Devaraj Thimmanna

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ABOUT DEVARAJ THIMMANNA

19+ years of Information Technology working experience in various Domains – Insurance, Airport, Energy & Utilities, Telecom, Publication and Internet servicing IT industry across geographies – Canada, United Kingdom, Australia and India.• Experience in Requirement gathering, Efforts Estimation, Project Proposal preparation, Project Planning, Managing Development & Implementation activities, Process Enhancements, Testing and Maintenance.• Experience in working with multiple Projects in parallel through dedicated or shared resource models.• Successfully delivered Core Firewall platform migration project (Cisco to Palo Alto), engaging the entire company\'s Infra & Applications services (410+) along with Business teams for various Data Centres.• Working on migrating entire Cisco ASA 80+ Firewalls to Palo-Alto PA460 & PA1410• Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) Certificate renewal impacting entire apps/service communications with Windows, UNIX, Mac, WAF, Netscalar, Storage, Mobiles, Printers, Telephony, Cloud services, Firewalls & Network devices• Onboarding Tufin SecureTrack to monitor, track and report changes for all firewalls, routers and switches. • RedHat Linux OpenShift ROSA Classic to HCP Migration of 120+ container services.• Successfully delivered Critical Enterprise-wide impacting IT-Infrastructure Projects related to CAD (Computer Aided Dispatch), Baggage system refresh, Datacenter UPS Upgrade, Network Switches setup, Wi-Fi setup, AD Domain Controller OS upgrade, End-User Workstations OS upgrade, Internet Explorer Upgrade, Virtual Machine infrastructure setup and end-to-end IT Infrastructure setup for Building Extensions.• Successfully managed IT Infrastructure & Application upgrade Projects related to Telecom OSS/BSS Website development & updates, Content Management, Business Acceptance and Search Engine Test Management.• Efficient in simplifying the processes and recurring tasks by means of preparing templates, creating Excel-based Tools, automating & customising reports as required to aid other Projects & account-level activities.• Worked towards recognising opportunities for Business and generating Business (Account mining) during the course of the project.• Establish and maintain healthy working relationships with Business and IT Stakeholders, Project & Operation teams at all levels while adapting to changing circumstances.• Effective team player, ability to break down tasks and plan in detail, quick decision making with good communication and writing skills, focus on quality, problem-solving capabilities, highly customer-oriented.