Deepak Ganesan
Senior GCP Cloud Engineer
Chennai,TN
Summary
Senior Consultant - IT delivering GCP platform support, Terraform automation, and production release enablement for enterprise applications. Builds and maintains GKE, Cloud Run, networking, IAM, and monitoring solutions that support reliable deployments and faster rollback control. Partners with architects and application teams to modernize cloud infrastructure and improve operational efficiency.
Overview
3
3
Certifications
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Consultant - IT
Newfort Consultancy Pvt Ltd
04.2025 - Current
- Designed and supported scalable cloud-native infrastructure solutions for enterprise applications.
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) automation using Terraform modules and deployment templates.
- Implemented Cloud Build pipelines and CI/CD automation workflows for enterprise deployments.
- Configured Kubernetes deployments, ingress routing, autoscaling, and container orchestration to enhance application reliability and performance.
- Implemented Cloud Build pipelines and CI/CD automation workflows to streamline deployment processes for enterprise applications.
- Developed monitoring dashboards for application latency and infrastructure metrics to enable proactive performance management and resource optimization.
- Supported backend application integration and cloud-native deployment environments.
- Collaborated with cloud architects and technical teams for infrastructure modernization initiatives.
- Performed cloud optimization activities improving operational efficiency and reducing infrastructure costs.
- Supported deployment validation, rollback strategies, and production release management activities.
Senior System Administrator
Bahwan Cybertek Ltd
12.2022 - 02.2024
- Managed Linux and enterprise cloud infrastructure environments ensuring availability for business-critical applications.
- Implemented cloud monitoring, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation activities.
- Managed Linux and enterprise cloud infrastructure environments supporting business-critical applications.
- Implemented cloud monitoring, security hardening, and vulnerability remediation to enhance system security and compliance.
- Performed infrastructure troubleshooting, root cause analysis, and performance tuning activities.
- Managed backup, recovery, server configuration, and infrastructure maintenance operations to ensure data integrity and service continuity.
- Collaborated with development and deployment teams for release management activities.
Senior Engineer
IMTS - Mindtree Ltd
09.2016 - 12.2022
- Managed cloud infrastructure operations ensuring system availability and reliability.
- Migrated workloads from on-premises environments to cloud-native platforms, enhancing flexibility and scalability.
- Supported infrastructure scalability and cloud migration initiatives.
- Configured monitoring solutions and high-availability enterprise environments to ensure system reliability and performance.
- Automated operational tasks and deployment workflows to improve efficiency.
- Worked closely with application teams supporting hosting and deployment activities.
- Supported backup, recovery, patching, and server maintenance operations.
Consulting Engineer
HCLTech
12.2014 - 12.2015
- Installed and configured enterprise Linux and Solaris systems to enhance operational reliability.
- Implemented security hardening procedures and patch management activities.
- Installed and configured enterprise Linux and Solaris systems.
- Supported enterprise migration and infrastructure maintenance to ensure seamless service continuity.
- Supported enterprise migration and infrastructure maintenance operations.
- Collaborated with infrastructure and deployment teams to optimize production support processes.
Engineer - Customer Services
Accel Frontline Ltd
04.2012 - 12.2014
- Monitored enterprise infrastructure and handled high-priority support activities.
- Automated administrative tasks, streamlining operations and minimizing manual effort.
- Monitored enterprise infrastructure and addressed high-priority support issues to maintain service continuity.
- Supported storage administration and system maintenance operations.
- Automated administrative tasks reducing manual operational effort.
- Collaborated with support teams to enhance operational stability and response times.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Infrastructure Management Services
04.2001 -
IT Infrastructure -
01-2011
Diploma - Instrumentation Control Engineering
01-2007
Skills
Application Development: Nodejs, Reactjs, Expressjs, JavaScript, TypeScript, REST APIs, MySQL, MongoDB
Multi-Cloud & Systems: AWS, Azure, hybrid cloud, Linux administration, Docker
Cloud Operations & Automation: Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow), Python, Bash, Dynatrace, Google Cloud Monitoring, alerting, dashboards
Disaster Recovery & Resilience: backup/restore, snapshots, cross-region replication, RPO/RTO planning, failover testing, recovery runbooks
Security & SSL/TLS: least privileged IAM, service accounts, Secret Manager, Google-managed certificates, self-managed certificates
GCP Networking: VPC, subnets, firewall rules, Cloud NAT, Cloud DNS, VPC peering, VPN connectivity, Load Balancers
CI/CD & GitOps: GitHub Actions, Cloud Build, Jenkins, GitOps, CI/CD pipelines, branch protection, repository administration, secrets management
Kubernetes: GKE, node pools, workload deployments, Ingress, autoscaling, RBAC, namespaces, rolling upgrades
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, reusable modules, GCS remote state, Terraform workspaces, automated plan/apply, IaC automation
Google Cloud Platform (GCP): Compute Engine, GKE, Cloud Run, Cloud Storage (GCS), Cloud Load Balancing, Cloud NAT, Cloud DNS, IAM, Secret Manager, Cloud Monitoring
Certification
Google Cloud Certified - Professional Cloud Architect
Additional Cloud Engineering Expertise
- Managed Terraform remote state using GCS backend, reusable modules, workspaces, and automated Terraform plan/apply through GitHub Actions.
- Administered production GKE clusters include node pools, RBAC, namespaces, autoscaling, rolling upgrades, and workload deployments.
- Configured GCP networking including Cloud NAT, Cloud DNS, VPC peering, firewall rules, VPN connectivity, and Load Balancers.
- Implemented GitOps practices, GitHub branch protection, repository administration, secrets management, and CI/CD optimization.
- Managed SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle including Google-managed and self-managed certificates for Load Balancers, Kubernetes Ingress, and API Gateways.
- Designed and tested Disaster Recovery (DR) strategies including backup/restore, snapshot automation, cross-region replication, RPO/RTO planning, failover testing, and operational runbooks.
- Supported Cloud Composer (Apache Airflow) environments, DAG deployments, workflow troubleshooting, and scheduling.
- Implemented least-privilege IAM, service accounts, Secret Manager integration, and cloud security best practices.
- Developed automation using Python and Bash for infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, compliance, and operational tasks.
- Worked with Dynatrace and Google Cloud Monitoring for observability, alerting, dashboard creation, and performance analysis.
- Applied Terraform-first Infrastructure as Code practices for repeatable cloud provisioning and deployment automation across environments.
- GitHub repository governance practices including branch protection, repository administration, secrets management, and GitOps workflows.
Timeline
Senior Consultant - IT - Newfort Consultancy Pvt Ltd
04.2025 - Current
Senior System Administrator - Bahwan Cybertek Ltd
12.2022 - 02.2024
Senior Engineer - IMTS - Mindtree Ltd
09.2016 - 12.2022
Consulting Engineer - HCLTech
12.2014 - 12.2015
Engineer - Customer Services - Accel Frontline Ltd
04.2012 - 12.2014
Sikkim Manipal University - Bachelor of Arts, Infrastructure Management Services
04.2001 -
Accel IT Academy - IT Infrastructure,
Seshasayee Institute of Technology - Diploma, Instrumentation Control Engineering