Rajeev Kumar
DevOps Lead
Noida,UP
Summary
Critical thinking DevOps Engineer with extensive understanding of high availability architecture and concepts. Purpose-driven professional with capacity to be strong team player plus work effectively independently.
Having 10+ years of experience in the same.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
13
13
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Languages
Work History
Lead DevOps Engineer
Barco
09.2022 - Current
- AWS: EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, CloudFormation, ECS, EKS, Route 53, CloudWatch, SQS, SNS, DR Activity, and Cost Optimization.
- Azure: Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, AKS, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, Azure Functions, Azure Networking, Azure AD, Azure Front Door, App Gateway, Load Balancer.
- Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.
- Containerization and Orchestration: Kubernetes, Helm, ACR, ECR, JFrog Artifactory, Canary and Blue/Green Deployment, ArgoCD, Kubeflow.
- IaC Tools: Terraform, Terragrunt, and CloudFormation.
- CI/CD Platforms: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps Pipeline.
- Team leadership and mentorship: guiding, coaching, and developing junior engineers.
- Communication: Excellent written and verbal communication, and the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- Designed and implemented containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes, improving resource utilization and management.
- Problem-Solving and Troubleshooting: Strong analytical skills, root cause analysis, and incident management.
- Automated manual tasks through scripting languages such as Python or Shell, boosting team productivity levels.
- Monitoring Systems: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Kibana, ELK, Thanos, Azure Monitoring, CloudWatch, PagerDuty, and Opsgenie.
- Scripting and Programming: Python, Go (Golang), Bash/Shell Scripting.
- Networking: DNS, Load Balancing (L4/L7), VPN, Firewalls, Subnetting, Routing, Linkerd, and Ingress Controllers.
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, Amazon RDS, Azure SQL Database, MongoDB, Cassandra, Redis.
- Security Tools: Vulnerability scanning (Clair), Static Application Security Testing (SAST), Dynamic Application Security Testing (DAST), Secrets Management (Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, Azure Key Vault), and IAM best practices.
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Sprinklr
11.2019 - 09.2022
- Designs, deploys, and manages Kubernetes clusters in AWS and Azure, ensuring high availability, security, and performance optimization for applications.
- Implements cost optimization strategies, leveraging autoscaling, right-sizing, and resource tagging to reduce cloud expenses while maintaining performance and reliability.
- Enhances security by enforcing best practices, IAM policies, network segmentation, and compliance standards across AWS and Azure cloud environments.
- Uses Terraform and Ansible for infrastructure provisioning and automation, ensuring scalable, repeatable, and secure deployments across cloud platforms.
- Optimizes application performance by fine-tuning Kubernetes workloads, Redis caching, and database configurations for minimal latency, and high efficiency.
- Manages autoscaling configurations for compute, databases, and applications, ensuring optimal resource utilization under varying traffic and workload conditions.
- Monitors and troubleshoots infrastructure and applications using observability tools, ensuring resilience, uptime, and proactive issue resolution.
- Collaborates with development teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, streamlining deployments, and improving delivery speed without compromising security.
DevOps Engineer
Rivigo
12.2018 - 11.2019
- Implemented a DevOps strategy that improved system reliability and reduced time to market.
- Developed a DevOps pipeline that allowed for rapid deployments, with minimal downtime.
- Developed a DevOps strategy that increased the speed and reliability of application deployment.
- Utilized DevOps practices to automate deployment processes, and improve system reliability.
DevOps Engineer
Paytm
03.2018 - 12.2018
- Implements cost optimization strategies by analyzing resource usage, enabling autoscaling, and leveraging reserved instances to reduce AWS cloud expenses.
- Automates infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring scalable, consistent, and secure deployments across AWS environments.
- Monitors and optimizes cloud resources, implementing right-sizing techniques, and cost allocation strategies to improve efficiency and reduce waste.
- Manages infrastructure as code, streamlining deployments, minimizing manual intervention, and maintaining version-controlled environments for reliability and scalability.
- Collaborates with teams to enhance CI/CD pipelines, integrating automated provisioning, and cost-effective resource management for seamless deployments.
AWS Cloud Engineer
IBM
02.2015 - 03.2018
- Manages AWS cloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, VPC, and IAM, ensuring security, availability, and cost efficiency across environments.
- Implements automation using Terraform and Ansible, streamlining provisioning, configuration management, and scaling of cloud resources for operational efficiency.
- Monitors system performance using CloudWatch, optimizing resource utilization, troubleshooting issues, and ensuring high availability of applications and services.
- Configures and manages security policies, including IAM roles, security groups, and compliance controls, to protect cloud environments from threats.
- Oversees backup, disaster recovery, and data lifecycle management in AWS, ensuring business continuity, and minimal data loss risks.
Education
B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Gurukul Kangri University
Haridwar, India 04.2001 - 04.2014
Skills
Kubernetes-EKS/AKS,KEDA,HPA/VPA ,CRDs, Helm,Cert-Manager,Kubeflow,Linkerd
ArgoCD and CICD, Rollout,Pipeline,Jenkins
Ansible & Terraform,CloudFormation, Terragrunt
Linux , RHCE, RHCSA, Cloud Security
Performance Optimization & Cost Optimization
AWS, Azure, Networking
Scripting, Python
Redis,Mongo,SQL,Keycloak,Vault
Timeline
Lead DevOps Engineer
Barco
09.2022 - Current
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Sprinklr
11.2019 - 09.2022
DevOps Engineer
Rivigo
12.2018 - 11.2019
DevOps Engineer
Paytm
03.2018 - 12.2018
AWS Cloud Engineer
IBM
02.2015 - 03.2018
B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Gurukul Kangri University
04.2001 - 04.2014