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Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer
Phone:551-775-0432
Email:vickky01m@gmail.com
LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/in/vikash-m-78ba53133
CARRER OBJECTIVE
Overall 10+ years of IT experience in which 6+ in DevOps/Cloud Engineer dedicated to automation and
optimization, Understands, and manages the space between operations and development to quickly deliver features to
customers, has experience with the cloud, as well as DevOps automation development for Linux systems and Windows,
brings maturity, enthusiasm, and a drive to learn new technologies along with real-world experience.
4 years as Linux Administrator.
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Involved in various stages of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) including analysis, requirement gathering,
and Design, Development, Testing, Deployment and Maintenance of DevOps applications.
Handled architecting and building solutions leveraging DevOps tools such as GIT, Maven, Jenkins, Docker,
ANSIBLE, and Chef Etc.
Experience with AWS Cloud services like EC2, VPC, ELB, Auto-Scaling, Security Groups, Route53, IAM, EBS,
AMI, EFS, RDS, S3, SNS, SQS, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation, cloud front, cloud trail, and Lambda & Direct
Connect.
Configured, optimized, and maintained Akamai CDN solutions to enhance content delivery performance, reduce
latency, and ensure high availability across global regions. Developed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins
and GitHub Actions for automated deployment of applications and content to Akamai, ensuring efficient
integration and faster release cycles.
Implemented infrastructure automation with Docker and Kubernetes for provisioning, scaling, and monitoring
Akamai-integrated environments, leading to improved system reliability and scalability.
Good at managing and hosting plans for Azure Infrastructure, implementing and deploying workloads on Azure
virtual machines (VMs)
Expertise in Azure includes Virtual Networks, VM, Azure Active Directory, Azure Resource Manager, App
Service Plan, Azure Functions, Azure SQL DB, ACR for Private Docker Registry, AKS, Azure Monitor, Azure
SQL database, Blob storage, Azure Synapse Pipelines, Azure Queue Storage, Azure Table Storage, Azure
Application Gateway.
Extensively worked on Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) pipelines and workflow
integration for automated builds using Hudson/Jenkins and Bamboo.
Experienced in build tools like Maven, Ant & GRADLE for building the deployable artifacts from source code.
Expertise in using Repository Managers like Nexus to store the Artifacts.
Proficient in practical utilization of Open Shift for effectively orchestrating containers using Kubernetes, managing
container storage, and automating processes to improve the multi-tenancy capabilities of container platforms.
Skilled in working with Open Shift and understanding Kubernetes architecture and design, adept at resolving
challenges and adeptly handling multi-region deployment strategies and models for extensive-scale applications.
Proficient in utilizing and setting up Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup, including the installation and
configuration of the Azure Backup agent and virtual machine backup.
Skillfully enabled Azure Virtual Machine backup through the Vault and established configurations for Azure Site
Recovery (ASR).
Successfully executed migrations of on-premises applications to Azure, setting up Virtual Networks (VNETs) and
subnets according to project specifications.
Proficiently employed PowerShell scripting for tasks such as Patching, Imaging, and Deployments within the
Azure environment.
Accomplished in deploying and configuring ELK stack (Elastic search, Log stash, Kibana) and AWS Kinesis to
enable efficient log analytics.
Adept in various aspects of Linux and Windows administration, including installation, configuration, performance
optimization, and troubleshooting for systems like Red Hat Linux, CentOS, SUSE, Ubuntu, Solaris, and Windows.
Enhanced Security Posture: Implemented and automated cloud security controls, leveraging CISSP and CCSP
principles, reducing security incident frequency by 30% across multi-cloud environments.
Cloud Security Governance: Defined and enforced cloud security policies, leveraging Azure Security Center, AWS
Security Hub, and GCP Security Command Center, ensuring adherence to CISSP and CCSP standards.
Vulnerability Management: Utilized tools like Aqua Security, Twistlock, and Clair to identify, prioritize, and
remediate vulnerabilities in Docker containers and Kubernetes clusters, achieving 95% compliance with security
benchmarks.
