Darpan Chavan

AWS Cloud Operations Engineer with 12+ years of total IT experience. Having hands-on experience managing and optimizing multi-account AWS environments for 50+ customers in a shared operations model. Specialized in cloud operations, infrastructure monitoring, system administration, and team leadership.

Possesses strong hands-on expertise in AWS services, Linux/Windows administration, automation, monitoring, and incident management. Proven ability to manage multi-account AWS environments, lead technical teams, and ensure high availability, security, and compliance for enterprise workloads. Experienced in operating and optimizing cloud-based systems on the Amazon Web Services (AWS) platform, with a strong focus on automation, reliability, and operational excellence.

Successfully implemented automated infrastructure alerts, significantly improving response times for critical incidents and overall system stability. Strong expertise in AWS governance, security, networking, monitoring, automation, and cost optimization. Proven ability to improve system reliability, enforce compliance standards, and automate infrastructure operations using AWS-native services.

AWS Cloud Consultant - NuSummit (formerly CXIO Technologies Pvt. Ltd.)

(2023-05)

• Administered and optimized AWS infrastructure for 50+ customer accounts, ensuring high availability, reliability, and operational efficiency in a shared services environment.
• Configured and maintained AWS Control Tower and AWS Config to enforce governance, compliance policies, and security baselines across multi-account AWS environments.
• Managed IAM users, roles, and policies, implementing IAM Identity Center (AWS SSO) to enable secure and centralized access management.
• Conducted security assessments by analyzing findings from AWS Security Hub, remediating vulnerabilities, and improving overall cloud security posture.
• Implemented AWS KMS Customer Managed Keys (CMKs) for S3, EBS, and RDS, ensuring encryption of data at rest and compliance with security standards.
• Performed image hardening for Linux and Windows servers following industry best practices and CIS benchmarks.
• Diagnosed and resolved complex networking issues involving VPCs, Transit Gateways, VPN tunnels, routing tables, and security configurations, ensuring seamless connectivity.
• Configured Application Load Balancers (ALB) for traffic management and website redirection to improve performance and user experience.
• Executed Elastic Beanstalk version upgrades in production using Blue-Green deployment, enabling zero-downtime releases and quick rollback during application updates.
• Created and mounted Amazon EFS across multiple EC2 instances to support scalable shared file storage.
• Implemented detailed Amazon CloudWatch monitoring, tracking CPU, memory, and disk utilization, and created dashboards for real-time performance visibility.
• Proactively monitored systems using Site24x7, identifying potential issues and mitigating risks before service impact.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployments using AWS CloudFormation, reducing manual intervention and deployment time.
• Configured and managed AWS Backup for automated backups and disaster recovery readiness of critical workloads.
• Identified and implemented cost optimization strategies, including right-sizing compute resources, optimizing storage usage, and managing Reserved Instances.
• Managed Linux user accounts, permissions, and system patching, ensuring security and operational stability.

Team Leader (I.T. Operations) - Team Computers

(2022-08 - 2023-05)

Team Leader (I.T. Operations) - Karvy Innotech

(2021-07 - 2022-08)

Senior I.T. Executive - Kveetech Enterprises

(2015-07 - 2021-05)

Desktop Engineer - Apex Services

(2014-02 - 2015-07)

I.T. Executive - NetAmbit Infosource E-Services Pvt Ltd

(2012-06 - 2013-01)

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology - Mumbai University (2012)