Abhishek Yadav

Cloud & Infrastructure Engineer with nearly 5 years of experience managing production environments across AWS and Microsoft Azure for two group companies (150+ users combined) — handling day-to-day infrastructure, security, and application deployment single-handedly for a US-facing entity and contributing to a 3-member team on a larger UK-facing entity, both under a shared reporting manager. Hands-on with AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EBS, RDS, Auto Scaling, ELB, CloudWatch, Site-to-Site VPN) and Azure Virtual Desktop (Host Pools, Session Hosts, App Groups, Workspaces, Entra ID). Manage security/compliance for 50+ AD users, 85+ IT assets, and 50+ endpoints, resolving 120+ tickets with zero critical incidents.

Working knowledge of Terraform, CloudFormation, Docker, and Kubernetes (Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps) in non-production settings.

Strong

Linux/Windows administration, network/firewall management (Sophos), and ISMS/GDPR compliance support.

Cloud & System Engineer - Irapido Global - Faridabad

(2024-05)

• Handle day-to-day infrastructure, security, and application deployment single-handedly for a US-facing group entity.
• Contribute as part of a 3-member IT team supporting a larger UK-facing entity with 150+ users, both entities reporting to a shared IT manager.
• Manage AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EBS, RDS, Auto Scaling, ELB, CloudWatch, Site-to-Site VPN) and Azure infrastructure including Azure Virtual Desktop, Entra ID, VMs, VNet, and Microsoft 365 services for production workloads.
• Author and maintain Terraform and CloudFormation templates to provision and version-control infrastructure, reducing manual setup time and configuration drift.
• Configure and manage Sophos Firewall, SSL/Site-to-Site VPN, NAT rules, and network infrastructure — switches, wireless access points, VLANs, DNS, DHCP — with hands-on troubleshooting.
• Administer Linux (Ubuntu/CentOS) and Windows Server environments, including Active Directory, Group Policies, patching, and system hardening.
• Work with Docker for containerization and hands-on Kubernetes (Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps), including rolling updates/rollbacks in test/non-production environments.
• Prepare and maintain a weekly security & asset compliance dashboard tracking 85+ IT assets, 50+ endpoints, and AD/2FA compliance status for management visibility.
• Manage identity, access, and endpoint security controls (Sophos AV, BitLocker, DLP, USB restriction, IAM, Entra ID, MFA/RBAC) across 85+ IT assets, 50+ endpoints, and 50+ AD users, maintaining 100% device compliance.
• Support ISMS/GDPR compliance initiatives, implement EBS Snapshot/AMI-based backup and disaster recovery, and resolve 120+ IT tickets providing L2/L3 support across both group entities.

Technical Support Executive - Macmillan Education India Pvt Ltd - Noida

(2023-12 - 2024-05)

• Delivered Linux-based application support for 10+ applications, maintaining 99.5% uptime and full SLA compliance.
• Administered Linux servers — weekly patching, cron job scheduling, SSH access management, and disk recovery.
• Diagnosed and resolved application errors by analyzing logs, permissions, and service failures, reducing incident resolution time.
• Supported application deployments and version upgrades across staging and production environments.

IT / Network Administrator - Lithion Power Pvt. Ltd - Noida

(2022-07 - 2023-12)

• Administered Windows and Linux servers, ensuring secure, stable, high-availability operations.
• Managed Active Directory, Office 365, and Group Policies supporting 100+ users.
• Configured network devices (switches, routers, wireless APs), VPN access, and firewall rules for secure connectivity.
• Supported AWS EC2-based application deployments and assisted in cloud-hosted environment management.
• Implemented AWS S3 backup and disaster recovery, validating restore procedures for business continuity.
• Automated patching, updates, and admin tasks using Bash scripts and cron jobs, reducing manual effort by ~25%.

Associate Engineer - Quess Corp Ltd (Client: HDFC Life) - Ghaziabad

(2021-11 - 2022-06)

• Provided L1/L2 desktop and infrastructure support for Windows/Linux systems within SLA timelines.
• Managed Active Directory accounts, groups, and access permissions for 200+ users.
• Configured DNS, DHCP, VLAN, and network devices ensuring stable connectivity.

B.Tech - Computer Science - UNSIET, VBSP University (2021)

Diploma in Engineering - Govt. Polytechnic, Etawah (2018)