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Available for cloud, infrastructure and security roles

Pratyaksh BansalCloud & Infrastructure Engineer

3+ years deploying, migrating and supporting cloud infrastructure for enterprise clients. I also build websites, apps and AI automations.

Tools and platforms I work with

Cloud and infrastructure work

At Extreme Compute I worked across the whole stack for enterprise clients: bare-metal servers, hypervisors, operating systems, networks, security tooling and the applications on top.

role
Cloud Engineer, Extreme Compute
period
Oct 2022 - Feb 2026, multiple engagements
clients
Enterprise clients, and 6 months on a government project for cooperative banks
Every layer I have worked on, from the rack up
  1. applicationsPydio Cells, Elastic, LAMP, WordPress, Apache, MinIO
  2. securitySIEM, DLP, WAF, Cloudflare, PIM, CIS hardening, immutable storage
  3. monitoring and backupZabbix, Veeam, DR and migration reports
  4. operating systemsCentOS, Ubuntu, SUSE, FreeBSD, Windows Server
  5. virtualisationVMware vCenter, hypervisors, public, private and hybrid cloud
  6. networkSwitches, routers, firewalls, VPN, IPsec, NAT, PowerDNS
  7. hardwareHosts, blades, NICs, storage, disks, KVM switches, cabling

$ deploy

Cloud deployment and delivery

  • Deployed public, private and hybrid cloud environments for enterprise clients.
  • Built virtual machines end to end: deployment, quality checks, hardening and handover to the customer.
  • Delivered Windows Server, CentOS, Ubuntu, SUSE and FreeBSD servers with applications, security policies and SSL certificates.
  • VMware vCenter
  • Hypervisors
  • Windows Server
  • Linux

$ migrate

Migrations

  • Migrated virtual machines from AWS to private cloud with live data migration and verified backups.
  • Ran email, DNS and security-service migrations with planned cutovers.
  • Moved client data between environments and reported on each migration for clients and vendors.
  • AWS
  • Private cloud
  • Email
  • DNS

$ troubleshoot

Troubleshooting and support

  • Resolved L1 and L2 issues across VPN, ports, firewall rules, user access, IP whitelisting and websites.
  • Configured and troubleshot switches, routers, hosts, blades, physical firewalls, KVM switches and cabling.
  • Fixed networking at the VM, vCenter, hypervisor and BIOS levels, including IPsec tunnels, NAT, public IPs and port groups.
  • Worked directly with client IT teams and vendors, from requirements and change requests to escalations and handover.
  • VPN
  • IPsec
  • NAT
  • Firewalls

$ rack

Data centre and hardware

  • Assembled hosts with CPU, RAM, fans, NICs and storage, installed them in the data centre and brought them live on the network.
  • Maintained server hardware, including disk diagnosis and replacement.
  • Rack servers
  • Blades
  • Storage

$ harden

Security and compliance

  • Ran SIEM, DLP, WAF and Cloudflare protection, with CIS hardening, PIM, antivirus and user access management.
  • Set up immutable storage for backups, and supported penetration tests through to remediation.
  • Led the technical side of 15+ security and compliance audits for enterprise clients in IT, banking and other sectors, preparing the evidence that helped them pass.
  • Worked for a month on a ransomware recovery and quick-response team.
  • SIEM
  • DLP
  • WAF
  • Immutable storage

$ monitor

Platforms, monitoring and backup

  • Deployed and administered Pydio Cells, Elastic, LAMP, WordPress, Apache and MinIO on Linux.
  • Set up infrastructure monitoring in Zabbix and backups in Veeam.
  • Prepared backup, disaster recovery, data migration and fortnightly reports.
  • Pydio Cells
  • Elastic
  • Zabbix
  • Veeam

$ dns

DNS and email for cooperative banks (government project)

  • Worked 6 months on a government project, onboarding cooperative banks onto PowerDNS and running the authoritative DNS servers: zones, records and DNSSEC.
  • Handled their email and security-service migrations, as the main technical contact for bank IT teams.
  • PowerDNS
  • DNSSEC
  • Email migration

Experience

  1. AI Automation and Application Developer

    Independent

    • Built and launched Daisy-Bellee, a B2B fashion marketplace, and run all of its IT: web and Android apps, API, MongoDB Atlas, Cloudflare, Google Cloud and store publishing.
    • Designed, built and hosted websites for 8 clients, including a booking backend on Cloudflare Workers and D1.
    • Built AI automations with LLM APIs and n8n for lead research, document extraction and stock management.
  2. Cloud Engineer

