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Nikita Bangar

@nikitabangar

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NOC and Cloud engineer specializing in Linux, monitoring, and automation.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands-on role in cloud/infrastructure or NOC/SRE teams where I can apply Linux, monitoring, and automation skills, collaborate cross-functionally, and grow through incident response and system optimization.

I am an RHCSA- and RHCE-certified IT professional with 3+ years of experience as a Cloud Engineer and current NOC Engineer. I specialize in Linux systems administration, infrastructure monitoring with Datadog, virtualization with VMware, and automation using Ansible and Terraform, delivering 24x5 technical support and incident response.

I have hands-on experience troubleshooting networking and IP issues (Cisco Meraki), managing cloud resources on AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, Route53, IAM), and maintaining operational runbooks and SOPs. I drive improvements through automation, cost optimization, and documented processes while coordinating escalations via PagerDuty and tracking issues with JIRA/ServiceNow.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

NOC Engineer

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Shift Ahead Technologies

Aug 2024 - Present (1 year 2 months)

Provide 24x5 infrastructure and application monitoring via Datadog, troubleshoot network and IP issues, manage VMware environments and backups, and coordinate escalations with ISPs to ensure timely incident resolution.

Datadog VMWare Cisco Meraki Jira PagerDuty

Cloud Engineer

KVS Services

Mar 2022 - Aug 2024 (2 years 5 months)

Provisioned and maintained cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, Route53, IAM), automated deployments with Ansible and CI pipelines, and optimized monitoring and cost across environments.

Terraform AWS Ansible Linux CI CD Monitoring Cost Optimization

Project Trainee

Rheinmetall India

Sep 2021 - Mar 2022 (6 months)

Led an SAP APO project with the CRM team, applied Six Sigma methodologies for process improvements, and conducted training on lean and Six Sigma for continuous improvement initiatives.

Six Sigma Process Improvement Training Project Management CRM