Senior DevOps Engineer | Cloud & Platform Engineer (11+ Years Experience)

Professional Summary

Results-driven Senior DevOps Engineer with 11+ years of experience designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. Extensive expertise in DevOps automation, CI/CD pipeline development, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), containerization, Kubernetes orchestration, cloud migrations, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). Proven ability to streamline software delivery, improve infrastructure reliability, automate deployments, optimize cloud costs, and implement enterprise-grade security best practices. Experienced in collaborating with cross-functional development, QA, security, and operations teams using Agile and DevSecOps methodologies.

Core Competencies

• DevOps & CI/CD Automation
• Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform)
• Kubernetes & Docker
• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation)
• Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI
• Linux System Administration
• Python, Bash, Shell Scripting
• Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, OpenShift)
• Helm Charts & Kubernetes Operators
• Ansible Configuration Management
• Git Version Control
• Monitoring & Logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Splunk, Datadog)
• Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
• DevSecOps & Security Automation
• Networking, DNS, Load Balancers & Firewalls
• Cloud Security & IAM
• High Availability & Disaster Recovery
• Performance Optimization
• Agile & Scrum Methodologies

Technical Skills

Cloud Platforms: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)

DevOps Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps, Bamboo

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates, Bicep

Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, OpenShift, Helm

Configuration Management: Ansible, Chef, Puppet

Programming & Scripting: Python, Bash, Shell, PowerShell, YAML, JSON

Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog, CloudWatch, Azure Monitor

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, MongoDB

Build Tools: Maven, Gradle, Nexus, Artifactory

Operating Systems: Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS), Windows Server

Professional Experience

• Designed and implemented enterprise-scale CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, and Azure DevOps, reducing deployment time by over 80%.
• Automated cloud infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and ARM Templates across AWS and Azure environments.
• Built and managed highly available Kubernetes clusters (EKS, AKS, OpenShift) for large-scale microservices applications.
• Containerized enterprise applications using Docker and orchestrated deployments with Kubernetes and Helm.
• Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) standards for consistent, repeatable, and secure infrastructure deployments.
• Developed automation scripts using Python, Bash, and PowerShell to eliminate manual operational tasks.
• Configured monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, Datadog, CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor.
• Integrated security scanning tools including SonarQube, Trivy, Snyk, and Checkmarx into CI/CD pipelines to support DevSecOps initiatives.
• Managed cloud networking, IAM policies, VPCs, VPNs, Load Balancers, Auto Scaling Groups, Route 53, and DNS configurations.
• Performed cloud migrations from on-premises environments to AWS and Azure with minimal downtime.
• Implemented blue-green, rolling, and canary deployment strategies for zero-downtime application releases.
• Collaborated with development, QA, security, and infrastructure teams in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Optimized infrastructure performance, scalability, security, and cloud costs through continuous monitoring and automation.
• Led production support, root cause analysis, incident management, disaster recovery planning, and high-availability architecture implementation.
• Mentored junior DevOps engineers and established enterprise DevOps standards, governance, and best practices.

Certifications (Preferred)

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
• AWS Solutions Architect – Professional
• Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
• Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
• Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
• HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
• Docker Certified Associate

Domains

Cloud Infrastructure | DevOps | CI/CD | Kubernetes | Docker | Terraform | AWS | Azure | Google Cloud Platform | Automation | DevSecOps | SRE | Infrastructure as Code | Linux | Python | Jenkins | GitHub Actions | Monitoring | Cloud Migration | Microservices