Extensive experience in the administration, installation, configuration, support, and maintenance of Linux systems,
with a focus on Red Hat Linux installations, upgrades, and configurations.
Creating Linux Virtual Machines using VMware Virtual Centre (ESXI), hypervisor-v, PHP Virtual Box.
Implemented ANSIBLE to manage servers and automate the build and configuration of new servers.
Worked with ANSIBLE playbooks for virtual and physical instance provisioning, configuration management,
patching and software deployment.
Applied programming expertise in Python, Golang, and Ruby to develop and optimize data processing scripts,
automation tools, and integration components, improving overall system efficiency and functionality.
Designed end-to-end automation and continuous delivery of application by integrating AWS cloud, Jenkins and
Chef.
Implementing CI-CD pipelines with Jenkins, Azure DevOps and DOCKERIZING the application and deploying it
on to AKS Cluster using Helm deployments.
Designed and implemented data architectures using RDS (PostgreSQL), enabling high-performance, scalable
relational database solutions for critical business applications.
Administrating and supporting company’s Azure Kubernetes infrastructure, ensuring it is secure, resilient and
performance and responsible for complete DevOps activities and coordinating with development team.
Working as Kubernetes Administrator, involved in configuration for web apps, Azure App services, Azure
Application insights, Azure Application gateway, Azure DNS, Azure traffic manager, App services.
Building Azure Pipelines for SAAS based Applications for Dynamics 365 and Power Apps.
Experience with container based Virtualized deployments using Docker, with Docker images, Docker Hub and
Docker registries.
Architected and maintained Kafka-based messaging systems to enable reliable and scalable data streaming,
supporting real-time data processing and integration across multiple services.
Worked with Kubernetes to manage containerized applications using its nodes, CONFIGMAPS, selector, Service
and deployed application containers as pods.
Experience using Kubernetes for container management that runs Docker containerized applications in a cluster of
EC2 instances in Linux Environment.
Worked with Terraform key features such as infrastructure as a code, execution plans, resource graphs, change
automation and used auto scaling launch configuration templates for launching AWS EC2 instances.
Experience on building and deploying various JAR, WAR, EAR applications.
Integrated Terraform with CI/CD pipelines to automate infrastructure provisioning and deployment processes,
improving deployment frequency and reducing human error.
Experienced in Server monitoring, capacity planning, application monitoring with the help of Nagios, Cloud Watch
and SPLUNK.
Managed and enhanced the company's developer portal using Backstage.io, streamlining internal services and
creating an intuitive, self-service platform for developers.
Hands-on experience in using EFK (Elastic Search, Fluent, and Kibana), Nagios, Grafana, and Prometheus to get
data for each application about usage across the Kubernetes cluster.
Good experience in design and development of builds, scripts (Shell, Bash, Perl scripting) and systems including
source code control and issue tracking.
DevOps experience with configuration management tools like Ansible, Puppet, Chef, AWS (OPS Work)
and OpenStack.
Well versed in configuring an automated tool Puppet that included installation and configuration of Puppet and
written manifests and modules for a puppet to do tasks like application deployment, configuration and create file
systems.
Configured and optimized Akamai CDN for enhanced content delivery, reducing latency and improving global
content load times by up to 40%.
Managed Akamai Property Manager configurations for efficient content caching and routing, ensuring high
availability and minimal downtime.
Monitored CDN performance metrics using Akamai Control Center and third-party tools, quickly diagnosing and
troubleshooting CDN-related issues to maintain optimal delivery speeds.
Strong hands-on experience in scripting languages such as Groovy, YAML, JSON, Shell scripting.
Experience with working on Linux System with good programming languages such as Python, Bash, and Shell.
Worked with different Bug tracking tools like JIRA, Bugzilla, and Remedy.
Involved in Architect, build and maintain Highly Available secure multi-zone AWS cloud infrastructure utilizing
Chef with AWS Cloud Formation and Jenkins for continuous integration.
Have built Jenkins jobs to create AWS infrastructure from GitHub repositories containing \ code.
