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Sumit Singh Thakur

Pune

Summary

DevOps Engineer with 12 years of experience specializing in AWS cloud services and Kubernetes/containerization. Currently leading DevOps practices at JP Morgan within the travel sector, focusing on cloud-native platforms. Expertise in infrastructure automation using Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub for CI/CD processes. Demonstrated success in automating cloud infrastructure and facilitating smooth platform migrations while ensuring reliability and security compliance.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Seniors Software Eng.

JP Morgan Chase & Co
Pune
07.2022 - Current
  • Application Observability and Logging: Led the implementation of a centralized monitoring system across AWS-hosted applications using Dynatrace, Kibana, Grafana, and internal alerting tools. Improved visibility into application health, and reduced mean time to resolution (MTTR).
  • Platform Re-Architecture & Migration: Successfully re-architected legacy platforms and managed large-scale platform migration projects using internal JPMC automation tools, powered by Terraform. Enabled seamless cloud adoption and improved infrastructure consistency.
  • Cloud Security & Compliance Management: Ensured production environments followed security best practices by integrating automated compliance checks and remediation using Wiz, enhancing the security posture, and audit readiness.
  • As the DevOps Technical Lead, I served as the first point of contact for production incidents, escalation handling, and stakeholder communication.

AWS Cloud Engineer-III

Rackspace Technology
Bangalore
07.2021 - 09.2022
  • Collaborated with multiple global customers in a Follow-the-Sun support model, as an AWS Direct Partner.
  • Driving cloud adoption, DevOps practices, and modernization initiatives across enterprise environments, aligning solutions with the AWS Well-Architected Framework.
  • Hands-on expertise in core AWS services such as EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, ECS, EKS, CloudWatch, and Service Catalog. Proficient in building and managing infrastructure using Terraform, CDK, and Python (Boto3).
  • Supported customers in building secure, fault-tolerant cloud solutions by leveraging AWS tools like CloudTrail, Config, Trusted Advisor, and conducting security audits, incident resolution, and disaster recovery planning.
  • Actively contributed to technical mentoring, internal training programs, and hiring as a member of interview panels. Recognized for excellence in collaboration, and awarded 1st place in AWS GameDay by Amazon.

AWS Consultant

Infosys Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
07.2018 - 07.2021
  • Collaborated with clients on AWS architecture, best practices, and troubleshooting across IaaS, PaaS, microservices, and IaC using CloudFormation, Terraform, and Python.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning utilizing AWS CDK (Python) and Service Catalog; managed backups and DLM policies.
  • Integrated CI/CD processes using Bitbucket and Stash; deployed containers on ECS, EKS, and ECR.
  • Configured monitoring and alerts via CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and IAM to ensure secure cloud environments.
  • Led client meetings to onboard new PaaS services and drive cost optimization while tracking issues through Jira.

Senior Operation Professional

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
Pune
08.2015 - 07.2018
  • Managed over 500 virtual servers across Windows Server, VMware 5.0, and Hyper-V.
  • Administered Hyper-V failover clusters and VMware environments via vSphere Client.
  • Deployed AWS infrastructure, managing EC2, ELB, S3, RDS, VPC, Route 53, and IAM.
  • Configured private subnets with NAT gateways to enhance security and performance.
  • Maintained infrastructure availability through proactive alert monitoring and reporting.
  • Handled Active Directory Services, DNS, DHCP, and workstation installations in enterprise networks.

System Engineer

Wipro Technologies
Pune
04.2013 - 07.2015
  • Troubleshot Active Directory Services, configured and managed DNS and DHCP.
  • Administered Active Directory users, groups, and organizational units.
  • Applied operating system patches and upgrades during monthly patching activities.
  • Created and managed shared mailboxes with appropriate permissions.
  • Resolved networking issues, including domain join failures and server resource access.

Education

Bachelore of Engineering -

Ranjiv Gandhi Technical Univercity

Skills

  • AWS Cloud DevOps and automation
  • Terraform, CFN, AWS CLI
  • GitHub, Jenkins, CI/CD
  • Docker, EKS, ECS
  • AWS architecture design
  • Kibana, Grafana, Dynatrace
  • Python and Shell programming
  • Site reliability engineering
  • Platform migration strategies
  • DevOps methodologies
  • Infrastructure/environment as code
  • Containerization technologies
  • Performance engineering

Personal Details

Permanent address: A-1203 Mount Unique, Bangalore, Pashan Highway, Baner, Pune, Maharashtra 411045htra 411045.

Certification

  • AWS Certified DevOps – Professional.
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect - Associate.
  • AWS certified Developer -Associate.
  • Terraform Associate Certified.

Timeline

Seniors Software Eng.

JP Morgan Chase & Co
07.2022 - Current

AWS Cloud Engineer-III

Rackspace Technology
07.2021 - 09.2022

AWS Consultant

Infosys Pvt. Ltd.
07.2018 - 07.2021

Senior Operation Professional

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
08.2015 - 07.2018

System Engineer

Wipro Technologies
04.2013 - 07.2015

Bachelore of Engineering -

Ranjiv Gandhi Technical Univercity
Sumit Singh Thakur