MONIKA KUMARI

• As part of Ping Identity’s DevTools and Platform Engineering organization, I lead initiatives at the intersection of AI-driven automation, DevOps transformation, and Site Reliability Engineering across a multi-tenant cloud ecosystem.
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  My focus is on driving Operational Excellence, Developer Productivity , Platform Reliability, and Security Automation at scale through modern Engineering Practices and cross-functional collaboration.
  
  Core Expertise: Cloud Architecture (AWS EKS/RDS) · DevSecOps · Kubernetes · CI/CD Strategy · Developer Productivity · Security Engineering · Engineering LeadershipAs part of Ping Identity’s DevTools and Platform Engineering organization, I lead initiatives at the intersection of AI-driven automation, DevOps transformation, and Site Reliability Engineering across a multi-tenant cloud ecosystem. My focus is on driving Operational Excellence, Developer Productivity , Platform Reliability, and Security Automation at scale through modern Engineering Practices and cross-functional collaboration. Core Expertise: Cloud Architecture (AWS EKS/RDS) · DevSecOps · Kubernetes · CI/CD Strategy · Developer Productivity · Security Engineering · Engineering Leadership
• Skills: Identity and Access Management (IAM) · Site Reliability Engineering · DevOps · Team Leadership · Security Management

- Owned platform reliability and SRE transformation across global business units.
- Managed production Kubernetes (AKS) platforms including lifecycle, upgrades, RBAC, and availability.
- Defined and implemented SLOs/SLIs, reducing incident recurrence and improving MTTR.
- Designed and governed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, Terraform, Helm, and Ansible.
- Implemented HA/DR strategies across cloud and hybrid environments.
- Built observability platforms enabling proactive alerting and faster incident response.
- Led incident response, RCA, and post-incident reviews.
- Automated operational workflows using Python and Shell.
- Managed Kafka platforms including DR, security, and monitoring.
- Mentored engineers and acted as senior escalation point.

- Implemented enterprise CI/CD pipelines for regulated clients including VisaNet.
- Designed highly available Kubernetes-based microservices platforms.
- Automated infrastructure and deployments using Jenkins, Git, Ansible, and Terraform.

- Led CI/CD and automation initiatives for enterprise clients.
- Designed Jenkins architectures and automated infrastructure provisioning.
- Supported cloud migration and monitoring initiatives.