D.S.Nishchal

Cloud Engineer
nishchalhawk@gmail.com, 560072, Bengaluru, IN.

About

Azure & DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience in Windows Server administration, cloud infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD delivery. Skilled in Terraform-based Azure deployments, DevOps pipelines, containerization, RBAC governance, and secure cloud design. Strong background in AD, DNS, GPO, patching, Microsoft Defender, Trend Vision One, incident/change management, and building scalable Azure environments aligned with cost, security, and technical requirements.

Work

VOIS
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Senior Executive

Pune, Maharashtra, India

Summary

As Senior Executive, At VOIS, I delivered Azure and DevOps solutions including container creation, subscription setup, RBAC governance, and Terraform-based infrastructure builds. I managed Azure networking, security, user access, and cost/technical requirements while also administering large-scale Windows environments, AD/DNS/GPO, patching, and Microsoft Defender deployments. Consistently ensured high SLA performance across cloud and on-prem operations.

Highlights

Delivered end-to-end DevOps solutions across Azure by creating containers, provisioning Key Vaults and Storage Accounts, setting up subscriptions, building Management Groups, and applying RBAC roles for secure and compliant access control.

Executed on-demand builds covering complete Azure infrastructure setup including network connectivity, security configurations, user access provisioning, cost estimation, and technical requirements gathering for scalable cloud environments.

Developed IaC using Terraform to automate Azure resource creation (VMs, networks, load balancers, IIS configurations), with remote state stored in Azure Storage and integrated via Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines.

Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps Repos and Pipelines to automate code deployment, infrastructure provisioning, and environment validation with approval gates.

Created and deployed fully functional Azure VMs and configured automation scripts for server setup, RDP access, IIS installation, patching, and monitoring.

Managed Microsoft Defender and Trend Micro deployments end-to-end, handling installation, troubleshooting, and security policy alignment across environments.

Administered Windows Server environments (2003–2022), managing AD, DNS, DHCP, GPO, OUs, domain controllers, trusts, and user access.

Delivered L2 support for 600+ users, resolving 5000+ tickets with 98% SLA adherence across access management, RDP, group membership, permission issues, and system troubleshooting.

Decommissioned over 1000 servers by successfully completing ~600 tasks with 98% accuracy while meeting SLA/KPI targets.

Performed monthly patching via WSUS and automated patch cycles for Windows, VMware, and Citrix hosts, ensuring compliance and minimal downtime.

Coordinated with hardware vendors (IBM, HP, Dell) for server issues and lifecycle operations.

TEQUED LABS PVT LTD
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Internship

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

As an Intern, I led the development of a cutting-edge machine learning algorithm, achieving high accuracy in image classification and executing comprehensive data preprocessing tasks.

Highlights

Developed a state-of-the-art machine learning algorithm, achieving a remarkable 97% accuracy in image classification, significantly enhancing model performance.

Applied sophisticated data analysis and manipulation methodologies, leveraging Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib, and Sci-kit learn for robust model development.

Executed comprehensive data preprocessing tasks, including visualization, cleaning, acquisition, modeling, and rigorous testing on the renowned Iris plant dataset.

Education

Rajarajeshwari college of engineering
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineering

Computer Science

Grade: 7.2

Courses

Malware Detection and Classification: Contributed to the development and customization of machine learning techniques aimed at detecting and categorizing malware effectively.

Fraud detection in banking sector: Leveraged Machine Learning (ML) algorithms for real-time fraud detection in banking transactions, integrated with blockchain technology to provide secure, immutable storage of transaction data in a distributed ledger system.

Skills

Cloud & DevOps

Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps (Repos, Pipelines), Terraform (IaC), CI/CD Pipelines.

Infrastructure Management

Windows Server Management, Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, RDS, GPO, Microsoft Cluster, Blade Logic, VMware, Citrix.

IT Operations

Incident Management, Change Management, Patching (WSUS), Ticketing Systems (Remedy), L2 Support, Vendor Management.

Development & Analysis

Python, Machine Learning, Data Visualization (Pandas, NumPy, Matplotlib), Sci-kit learn, Data Preprocessing, Algorithm Development.

Networking & Security Tools

Wireshark, Trend Vision One.

Interests

Hobbies

Music, Gaming, Reading Novels, Reading Japanese Manga.

D.S.Nishchal