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VASANTH KUMAR M

Principal Solution Architect
Chennai,Tamil Nadu
VASANTH KUMAR M

Summary

Innovative Solution Architect with 12 years of experience in software development and system design in the Media, E-Commerce, and Insurance sectors.

  • Experienced in application development and creating Resilient, Scalable and Optimized CloudInfrastructure..
  • Managed Service Partner relationships with AWS TAM, Couchbase and Datadog.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams including, Product Owners, Program Managers,Operations, Engineering, and Project managers to deliver effective solutions.
  • Directed and oversaw a Site Reliability Engineering team of 24 members, including DevOps,DBAs, and Proactive Engineering.
  • Translated complex technical concepts into actionable insights for executive decision-makers,facilitating informed strategic planning efforts vi PI and Sprint Planning.
  • Engineered DDoS protection and pre-scaling strategies for the 2024 Euros and 2022 FIFA WorldCup, ensuring 99.99% availability.
  • Approachable Subject Matter Expert, known for friendly collaboration and delivering reliablesolutions.

Overview

13
years of professional experience
4
years of post-secondary education
3
Certificates

Work History

COMCAST INDIA ENGINEERING CENTER
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Principal Solutions Architect
9 2017 - Current

Job overview

  • Enabled Encryption at Rest and in Transit using TLS v1.2 for customers in the US, EU, and APAC regions as part of Cloud Migration Projects.
  • Designed and led Cost Optimization, Security Improvement, and Tools & Automation team Initiatives.
  • Global expansion Project using AWS Global Accelerator to facilitate faster time to Market for our customers in 5 Different Regions.
  • Implemented Cloud Media Processor workflow engine, which includes file management, transcoding and packaging services using MediaConvert and MediaPackager.
  • Ideated Cost Intelligence Dashboard and Resiliency Hub functionalities.
  • Established Metrics-driven approach to proactively identify opportunities for architectural improvements using DataDog, Grafana and Prometheus and logging with Splunk.
  • Architected Major Migrations from On-Premises to Cloud. Migrated 300+ workloads to EKS, achieving Faster scaling with Cluster Autoscaler + Karpenter and Cost-Effective solutions using Spot, Fargate (Serverless) and AWS Savings Plan.
  • Implementing DevOps solutions CI/CD with – Jenkins, ArgoCD GitOps, Spinnaker.
  • Facilitate IRT postmortem discussions to create IRT-RCA documents following production incidents.

MSYS TECHNOLOGIES
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Senior Devops Engineer
10.2015 - 09.2017

Job overview

  • E2E Monitoring and Alerting setup using Grafana, Cloudwatch, Graphite, Prometheus, and Uptime Kuma based on Project needs.
  • Experience in developing Web applications using Django and Ruby on Rails frameworks
  • Configuration and administration of Enterprise Chef Server within client network, including creation of organisation, environments, policies, data bags, and node bootstrapping.
  • Utilised Jenkins Job DSL and Pipeline DSL scripts to automate Jenkins job creation and reduce manual effort.
  • OpenStack Configuring New Networks, Subnets for IPv4 and IPv6, Floating IPs, Security groups with CIDR and Port restrictions.
  • Developed approximately 30 custom cookbooks in Ruby for Tomcat, MongoDB, Solr, Apache ActiveMQ, AppDynamics, Mule, and Java libraries, along with executing Flyway scripts
  • Specialised in designing deployment models with ZDD, Canaries, and Blue- Green deployments using Spinnaker, Rundeck, and Amazon CodeDeploy.

Tata Consultancy Services, AXA Equitable
Chennai, Tamil Nadu

Java Developer
11.2011 - 11.2015

Job overview

  • Proficient in Core Java, JSP, Spring MVC, Hibernate, RESTful services, Spring Boot, microservices architecture, and SQL.
  • Created new EPAC application that streamlines contribution processing framework, Minimize manual back-office intervention and resulting in cost savings.
  • Contributed to design and implementation of various Java portlets as pluggable components of AEP (AXA Equitable Portal), each offering distinct functionalities.
  • Creating unit test cases as integral part of development process.

Education

Rajalakshmi Engineering College
Chennai

B.E - Bachelor of Engineering from Electrical And Electronics Engineering
03.2007 - 04.2011

University Overview

Skills

EKS, Self Managed Kubernetes

Certification

CKA – Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Timeline

CKA – Certified Kubernetes Administrator
09-2022
SAA-C03 – AWS Solutions Architect
11-2021
Senior Devops Engineer
MSYS TECHNOLOGIES
10.2015 - 09.2017

1Z0-808 - Oracle Certified Associate

05-2014
Java Developer
Tata Consultancy Services, AXA Equitable
11.2011 - 11.2015
Rajalakshmi Engineering College
B.E - Bachelor of Engineering from Electrical And Electronics Engineering
03.2007 - 04.2011
Principal Solutions Architect
COMCAST INDIA ENGINEERING CENTER
9 2017 - Current

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