resume_linux.tex

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% --- PERSONAL INFO ---

\name{Vishal}{Shaji}
\title{\\[2mm] Infrastructure Software Engineer} % Tailored for Apple Service Engineering
\address{Kochi, India}{} % 
\phone[mobile]{+91 7306997081} % 
\email{vishshaji03@gmail.com} % 
\social[linkedin]{VishalShaji} % 
\social[github]{Vishhh03} % 
\homepage{https://vishalshaji.com}

\begin{document}

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  pdftitle={Vishal Shaji - Storage Infrastructure Resume},
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% --- EXPERIENCE ---
\section{Experience}

\cventry
  {Jul 2025 -- Present}
  {Programmer Analyst - UPS Logistics Services}
  {Cognizant Technology Solutions}
  {Chennai, India}
  {}
  {
  \begin{itemize}\setlength{\itemsep}{2pt}
    \item Supported Windows Server and Azure-based production infrastructure for enterprise logistics systems, troubleshooting operational incidents and service failures.
    \item Investigated application and infrastructure issues using log analysis, SQL Server (SSMS), Dynatrace, and production monitoring tools.
    \item Automated administrative and troubleshooting workflows using PowerShell scripting to improve operational efficiency.
    \item Managed infrastructure support tickets and collaborated with operational teams on issue triage and root-cause analysis.
  \end{itemize}
  }

\vspace{1mm}

\cventry
  {Jan 2025 -- Jun 2025}
  {Tech Consultant (Intern)}
  {Bommaku Constructions}
  {Hyderabad, India}
  {}
  {
  \begin{itemize}\setlength{\itemsep}{2pt}
    \item Deployed and optimized AWS EC2 and self-hosted signaling infrastructure for Unreal Engine 5 Pixel Streaming, enabling real-time architectural visualization demos for clients.
  \end{itemize}
  }

% --- PROJECTS ---
\section{Projects}

\cventry
  {}
  {Hybrid-Cloud Game Server SaaS}
  {aetherruin}
  {\textit{\url{https://www.aetherruin.com}}}
  {}
  {
  \begin{itemize}\setlength{\itemsep}{2pt}
    \item Engineered a high-performance Linux block storage layer using Btrfs on NVMe SSDs, implementing snapshot-based persistence, subvolume isolation, and filesystem tuning for low-latency game workloads.
    \item Authored automated Bash/Python scripts for incremental block-level snapshots, achieving data freeze times under 100ms and a 60-second RTO for large-scale data.
    \item Architected a distributed control plane using an AWS Serverless stack (Lambda, DynamoDB) to manage stateful Linux containers on Hetzner Cloud, reducing hosting costs by 90\%.
    \item Deployed scalable containerized workloads and designed an Nginx-based ingress layer with automated firewall rules for DDoS mitigation.
  \end{itemize}
  }

\vspace{1mm}

\cventry
  {}
  {Cloud Infrastructure Homelab}
  {Personal Infrastructure Lab}
  {\textit{\url{https://github.com/Vishhh03/EnterpriseHomeLab}}}
  {}
  {
  \begin{itemize}\setlength{\itemsep}{2pt}
    \item Built and maintained a cloud-hosted Linux homelab using AWS EC2, Docker, and reverse proxy tooling to simulate production-style infrastructure environments.
    \item Automated deployment workflows and server provisioning through shell scripting and Infrastructure as Code practices, improving repeatability and operational efficiency.
    \item Configured containerized services, SSH-based administration, networking, monitoring, and resource management while troubleshooting real-world Linux and infrastructure issues.
  \end{itemize}
  }

% --- EDUCATION ---
\section{Education}

\cventry
  {2021 -- 2025}
  {Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech) -- Civil Engineering}
  {TOCH Institute of Science and Technology}
  {Kochi, India}
  {}
  {
  \begin{itemize}\setlength{\itemsep}{2pt}
    \item Minor in Machine Learning
    \item Led a final year project focused on Kochi Metro analytics using Machine learning which won Best Paper Award in International Conference (ICITES).
  \end{itemize}
  }

% --- TECHNICAL SKILLS ---
\section{Technical Skills}

\cvitem{Languages}{Python, Java, C\#, Node.js, Go, JavaScript, SQL, Bash Scripting}
\cvitem{Systems}{Linux Internals, Block/File Storage, Btrfs, NVMe Optimization, Virtualization, Distributed Systems}
\cvitem{Cloud \& Infra}{Docker, AWS (EC2, Lambda, S3, ECS, DynamoDB, RDS), Terraform, Kubernetes}
\cvitem{Observability}{Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Dynatrace, CloudWatch}
\cvitem{Fundamentals}{Data Structures \& Algorithms, Object-Oriented Design, Root-Cause Analysis, System Architecture}

% --- CERTIFICATIONS ---
\section{Certifications}

\cvitem{}{AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner}
\cvitem{}{AWS Certified AI Practitioner}
\cvitem{}{OCI Associate Architect}

\end{document}