Prabakaran P
Infra / Cloud Technology Specialist
Bangalore,Karnataka
Summary
Sr. Infra / Cloud / DevOps Engineer with 12 years of experience managing large scale multi-cloud and Onprem Server architect. Proven expertise in Kubernetes on AWS, Terraform on AWS & GCP, and CI/CD automation. Successfully operated and optimized 15,000+ production servers, ensuring high availability, security and disaster recovery readiness. Hands-on experience across Linux platforms, Loadbalancing, monitoring. Passionate about Infrastructure automation using Shell and Python scripts, continuous improvement and effective cross-team collaboration through Jira and Confluence.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
3
3
Certification
Work History
Infra/Cloud Technology Specialist
Cognizant Information Technology Solutions Private Limited
Bangalore
01.2023 - Current
- Designed and build Prod, Non-Prod Kubernetes (EKS) cluster on AWS, deploying containerized microservices with Secure networking, RBAC, secrets, pod security controls and secure Ingress traffic.
- Architect and managed scalable infrastructure on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Terraform, Ansible and Jenkins (CI/CD) for automated infra provisioning and deployed applications in VM based environments.
- Secured the secrets and credentials using HashiCorp Vault, enforcing access policies and inject during the deployment for enhanced security.
- Managed for distribute application artifacts using Jfrog Artifactory supporting controlled traceable release process.
- Implemented observability and monitoring infra behaviours using Elasticsearch, Kibana and integrate alerts with PagerDuty for incident response.
- Manage and document DevOps processes and knowledge base using Jira for issue tracking and Confluence for collaboration.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to optimize infrastructure reliability, scalability, and cost-efficiency through automation and best practices.
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Zoho Corporation Private Limited
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
12.2017 - 01.2023
- Managed and operated 15,000+ Linux servers (CenOS, Debian, FreeBSD) across physical and KVM-based virtual environments, ensuring high availability, scalability and performance.
- Design, customize and maintained standardized OS Images using Cobbler, enabling automated and server provisioning across Zoho's private cloud.
- Build and managed KVM virtual infrastructure, supporting SaaS deployments and efficient resource utilization.
- Secure and control Ingress and Egress networking traffic, working closely with NOC teams to ensure network stability, performance and fast incident resolutions.
- Architect and operated L7-LB (Nginx) and L4-LB(Keepalived, IPVS) to support high traffic, fault-tolerant SaaS platform with zero downtime.
- Manage SSL/TLS offloading, certificate lifecycle and automated cert renewals, ensuring secure compliant communication across services.
- Configure and maintain systems using Puppet and Foreman, enforcing configuration consistence, compliance, and infrastructure standardization.
- Architect and operate MySQL Clusters (2-node & 3-node clusters) with DR active-active replicas, Redis clusters.
- Manage core DNS records (NS, A, CNAME, TXT, MX, PTR).
- Actively member of implement DR Runbooks and execute DR drills.
- Led Infrastructure knowledge sharing sessions, documented best practices in Confluence, and collaborated via Jira to streamline DevOps workflows and team efficiency.
System & Network Engineer
ThinkSynQ Solutions LLC
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
03.2016 - 12.2017
- Managed and maintained a infrastructure of 500+ physical and virtual Linux servers across multiple distributions including RHEL, Ubuntu, Debian, and CentOS.
- Prod applications deployed and administering cloud-based Linux environments on AWS (EC2, Route53, VPC, S3), ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Skilled in configuring and securing network infrastructure using FortiGate firewalls, D-Link/HP switches, VLAN creation and managed, and network isolation techniques.
- Experienced in setting up and managing Apache Tomcat and Nginx web servers with SSL/TLS termination for secure application delivery.
- Implemented and maintained MySQL database clusters with high availability using built-in replication features.
Server Administrator
Inginerie Technologies
Chennai, Tamil Nadu
03.2014 - 03.2016
- Installing & updating the ETM's Patch and troubleshooting HHD machines.
- IP Address Configuring, Static and Dynamic & Accessing remote system through SSH.
- Troubleshooting network connectivity using ping, ifconfig, netcat, route, ethtool.etc.
- Installing software and applications with respected user's standards.
- Managing and maintaining the servers, modem, routers & switches.
- Responsible for installing system OS in various sites.
- Have experience in Network configuration modem installation & system administration.
- Manage Firewall production & system user accounts management assets.
- Track and monitor the central server activities and update server problems to the technical support team.
Education
B.Tech - Information Technology
Karpagam College of Engineering
01.2013
DCT - Diploma in Computer Technology
Maruthi Polytechnic College
01.2011
Skills
- Container Orchestration - Kubernetes(EKS, GKE, Docker)
- Infrastructure as code tool - Terraform
- Cloud Technology - AWS, GCP
- CI/CD Tools - Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, JFrog,
- Version Control & Secrets - GitHub, Helm, Vault
- Configuration Management Tools - Ansible, Puppet
- Monitoring & Observability - Elasticsearch, Pagerduty, Prometheus & Grafana
- Operating Systems -Linux - Redhat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian
- Deployments - CICD-Driven
- Scripting Language - Python, Shell Scripts
- AI / GenAI - OpenAI, GitHub Copilot, AI-Assisted Incident Analysis
- Team Collaboration and Documentation - Jira, Confluence
Certification
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- Hashi Corp Certified Terraform Associate(A-003)
- ITIL Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management
- RHCE Course completed
Languages
Tamil
English
Telugu
Timeline
Infra/Cloud Technology Specialist
Cognizant Information Technology Solutions Private Limited
01.2023 - Current
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Zoho Corporation Private Limited
12.2017 - 01.2023
System & Network Engineer
ThinkSynQ Solutions LLC
03.2016 - 12.2017
Server Administrator
Inginerie Technologies
03.2014 - 03.2016
B.Tech - Information Technology
Karpagam College of Engineering
DCT - Diploma in Computer Technology
Maruthi Polytechnic College