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JITHESH K M

JITHESH K M

Bangalore

Summary

AWS Cloud Engineer with 12 + years of IT experience including 7+ years specializing in AWS Cloud Infrastructure. Expertise in designing, securing, and optimizing AWS environments with hands-on skills across IAM, security, automation, cost optimization, and performance tuning. Strong background in Linux administration and application support. Proven success in securing workloads with AWS native security tools and Trend Micro Cloud One, automating routine tasks, and implementing high availability & disaster recovery strategies to ensure business continuity.

Overview

13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Infra Technology Specialist | SeniorCloud Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solution (CTS)
08.2018 - Current
  • Supporting a serverless application architecture using Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, S3, CloudFront, WAF, EventBridge, CloudWatch, SNS, and SES.
  • IAM & Security: Streamlined IAM processes for user creation and access control, reducing access-related incidents by 50%.
  • CI/CD & IaC: Managed AWS CI/CD pipelines (CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodePipeline) and deployed resources with CloudFormation.
  • Cloud Security: Implemented AWS Config, Security Hub, Inspector, Macie — resulting in an 80% reduction in compliance risks.
  • Disaster Recovery: Led annual DR simulations, improving recovery times and ensuring business continuity.
  • Cost Optimization: Used AWS Cost Explorer to optimize cloud expenditure and improve resource utilization.
  • Networking: Hardened VPC security with Security Groups and NACLs, reducing vulnerabilities by 50%.
  • Analytics Infrastructure: Supported AWS Glue and Tableau; managed Tableau Server on Linux including upgrades and patching.
  • Governance & Compliance: Ensured CIS, NIST, and SOC2 compliance via Trend Vision One Cloud Posture management.
  • Threat Detection: Enhanced risk mitigation by configuring Trend Micro Vision One for advanced threat detection.
  • Architecture Reviews: Involved in AWS Well-Architected reviews and implemented improvements to boost performance.
  • SAP on AWS: Supported SAP ECC, SAP ASCS, and SAP DMS workloads on AWS.
  • WAF Implementation: Implemented AWS WAF using AWS Security Automations solution, enabling automated deployment of WAF rules, IP reputation lists, and anomaly detection.
  • WAF Migration: Migrated legacy WAF configurations to AWS-managed rule sets, ensuring consistent protection against OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities while reducing manual intervention.
  • Automated Remediation: Automated remediation workflows for malicious requests, improving incident response time by 40% and reducing operational overhead.
  • Mentored junior team members in best practices for technology use, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
  • Developed network and database security for monitoring and alerting of potential threats.
  • Prompt Engineering: Applied prompt refinement techniques to assist in drafting technical documentation, reducing drafting time by ~30%.
  • LLM-Assisted Scripting: Leveraged LLM-based scripting ("vibe coding") to prototype infrastructure templates more efficiently.
  • GenAI Learning: Pursued structured learning on GenAI foundations—prompt design, LLM behavior, and toolkits—to stay at the forefront of AI trends.

Senior Technical Lead

HCL Technologies
06.2016 - 08.2018
  • Administered Linux servers (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS) ensuring high availability and performance.
  • Provided application support and resolved production issues.
  • Automated system administration tasks with Bash scripting
  • Configured security policies, firewalls, and access controls to harden Linux environments.
  • Collaborated with development teams for deployments and resource optimization.

System Engineer L2

Adecco (Deputed in HCL)
01.2016 - 06.2016
  • Managed Linux servers and application support environments.
  • Resolved server-related issues ensuring minimal downtime.

System Administrator

Carmatec
03.2015 - 01.2016
  • Managed web hosting environments including domain setup, DNS, SSL configuration, and performance tuning.
  • Administered Linux servers (RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS).

System Engineer

Diya Systems
08.2012 - 07.2014
  • Administered Linux servers and web hosting environments.
  • Managed domain configuration, DNS management, SSL, and server tuning.

Education

BTECH -

AWH Engineering College
06.2008

Skills

    Cloud infrastructure management and Devops

  • Cloud Computing (AWS) Cloud Architecture Cloud Networking CI/CD CodeBuild CodePipeline CloudFormation Terraform Serverless Computing Cloud Database Management Disaster Recovery AWS Glue EC2 CloudFront Lambda AWS Elastic Container ServiceSES RDS S3

    • System Administration and Monitoring

  • Administration Linux AWS CLI Bash Python (basic) Performance Optimization Veritas Backup Tableau SonarQube Nexus Cloudwatch EventBridge SNS CloudTrail AWS Cost Explorer Systems Manager (SSM)

    Cloud security management

  • Cloud Identity and Access Management (IAM) Cloud Compliance AWS Well-Architected Framework Trend Micro Vision One Cloud Governance Config Security Hub Inspector Macie GuardDuty WAF KMS CloudTrail

    • GenAI & AI Tools:

  • Prompt Engineering Large Language Models (LLMs) Vibe Coding GenAI Frameworks (eg, LangChain, Hugging Face) Ethical AI awareness

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect Professional (Validation Number W567KLY28EBE1WCS)
  • AWS Certified SysOps Administrator Associate (Validation Number WXNBXSKK5BB4155X)

Timeline

Infra Technology Specialist | SeniorCloud Engineer

Cognizant Technology Solution (CTS)
08.2018 - Current

Senior Technical Lead

HCL Technologies
06.2016 - 08.2018

System Engineer L2

Adecco (Deputed in HCL)
01.2016 - 06.2016

System Administrator

Carmatec
03.2015 - 01.2016

System Engineer

Diya Systems
08.2012 - 07.2014

BTECH -

AWH Engineering College

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