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BIKRAM GC

Senior DevSecOps/Cloud Consultant
Wellington,WGN

Summary

To summarize in few words, I am very motivated and passionate about general technology and cloud computing. Over the decade my career, I have been involved in big enterprise transformation projects for the public and private sector in New Zealand and have helped many projects successfully deliver those transformation. I always think outside of the box , keep up with industry standards and help teams achieve great outcomes effectively and efficiently.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
3
3
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Cloud/DevSecOps Consultant

Datacom (Client: Bank Of New Zealand)
10.2021 - Current
  • Designing the roadmap for Cloud Migration/Cloud Transformation in Azure
  • Leading the design and implementation of Cloud Security And Compliance automation in Azure
  • Leading the research and development of reusable tools and patterns around (Discovery, Assessment, Planning, Migration and Post Migration operations) to assist internal teams to migrate to cloud in a self sufficient manner
  • Consulting teams and leading with examples around the recommended approach to securely migrating and building applications in the cloud
  • Use of Tools and Technologies including but not limited to (Terraform, Sentinel, Azure PowerShell, Azure Compute, Azure Networking, Azure SQL, Azure Security, Azure Monitor, Azure Policies, Flexera, Splunk, Service Now)

Senior Cloud/DevSecOps Consultant

Datacom (Client: New Zealand Defence Force)
01.2021 - 10.2021
  • Was responsible for designing the cloud monitoring and governance for Azure
  • Implemented security and compliance initiatives such as (New Zealand Information Security Manual -NZISM)
  • Implemented custom policies as code for governance (Cost Management, Cost Optimization, Operational Governance, Performance management, asset management, security and compliance management)
  • Designed and Implemented foundation for monitoring strategies regarding utilization, performance, security and compliance in Azure public cloud
  • Use of tools and technologies including but not limited to (Azure monitor, Azure Policy, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, Sentinel, Grafana, ARM Templates, Bicep, Terraform, PowerShell, Azure DevOps)

DEVOPS LEAD

Datacom (Clients: Immigration NZ And EPA)
01.2018 - 01.2021

EPA

  • Migrated VMware based on-premises development and testing environments to Azure public cloud during the COVID lockdown period
  • Built IaC (Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, Packer and PowerShell) and continuous delivery pipeline to help team stand up fully automated environments on demand when the team needs it

Immigration New Zealand

  • Did initial Investigation into the use of public cloud (Azure), created plan and assessment for migration, built strategy to implement a new architecture in Azure for project environments
  • Built a fully autonomous framework from scratch for on-demand environment build (including automated provisioning, configuration management, application deployment and operations)
  • Provided support, training and training paths to wider teams during onboarding into the cloud
  • Use of tools and technologies including but not limited to (Terraform, Packer, Octopus Deploy, Azure DevOps, ARM Templates, PowerShell, Azure SDK, Parasoft)

TECHNICAL LEAD

Datacom (Client: Immigration New Zealand)
, NEW ZEALAND
01.2015 - 01.2018
  • Implemented biographic and biometric management systems, built integration services, optimized performance, tuned many systems and application layers
  • Use of tools such as but not limited to (C#, .net, .net core, WCF, BizTalk, InRule, SharePoint, SQL Server, BPM (K2), IQ Office, Daon)

INTEGRATION DEVELOPER

Datacom (Client: Immigration New Zealand)
, NEW ZEALAND
12.2012 - 01.2015
  • Implemented visa application systems (Student Visa, Work Visa and Visitor Visas) and their integrations
  • Use of tools such as but not limited to (C#, .net, .net core, WCF, BizTalk, InRule, SharePoint, SQL Server, BPM (K2), IQ Office, Daon)

Education

DIPLOMA - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Whitireia New Zealand
01.2011 - 01.2012

A LEVELS COMPUTING -

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
Remote
01.2008 - 01.2010

Skills

    Implementation of DevOps principles and practices

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Timeline

Senior Cloud/DevSecOps Consultant

Datacom (Client: Bank Of New Zealand)
10.2021 - Current

Senior Cloud/DevSecOps Consultant

Datacom (Client: New Zealand Defence Force)
01.2021 - 10.2021

DEVOPS LEAD

Datacom (Clients: Immigration NZ And EPA)
01.2018 - 01.2021

TECHNICAL LEAD

Datacom (Client: Immigration New Zealand)
01.2015 - 01.2018

INTEGRATION DEVELOPER

Datacom (Client: Immigration New Zealand)
12.2012 - 01.2015

DIPLOMA - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Whitireia New Zealand
01.2011 - 01.2012

A LEVELS COMPUTING -

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY
01.2008 - 01.2010

Interests

Apart from work, i enjoy my time with my wife and a beautiful toddler daughter, i have an active lifestyle, I play football with friends, I swim, I box, I run I do my side projects, during my weekends and evenings or whenever I learn or want to learn about something new and exciting in general programming, cloud computing

BIKRAM GCSenior DevSecOps/Cloud Consultant