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Suraj Kumar

Bangalore

Summary

I have 10+ years of professional experience and currently I am working for AMEX as OpenShift engineer. Experience working with cross-cultural and multi-lingual teams. Having the ability to handle multiple tasks and work independently as well as in a team. Dedicated and adaptable professional with a proactive attitude and the ability to learn quickly. Strong work ethic and effective communication skills. Eager to contribute to a dynamic team and support organizational goals.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Specialist - Cloud & Infra Services

LTIMINDTREE
Bengaluru
02.2024 - Current
  • Deploying Application on the OpenShift via console and CLI.
  • Jenkins and Argo CD for deploying and managing customer applications.
  • Managed Openshift using Helm charts, created reproducible builds of Openshift applications, managed Openshift manifest files, and managed releases of Helm packages.
  • Working with Ansible to create the playbook cluster health check, Image sync in OCR, and Pre-post Validation of nodes health.

· Design, implement, and maintain cloud-based solutions using AWS and Azure

· Monitor and optimize cloud infrastructure performance

  • Manage cloud resources, including storage, compute, and networking
  • Displayed proficiency with AWS Cloud Administration which includes services like: AWS IAM, VPC, EC2, S3, ELB, Auto Scaling, Route 53, Cloud Watch, EBS Volumes and Snapshots, AMI's, Security Groups, Elastic IP’s.
  • Worked on CI/CD workflow setup in Jenkins and in AWS environments

· Azure – Build and Deploy Namespaces, Resource Groups on Azure

· Plan and Deploy Azure Environments for Application teams

· Troubleshoot & Fix Azure Kubernetes Services issues with Pods, Nodes, Quotas, etc.

· Deploy Azure NSGs, Log Analytics Workspaces, Key Vaults

· Exposure on Azure Data Factory, Synapse, etc

  • Managing and troubleshooting issues on the Redis cluster.

· Managing OpenSearch cluster

· Experienced in the use of continuous build and continuous integration tools, like GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes tools.

· Experience in delivering container-based deployments using Docker.

· Utilized Kubernetes and Docker for the runtime environment of the CI/CD system to build, test deploy.

· Administration of Cluster Nodes, users, Projects, Pods & Networking

  • Managing Service Accounts, Image Policies, Security Context Constraints
  • Monitoring the status of pods/nodes, scheduling/un-scheduling the nodes from OpenShift infrastructure
  • Setting up a Quota, limit range, and modifying the quota information of a project.

· Addition of new application nodes in OpenShift and label the nodes as per the environment segregation.

· Managing the cluster nodes via vSphere

Consultant

Infosys Limited
11.2021 - 02.2024
  • Deploying Application on the OpenShift via console and CLI
  • Jenkins and Argo CD for deploying and managing customer applications
  • Managed Openshift using Helm charts, created reproducible builds of Openshift applications, managed Openshift manifest files, and managed releases of Helm packages
  • Working with Ansible to create the playbook cluster health check, Image sync in OCR, and Pre-post Validation of nodes health
  • Managing and troubleshooting issues on the Redis cluster
  • Managing ELF and ELK for the logging system
  • Managing OpenSearch cluster
  • CTAM for managing the alerts
  • Experienced in the use of continuous build and continuous integration tools, like GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, and Kubernetes tools
  • Experience in delivering container-based deployments using Docker
  • Utilized Kubernetes and Docker for the runtime environment of the CI/CD system to build, test deploy
  • Administration of Cluster Nodes, users, Projects, Pods & Networking
  • Managing Service Accounts, Image Policies, Security Context Constraints
  • Monitoring the status of pods/nodes, scheduling/un-scheduling the nodes from OpenShift infrastructure
  • Setting up a Quota, limit range, and modifying the quota information of a project
  • Addition of new application nodes in OpenShift and label the nodes as per the environment segregation
  • Managing the certificate in OpenShift
  • Managing the cluster node via vSphere.

Security Analysis Analyst

NTT DATA Information Processing Services Pvt Ltd
05.2021 - 11.2021
  • Installation of OpenShift v3 using quick Install, advance installation & disconnected installation
  • Application deployment on the OpenShift v3 via console & CLI
  • Administration of Cluster Nodes, users, Projects, Pods & Networking
  • Managing Service Accounts, Image Policies, Security Context Constraints
  • Monitoring the status of pods/nodes, scheduling/un-scheduling the nodes from OpenShift infrastructure
  • Setting up a Quota, limit range, and modifying the quota information of a project
  • Working with Docker images and performing operations on Docker images
  • Addition of new application nodes in OpenShift v3 and labeling the nodes as per the environment segregation.

CIC Administrator

Carl Zeiss
Bengaluru
12.2017 - 04.2021

· Managing of Service Accounts, Security Context Constraints.

· Monitoring the status of pods/nodes, scheduling/un-scheduling the nodes from OpenShift infrastructure.

· Setting up a Quota, limit range, modifying the quote information of a project.

· Integration of OpenShift with Enterprise Monitoring Tools – Splunk by using Fluent D and universal forwarding running as Demon-Set on all Nodes.

· OpenShift infrastructure provisioning automation using Ansible.

· Upgrading OpenShift cluster

· In-line upgrade from OpenShift with zero downtime.

· Health check & monitoring of the nodes using Grafana

· Push & Pull images from internal & private registry.

