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Vijay Kumar

Vijay Kumar

DevOps Lead
Noida

Summary

  • Seasoned IT professional with 18 years of extensive experience across diverse technologies, roles, and industry verticals.
  • Proven expertise in Azure Cloud Services (Virtual Machines, Virtual Network, Load Balancers, Traffic Manager, Storage), Google Cloud, Jenkins, Kubernetes, and Terraform in production support and large-scale deployments.
  • Demonstrated success in leading and mentoring teams while delivering high-quality solutions in mission-critical environments.
  • Strong track record of client engagement for major U.S. projects, including 1.4 years onsite as Project Coordinator in Denver, CO (Feb 2014 – Apr 2015), ensuring seamless stakeholder communication, progress reporting, and issue resolution.
  • Adept at managing multiple roles including Azure Lead Engineer, DevOps/Deployment Engineer, Technical Associate, and Module Lead.
  • Recognized for excellent communication, interpersonal skills, proactive learning, and being a collaborative team player with a commitment to operational excellence and continuous improvement.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

DevOps Lead (Azure/GCP)

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2015 - 05.2025

Project: Lumen, Inc. – Monroe, Louisiana (US-based Communications & Data Services Provider)

  • Led CI/CD pipeline configuration and migration of legacy on-premises applications to Google Cloud Platform using Cloud Build (GCP native CI/CD tool).
  • Automated cloud infrastructure provisioning (VM creation, VPC peering, load balancers) using Terraform, reducing manual effort and deployment time.
  • Managed and mentored a global team of 8 members across India and the Philippines, driving productivity and skill development.
  • Handled incident management, conducted root cause analysis, and implemented preventive measures to reduce recurrence.
  • Monitored and fine-tuned Azure pipeline performance, identifying bottlenecks and improving processing efficiency.
  • Prepared and maintained key technical documentation, including application architecture diagrams, process flows, interface details, dependencies, and Disaster Recovery Plans.
  • Built and maintained strong client relationships, ensuring effective communication and satisfaction across multiple projects.

Module Lead

Centurylink India (Formerly Qwest)
11.2010 - 05.2015

Project: CenturyLink, Inc. – Monroe, Louisiana (US-based Global Communications & Data Services Provider)

  • Served as Module Lead, managing high-severity production issues to ensure minimal business disruption.
  • Provided on-call production support for applications across Unix, Linux, and Windows platforms.
  • Guided and mentored junior team members, delivering knowledge transfer sessions on existing systems and processes.
  • Led IT operations and application support activities, ensuring system stability and service continuity.
  • Performed problem identification and resolution to prevent unplanned outages and maintain uptime.
  • Executed rapid restoration of applications during outages, minimizing downtime.
  • Managed business and stakeholder communications during releases and critical outages.
  • Documented the full lifecycle of incidents, from initial report through troubleshooting, escalation, and resolution.
  • Ensured adherence to SLA commitments for all cases handled by the team.

Technical Associate

Tech Mahindra Pvt. Ltd.
11.2006 - 11.2010

Project: EMAS (Enterprise Midrange Application Services) – AT&T
Supported Wireless, U-verse, LSP, Long Distance (EOD), and DSL applications

  • Provided 24×7 on-call production support for applications in UNIX/Oracle environments.
  • Scheduled and monitored jobs via CRON and Autosys, including manual execution post-DB recovery.
  • Performed sanity checks and validations to ensure system stability after deployments or incidents.
  • Resolved tickets escalated from Tier 1 support within agreed SLA timelines.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Science -Software

Kurukshetra University
01.2012

Bachelor of Science - General

Kurukshetra University
01.2006

Skills

DevOps

Certification

Red Hat certified specialist in OpenShift Administration

Accomplishments

  • IBM Star Award, 2017
  • IBM Excellence Service Award, 2016

Timeline

DevOps Lead (Azure/GCP)

IBM India Pvt. Ltd.
06.2015 - 05.2025

Module Lead

Centurylink India (Formerly Qwest)
11.2010 - 05.2015

Technical Associate

Tech Mahindra Pvt. Ltd.
11.2006 - 11.2010

Bachelor of Science - General

Kurukshetra University

Master of Science - Computer Science -Software

Kurukshetra University
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