About Me
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 18+ years of experience spanning telecom infrastructure, Telco Cloud, and cloud-native platforms. Strong hands-on expertise in OpenShift Container Platform, OpenShift Virtualizat…
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 18+ years of experience spanning telecom infrastructure, Telco Cloud, and cloud-native platforms. Strong hands-on expertise in OpenShift Container Platform, OpenShift Virtualization, Kubernetes, OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF/Ceph), OpenStack/RHOSP, CBIS, NCS, NCP, Linux, Ansible, Bash scripting, Argo CD, and GitOps. Experienced in L2 production support, complex incident troubleshooting, deployment, integration, capacity dimensioning, platform stability, storage, networking, and VNF/CNF onboarding for mission-critical telecom environments. Currently pursuing Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Advanced Cluster Management (EX380), with a focus on multi-cluster management, cluster lifecycle management, governance and policy management, application lifecycle management, GitOps integration, cluster sets, placement rules, observability, RBAC, and access management.
Experience
Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
<p>Support and maintain cloud-native telecom infrastructure with a focus on incident resolution, platform stability, and service continuity.</p><p> Work across OpenShift Container Platform (OCP 4.18), OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF/Ceph), CBIS, and NCS environments.</p><p> Perform technical analysis and troubleshooting of complex platform, storage, and infrastructure issues with emphasis on availability, reliability, and performance.</p><p> Apply Kubernetes, Linux, networking, and automation skills in production-oriented cloud operations.</p><p> Currently deputed to Nokia as a Care Engineer, providing L2 support for critical telecom cloud infrastructure.</p><p> Strong technical knowledge of OpenShift Virtualization and KubeVirt architecture.</p><p> Create and manage Virtual Machines (VMs) on OpenShift; work with VM templates, snapshots, cloning, and live migration.</p><p> Work with storage integration using OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF/Ceph) for virtual machine workloads.</p><p> Configure and manage networking for virtual machines in OpenShift environments.</p><p> Work with importing and migrating existing virtual machines into OpenShift Virtualization.</p><p> Understand high availability and disaster recovery considerations for virtualized workloads.</p><p> Manage and operate virtual machines alongside containerized applications on the OpenShift platform.</p><p> Perform multi-cluster management and cluster lifecycle management using RHACM.</p><p> Work with application lifecycle management and GitOps integration, including cluster sets, placement rules, workload placement, multi-cluster observability, monitoring, RBAC, and access management.</p><p> VM provisioning and management, KubeVirt/OpenShift Virtualization, VM networking, storage, templates, snapshots, cloning, live migration, and node maintenance.</p><p> VM provisioning, VM templates, DataVolumes, snapshots, cloning, live migration, Multus CNI, VM networking, VM storage, node maintenance, HA, affinity/anti-affinity, health</p><p> OpenShift Virtualization: Deploy, configure and manage virtual machines on OpenShift using the OpenShift Virtualization/KubeVirt platform.</p><p> Configure VM templates, snapshots, cloning, DataVolumes and VM storage with OpenShift Data Foundation (ODF/Ceph).</p><p> Configure VM networking using Multus CNI, user-defined networks, network policies and external network connectivity.</p><p> Perform and monitor VM live migration, including VM placement, node affinity and migration-related troubleshooting.</p><p> Perform OpenShift node maintenance and VM workload management, including cordon/drain activities and VM availability considerations.</p><p> Work with VM high availability, eviction strategies, node affinity/anti-affinity, tolerations, taints, health probes and watchdog mechanisms for workload resilience.</p>
Senior Solution Integrator
<p>Performed end-to-end Ericsson Telco Cloud / NFVI data center deployment, integration, implementation, O&M, and capacity dimensioning activities for telecom customer environments.</p><p> Participated in deployment and integration of Ericsson Software Defined Infrastructure (SDI), including compute, storage, and network infrastructure components.</p><p> Performed data center infrastructure discovery, hardware configuration, provisioning, lifecycle management, health checks, and troubleshooting across compute, storage, and networking resources.</p><p> Worked with SDI Manager / Ericsson Command Center for infrastructure management, hardware inventory, alarms, configuration, and operational activities.</p><p> Performed CEE (Cloud Execution Environment) deployment and integration for OpenStack-based NFVI environments supporting virtual network functions.</p><p> Deployed SDI 2.23 as part of NFVi 7.4 deployment for ORM France.</p><p> Deployed CEE 10.x in ORM vSGSN/MME NFVI 7.4 project environments.</p><p> Deployed CAPO 2.26.x in ORM vSGSN/MME NFVI 7.4 environments.</p><p> Led/participated in NFVi upgrade activities from version 6.11 to 7.4 for Bhutan Telecom cloud infrastructure.</p><p> Performed compute, storage, and network capacity planning/dimensioning based on telecom workload requirements.</p><p> Supported OpenStack/RHOSP components, including Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Glance, Cinder, Swift, Heat, and Horizon.</p><p> Performed OpenStack instance provisioning, tenant/network configuration, storage operations, and cloud infrastructure troubleshooting.</p><p> Supported VNF onboarding and integration on NFVI platforms and validated infrastructure readiness for telecom workloads.</p><p> Worked with Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and Ansible for cloud-native workload deployment and automation.</p><p> Performed Kubernetes cluster deployment, YAML-based workload configuration, PV/PVC management, resource quotas, CPU/memory limits, and pod scheduling.</p><p> Supported container networking and CNI technologies, including Calico, and performed troubleshooting of connectivity and workload issues.</p><p> Performed data center and cloud infrastructure health checks, fault isolation, incident troubleshooting, and post-deployment.</p><p> Prepared and followed deployment procedures, implementation plans, test/validation activities, and operational documentation for customer environments.</p><p> Performed Operations & Maintenance (O&M), deployment, integration, implementation, and capacity dimensioning across telecom cloud environments.</p><p></p><p> Worked with OpenStack services including Nova, Neutron, Keystone, Glance, Cinder, Swift, Heat and Horizon.</p>
Engineer
<p>Performed telecom network commissioning, integration, troubleshooting, health checks, monitoring, and operational support.</p><p> Handled RBS and Node B commissioning/integration, RNC/BSC/RBS/Node B health checks, alarm analysis and troubleshooting.</p><p> Executed operational scripts for RNC and Node B activities and supported software upgrades from P5 to P6 to P7.</p><p> Worked with Win FIOL, RNC Element Manager, RBS Element Manager, CITRIX, ROMT, SMO, Alex, Moshell, PuTTY.</p>
Engineer
<p>Supported telecom network engineering and operational activities across field and customer environments.</p><p> Commissioned and troubleshot Ericsson AXX and OMS MUX, SDH/transmission and optical transport equipment, including MUX and cross-connects.</p>
Field Project Engineer
<p>Performed commissioning, integration, preventive maintenance, and troubleshooting of microwave, SDH/PDH, and optical transport equipment.</p><p> Handled customer acceptance of BTS and microwave sites, external alarm requirements, and commissioning/integration of microwave radios (SDH, PDH and X-PIC).</p>
PROJECTS
VLSI Design Training
<p>Completed specialized VLSI (Very Large Scale Integration) design training at Jadavpur University. Gained academic and practical exposure to VLSI design concepts, digital integrated circuit design, semiconductor fundamentals, and the overall VLSI design process.</p>