NANDAKUMAR K
Chennai
Summary
Results-oriented Azure Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 2+ years’ hands-on experience in cloud administration, CI/CD automation, infrastructure provisioning, and monitoring. Skilled in Azure services, DevOps tools, scripting, networking, and containerization. Proven track record in optimizing deployments, reducing operational issues, and strengthening cloud security (RBAC, IAM, Key Vault). Experienced in large-scale migrations, incident resolution, and environment provisioning using Terraform and pipelines.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Hotfoot Company
06.2025 - Current
- Build and maintain DevOps pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins improving deployment frequency by 30%.
- Automate operational tasks using PowerShell/Bash, reducing manual intervention by ~40%.
- Manage Azure workloads including VMs, Storage Accounts, Backup Vault, NSGs, and Routing.
- Administer AWS services including EC2, S3, RDS for hybrid environments.
- Configure SSL, reverse proxy, DNS & Nginx for secure application delivery.
- Monitor production workloads using Azure Monitor, Datadog & New Relic improving uptime.
- Deploy and manage containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes/EKS.
- Participate in incident response, RCA documentation and critical issue resolution.
Windows Administrator
Trimble Inc
12.2023 - 03.2024
- Migrated critical on-prem workloads to Azure with zero data loss and
- Implemented identity-based access using Azure AD & SSO logins.
- Maintained patch compliance and security standards across virtual machines.
- Optimized cloud resources leading to monthly cost reduction.
Associate DevOps Engineer
SecureKloud Technologies Ltd
05.2022 - 11.2023
- Designed network isolation models using VNet peerings, NSG rules & VPN gateways.
- Led Azure Blob Storage migration (50+ TB data) with parallel sync & checksum validation.
- Automated Azure Backup Center reporting and cleanup scripts reducing unused backups.
- Integrated observability using New Relic dashboards and Datadog alerts.
- Managed CI/CD pipelines enabling automated build, security scan & deployment.
- Configured Azure WAF and routing policies to mitigate external threats.
- Client: Trimble Inc
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Saveetha Engineering College
Chennai01.2019
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: Azure
- Cloud Platforms: AWS
- CI/CD Tools: Azure DevOps
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins
- CI/CD Tools: Git
- CI/CD Tools: GitHub
- Infra Automation: Terraform
- Infra Automation: Ansible
- Containers & Orchestration: Docker
- Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS)
- Admin & OS: Linux
- Admin & OS: Windows Server
- Admin & OS: Hyper-V
- Scripting: PowerShell
- Scripting: Bash
- Scripting: Python
- Security & Governance: RBAC
- Security & Governance: Azure AD
- Security & Governance: Azure Key Vault
- Security & Governance: WAF
- Security & Governance: SSL
- Security & Governance: IAM
- Networking: VNet
- Networking: Load Balancer
- Networking: VPN Gateway
- Networking: NSG
- Networking: Application Gateway
- Databases & Storage: Blob Storage
- Databases & Storage: S3
- Databases & Storage: MySQL/MariaDB
- Monitoring & Logging: Azure Monitor
- Monitoring & Logging: Datadog
- Monitoring & Logging: New Relic
- Monitoring & Logging: Log Analytics
Certification
Microsoft Certified – Azure Administrator Associate, AZ-104, Previously Held / Expired
Languages
English
Tamil
Hindi
Experience
2.5+ Years Experience
Personal Information
Title: Azure Cloud & DevOps Engineer
Core Technical Skills
Azure, AWS, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Linux, Windows Server, Hyper-V, PowerShell, Bash, Python, RBAC, Azure AD, Azure Key Vault, WAF, SSL, IAM, VNet, Load Balancer, VPN Gateway, NSG, Application Gateway, Blob Storage, S3, MySQL/MariaDB, Azure Monitor, Datadog, New Relic, Log Analytics
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Hotfoot Company
06.2025 - Current
Windows Administrator
Trimble Inc
12.2023 - 03.2024
Associate DevOps Engineer
SecureKloud Technologies Ltd
05.2022 - 11.2023
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Saveetha Engineering College