Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Certification
Core Skills
Timeline
Generic
THANGADURAI M

THANGADURAI M

Bangalore

Summary

Cloud & DevOps Engineer with over 13 years of experience in Azure, AWS, and VMware Cloud environments. Specializes in CI/CD pipeline automation using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps, along with container orchestration through Docker and Kubernetes. Demonstrated success in cloud-native architecture, workload migration, and secure deployments, utilizing tools like Terraform and Ansible. Experienced in implementing hybrid and multi-cloud strategies to ensure scalable and resilient infrastructure.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer

Autodesk
Bangalore
07.2024 - Current
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning in multiple AWS environments using Groovy scripts and Terraform modules, reducing deployment errors and improving efficiency.
  • Configured, managed, and monitored cloud-based services such as AWS EC2, S3, EBS, ELB, RDS using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Designed, implemented, and managed secure CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, incorporating security scanning tools such as SAST and DAST, to ensure early identification of vulnerabilities.
  • Integrated security scanning into GitHub Actions to automatically identify vulnerabilities in code and container images.
  • Developed and maintained infrastructure automation scripts in Python, enhancing the consistency and repeatability of deployments across AWS cloud environments.
  • Utilized Ansible for configuration management and patching of EC2 instances and Oracle databases in AWS, improving system reliability and reducing manual intervention.
  • Worked on database migrations for AWS RDS Aurora clusters, ensuring seamless transitions from shared to service accounts, and improving security posture during the migration process.
  • Integrated container security tools into the CI/CD pipeline to scan Docker images for vulnerabilities before deployment.
  • Implemented monitoring and logging solutions using Splunk, CloudWatch, EFK Stack, and Datadog to enhance visibility and incident response capabilities.
  • Applied best practices in AWS security, ensuring compliance with the AWS Well-Architected Framework, and aligned security policies with governance and regulatory standards.
  • Worked with cross-functional teams to drive security initiatives and enhance the overall security posture of cloud environments.
  • Application deployments are automated using Ansible playbooks, effectively serving as the Continuous Deployment (CD) tool within the environment.

Sr. Systems Engineer

Tesco
Bangalore
08.2022 - 07.2024
  • Optimized and managed secure CI/CD pipelines using CloudBees Jenkins, implementing security scanning tools to enhance deployment security, and reduce vulnerabilities in the pipeline.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning across multiple AWS environments using Groovy scripts that invoke Terraform modules, improving deployment efficiency by 50%, while ensuring infrastructure security compliance.
  • Managed and maintained Linux/Unix servers, ensuring system availability, performance, and security, with a focus on continuous security monitoring and compliance using CloudWatch and Datadog.
  • Developed Ansible roles to automate the execution of patching tasks on EC2 instances and Oracle databases in AWS, improving system reliability, and reducing manual configuration drift.
  • Utilized Python to handle debugging and automation scripting tasks.

Sr Software Systems Engineer

Sabre
Bangalore
10.2019 - 08.2022
  • Working on Amazon Cloud space to provision the Infra stack using the IaC tool Terraform/modules in setting up various environments, like Dev, Cert, Pre-prod, and Production. Also, setting up for 3-tier SaaS applications for the airline industry.
  • A CI/CD solution powered by Jenkins, with end-to-end automated configuration management powered by Ansible, and the application deployment takes place on the Apache Tomcat application server.
  • Provided technical support in the installation, configuration and maintenance of software systems.
  • Monitored equipment function to verify conformance with specifications.

Senior Analyst

Dell Technologies
10.2016 - 06.2019
  • Experience in creating, configuring, and maintaining infrastructure on AWS Cloud services, including EC2, S3, CloudWatch, and IAM.
    Responsible for creating various dashboards, metrics, alarms, and notifications for servers using AWS CloudWatch.
    • Created IAM policies, roles, and user management for delegated access within AWS. • Responsible for launching Amazon EC2 instances using AWS and configuring the launched instance with respect to specific applications and regions.
    Experience in working with Ansible ad hoc commands to check the status of slave servers.
    • Experience in pipeline and auto-deployment for our services in development, staging, and pre-production environments by using Jenkins. • Managing pom.xml for build, test, and deployment activities for build tools Maven.
    Involved in the development of a test environment on Docker containers, and configuring the Docker containers.
    Maintaining 10 vCenters, 200 ESX hosts, and 10,000 Windows VM servers, along with OS-related issues.
    Building and provisioning of virtual machines in a standardized format.
    Cloning and re-imaging of VMs, and deploying standardized templates for future use.
    Management and allocation of resources to the VMs, including RAM, CPU, disk space, and NIC cards.
    Analyzing, monitoring, and fine-tuning of VMs for optimal performance, and providing resource consulting for applications.
    • Configuration and management of HA and DRS clusters, and implementation of FT for mission-critical VMs.
    • Upgradation activities, including Operating System upgrades, ESX Server upgrades, vCenter upgrades, VMware Tools upgrades, and Virtual Machine Hardware upgrades.
    Decommissioning of VMs, ESX servers, and vCenters in a standardized format.

Technology Analyst

Infosys Limited
Bangalore
06.2016 - 10.2016

Service Delivery Consultant

HPE
06.2015 - 05.2016

Systems Analyst

Capco Technologies Pvt Ltd
10.2012 - 05.2015

IT Support Engineer

Allsec Technologies Ltd
04.2011 - 03.2012

Education

B.E - Electronics Communication Engineering

Anna University
Tamil Nadu
05-2010

HSC -

Annai Matric Hr Sec School
Tamil nadu
04-2006

Skills

  • AWS
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitHub Action
  • Jenkins
  • Ansible
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes (EKS)
  • Terraform
  • Synk
  • Vault
  • Azure
  • VMware Cloud
  • PowerShell
  • Bash
  • Python
  • EFK
  • Splunk
  • CloudWatch
  • DataDog
  • CI/CD
  • DevSecOps
  • Cost Optimization

Certification

  • Amazon Certified Solution Architect - Associate
  • VMware Certified Professional (VCP) 6.5
  • HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate
  • Ansible for the Absolute Beginners
  • Certified SAFe@ 5 Practitioner
  • Google Cloud Platform Fundamentals: Core infrastructure

Core Skills

Azure DevOps, GitHub Action, Jenkins, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Synk, Vault, Azure, AWS, VMware Cloud, PowerShell, Bash, Python, EFK, Splunk, CloudWatch, DataDog, CI/CD, DevSecOps Engineering, Cost Optimization

Timeline

Sr. Cloud DevOps Engineer

Autodesk
07.2024 - Current

Sr. Systems Engineer

Tesco
08.2022 - 07.2024

Sr Software Systems Engineer

Sabre
10.2019 - 08.2022

Senior Analyst

Dell Technologies
10.2016 - 06.2019

Technology Analyst

Infosys Limited
06.2016 - 10.2016

Service Delivery Consultant

HPE
06.2015 - 05.2016

Systems Analyst

Capco Technologies Pvt Ltd
10.2012 - 05.2015

IT Support Engineer

Allsec Technologies Ltd
04.2011 - 03.2012

B.E - Electronics Communication Engineering

Anna University

HSC -

Annai Matric Hr Sec School

Similar Profiles

CREATE PROFILE
THANGADURAI M