SUDHANSHU KUMAR
Senior Consultant (Cloud Infrastructure & Security Engineer). Phone No :- 09355697488
Noida,UP
Summary
Over 9.2 years of experience in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering, with a focus on network security and enterprise operations. Proficient in AWS, Azure, OCI, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD tools such as Jenkins and Azure DevOps. Demonstrated success in automation, cloud security, and infrastructure modernization, ensuring robust enterprise support. Hands-on expertise in managing both Windows and Linux environments, utilizing tools like Docker, Helm, and SonarQube. Thorough Senior Consultant professional with competency in developing project and implementation plans. Gifted with strong analytical and project management skills. Successful in meeting new challenges and finding effective solutions. Driven Senior Consultant with [Number] years' experience in the [Consulting Field Name] consulting field. Adept in collaborative problem solving, risk management and creative solutions. Passionate about bringing changes in businesses. Proficient in conducting primary and secondary research.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
4
4
Certification
Work History
Senior Consultant
F24 Tech Softwares Pvt Ltd
Noida
03.2024 - Current
- Designed, implemented, and maintained secure multi-cloud environments across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).
Developed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Git to enable automated application delivery and infrastructure deployment.
Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, and ARM Templates, ensuring consistency and scalability.
Deployed, administered, and secured Kubernetes platforms including AKS, EKS, OpenShift, and Docker-based containerized environments using Helm and GitOps methodologies.
Implemented DevSecOps practices by integrating security controls into CI/CD pipelines, including SonarQube, container image scanning, vulnerability management, secrets management, and code quality validation.
Managed cloud security controls, identity governance, and compliance requirements across AWS, Azure, and OCI environments.
Administered AWS IAM, Microsoft Entra ID, Azure Key Vault, and CyberArk solutions for identity, access, and privileged account management.
Designed and implemented enterprise network security architectures utilizing Palo Alto Networks Firewalls, Panorama, Prisma Access, GlobalProtect, Fortinet, VPN technologies, VLANs, SSL/TLS, DNS, DHCP, and routing protocols.
Performed firewall policy optimization, rule lifecycle management, security hardening, network segmentation, Zero Trust implementation, and threat prevention initiatives.
Managed Palo Alto security services including App-ID, User-ID, WildFire, URL Filtering, DNS Security, SSL Decryption, Security Profile Groups, and Log Forwarding integrations.
Conducted security assessments, vulnerability management, risk analysis, compliance reviews, and remediation planning to strengthen enterprise security posture.
Supported threat detection, incident response, root cause analysis, and corrective action planning for security and operational incidents.
Implemented monitoring and observability solutions using Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Azure Monitor, and AWS CloudWatch to improve visibility and operational performance.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams including infrastructure, development, cloud, networking, and security teams to deliver secure, scalable, and highly available enterprise solutions.
Led infrastructure modernization, cloud transformation, automation, and security governance initiatives to improve operational efficiency and reduce organizational risk.
Provided technical leadership, architectural guidance, and strategic recommendations related to cybersecurity, cloud security, DevSecOps, Zero Trust, and enterprise technology transformation.
Engaged with business stakeholders, project teams, and customers to gather requirements, define solutions, and ensure successful project delivery aligned with business and security objectives.
Created technical documentation, implementation plans, standard operating procedures, security standards, and operational runbooks to support enterprise governance and knowledge transfer.
Senior Network Engineer
Softcroyns Techsolution Pvt Ltd
06.2023 - 03.2024
- Implemented DevSecOps and cloud security controls by integrating SonarQube, Aqua Security, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and compliance validation throughout the software development lifecycle.
Designed and managed secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins, enabling automated build, testing, security checks, and application deployments across multiple environments.
Managed cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and OCI, implementing security best practices, identity and access management (IAM), network security controls, and governance standards.
Deployed, managed, and secured Kubernetes environments (AKS/EKS), implementing RBAC, network policies, container security, and workload protection mechanisms.
Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring secure, scalable, and consistent infrastructure deployments.
Implemented monitoring, logging, and observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, and Azure Monitor to improve operational visibility, security monitoring, and incident response.
Collaborated with development, security, and operations teams to identify risks, remediate vulnerabilities, and strengthen application and infrastructure security.
Performed infrastructure hardening, vulnerability remediation, security assessments, and compliance reviews across cloud and containerized environments.
Improved deployment reliability, scalability, operational efficiency, and overall security posture through automation, continuous monitoring, and proactive risk management. - Oversaw company's entire network and related policies covering use, maintenance and infrastructure.
- Established and monitored key performance metrics to verify consistent compliance with important networking standards.
- Led planning and technical design activities for routine operations and special projects.
- Protected company assets and users with effective firewall solutions and strict security protocols.
- Built and improved network documentation and training procedures to lead successful team completing high-quality work.
- Planned and implemented effective disaster recovery and business continuity solutions.
- Backed up support desk team to handle user problems and technical concerns.
- Deployed cloud-based network infrastructure, reducing on-site storage and hardware maintenance costs by [Number]%.
