Kunal Suryansh
DevOps Engg Lead
Bengaluru
Summary
- Engineering DevOps Leadership:Seasoned DevOps Engineering Lead and Technical Innovator with a distinguished tenure at Thomson Reuters, renowned for spearheading transformative CI/CD initiatives, and architecting highly scalable, resilient application ecosystems.
- Scalable Architecture: Architected highly scalable, resilient application ecosystems, delivering robust, future-ready solutions.
- IaC Proficiency: Expert in Infrastructure as Code, leveraging Terraform to streamline deployments and enhance environmental consistency.
- System Reliability & Observability: Elevated system reliability and performance through sophisticated monitoring and observability using Datadog.
- Visionary Mentorship: Visionary leader and mentor committed to fostering technical excellence, driving operational efficiencies, and delivering solutions aligned with business objectives.
- AIOps & Technical Innovation: Spearheaded advanced AIOps initiatives, including the development of a DevOps Chatbot for seamless, conversational automation of IaC, CI/CD, and Observability tasks.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
DevOps Engineering Lead
Thomson Reuters
Bangalore Urban
08.2023 - Current
- Spearheaded DevOps transformation across multiple product teams, implementing end-to-end CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment times and increasing release frequency.
- Specialized in deploying monitoring and observability strategies using Datadog and AWS CloudWatch, enhancing system reliability and performance.
- Designed and implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with AWS CloudFormation and Terraform, automating cloud infrastructure management and minimizing configuration errors.
- Led assessment programs for adopting DevOps best practices, publishing reports for product teams, and implementing recommended strategies.
- Integrated security practices into CI/CD workflows, automating security checks to enhance vulnerability detection during development.
- Collaborated in architecting scalable applications, adhering to DevOps standards, enhancing automation, integration, and continuous delivery processes.
DevOps Technical Lead
Carelon Global Solutions
BENGALURU
01.2022 - 08.2023
- Implemented deployment strategies using container orchestration tools such as RedHat Openshift & AWS EKS.
- Maintained metrics visibility using Datadog and Prometheus/Grafana to create useful dashboards and monitors.
- Developed continuous improvements and implemented solutions to existing infrastructure, tools and processes.
- Extensive experience in designing and implementation of continuous Integration, continuous delivery & continuous deployment through Tekton-ArgoCD and Jenkins.
- Developed and maintained Helm charts for application deployments in Kubernetes, enabling easy and consistent application deployment across environments.
- Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
- Mentored DevOps engineer interns on proper engineering methods.
Sr DevOps Engineer
UBS Business Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.
Mumbai
10.2018 - 12.2021
- Oversaw post-trading processing platform for UBS securities, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration, resolving build/release failures.
- Adapted DevOps tools including Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Autosys, and AppDynamics for streamlined CI/CD processes.
- Led implementation of continuous integration and delivery using Azure DevOps Services.
- Collaborated with product development teams to align technical solutions with business needs.
- Developed automation tools and applications to support deployment of next-generation platforms.
Operation Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
Mumbai
03.2013 - 09.2018
- Served as Operation Lead and Middleware Admin for Board Application Project.
- Designed and deployed infrastructure for various three-tier applications, including web and mobile applications.
- Configured web servers, application servers, and database servers to enhance performance and reliability.
- Automated tasks using shell scripting, optimizing system administration and software deployment.
- Utilized Ansible and Puppet for automation, creating custom scripts for unique requirements.
- Supported WebLogic implementation by triaging issues and providing timely resolutions.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Technology - Electronics & Communication
07.2012
GPA: 9.23 [CGPA]
Skills
- CI/CD implementation : Jenkins ,Github Action,ArgoCD
- Infrastructure as code : Terraform,CloudFormation
- Container orchestration: RedHat Openshift,EKS
- Monitoring and observability : Datadog,Prometheus,Grafana
- Security integration : Snyk
- Automation scripting : Shell, Python
- Cloud infrastructure : AWS,Azure Cloud Services
- System reliability : Gremlin Chaos Testing
- Agile methodologies : ADO Board
- Middleware : Weblogic & JBoss
- Leadership & Team Management
- Monitoring & Incident Management
Timeline
DevOps Engineering Lead - Thomson Reuters
08.2023 - Current
DevOps Technical Lead - Carelon Global Solutions
01.2022 - 08.2023
Sr DevOps Engineer - UBS Business Solutions (India) Pvt. Ltd.
10.2018 - 12.2021
Operation Lead - Tata Consultancy Services
03.2013 - 09.2018
Nitte Meenakshi Institute of Technlogy - Bachelor of Engineering / Bachelor of Technology, Electronics & Communication
Certification
- Certified in SQL 1Z0-051, 2016
- Certified Microsoft Azure Az900, 2019
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 12/31/90
- Nationality: Indian