Navin Sunny
Bangalore
Summary
Technical lead with extensive experience at Avalara Pvt Ltd, specializing in cloud-native fintech solutions utilizing AWS and Kubernetes. Achieved a 40% reduction in incident triage through expertise in Terraform and CI/CD practices. Proven ability to mentor teams and improve operational efficiency via innovative automation and observability strategies.
Overview
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1
Certification
13
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Technical Lead
Avalara Pvt Ltd
Pune
06.2024 - Current
- Architected an AI-driven operational intelligence platform combining Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, CrewAI, and Slack automation, reducing incident triage effort by 40%.
- Led platform engineering initiatives supporting cloud-native fintech applications on AWS and Kubernetes.
- Defined infrastructure standards, deployment strategies, and observability practices to enhance consistency across engineering teams.
- Designed and implemented GitLab CI/CD platform enhancements improving deployment reliability and developer productivity.
- Developed Terraform governance and drift-detection frameworks to strengthen infrastructure compliance and enhance operational visibility.
- Mentored engineers in Kubernetes operations, Terraform best practices, and cloud-native platform design to elevate team capabilities.
- Tech Stack: Gitlab, Cursor, Grafana, Loki, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Terraform, Python, Go, n8n, AWS
Senior DevOps Engineer
Elsevier BV
Amsterdam
10.2022 - 04.2024
- Oversaw technical ownership of DevOps and platform engineering initiatives for Embase platform used by global research and healthcare customers.
- Collaborated with distributed engineering teams to enhance platform reliability and streamline deployment processes.
- Led cloud cost optimization initiatives across AWS infrastructure, reducing spend by 10-15%.
- Defined Kubernetes operational standards and supported large-scale self-hosted cluster environments.
- Implemented observability and monitoring enhancements with New Relic and OpenSearch, increasing production visibility and accelerating incident response.
- Implemented monitoring automation and integrated systems with New Relic.
- Developed Terraform-based infrastructure delivery processes enabling repeatable and scalable environment provisioning.
- Tech Stack: Github, ELK, OpenSearch, RDS, AWS ECS, AWS EKS, New Relic
Site Reliability Engineer
Avalara Pvt Ltd
Pune
05.2021 - 10.2022
- Designed and developed cloud-native infrastructure, facilitating seamless platform migration.
- Automated GitLab CI/CD monitoring, enhancing reliability of ECS deployments.
- Managed Kubernetes workloads on AWS EKS.
- Converted legacy application infrastructure to Terraform-based IaC, streamlining management and deployment processes.
- Built serverless solutions using Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFront, S3, and EventBridge.
- Tech Stack: Gitlab, Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Terraform, Go, Cloud Custodian, Stacklet
Senior DevOps Engineer
Trimble Inc
Chennai
04.2019 - 05.2021
- Automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, streamlining complex operations to enable deployment with one FTE.
- Dockerized applications and deployed them on AWS ECS.
- Built event-driven infrastructure using AWS MSK (Kafka).
- Designed high-availability infrastructure featuring NGINX-based security controls to enhance system resilience.
- Implemented disaster recovery infrastructure using Terraform to ensure business continuity.
- Tech Stack: Jenkins, Cloudwatch, Sumo Logic, Terraform, AWS ECS, DataDog, Ansible
DevOps Engineer
Global Analytics
Chennai
09.2017 - 04.2019
- Employed Jenkins, Cloudwatch, Sumologic, Terraform, AWS ECS, and Ansible for streamlined project workflows and enhanced deployment processes.
- Implemented CI/CD with Jenkins and automated routine tasks with Bash.
- Managed ELB, EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, Route53, and Lambda environments to ensure reliable infrastructure performance.
- Developed fault-tolerant AWS infrastructure for improving uptime to 99.999%.
- Led Linux administration and backup operations to maintain system availability and data integrity.
- Implemented ELK stack for centralized logging.
Systems Engineer
Amulya Infotech
01.2015 - 12.2017
- Developed system architectures to enhance operational efficiency and performance.
- Administered Linux, managed VMware ESX, automated processes, and operated data center.
- Managed software installations and configuration for diverse client environments.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot system issues effectively.
Data Center Analyst
HCL Technologies
01.2014 - 12.2014
- Monitored data center performance and availability for optimal operations.
- Monitored data center operations, performed server health checks, managed assets, and reported to stakeholders.
- Managed server configurations and ensured system integrity across platforms.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to resolve technical issues efficiently.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
CIET
Coimbatore, India01-2013
Skills
- AWS services (EC2, VPC, EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, MSK, OpenSearch, S3, IAM)
- Container orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Infrastructure as code (Terraform)
- CI/CD tools (GitLab CI, Jenkins)
- Monitoring tools
- Containerization (Docker)
- Cloud cost optimization
- Event-driven architecture (KEDA)
- Configuration management (Ansible)
- Scripting languages (Bash, Python, Go)
- Secrets management (Vault)
- Security best practices
- Continuous testing
- DevOps automation
- Package management (Helm)
- Version control (GitHub)
- Cloud compliance (AWS Config)
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner
Technical Skills
AWS (EC2, VPC, EKS, Lambda, CloudWatch, MSK, OpenSearch, S3, IAM), Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, KEDA, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, GitHub, Grafana, Prometheus, Loki, Datadog, New Relic, OpenSearch, Bash, Python, Golang, Vault, WAF (ModSecurity, Incapsula), DR automation, Sonar Qube, CrewAI, Cursor, Amazon Bedrock, RAG, n8n, Stacklet, kubecost, AWS Config
Leadership Highlights
- Led platform engineering initiatives across AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD, observability, and infrastructure automation for ORL
- Partnered with engineering, security, and product teams to define infrastructure standards and operational best practices.
- Mentored DevOps and SRE engineers on cloud-native architecture, Terraform, Kubernetes, and operational excellence.
- Drove adoption of AI-assisted operational workflows reducing manual effort and accelerating incident resolution.
- Influenced and led architecture review decisions for highly available and scalable enterprise platforms.
Timeline
Technical Lead
Avalara Pvt Ltd
06.2024 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer
Elsevier BV
10.2022 - 04.2024
Site Reliability Engineer
Avalara Pvt Ltd
05.2021 - 10.2022
Senior DevOps Engineer
Trimble Inc
04.2019 - 05.2021
DevOps Engineer
Global Analytics
09.2017 - 04.2019
Systems Engineer
Amulya Infotech
01.2015 - 12.2017
Data Center Analyst
HCL Technologies
01.2014 - 12.2014
Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication
CIET