Senior Consultant
HCL Technologies
06.2022 - 06.2023
- Troubleshot issues by understanding issue, diagnosing root cause and coming up with effective solutions.
- Implemented DevSecOps and cloud security controls by integrating SonarQube, Aqua Security, vulnerability scanning, secrets management, and compliance validation throughout the software development lifecycle.
Designed and managed secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins, enabling automated build, testing, security checks, and application deployments across multiple environments.
Managed cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and OCI, implementing security best practices, identity and access management (IAM), network security controls, and governance standards.
Deployed, managed, and secured Kubernetes environments (AKS/EKS), implementing RBAC, network policies, container security, and workload protection mechanisms.
Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring secure, scalable, and consistent infrastructure deployments.
Implemented monitoring, logging, and observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, and Azure Monitor to improve operational visibility, security monitoring, and incident response.
Collaborated with development, security, and operations teams to identify risks, remediate vulnerabilities, and strengthen application and infrastructure security.
Performed infrastructure hardening, vulnerability remediation, security assessments, and compliance reviews across cloud and containerized environments.
Improved deployment reliability, scalability, operational efficiency, and overall security posture through automation, continuous monitoring, and proactive risk management.
Senior Consultant
NextGen VisionTech
06.2019 - 07.2022
- Assisted in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins.
Supported automation of infrastructure provisioning through Terraform and Ansible.
Contributed to deployment and management of Kubernetes environments (AKS/EKS).
Aided in implementing DevSecOps controls which included SonarQube, Aqua Security, and secrets management.
Helped manage monitoring and observability with Grafana, Prometheus, and Azure Monitor.
Collaborated with AWS, Azure, and OCI cloud platforms.
Facilitated improvements in deployment reliability, scalability, and security posture.
Senior DevOps Engineer
NextGen VisionTech
06.2017 - 07.2019
- Designed, implemented, and managed end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins, enabling automated build, testing, deployment, and release management across multiple environments.
Automated infrastructure provisioning, configuration management, and environment standardization using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring consistent, scalable, and repeatable deployments.
Deployed, administered, and optimized Kubernetes environments including AKS and EKS, leveraging Helm charts, container orchestration, scaling, and high-availability best practices.
Implemented DevSecOps practices by integrating SonarQube, Aqua Security, container image scanning, vulnerability assessments, compliance checks, and secrets management into CI/CD workflows.
Managed cloud infrastructure and security across AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), ensuring adherence to security standards, governance policies, and operational best practices.
Configured and maintained monitoring, logging, and observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, Azure Monitor, and cloud-native monitoring tools to improve system visibility and incident response.
Collaborated with development, security, and operations teams to enhance application reliability, performance, scalability, and security while reducing deployment risks and operational overhead.
Implemented security controls, access management, and infrastructure hardening practices across cloud and Kubernetes environments to strengthen the overall security posture and support compliance requirements.
Drove continuous improvement initiatives by optimizing deployment processes, automating manual tasks, reducing downtime, and increasing platform stability and operational efficiency. - Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
- Deployed and managed Kubernetes environments (AKS/EKS).
- Implemented DevSecOps controls including SonarQube, Aqua Security and secrets management.
- Managed monitoring and observability using Grafana, Prometheus and Azure Monitor.
- Worked with AWS, Azure and OCI cloud platforms.
- Improved deployment reliability, scalability and security posture.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University
2017
Skills
Security Tools & Platforms
- Palo Alto Networks NGFW
- Palo Alto Panorama
- Prisma Access
- Prisma Cloud
- Fortinet FortiGate
- FortiManager
- FortiAnalyzer
- Check Point Security Gateway
- Check Point SmartConsole
- Cisco Secure Firewall (Firepower)
- Cisco FMC (Firepower Management Center)
- Juniper SRX
- Sophos XGS Firewall
- SonicWall Firewall
- Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA)
- Zscaler Private Access (ZPA)
- Netskope Security Cloud
- CrowdStrike Falcon
- SentinelOne Singularity
- Microsoft Defender for Endpoint
- Microsoft Defender for Cloud
- CyberArk PAM
- Azure Key Vault
- AWS IAM
- Microsoft Entra ID
- Qualys VMDR
- Tenable Nessus
- Rapid7 InsightVM
- SonarQube
- Aqua Security
- Splunk Enterprise Security
- IBM QRadar SIEM
- Datadog Security Monitoring
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- AWS CloudWatch
- Azure Monitor
- F5 BIG-IP WAF
- Imperva WAF
- Cloudflare WAF
- OpenVAS
- Wireshark
- Nmap
- Burp Suite
- Metasploit
- AWS
- Microsoft Azure
- OCI
- Azure DevOps
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AKS
- EKS
- OpenShift
- Helm
- Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation
- Azure ARM Templates
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- AZ-104 Azure Administrator Associate
- Automation Anywhere Advanced RPA Professional
- CompTIA Network+
- ITIL v3
Education
Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) – Computer Science & MathematicsDr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University Graduated: 2018
Higher Secondary Education (Class XII) – CBSE BoardBalmukund Ram Chand Bazaria Saraswati Vidya Mandir Completed: 2015
Secondary Education (Class X) – UP BoardS.G.L. Inter College Completed: 2013
Projects
FARFETCH, Dubai Payzan HT Media E-Commerce Platform IIFL Financial Services Enterprise Java Modernization Project NodeJS Microservices Platform Vedran, USA
Role: Cloud & DevSecOps Engineer
Responsibilities
- Managed Linux servers hosted on AWS and on-premises infrastructure.
