Pramod Thakur
About Pramod Thakur
Pramod Thakur is a System Administrator and Application Support Engineer currently employed at Eaton Vance since 2019. He has extensive experience in various roles across multiple companies, including expertise in AWS, middleware administration, and server performance tuning.
Work at Eaton Vance
Pramod Thakur has been employed at Eaton Vance as a System Administrator/Application Support Engineer since 2019. In this role, he is responsible for managing and supporting application systems, ensuring optimal performance and availability. His work involves troubleshooting infrastructure-related issues and collaborating with various teams to maintain system integrity. Thakur's experience in handling code releases and deployments in production and development environments contributes to the smooth operation of the company's IT infrastructure.
Previous Employment Experience
Prior to his current position, Pramod Thakur held various roles in the IT sector. He worked at MobileComm Professionals, Inc as a System Administrator from 2008 to 2009. He then served as a Middleware Administrator at TIAA-CREF from 2013 to 2015. Thakur also worked at Capital Group as a WebLogic Administrator for seven months in 2010. His tenure at Cisco as a Webmaster/System Administrator lasted from 2015 to 2019. Additionally, he worked at PwC and Barclays in middleware administration roles, gaining extensive experience in system management.
Education and Expertise
Pramod Thakur earned a Master's degree in Computer Science from the International Technological University (ITU), where he studied from 2007 to 2009. He is a certified AWS Solution Architect - Associate, demonstrating his proficiency in deploying and managing applications on AWS resources, particularly EC2 and S3. His education and certifications reflect his technical expertise in cloud infrastructure and application support.
Technical Skills and Responsibilities
Thakur has a strong background in system administration and application support. He has executed disaster recovery activities in AWS, including testing performance and managing availability zones. His responsibilities include performance tuning on various servers such as Apache Tomcat and WebLogic, and he has experience with monitoring tools like Nagios. Thakur has also set up secure connections for data transfers and managed B2B processes using IBM-MFT systems.
Cloud Migration and Infrastructure Management
Pramod Thakur has been involved in migrating applications from on-premise environments to AWS cloud infrastructure. His work includes collaborating with Oracle and SQL database teams to resolve infrastructure issues. He has experience working under a 24/7 shift support model, ensuring the maintenance and troubleshooting of production environments. His expertise in handling code releases and utilizing tools like Jenkins and GIT further supports his role in infrastructure management.