    Extreme Compute, New Delhi

    • Deployed, migrated and supported cloud infrastructure for enterprise clients, from bare metal to applications.
    • Ran security and compliance tooling and led the technical side of 15+ audits for enterprise clients in IT, banking and other sectors.
    • Handled L1 and L2 support and worked directly with client IT teams and vendors.
  3. Senior Developer

    Webdev Security, New Delhi

    • Developed 6 in-house WordPress websites with linked social media accounts and grew them to 10,000 monthly visits.
    • Built 5 PHP websites for clients covering branding, user management, billing, blogging and e-commerce.
    • Led a team of 8 graphic designers, content writers and social media managers, and handled 7+ client accounts.
  4. Freelancer

    Self-employed

    • Ran complete digital operations for 15+ restaurants, including Gulab, Mishthanam, Grover Sweets and SinghFoods: ordering websites, Instagram, Facebook, Zomato and Swiggy.
    • Handled all IT work for 3 schools, including Sriram E-Techno School and G D Goenka School: installations, maintenance, design and support.
    • Made websites, logos and documents for individual clients.

Websites I built for clients

I help businesses build their online platforms, from design and content to development, hosting and launch. Each project below is an archived copy, kept here for reference.

Products, apps and tools

Things I designed and built end to end, from a live marketplace to the tools I use every day.

Home page of the Daisy-Bellee marketplace

LiveWeb app, Android app and API

Daisy-Bellee

A B2B fashion network where mills, artisans, manufacturers, brands and retailers post requirements, trade quotes and chat. I built it and run all of its IT: the React web app, the Expo Android app, the Node API on MongoDB Atlas with Firebase sign-in, deployment and store publishing, Cloudflare, Google Cloud, the domain and business email.

  • React
  • Expo
  • Node and Express
  • MongoDB Atlas
  • Firebase
  • Cloudflare
  • Google Cloud
Visit daisybellee.com
P/OS board with project columns and notes

P/OS notes app

A dark-whiteboard command centre for projects and notes. Offline-first desktop app with a global shortcut and system tray.

  • Electron
  • React
  • Vite
Open live demo
Resource Brain map showing collections as clusters of lights

Resource Brain

A private library that maps 500+ saved resources as a mind map and tracks what I have learned.

  • React
  • Node
  • Local API
Content calendar with posts awaiting approval

Content approval calendar

Clients review, comment on and approve each social post, with media uploads saved to the cloud.

  • Pages Functions
  • KV
  • R2

DM Catch and Use

Chrome extension and local dashboard that collect resource links from the Instagram DMs I open.

  • Chrome extension
  • Node
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Netflix Auto Skip

Chrome extension that clicks Skip Intro and Skip Recap for you, with no extra permissions.

  • Manifest V3
  • JavaScript

Automation, data and growth work

Smaller builds that take hours of manual work off a team's plate.

Documents and data

  • Contact extraction from scansRead 246 phone-camera scans of a printed list into 10,512 contacts, and flagged 543 uncertain rows for review.
  • Register and visiting-card digitisationTurned 21 handwritten event-register pages and 8 batches of visiting cards into one clean Excel prospect list.
  • Exhibitor databaseScraped the Bharat Tex 2026 exhibitor directory into a clean Excel sheet for outreach.
  • Catalogue generatorTurned an 88-product WhatsApp catalogue into a 34-page branded PDF with a Python build script.
  • Business systems toolkitBuilt 11 spreadsheet systems for a consultant's clients, covering inventory, HR, CRM, sales funnel, SOPs and cost cutting.
  • Instagram growth auditAudited 100 recent posts for a luxury gifting brand and delivered a growth strategy and content plan.

Workflows and AI

  • AI lead researchn8n workflows with a Gemini agent that research leads, verify emails and log them to Google Sheets.
  • Autonomous web-agency pipelineAn AI agent loop that gathers a business's details, builds its site, runs QA, deploys it and drafts outreach.
  • Android phone automationAgent-driven phone control over ADB that reads the screen as text and moves Instagram DM links into email and a resource index.
  • Stock automationGoogle Sheets and Apps Script system for daily stock counts across six storage points, with a running ledger.
  • Job search pipelinePython tool that collects job listings, scores them against a profile and drafts tailored applications.
  • AI keynote reelProduced an event keynote reel with AI video tools and edited it in CapCut.

Let's work together

Open to cloud, infrastructure and security roles, and to building websites, apps and automations.

+91 73030 90773  |  pratyaksh992@gmail.com