Ramakanth Bhargava | Sr. Cloud Administrator

Core Competencies

Technical Skills

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AWS EC2 S3 IAM CloudWatch CloudFormation EventBridge AWS Backup Azure AD Azure VMs Azure VNet

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Windows Server 2012–2022 Linux (Ubuntu) CentOS VMware Hyper-V

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Active Directory Group Policy (GPO) MFA / ADFS Conditional Access Fortinet Firewall Kaspersky / Sophos Zabbix Site24x7

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PowerShell Bash Scripting AWS CLI WSUS / SCCM WDS

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DNS / DHCP TCP/IP VPN (Site-to-Site) Switches & Routers DFS VLAN

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Office 365 Exchange Online MS Teams Admin ServiceNow MS SQL / MySQL

Career Journey

Professional Experience

Sr. Server Engineer

July 2025 – Present

Da4k Technologies Pvt Ltd

Managed EC2 instances, S3 buckets, EBS volumes with security and cost optimization.
Created IAM roles, instance profiles, and least-privilege policies for EC2 workloads.
Configured CloudWatch metrics, EventBridge rules, and automated EC2 scheduling/alerting.
Built and maintained AMIs, EBS snapshots, and AWS Backup lifecycle retention policies.
Administered Windows Server 2012–2022 and Linux across VMware and Hyper-V environments.
Automated patch management (WSUS, SCCM), reducing deployment time by 30%.
Wrote PowerShell and Bash scripts to automate routine administration and reporting.
Supported hybrid Azure/AWS environments including site-to-site VPNs and Azure AD/ADFS integrations.

Team Lead

Oct 2023 – Jun 2025

Coempt Eduteck Pvt Ltd, Hyderabad

Led IT support team: hiring, coaching, performance management, and day-to-day NOC operations.
Deployed and customized Zabbix monitoring, achieving 100% improvement in uptime visibility.
Configured AWS MFA (RDP/SSH), CloudFormation, and security group hardening.
Managed Azure AD hybrid infrastructure with AD Connect, GPOs, and conditional access/MFA policies.
Administered O365 Exchange, MS Teams, and Kaspersky Endpoint Security at enterprise scale.
Configured and troubleshot networking devices — switches, routers, and Fortinet firewalls.

System Administrator

Jun 2022 – Sep 2023

Cyient Ltd

Migrated Windows Server 2019 → 2022 and performed on-prem to Office 365 user migrations.
Managed Azure AD PIM roles, Exchange Server 2019, MFA, and conditional access policies.
Provisioned Azure VMs, NICs, VNets, and storage accounts on request.
Handled L1/L2 escalations and bulk OS deployments via WDS.

Associate (Sys Admin)

Jan 2021 – Jun 2022

Freyr Software Services Pvt Ltd

Administered Active Directory, GPOs, Office 365 Exchange, and asset inventory tooling.
Managed DFS shares, network printers, and bulk OS deployments using WDS.
Assisted hybrid migration to O365 and provided end-user support with excellent communication.

Desktop Support Specialist

Apr 2019 – Dec 2020

Astreya Partners Inc.

Supported Linux, Windows 10, and Apple OS workstations including imaging and deployment.
Managed AD, DNS, DHCP, VPN configuration, and Symantec Antivirus.
Administered Office 365, Desktop Central, and mobile device management for email/VPN.

System Engineer

Aug 2012 – Dec 2018

Bodhtree Consulting Ltd

Managed physical network of 450+ computers including patching, backup, and antivirus.
Administered AD, DHCP, DNS, Group Policy, Windows Backup, and firewall configurations.
Maintained user accounts, group policies, data sharing, and TCP/IP in domain environments.