· Creating PV & PVC for persistent storage

· Troubleshooting pods & containers issues

· Application On-boarding on OpenShift Cluster

· Adding nodes to the OpenShift cluster using the Ansible automation tool.

· Installation and configuration of RHEL 7.x on Servers.

· Create and Manage User Accounts, Permissions, and file systems.

  • Configure YUM server and YUM client.
  • Creation of Logical volumes (LVM) for the Red Hat Linux operating system.
  • Configured SAMBA to get access to Linux-shared resources from Windows.
  • Configure of FTP server.
  • Configured SSH public and private keys Login services on Linux servers.

CIC Administrator

Spigot software
04.2016 - 12.2017
  • Managing of Service Accounts, Security Context Constraints
  • Monitoring the status of pods/nodes, scheduling/un-scheduling the nodes from OpenShift infrastructure
  • Setting up a Quota, limit range, modifying the quote information of a project
  • Integration of OpenShift with Enterprise Monitoring Tools – Splunk by using Fluent D and universal forwarding running as Demon-Set on all Nodes
  • OpenShift infrastructure provisioning automation using Ansible
  • Upgrading OpenShift cluster
  • In-line upgrade from OpenShift with zero downtime
  • Health check & monitoring of the nodes using Grafana
  • Push & Pull images from internal & private registry
  • Creating PV & PVC for persistent storage
  • Troubleshooting pods & containers issues
  • Application On-boarding on OpenShift Cluster
  • Adding nodes to the OpenShift cluster using the Ansible automation tool
  • Installation and configuration of RHEL 7.x on Servers
  • Create and Manage User Accounts, Permissions, and file systems
  • Configure YUM server and YUM client
  • Creation of Logical volumes (LVM) for the Red Hat Linux operating system
  • Configured SAMBA to get access to Linux-shared resources from Windows
  • Configure of FTP server
  • Configured SSH public and private keys Login services on Linux servers.

Customer Service Associate-Data

Serco
09.2014 - 03.2016
  • Creating, Enabling, and deleting the AD Account as per the customer’s need
  • Reset the password & and unlock the AD account
  • Setup Managed service accounts for the domain
  • Configure users, groups, group policy objects, service accounts, application layer services and objects
  • Creating Organization Units, Groups and Users
  • Joining the Workgroup Machines to Domain, troubleshooting RSA, CISCO VPN, AVAYA VPN, F5 VPN
  • After domain joining retrieve all those users’ applications and data
  • Pushing the software and updating using the SCCM tool (Iridium)
  • Bypass encryption – SYMANTEC, MACFEE
  • Supporting Citrix receiver and Citrix-hosted application
  • Troubleshooting for Ms office, Troubleshooting mail flow issues, permissions & voice mail setup
  • Outlook Troubleshooting and mail configuration
  • Secure ID soft & and hard token configuration and unlocking
  • Configure and install of a network printer
  • Configuration of email on corporate device, BYOD via BB suit
  • Troubleshooting the issues of corporate device email flow.

CSR

HGS
11.2013 - 09.2014
  • Providing Email support to postpaid customers
  • Troubleshooting in All Billing, activation, and deactivation issues
  • Maintaining a database of email
  • Handling Escalation emails and calls
  • Providing Email support to Flipkart customers
  • Troubleshooting in All Billing, Order management, and presales query
  • Rising tickets for unresolved cases and following up with different teams for resolution
  • Handling escalations callbacks based on customer issues
  • Analyzing D-sat data for errors, providing feedback to the team, and sending daily reports of DSAT to clients
  • Assisting another consultant in processing escalation Emails
  • Assisting the new joiner with the process workflow.

Education

BE in CSE -

01.2013

Diploma in CSE -

01.2008

Matriculation -

01.2005

Skills

  • PAAS Platform - Kubernetes, OpenShift v311/44/46/48/410/412
  • Containerization – Docker
  • Version control system – Git, GitHub
  • XPAAS - Kafka, Redis, Elasticsearch, Kibana
  • Automation Tools – Ansible, HELM
  • CI/CD Tools – Jenkins, Argo CD
  • Cloud Platform – Azure, AWS
  • REST API – JSON
  • Terraform
  • Monitoring and logging – OpenSearch, Kibana, Splunk, Grafana, Prometheus
  • Ticketing tools - ServiceNow, Jira, CRM
  • Programing Language - CSS, HTML, JavaScript
  • Operating System - RHEL, Centos, Fedora, Windows

Certification

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • Certified OpenShift Administrator 4.10
  • CCNA course from IIJT-Bengaluru
  • Manual testing course from Qspider
  • Knowledge of ITIL foundation process

Disclaimer

I hereby confirm that the above-mentioned information furnished by me is correct to the best of my knowledge.

Languages

Hindi
First Language
English
Proficient (C2)
C2

Timeline

Senior Specialist - Cloud & Infra Services

LTIMINDTREE
02.2024 - Current

Consultant

Infosys Limited
11.2021 - 02.2024

Security Analysis Analyst

NTT DATA Information Processing Services Pvt Ltd
05.2021 - 11.2021

CIC Administrator

Carl Zeiss
12.2017 - 04.2021

CIC Administrator

Spigot software
04.2016 - 12.2017

Customer Service Associate-Data

Serco
09.2014 - 03.2016

CSR

HGS
11.2013 - 09.2014

BE in CSE -

Diploma in CSE -

Matriculation -

Suraj Kumar