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Abhiraj KV

Linux / DevOps Professional

Bengaluru,KA

Summary

16 years Experienced Linux, cloud, DevOps (BAU and Project Delivery)Administrator, with experience in organizations such as Norwin, TCS, Ericsson, Capgemini and HCL, Cross functional IT experience in the areas of Legacy Server, AWS,Azure,GCP cloud, Redhat openshift administration, Ansible, Bash, Terraform, Jenkins, GitHub automation, Senior system engineer with extensive experience in designing scalable architectures and leading cross- functional teams to enhance system availability and operational efficiency. Proficient in Linux administration, cloud platforms (Azure/AWS), automation using Ansible, implementing robust security and compliance measures. Focused on driving innovation and streamlining infrastructure to deliver resilient, high- performance IT solutions.

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years of professional experience

Work History

Senior system engineer

Norwin Technologies

07.2025 - 04.2026

Designed and implemented scalable system architectures to improve uptime and ensure high availability in critical infrastructure environments.
Directed cross-functional teams to align system deployment strategies with business objectives, enhancing operational efficiency and reducing downtime.
Optimized system performance through proactive monitoring and tuning, resulting in improved throughput and faster incident resolution.
Established security protocols and compliance measures to safeguard systems against vulnerabilities and maintain regulatory standards.
Coordinated vendor relationships and resource allocation to streamline hardware and software integration, accelerating project delivery timelines.

Associate consultant

TCS

09.2022 - 06.2025

Administered and optimized large-scale enterprise Linux environments (RHEL, SUSE) across development, staging, and production tiers, ensuring high availability, peak performance, and rigorous security enforcement.
Architected and maintained a modular Ansible framework utilizing roles, collections, group/host variables, and dynamic cloud inventories (AWS EC2 / Azure) to eliminate configuration drift across 500+ heterogeneous Linux nodes.
Streamlined infrastructure deployment by automating server provisioning, software installation, and configuration management via Ansible Vault and Playbooks, successfully reducing manual overhead by over 80%.
Served as the Senior Lead for critical BAU incident response across Linux systems and Azure Cloud platforms, ensuring rapid resolution and minimal business disruption.
Directed the implementation of enterprise IT security tools across Unix estates and coordinated cross-functional platform teams to identify, remediate, and patch vulnerabilities to maintain strict compliance.
Spearheaded cloud migration initiatives transitioning traditional on-premises servers to Azure infrastructure while driving the strategic roadmap for custom in-house automation tools and interactive dashboards.
Collaborated with clients to analyze business processes and implement IT solutions, resulting in improved operational efficiency and increased project delivery success rates.

Senior IT Consultant

Ericsson

08.2019 - 08.2022

Administered and maintained large-scale Linux (RHEL, SuSe) server environments, ensuring high availability, performance, and security across development, staging, and production environments.
Designed and maintained modular Ansible architecture — organizing roles, collections, group_vars / host_vars, and dynamic inventories (AWS EC2 / Azure plugins) to manage configuration drift across 500+ heterogeneous Linux nodes.
Automated server provisioning, software installation, and configuration management using Ansible Playbooks, Roles, Inventories, and Ansible Vault, reducing manual effort by over 80%.

Senior Consultant

Capgemini

01.2017 - 07.2019

Linux Delivery Lead responsible to work with customer and the internal groups to ensure the services hosted in the UNIX/Linux infrastructure (BAU). Tower Lead for Incident, problem and change management. Planning and execution of disaster recovery. Lead for the task forces related to incident reduction through problem management. Conduct technical training for the Linux delivery teams. As the technical owner for deliverables, responsible to being in customer sites and datacenter visits on periodic basis to ensure the quality and scope of any improvements in deliveries.

Unix Admin

HPE, CGI, Mphasis, IDC Technologies

01.2013 - 01.2017

Work with Solution architects and application team of Individual projects and provide recommendations for capacity of the infrastructure. Validations of performance assessments and provide approvals for a service introduction on behalf of Unix platform Help with High-priority incidents caused due to performance issues and give suggestions to the projects to improve/resolve the existing issues. Builds and maintenance activities in the initial stages of career in Wipro.

Customer Engineer

HCL Infosystems Ltd

01.2005 - 01.2013

Worked in Hardware diagnostic Centre as repairing system boards and peripheral devices. There after providing support for the clients throughout the region. Core work includes supporting the clients and field engineers remotely and facilitating them with technical documentation.

Education

Diploma - Computer Hardware Maintenance

Govt. Polytechnic College, Attingal

Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala

03-2005

Skills

Linux / Unix administration

Red Hat OpenShift administration

Azure/AWS cloud administration

Automation / IaC ( Bash / Ansible / Terraform)

Containerization (Docker)

DevOps tools ( Jenkins / github )

High availability clustering (Redhat pacemaker)

Virtualization ( VMWare / KVM )

Patch management

Server migration

Capacity planning

Incident /Change management

Disaster recovery planning

Vulnerability management

Project management