Configured Ansible to manage AWS environments and automate the build process for core AMIs used by all
applications.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and implement cloud-native workloads using .NET and Java,
optimizing application performance and reducing infrastructure costs by 20%.
Spearheaded the development of cloud-native solutions, integrating DevOps best practices and automation
frameworks such as Terraform and CloudFormation, achieving 50% faster deployment times.
Led containerized environments with Kubernetes experience in managing large, containerized environments,
serving as a lead role in utilizing Kubernetes for container orchestration in both on-prem and public cloud
environments.
Linux power user/administrator experience working with Linux, particularly RedHat, as a power user and system
administrator, responsible for managing system resources, troubleshooting, and automation tasks.
Understanding of application servers such as WebLogic, Tomcat, WebSphere, and JBOSS for deploying code, as
well as web servers such as Apache.
Deployed applications on AWS by using Elastic Beanstalk. Integrated delivery (CI and CD) using Jenkins and
Ansible.
Used Ansible to manage systems configuration to facilitate interoperability between existing infrastructure and new
infrastructure in alternate physical data centers or cloud (AWS).
Automated the cloud deployments using Chef and AWS cloud formation templates.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:
Cloud Platforms AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
AWS Services RDS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ECS, Cloud Formation, EBS (Elastic Beanstalk),
ELB(Elastic Load Balancer), Auto Scaling, Cloud Trial, SQS, SNS, SWF, Cloud
Watch.
Azure Services App Services, Key vault, Function app, Blob storage, Azure Active Directory, Azure
Kubernetes service (AKS), Azure SQL, Azure Cosmos DB, Azure VM, Azure
Functions.
Version Control GitHub, GitLab, Bit bucket, Azure repos
CI/CD Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub, Azure Pipelines, Bamboo, CircleCI
Configuration Management Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform
& Automation Tools
IaaC Terraform, Cloud Formation, ARM templates
Containerization Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Open Shift, AKS, EKS/ECS
Monitoring Tools Nagios, Splunk, Data dog, Grafana, Prometheus, New Relic, Zabbix
Networking VPC, Route 53, Cloud Front, Virtual Network (VNet), Azure Load Balancer,
Application Gateway
Databases RDS, Dynamo DB, Aurora, Azure SQL Database, Cosmos DB, Azure Database for
MySQL/PostgreSQL,
Languages Python, Shell scripting, Bash, PowerShell, Groovy
Analytics Redshift, Athena, EMR, Azure Data Lake Analytics, Azure Synapse Analytics
Art factory Jfrog and Nexus
Web Servers Nginx, Apache Tomcat, Httpd, IIS
Documentation Confluence
Operating Systems Microsoft Windows XP/ 2000, Linux, UNIX.
Tracking Tools Jira, Azure Boards
Code Scanning SonarQube, Jfrog X ray, ECR Inspector
WORK EXPERIENCE
Vanguard- Washington, DC
Sr.DEVOPS Engineer Jun 2022 – Till Date
Responsibilities:
Responsible for Planning, Designing, and Installing POC implementations and supporting AWS infrastructure.
Automated the tasks using Chef and Ruby scripting.
Involved in building Object Oriented applications, writing Shell Scripts and Python Scripts on UNIX.
Automated Aws infrastructure using terraform.
Integrated GIT into Jenkins to automate the code check-out process.
Used Jenkins for automating Builds and Automating Deployments.
Used Terraform to Automate the provisioning, management of the Infrastructure on AWS
Worked with the developers to develop the code in all environments.
Involved in Designing and maintaining production-quality Splunk dashboards.
Wrote shell scripts to automate the insertion of software usage and MySQL database systems.
When required applied patches as per the release process.
Integrated Akamai Edge configurations into CI/CD pipelines, streamlining deployment processes, and reducing
release times by 30%.
Implemented Akamai Kona Site Defender for web application security, configuring rules to mitigate threats such as
DDoS and bot attacks.
Developed and managed secure token authentication and access management policies for content delivery,
ensuring secure access for authorized users.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams including developers, network engineers, and security experts to integrate
Akamai services seamlessly, optimize cache settings, and troubleshoot routing and performance issues.
