Vipin Kumar
Cloud Architect / DevOps Engineer
Gurgaon
Summary
Result-oriented enterprise cloud professional with over a decade of experience in AWS and Azure, adept in roles as a solution architect and DevOps engineer. Skilled in architecting scalable, secure, and efficient cloud solutions, implementing DevOps practices, and automating processes. Proven leadership in large-scale deployments and migrations, with expertise in IaaS, PaaS, Kubernetes, and microservices. Recognized certifications include Terraform, Kubernetes, Azure, and AWS.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
5
5
Certifications
3
3
Languages
Work History
Principal Engineer
Fidelity International
08.2021 - Current
- Swift provisioning of AWS Accounts for business workloads within Cloud Account
- Management and maintenance of shared services including HTTP Proxy, DNS, Networking, and logging
- Implementation of fully automated deployment, Clean Code, and modern software engineering principles
- Advocacy for and implementation of fully automated testing and Shift left practices
- Identification and implementation of improvements in Core Stack design principles for reliability, cost optimization, scalability, operational efficiency, and security
- Leadership in driving epics for major changes aligned with organizational goal of 80% cloud adoption by 2025
- Conducting learning sessions on Cloud Architecture, Terraform Best Practices, and Managing Privileged Identity Management
- Maintenance of clear and comprehensive documentation for internal customers
- Providing dedicated assistance to workload teams in problem-solving and implementing DevOps practices within their teams.
Associate Technical Specialist
Barco Electronics Ltd
01.2021 - 08.2021
- Maintaining the Barco infrastructure on AWS and Azure cloud up to date and bug-free.
- Identifying and rolling out new cloud capabilities using cloud-based automations and coding, such as Logic Apps and FaaS.
- Facilitating internal customers with the deployment of their Kubernetes-based apps.
- Monitoring and alerting of infrastructure.
- Using Terraform and Terragrunt to enhance newer deployments based on Infrastructure as Code.
Tech Lead
Tech Mahindra
12.2019 - 01.2021
- Designed and optimized mission-critical multi-tier workloads on Azure Cloud through refactor migration.
- Gathered comprehensive requirements from stakeholders to inform Solution Design, ensuring adherence to organizational security principles.
- Created detailed target architecture based on input from application teams.
- Developed Deployment Design Document (LLD) as a centralized technical reference for migration.
- Established Resource Reference outlining naming conventions and configuration items for complete environments, facilitating automation efforts.
Design Architect
HCL Technologies
02.2019 - 12.2019
- Designed and implemented public and private-facing websites on AWS and Azure Cloud, emphasizing high availability and fault tolerance.
- Led greenfield deployment and migration projects from On-Premises Infrastructure to Cloud environments.
- Gathered comprehensive requirements from stakeholders to inform Solution Design, ensuring alignment with client service criticality standards.
- Created Low Level Designs and Visio Topology diagrams adhering to client security standards, reviewed at Solution Design Board.
- Developed Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) and build sheets for deployment, providing ongoing design support until service transitioned to operations.
Senior Engineer
Ericsson Global Services
12.2014 - 01.2019
- Led Rehost and Refactor migrations from On-Premises VMware to AWS, ensuring smooth transition.
- Provisioned AWS resources including EC2, VPC, EBS, AMI, S3 buckets, and subnets using Ansible for efficient operations.
- Established VPN tunnel configuration between on-premise network and AWS VPC.
- Installed and configured SCM tool Ansible on EC2 instances, writing playbooks for task automation.
- Managed infrastructure build activities such as EC2 instances, Security Groups, and Databases, implementing continuous integration with Jenkins and writing Perl & Shell scripts for daily support tasks.
Assistant Manager
Tata Teleservices Ltd
10.2010 - 12.2014
- Oversaw network outages and KPI retrieval, ensuring thorough monitoring and identification of abnormalities.
- Spearheaded special projects including new site roll-outs, sector upgrades, and ethernet deployments, ensuring successful implementation.
- Conducted assessments on network health-check trackers and maintained network databases to optimize performance.
- Managed BSC 6680 V3R8 version of Huawei CDMA, ensuring smooth operation and maintenance.
- Developed an AutoIT Tool for node backup management, enabling efficient daily, weekly, and monthly database backups. Additionally, formulated hourly KPI Reports for quick tracking and comparison of network performance metrics.
