Nikhil Kulkarni

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 5 years of experience in Active Directory, Azure AD, & Windows Server, driving automation with PowerShell. Combines technical proficiency with exceptional soft skills, interpersonal abilities, and a management-driven mindset. Augmenting strategic insights through an MBA in Data Science Analytics.

Senior Engineer - Cloud & Infra Services - LTI Mindtree - Mumbai, India

(2020-01 - 2025-05)

Project: Injazat Data Systems. Cross skilled in technologies like Windows Server administration, Active Directory, Azure AD and familiar with Microsoft 365 administration, including basic experience with Exchange Online and O365 services.

• Managed Active Directory user accounts, groups, OUs, and Group Policy Objects (GPOs), ensuring proper user permissions and security.
• Configured and maintained Active Directory services and Group Policy administration across Windows Server 2012, 2016, and 2019 environments
• Responsible for Windows server health checks and performance monitoring.
• Managing and troubleshooting shared folders on Isilon and HNAS.
• Developed and maintained PowerShell scripts for Windows, Active Directory, Azure AD, and O365 automation.
• Managing the lifecycle of Digital Certificates using ADCS and Venafi.
• Configured and managed DNS and DHCP scopes using Infoblox.
• Worked with VMware ESXi virtualization environments, performing basic administration tasks.
• Manage Identity Access management of Azure Subscriptions, Azure AD, Azure AD application Proxy, Azure AD Connect and Azure AD Pass through Authentication.
• Managed Azure AD Application lifecycle, including configuring App roles, API permissions, and user/group assignments.
• Implemented and maintained Enterprise Applications, configuring Single Sign-On (SSO), access control through group assignments, and automated user Provisioning.
• Implemented and administered certificate-based authentication for Azure AD applications, utilizing client secrets and certificates within app registrations.
• Skilled in MFA configuration and troubleshooting (1FA, MFA, TAP, Passwordless, Passkeys).

MBA - Data Analytics - K J Somaiya Institute of Management (2022-08 - 2025-05)

Bachelors of Science - Computer Science - University of Mumbai (2016-06 - 2019-05)