Leveraged AWS services such as EC2, S3, and Lambda to build scalable and resilient web applications, APIs, and
microservices, while ensuring compatibility and performance with Akamai CDN.
Implemented advanced container orchestration strategies using Amazon EKS and Google Kubernetes Engine
(GKE), enhancing application resilience and achieving zero-downtime deployments.
Secure CI/CD Pipelines: Integrated static (SAST) and dynamic (DAST) application security testing into Jenkins
and GitHub Actions, enhancing code quality and reducing vulnerabilities by 50% during the development lifecycle.
Identity & Access Management: Designed and implemented least privilege IAM policies in AWS, Azure, and
GCP, aligned with CISSP access control standards, reducing unauthorized access incidents by 40%.
Designed microservices-based architectures using Dapr for distributed state management, service invocation, and
multi-cloud failover capabilities, improving application reliability and availability.
Cloud Infrastructure Hardening Applied CISSP and CCSP principles to harden cloud infrastructure through the use
of security groups, firewall rules, and automated compliance checks.
Designed, developed, and implemented cloud-native microservices architecture in AWS and GCP using
Kubernetes for enterprise-scale applications, improving scalability and fault tolerance by 30%.
Architected and managed end-to-end cloud-native solutions in AWS and GCP, leveraging multi-cloud abstraction
frameworks such as Dapr to ensure interoperability and simplified deployments.
Windows Server support and administration Provided application support and administration for Windows Servers
for over 3 years, ensuring uptime, performance, and security across server infrastructures.
Cloud-native apps and automation expertise experience working with cloud-native apps such as Grafana,
Prometheus, MongoDB, and PostgreSQL. Automated infrastructure using Ansible, improving provisioning and
configuration management processes.
Conducted in-depth analysis of edge server logs to optimize caching strategies and improve overall content delivery
performance.
Collaborated with development, operations, and security teams to align Akamai configurations with application
requirements, enhancing user experience and operational efficiency.
Automated content purging and invalidation on Akamai Edge servers, ensuring users receive the most recent
content updates without delay.
Configured and managed Akamai Edge DNS for high-performance DNS routing, enhancing resiliency and
reducing DNS resolution times across regions.
Security Training & Awareness Conducted cloud security training and workshops for DevOps teams to improve
security practices and promote adherence to CISSP and CCSP guidelines.
Kubernetes ingress and Docker image management experience managing ingress with NGINX, Istio, and Calico
network policies, while building and maintaining Docker images for scalable and secure deployments in
Kubernetes environments
Maintained JIRA for tracking and updating project defects and tasks.
Managed and document all post deployment issues utilizing the Post Deployments Issue Log.
Worked closely with Project Managers to understand a code/configuration release scope and how to confirm a
release was successful.
Developed and maintained robust data platforms utilizing PostgreSQL (RDS), Debezium for change data capture,
Redis for caching, and Kafka for distributed event streaming, optimizing data flow and system performance.
Communicated with all levels of engineering, management, development, and test teams.
Involved in Monitoring the machines using Datalog.
Worked on Creating and Maintaining Infra-Structure (machines/servers) using AWS.
Created virtual servers in Amazon EC2 also configured security and networking, and volumes.
Involved in Creating Buckets and Storing Company related documents in Amazon s3.
Resolving incidents using PagerDuty.
Implemented a Continuous Delivery pipeline with Docker, and GitHub and AWS
Building/Maintaining Docker container clusters managed by Kubernetes, GIT, Docker on AWS.
Utilized Kubernetes and Docker for the runtime environment of the CI/CD system to build, test deploys.
Worked on Maintaining the documentation using the Atlassian tools Jira, confluence etc.
Organized a daily stand-up post-deployment meeting to review all issues being tracked. Ensure every issue has an
owner and that it is resolved while capturing the specific details about the issue, resolution, and which
organizations and individuals provided the resolution.
Ensured compliance with security and industry standards by implementing best practices for CDN configurations,
supporting audit controls, and aligning with SOX compliance relevant to software development and release
policies.
