Susai Selvaraj J

Technical Lead & Cloud Architect

Noura Advanced Communications and Information Technology

Jul 2025 – Present | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Lead Technical Lead for NIF (National Infrastructure Fund) Managed Services programme, overseeing multi-technology delivery across OCI Cloud and Microsoft enterprise platforms.
OCI Cloud — Manage Windows/Linux/Appliance compute instances, Object Storage, NFS Storage, Boot/Block Volumes and automated backup policies ensuring high availability.
VDI — Administer OCI Desktop Pools to deliver virtual desktops for end users.
IAM Administration — Manage OCI IAM policies, groups, dynamic groups and compartment-level access controls.
Infrastructure as Code — Manage resource provisioning through OCI Resource Manager stacks (Terraform-based).
Disaster Recovery — Lead DR orchestration through OCI FSDR, including HLD/LLD authoring, technology-specific workshops, and vendor co-ordination during implementation.
Network Security — Enforce security through OCI-native tools (OCI Network Firewall, WAF, Load Balancer, Cloud Guard); manage NextGen Firewall, WAF, and Email Gateway (FortiGate, FortiWeb, FortiMail).
Database Management — Administer Oracle Autonomous DB, Oracle Base DB, PostgreSQL, and HeatWave MySQL across primary and DR regions.
Active Directory, Wallix PAM, TrendMicro, Site24x7, Microsoft 365, and Intune Tunnel Gateway administration.
Operate all activities within ITIL framework: Change, Incident, Problem Management, and Service Request fulfilment.

Delivery Manager

Deloitte South Asia LLP

Jul 2025 – Present | Chennai, India

Provisioned and maintained OCI compute resources (instances, block volumes, object storage) ensuring high availability.
Managed OCI network components: VCN, subnets, security lists, NSGs, route tables, gateways, and load balancers.
Configured OCI Network Firewall, WAF, API Gateways; established Site-to-Site VPN and FastConnect.
Designed and implemented OCI Landing Zones with compartment segregation.
Managed IAM policies, OCI Vault, OCI Cloud Guard, OCI DataGuard, and OCI Desktop Pools.
Performed FinOps activities via OCI Cost Analyzer — compartment-level quotas and budgets.

Tech Specialist

Cognizant Technology Solutions India Pvt Ltd

Aug 2022 – Jun 2025 | Chennai, India

SME for end-to-end Linux and Windows administration supporting global enterprise clients.
Administered Windows Server 2012/2016/2019 and diverse Linux distributions (RHEL, SUSE, Ubuntu, Debian, Oracle Linux, Amazon Linux, Tiny Core Linux).
Automated repetitive tasks using Ansible, Docker, and Shell/Python scripting.
Configured OCI DR — manual cross-region replication and OCI native Full Stack DR with YAML workflow plans.
Provisioned and managed EC2, Auto Scaling Groups, EBS, EFS, S3, VPC components in AWS.
Automated provisioning using Terraform (modules, workspaces, provisioners) with Spacelift integration.
Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins; integrated OCI with Splunk, Rapid7 InsightVM, and Rapid7 InsightCloudSec.

IT Analyst

Tata Consultancy Services

Nov 2021 – Aug 2022 | Chennai, India

SME for all Linux-related activities and Major Incident Management.
Led the Cloud Exponence Team managing GCP resources, including GCVE (Google Cloud Virtual Environment).
Managed GCP VPCs, route tables, gateways, firewalls, and Cloud Interconnect.
Migrated servers from on-premises to GCP using Migrate for Compute Engine (M4CE); optimised costs through FinOps.

Senior Engineer

Mindtree Limited

Oct 2019 – Nov 2021 | Chennai, India

Managed infrastructure for an Airline Client (Cargo & Passenger Service System tools).
Administered Linux (RHEL 6/7, SUSE 11/12) and Windows servers in VMware, AWS, and Azure.
Managed Active Directory, DNS, DHCP, Group Policy, file sharing (FTP, SFTP, NFS, CIFS).
Monitored servers using SolarWinds and Zabbix; managed backups with Commvault and Veritas.

Project Engineer

Wipro Limited

Jul 2015 – Oct 2019 | Chennai, India

Supported IT infrastructure for banking and manufacturing clients.
Managed Linux (RHEL 5/6/7) and Windows Server (2008/2012) environments.
Automated workloads with shell scripting; managed VMware vSphere ESXi/vCenter.
Handled server commissioning/decommissioning, change requests, and incident management.

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