensive experience in configuring and managing. Troubleshooting

physical, Virtual infrastructure in cloud and ON premises on Windows Server,

Active directory, Networking Storage, VMware, Hyper-V.

• Configure,Manage,Deploy Atlassian Apps like Jira, Confluence, Crowd and

Crucible/Fish Eye.

• Strong experience in VMware ESXi which includes the following: vMotion,

DRS, VMware HA/Clustering, Host Isolation, Virtual Center, SRM, vCops,

VCO, vSphere, VXRails, vSAN.

• Design, implement and maintain Nutanix Infrastructure.

• Designed and Manage Microsoft ADFS Farm.

• Architected and executed migration of Microsoft Exchange 2013 to

Exchange Online

• IaC - using terraform cloud against Azure and Azure DevOps.

• IaC - Implemented the automation to create service connection in Azure

DevOps to the Azure resources using terraform.

• IaC - Setup terraform workspaces for every environment per application.

• IaC - Setup landing zone (Firewalls, VNETs, Subnets), Application Gateways

using terraform.

• IaC - Imported resources in terraform using terraform import in order to

provision previously created resources using the Azure portal.

Skills

•Azure Cloud

•Azure Security Framework

•Azure Networking

•Azure DevOps / GitHub

•Terraform

•PowerShell

Education

California State University Long Beach, Long Beach, California

Bachelor of Science, Computer Science, Present

Certifications

•Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

•CompTIA Security+

•ITIL

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