RAKESH KUMAR
DevOps Engineer | Linux System Administrator
Noida
Summary
DevOps Engineer with 11+ years of IT experience (3+ years in DevOps, 5+ years in Linux Administration). Skilled in automating cloud infrastructure, building CI/CD pipelines, and containerizing applications for scalable deployments on AWS. Proven ability to reduce cloud costs (up to 30%) and improve system availability (to 99.95%). Adept at collaborating with cross functional teams to deliver reliable, secure, and cost-optimized systems.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
Languages
Work History
Technical Specialist (DevOps Engineer)
HCL Tech
10.2023 - Current
- Designed and managed Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for Node.js and Java microservices, reducing deployment times by 60%.
- Containerized applications with Docker and deployed on AWS EKS (Kubernetes).
- Automated EC2 and Kubernetes node configuration using Ansible playbooks.
- Developed Terraform modules to provision AWS VPC, EC2, RDS, and S3 resources.
- Integrated Prometheus and Grafana, increasing system visibility and proactive issue detection.
- Reduced AWS monthly costs by 30% using spot/reserved instances and Lambda-based idle resource detection.
Senior Linux Administrator
Wipro Ltd
04.2018 - 10.2023
- Managed 1000+ Linux servers across production and QA environments.
- Automated server provisioning and patching using Ansible and custom shell scripts.
- Supported DevOps adoption by building Docker images for internal applications.
- Configured and maintained Apache/Nginx web servers, cron jobs, backups, and basic AWS resources.
- Improved system uptime by automating monitoring and log management.
IT Systems Engineer
Progressive Infovision Pvt ltd
02.2014 - 03.2018
- Delivered remote technical support and SLA management for incidents and service requests.
- Performed basic network troubleshooting and server maintenance.
- Hands-on with ticketing tools: ServiceNow, HPSM, OTRS.
Education
BCA - Computer Applications
Chaudhary Charan Singh University
07.2013
Skills
AWS
EC2
EKS
IAM
S3
RDS
Route 53
CloudWatch
VPC
Cloud formation
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
Terraform
Ansible
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Prometheus
Grafana
ELK Stack
Nagios
Bash
Shell
Linux
RHEL
Ubuntu
CentOS
Alma Linux
Windows Server
Nginx
Apache
Git
Key Devops Project
E-Insurance Cloud Infrastructure Automation, State Farm (US), 6 months, DevOps Engineer, AWS, Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub, Prometheus, Designed and deployed a fully automated, scalable AWS-based infrastructure for an e-insurance platform. Used Terraform for IaC, Ansible for configuration, and containerized microservices deployed via Kubernetes (EKS). Configured Jenkins pipelines for CI/CD., Achieved 99.95% uptime with Kubernetes auto scaling and self-healing., Implemented Canary deployments for zero-downtime releases., Optimized cloud spend via spot instances and auto-scaling groups.
Highlights:
• Achieved 99.95% uptime with Kubernetes autoscaling and self-healing.
• Implemented Canary deployments for zero-downtime releases.
• Optimized cloud spend via spot instances and auto-scaling groups.
Certification
RHCSA 7.0 Certificate No. 150-148-104
Timeline
Technical Specialist (DevOps Engineer)
HCL Tech
10.2023 - Current
Senior Linux Administrator
Wipro Ltd
04.2018 - 10.2023
IT Systems Engineer
Progressive Infovision Pvt ltd
02.2014 - 03.2018
BCA - Computer Applications
Chaudhary Charan Singh University