Mohit Mishra
Greater Noida
Summary
A CKA-certified and GitOps-certified professional with 9+ years of experience in performance testing, Kubernetes, and cloud-native application deployments within Telco Cloud and BSS/OCS domains. Proven hands-on expertise in GitOps-based application deployment using tools like Flux, and CI/CD pipelines leveraging Jenkins and Spinnaker. Extensive experience deploying and integrating Online Charging System (OCS) applications across multiple platforms including Ericsson Cloud Container Platform, AWS EKS, VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG), and OpenShift. Strong practical exposure to multiple Kubernetes distributions, NFVi, Container-as-a-Service platforms, and cloud-native architectures, enabling scalable, resilient, and automated deployments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Senior Solution Integrator
Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.
Noida
06.2021 - Current
- Part of the Platform Certification Team, responsible for deploying, integrating, and certifying OCS applications across multiple platforms including Ericsson Cloud Container Distribution, VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG), AWS EKS, and Red Hat OpenShift.
- Performed cloud-native microservices application deployments and integrations using CI/CD pipelines built on Jenkins and Spinnaker, enabling automated, repeatable, and reliable releases.
- Implemented GitOps-based deployment workflows using Flux CD and GitLab, ensuring declarative, version-controlled, and auditable application deployments on Kubernetes clusters.
- Performed end-to-end application lifecycle management, including deployment, upgrade, rollback, and termination of cloud-native OCS applications across multiple Kubernetes platforms, ensuring high availability, controlled releases, and operational stability.
- Hands-on experience in deploying Kubernetes distributions, including Ericsson Cloud Container Distribution, on VM-based infrastructure, covering cluster setup, configuration, and lifecycle management.
Delivered application deployments across multiple infrastructure models, including:
Container-based platforms
VMware ESXi
KVM-based environments
Bare-metal deployments
using OVFs and platform-specific provisioning mechanisms. - Conducted application performance testing, robustness testing, and stability testing to validate scalability, resilience, and long-running behavior of cloud-native OCS workloads in production-like environments.
- Implemented custom application monitoring dashboards using Prometheus and Grafana for real-time metrics and performance analysis.
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Viavi Solutions
Gurugram
02.2020 - 06.2021
- Worked as part of the Global Support Team, delivering application deployment, upgrade, and operational support for Location Intelligence solutions deployed across global telecom operators.
- Led end-to-end application upgrades, including pre-upgrade planning, execution, validation, and post-upgrade stabilization, ensuring minimal downtime and service continuity.
- Successfully executed production rollouts and upgrades for 25+ global telecom leaders across 20+ countries, supporting geographically distributed and mission-critical environments.
- Acted as the primary upgrade support engineer, handling complex upgrade scenarios, configuration changes, and issue resolution during and after releases.
- Collaborated closely with global customers, engineering, and operations teams to troubleshoot deployment issues, resolve incidents, and ensure SLA compliance.
- Provided post-deployment and post-upgrade support, including health checks, performance validation, and customer handover, contributing to improved platform stability and customer satisfaction.
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies
Noida
12.2018 - 01.2020
- Worked as a Software Engineer responsible for build and release management, supporting reliable software delivery to end customers.
- Managed and maintained build and release servers, enabling CI/CD workflows for application development and deployments.
- Implemented and supported CI and CD pipelines using Bitbucket as the source code repository, ensuring version-controlled, traceable, and automated builds.
- Coordinated and executed software releases to production and customer environments, managing artifacts, release versions, and deployment readiness.
Assistant Engineer
Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.
Noida
09.2016 - 11.2018
- Part of the 2nd Level Assurance Team, responsible for advanced application and network troubleshooting to resolve production incidents and ensure high service availability.
- Performed application and server maintenance during approved maintenance windows, strictly following change management processes and minimizing customer impact.
- Executed comprehensive Linux system administration, including:
Logical Volume Management (LVM) – volume creation, extension, resizing, and filesystem management
Network & interface management – configuration and troubleshooting of network interfaces, routing, and connectivity
User & group administration, file system and permission management
Process monitoring & service management, system health checks
Log analysis, resource utilization monitoring, and basic performance tuning - Managed backup and recovery operations, including scheduled backups, validation, and data restoration during failure scenarios.
- Performed application upgrades with defined fallback/rollback strategies, ensuring service continuity and post-upgrade stability.
- Handled configuration management for applications and servers, ensuring environment consistency, audit readiness, and compliance.
- Coordinated with L1 support, network teams, and vendors to resolve complex incidents, perform root cause analysis (RCA), and prevent recurrence.
Education
B.Tech - Electrical & Electronics
Galgotia's College of Engineering & Technology
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University07-2016
Senior Secondary -
Somerville School
Greater Noida05-2011
Secondary School -
Somerville School
Greater Noida05-2009
Skills
- Docker and Kubernetes
- GitOps using Flux CD and Gitlab
- CI/CD pipeline implementation
- Prometheus and Grafana
- Linux/Unix Administration
- Cloud-native applications
- Helm-based manifest deployment
- AWS
Certification
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Timeline
Senior Solution Integrator
Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2021 - Current
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Viavi Solutions
02.2020 - 06.2021
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies
12.2018 - 01.2020
Assistant Engineer
Ericsson India Pvt. Ltd.
09.2016 - 11.2018
B.Tech - Electrical & Electronics
Galgotia's College of Engineering & Technology
Senior Secondary -
Somerville School
Secondary School -
Somerville School