Abhishek Kumar
Delhi
Summary
Results-driven DevOps Engineer with over 5 years of hands-on experience in automating infrastructure, streamlining CI/CD pipelines, and enhancing system performance and reliability. Skilled in a wide range of tools and platforms including Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, Azure, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Ansible, and Python scripting. Proven track record of leading cloud migrations, bolstering infrastructure resilience, and deploying robust observability and monitoring solutions. Passionate about cloud-native technologies and automation, with a strong focus on driving efficiency, scalability, and innovation in fast-paced DevOps environments. Eager to contribute to cutting-edge projects that demand deep technical expertise and a proactive mindset.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Infrastructure Specialist
IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2023 - Current
- Led cloud infrastructure management for global clients, including system design, automation, and monitoring on AWS, GCP, VMware Cloud, and Microsoft Azure. platforms.
- Provisioned and managed cloud resources using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools such as Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, enabling consistent and repeatable deployments.
- Architected and implemented highly available database solutions using Amazon RDS, including multi-AZ deployments and automated backups, and ensured data security with TLS encryption, VPC isolation, and IAM policies.
- Designed, deployed, and managed scalable serverless applications with AWS Lambda, leveraging event-driven architectures and optimizing performance with automatic scaling and efficient logging.
- Built and maintained robust data integration and ETL pipelines using AWS Glue, performing data discovery, transformation, and preparation while ensuring data quality and encryption with KMS.
- Managed and optimized large-scale object storage solutions on Amazon S3, implementing versioning, lifecycle policies, and cross-region replication for durability and cost-efficiency, alongside strong security measures.
- Successfully executed complex database migrations and continuous data replication (CDC) using AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) across homogeneous and heterogeneous environments, ensuring minimal downtime and secure data transfer.
- Administered and troubleshot core network services (TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, CIFS, Samba) on Linux and Windows servers, maintaining stable and secure network communication.
- Implemented comprehensive monitoring and observability solutions across the AWS environment using CloudWatch (Logs, Metrics), CloudTrail, PagerDuty, and Panopta for proactive incident response and performance optimization.
- Designed and enforced robust IAM roles, policies, and groups across AWS, ensuring secure access control, centralized governance, and compliance with organizational standards.
- Automated snapshot encryption and backup alerts using AWS Lambda, improving security and visibility of data backups.
- Managed AWS CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and Elastic Beanstalk, streamlining application delivery workflows.
DevOps Engineer
Just4Kid
06.2022 - 02.2023
- Designed and implemented an event-driven microservices architecture for real-time data processing using Kafka, AWS SQS, and scalable containerized services.
- Containerized services using Docker (Ubuntu-based images with virtual environments), ensuring dependency isolation and consistency across environments.
- Deployed and orchestrated services on Kubernetes, utilizing ConfigMaps, health checks, and Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) based on CPU utilization for efficient resource scaling.
- Integrated Apache Kafka to manage high-throughput events (callbacks/comments) in a partitioned, fault-tolerant, and scalable manner.
- Leveraged AWS SQS for decoupled processing of like-events, improving system modularity and scalability.
- Developed CI/CD automation scripts to pull latest code, perform quality checks, build/push Docker images to Google Container Registry (GCR), and dynamically update Kubernetes deployments across GCP.
- Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Spinnaker, accelerating deployment cycles and reducing manual overhead.
- Implemented observability solutions using ELK Stack for log analytics and Prometheus for real-time monitoring, enhancing system performance visibility and troubleshooting efficiency.
DevOps Engineer
Insphere Solutions
09.2019 - 04.2022
- Implemented and managed a wide range of AWS services including EC2, VPC, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, IAM, ELB, Lambda, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, CloudTrail, and RDS, enabling robust cloud infrastructure.
- Architected high-availability solutions using Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) and Elastic Load Balancers (ELB) to ensure scalability and fault tolerance.
- Configured cross-account and cross-region S3 replication with tightly scoped IAM policies, ensuring secure and resilient data availability.
- Automated snapshot encryption and backup alerts using AWS Lambda, improving security and visibility of data backups.
- Managed AWS CI/CD pipelines using CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, and Elastic Beanstalk, streamlining application delivery workflows.
- Designed and enforced IAM roles, policies, and groups, ensuring secure access control and compliance with organizational standards.
- Managed Linux server environments (RedHat and Solaris), including LVM configuration, system patching, and advanced troubleshooting.
- Administered Jenkins, Puppet, and Artifactory, optimizing end-to-end software deployment, configuration management, and artifact storage.
- Integrated Datadog agents into EC2 instances using Ansible playbooks, improving observability and performance monitoring across the fleet.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology (GZSCCET)
BathindaSkills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (RDS, Lambda, Glue, S3, DMS, Athena, EC2, VPC, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, IAM, ELB, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, CloudTrail, KMS, API Gateway, EventBridge, Redshift, DynamoDB, SageMaker, QuickSight, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy), Azure, GCP
- DevOps & IaC: Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD Pipelines, Configuration Management (Puppet)
- Scripting & Languages: Python, Bash, PowerShell
- Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, SQL Server, Oracle, MariaDB, Amazon Aurora, Amazon Redshift, DynamoDB
- Monitoring & Logging: Datadog, ELK Stack, Prometheus, PagerDuty, Panopta, CloudWatch Logs/Metrics, CloudTrail, Splunk
- Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, NTP, CIFS, Samba, VPC, PrivateLink, Security Groups
- Operating Systems: Linux (RedHat, Solaris), Windows
- Version Control: GitHub, Bitbucket
- Project Management: Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence
Certification
- AWS Solution Architect
- DataDog Certified Engineer
- IBM Cloud Advocate V4
- Red Hat Certified Specialist in Containers
Technical Profile
AWS, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), VMware Cloud, Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE), Jenkins, Spinnaker, GitLab, Bitbucket, SonarQube, Terraform, Ansible, Python scripting, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch, Logstash, Splunk, NodeExporters, Apache, Nginx, VPNs, Firewalls, MongoDB, Redis, PostgreSQL, RDS, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, Linux (CentOS, Ubuntu), Windows
Timeline
Infrastructure Specialist
IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
05.2023 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Just4Kid
06.2022 - 02.2023
DevOps Engineer
Insphere Solutions
09.2019 - 04.2022
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
Giani Zail Singh College of Engineering & Technology (GZSCCET)
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