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Nirmalkumar Selvaraj

Devops & Cloud Engineer
Coimbatore,TN

Summary

Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 10 years of experience in designing, deploying, and managing secure, scalable infrastructure across GCP, AWS, Azure, and on-prem environments. Strong expertise in Kubernetes (GKE, AKS), Terraform (GCP), CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions and Jenkins, and Linux system administration. Proven experience supporting global clients with cloud security, FortiGate firewall management, monitoring, and data-intensive platforms including Sisense, Kafka, Elasticsearch, and Scrapy-based pipelines.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Senior Cloud & DevOps Enginee

Datinfi Pvt Ltd
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
10.2017 - 11.2025

Client Project: Flixmedia, UK.
Role: GCP Cloud, Kubernetes (GKE), and Security DevOps Engineer.

  • Designed, provisioned, and maintained GCP infrastructure using Terraform, including VPCs, subnets, firewall rules, IAM service accounts, Compute Engine VMs, and GKE clusters.
  • Created and managed Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters; deployed and supported Sisense analytics platform on Kubernetes.
  • Containerized and deployed Scrapy-based data ingestion applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, automating build, image creation, and Kubernetes deployments.
  • Administered FortiGate firewall, managing NAT/VIP rules, HTTPS policies, VPN configuration, and IP whitelisting.
  • Performed security patching and OS updates on Linux virtual machines to meet compliance and vulnerability standards.
    Implemented IAM, RBAC, and network security policies for cloud and Kubernetes workloads.
  • Configured monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and GCP Monitoring to ensure high availability.
  • Environment: GCP, Terraform, GKE, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Linux, FortiGate, Sisense, Scrapy, IAM, VPC, Prometheus, Grafana.

Client Project: The Sole Supplier – UK
Role: AWS Cloud and DevOps Engineer.

  • Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure using EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, IAM, Route 53, and Auto Scaling.
  • Deployed and supported Kafka, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and Dremio on EC2 instances.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines for application deployments using GitHub Actions and Jenkins.'
  • Managed multi-node data platforms, including Kafka, Elasticsearch, MongoDB, and Dremio, on EC2.
  • Configured DNS routing and traffic management using Route 53.
    Established monitoring, backup, and disaster recovery strategies to ensure system reliability.
  • Optimized AWS resources for performance, scalability, and cost efficiency.
  • Environment: AWS, EC2, S3, EBS, RDS, Route 53, Linux, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, MongoDB, Kafka, Elasticsearch.

Internal Projects: Datinfi (Own Products)
Role: DevOps and Cloud Engineer;
Platforms: Hetzner (On-Prem), GCP, AWS, Azure.

  • Built and managed on-premises Kubernetes clusters on Hetzner for production workloads.
  • Created and administered Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, and deployed Scrapy-based applications using GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines.
  • Automated container build and deployment workflows across GKE and AKS environments.
  • Deployed containerized applications, including React UI, Python APIs, MongoDB, Kafka, and Elasticsearch.
  • Managed Linux servers, SSH access, system hardening, monitoring, and backups.
  • Integrated centralized logging and analytics using Elasticsearch and Kibana.
  • Environment: Hetzner, AKS, GKE, Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Linux, MongoDB, Kafka, Elasticsearch, Azure, GCP, AWS.

Devops & Bigdata Engineer

Duratech Solutions
Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu
01.2015 - 9 2017
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines integrated with Git for continuous application delivery.
  • Administered Linux servers, managing system security, performance tuning, and user access.
  • Supported Big Data platforms including Hadoop, Hive, Sqoop, Pig, Flume, and Zeppelin.
  • Implemented logging and analytics solutions using Elasticsearch and Kibana for real time insights.
  • Supported Azure cloud deployments, including VM provisioning, storage management,and application hosting.
  • Actively contributed to establishing DevOps best practices and culture within the organization

Education

Master of Science - Information Technology

Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya College Of Arts And Science
Coimbatore
03.2012 - 04.2014

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Bharathiar University Distance
Coimbatore
07.2008 - 04.2012

HSC -

Government Boys Higher Secondary School B.Mallapuram

Skills

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Microsoft Azure

Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform (GCP)

GitHub Actions

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

Linux (Ubuntu,CentOS,RHEL,Amazon Linux)

Bash

Python

MongoDB

MySQL

PostgreSQL

BigQuery

Redshift

S3

GCS

EBS

Kafka

Elasticsearch

Dremio

Sisense

Scrapy

Metabase

Prometheus

Grafana

CloudWatch

GCP Monitoring

Kibana

IAM

RBAC

FortiGate Firewall

SSL

DNS

VPC

Networking

Personal Qualifications

Master of Science in Information Technology from Bharathiar University.

Timeline

Senior Cloud & DevOps Enginee

Datinfi Pvt Ltd
10.2017 - 11.2025

Devops & Bigdata Engineer

Duratech Solutions
01.2015 - 9 2017

Master of Science - Information Technology

Shri Nehru Maha Vidyalaya College Of Arts And Science
03.2012 - 04.2014

Bachelor of Science - Information Technology

Bharathiar University Distance
07.2008 - 04.2012

HSC -

Government Boys Higher Secondary School B.Mallapuram
Nirmalkumar SelvarajDevops & Cloud Engineer