- Automated configuration management and application deployments using Ansible.
- Designed and maintained secure CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
- Created and managed AWS S3 buckets for log storage, backup, and static website hosting.
- Developed Docker images and containerized applications following security best practices.
- Implemented IAM policies, security groups, and access controls across AWS environments.
- Managed Route 53 DNS configurations, SSL certificates, and domain routing.
- Performed infrastructure monitoring, troubleshooting, patch management, and vulnerability remediation.
- Managed GitHub repositories, branch protection policies, and access governance.
- Conducted backup, disaster recovery, cost optimization, and cloud security reviews.
Role: Azure Cloud & Security Engineer
Responsibilities
- Designed and deployed Azure infrastructure including VMs, Azure Database for MySQL, and VM Scale Sets.
- Implemented Application Gateway with WAF for secure application delivery.
- Configured Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and security monitoring solutions.
- Managed Azure networking, DNS Zones, SSL certificates, and secure routing.
- Implemented backup, disaster recovery, and database security controls.
- Configured RBAC, managed identities, and least-privilege access policies.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and scaling for high availability environments.
- Performed cloud security hardening and compliance assessments.
Role: DevSecOps Engineer
Responsibilities
- Implemented end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for .NET Core applications.
- Integrated SonarQube, security scanning, and code quality checks into deployment pipelines.
- Containerized applications using Docker and deployed workloads to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
- Managed Kubernetes clusters, ingress controllers, secrets, and certificate management.
- Automated deployments, monitoring, rollback, and release management processes.
- Implemented Azure security controls, Key Vault integration, and application security best practices.
- Improved deployment reliability, scalability, and platform security posture.
Role: DevOps Engineer
Responsibilities
- Designed and implemented Jenkins pipelines for Spring Boot containerized applications.
- Built and managed Amazon EKS clusters for microservices deployments.
- Configured Docker, Kubernetes, and container registry integrations.
- Implemented container image scanning and Kubernetes security controls.
- Automated build, deployment, and release management processes.
- Monitored application performance and cluster health using Grafana and Prometheus.
- Applied infrastructure hardening and security best practices.
Role: DevSecOps Engineer
Responsibilities
- Built automated CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline and CodeBuild.
- Containerized Node.js applications and managed deployments on Amazon ECS.
- Configured ECR repositories with image lifecycle and security policies.
- Implemented IAM roles, security policies, and least-privilege access controls.
- Integrated application monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions.
- Managed load balancers, task definitions, and highly available deployments.
- Performed vulnerability management and cloud security reviews.
Role: DevOps Cloud Engineer
Responsibilities
- Designed AWS VPC architecture, networking, and secure subnet segmentation.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and Jenkins.
- Deployed Java applications on Kubernetes clusters.
- Managed artifacts using S3 and automated deployment workflows.
- Configured security groups, IAM roles, and infrastructure security controls.
- Enhanced platform scalability, security, and operational efficiency.
Role: DevOps & Automation Engineer
Responsibilities
- Managed source code repositories and branching strategies using GitHub.
- Integrated Jira, Jenkins, and automated quality validation processes.
- Developed Ansible playbooks and reusable roles for infrastructure automation.
- Deployed containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Implemented secrets management and secure deployment practices.
- Automated server configuration and patch management activities.
Role: Cloud Infrastructure & Security Engineer
Responsibilities
- Designed and managed AWS cloud infrastructure including EC2, RDS, ELB, and Auto Scaling.
- Implemented database security, backup, recovery, and disaster recovery strategies.
- Configured web servers, SSL certificates, and secure application hosting.
- Managed infrastructure monitoring, alerting, and operational support.
- Implemented IAM, security groups, network ACLs, and cloud security best practices.
- Conducted cost optimization, security reviews, and performance tuning.
- Supported high-availability and business continuity requirements.
Languages
English
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Hindi
Bilingual or Proficient (C2)
Timeline
Senior Consultant
F24 Tech Softwares Pvt Ltd
03.2024 - Current
Senior Network Engineer
Softcroyns Techsolution Pvt Ltd
06.2023 - 03.2024
Senior Consultant
HCL Technologies
06.2022 - 06.2023
Senior Consultant
NextGen VisionTech
06.2019 - 07.2022
Senior DevOps Engineer
NextGen VisionTech
06.2017 - 07.2019
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Dr. Bhimrao Ambedkar University