Education
B.E - Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE)
Delhi College of Engineering
08.2006 - 05.2010
Skills
Azure
Accomplishments
- Enterprise-wide Terraform Deep Dive Session (2023):Highly appreciated for conducting comprehensive Terraform Deep Dive Session at Fidelity, showcasing expertise and contributing to organizational learning and development.
- Nomination for On-The-Spot Award (2022):Nominated for leading the team and demonstrating fast-paced learning in the GDW project at Fidelity, highlighting leadership and adaptability in delivering successful outcomes.
- Pat on Back Award (Sep 2020):Acknowledged by Tech Mahindra for exceptional dedication and commitment in exceeding expectations during the Cloud Migration Project, demonstrating a passion for excellence and embracing challenges without limits.
- Bravo Award (June 2020):Recognized by Tech Mahindra for consistently embodying core values and driving positive change in the workplace, contributing to a culture of excellence and innovation.
- T Star Award (2018):Received Director Level Award from a customer for delivering exceptional knowledge sessions and ensuring a seamless transition of L1/L2 projects, highlighting expertise and commitment to excellence.
- Better Together Award (2017):Commended by an overseas customer for leadership in automation initiatives and fostering effective team engagement, promoting collaboration and driving efficiency.
- Secured National Level Certificate & Scholarship from NCERT in National Talent Search Examination in 2004
Notable Achievements across Career
Academic Achievement:
Certification
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate : April 2021
Detailed Technical Skills
- AWS Services: EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, AWS SSO, Federation using SAML2.0 Cloudwatch, VPC Endpoint, Route53, EFS, Elastic Beanstalk, Lambda, API Gateway, SFTP for S3, DynamoDB, CloudFront, AWS Organization, Certificate Manager, Resource Access Manager, Secrets Manager, KMS, AWS Workspace etc.
- Azure Services: Virtual Machine, VNet, Site-to-Site VPN, Storage Account, Azure Active Directory (AAD), Monitor, Log Analytics Workspace, Private Link, Fileshare, Azure Active Directory B2C, Azure Frontdoor, Azure App Service, Azure Functions, Azure IoT Hub, Azure DNS, Azure Private DNS, Application Insights, Sendgrid, Azure Key Vault, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure SQL Database, Azure SQL Database – Managed Services
- Container Technologies: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Elastic Container Services (ECS) , AWS Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS), Fargate, AWS Elastic Container Registery (ECR), Azure Container Instance (ACI), Azure Container Registry (ACR), Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).
- Identity: SAML 2.0, OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, Azure Active Directory, AWS Cognito, Keycloak, Azure AD B2C
- Cloud Migration Tools: Azure Site Recovery for Lift & Shift, Azure Migrate, Azure Data Factory
- Big Data streaming: Apache Kafka, Amazon Kinesis, Amazon SQS, Azure Event Hub, Azure Service Bus
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, Azure Resource Manager (ARM), Terragrunt.
- SCM/Version Control Tools: GIT with Azure Repos, GitHub & AWS CodeCommit
- Continuous Delivery/Deployment (CD): AWS CodePipeline, Azure Pipeline, Jenkins
- Observability: Opsgenie, Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana
- Web Service Tools: JBoss/Wildfly, Oracle Weblogic, IIS Server, Apache Web Server
- Database Systems: Oracle DB 11.2.0.4, SQL Server 2016, AWS RDS, AWS DynamoDB, Azure SQL Database,
- OS Platforms: RHEL Linux 7/8, Windows 2016 Server
· Networking: IPv4, IPv6, MPLS, QoS
· Programming Languages: Python; Excel-VB; AutoIT; Bash; Expect
Timeline
AWS Advanced Networking Speciality
02-2023
Principal Engineer
Fidelity International
08.2021 - Current
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate : April 2021
04-2021
Associate Technical Specialist
Barco Electronics Ltd
01.2021 - 08.2021
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer : Nov 2020
11-2020
Azure Solution Architect Expert : Feb 2020
02-2020
Tech Lead
Tech Mahindra
12.2019 - 01.2021
Design Architect
HCL Technologies
02.2019 - 12.2019
AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate : Nov 2017
11-2017
Senior Engineer
Ericsson Global Services
12.2014 - 01.2019
Assistant Manager
Tata Teleservices Ltd
10.2010 - 12.2014
B.E - Electronics & Communication Engineering (ECE)
Delhi College of Engineering
08.2006 - 05.2010