Configured AWS EC2 instances, S3 Buckets and Cloud Formation Services based on the business requirements for
different applications.
Implemented infrastructure automation with Docker and Kubernetes for provisioning, scaling, and monitoring
Akamai-integrated environments, leading to improved system reliability and scalability.
Led the integration of multiple teams and their services into Backstage.io, ensuring seamless adoption and efficient
management of microservices, repositories, and technical documentation.
Implemented real-time data processing solutions using Flink, integrating with Kafka to process and analyze
streaming data, enabling timely insights and decision-making.
Built Jenkins jobs to create AWS infrastructure from GitHub repos containing terraform code.
Coordinated with the different teams and discuss the functionalities of the modules required by the client.
Involved in deploying company related applications on Raspberry pi camera and Dahua bullet camera.
Maintaining downtime on server monitors based on Datalog.
Led the migration of legacy applications to cloud-native platforms in AWS and GCP, leveraging Kubernetes and
serverless frameworks, resulting in a 40% reduction in operational overhead and faster time-to-market.
Employed DevOps methodologies to automate workflows and enhance collaboration between development and
operations teams, leveraging CI/CD pipelines and container orchestration for efficient software delivery.
ANTHEM-Indianapolis, Indiana
Sr Azure Infrastructure Engineer Nov 2020 – May
2022
Responsibilities:
Configured and deployed Azure Automation Scripts for various applications within the Azure stack.
Provisioned Azure resources such as Compute, Network, and Application Gateway using Azure ARM templates.
Built high-availability application environments across different Azure regions using CDN, Azure Traffic Manager,
App Services-Web Apps, Active Directory, Storage Queues, Cognitive Services, Azure Search, Storage Blobs,
Redis Cache, and SQL Database.
Developed computer vision solutions utilizing Azure Cognitive Services to analyze and interpret visual content.
Utilized AutoML for automatic selection of appropriate machine learning models for specific tasks.
Implemented hyperparameter tuning with AutoML to optimize model performance and enhance accuracy.
Managed version control, build and release management, and deployments in DEV, QA, and PROD environments
using Azure DevOps/VSTS.
Integrated various data platforms and services, including Databricks for big data analytics and Redis for low-
latency data access, ensuring seamless operation and data consistency across the infrastructure.
Created Azure automated assets, including graphical and PowerShell runbooks for automation.
Developed cloud modules for interacting with Azure services, facilitating easy creation and orchestration of
infrastructure on Azure.
Built and deployed custom plugins in Backstage.io to extend its functionality, providing teams with tailored
solutions that improved developer workflows and service visibility.
Established CI/CD pipelines for .NET and Python apps in Azure DevOps, integrating source codes from GitHub,
VSTS, and artifacts.
Configured new Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) clusters, nodes, and performed troubleshooting of production-
grade applications.
Designed and implemented scalable data solutions using AWS RDS Aurora for relational databases, Elastic ache
for in-memory caching, Managed OpenSearch for search and analytics, S3 for data storage, and MSK for Kafka-
based event streaming.
Implemented Continuous Integration (CI) using Azure DevOps, supporting Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).
Built multiple data lakes and migrated application logic and functionality to Azure Data Lake, Data Factory, SQL
Database, and SQL Data Warehouse.
Implemented Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) for user access management.
Designed and implemented service-oriented architecture using Azure Data Lake Store and Azure Data Factory.
Environment: Microsoft Azure (IaaS), Terraform, Chef, Packer, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Services
(AKS), Grafana, Prometheus, Git, Jenkins, Automating routine tasks and data retrieval, Azure Data Factory (ADF), Azure
Data bricks, Windows Phone applications, Windows Active Directory
Responsibilities:
Worked portal for triggering builds and releasing them to stakeholders by understanding the pain points of
Developers and QA engineers.
Maintained the FTP server in which the builds were copied.
Designed the Infrastructure and implemented AWS cloud.
Setup AWS VPC’s for dev, staging and Prod environments.
Vulnerability Assessment & Penetration Testing on the infrastructure on AWS for security.
Maintained the user accounts IAM Roles, VPC, RDB, Dynamo DB, SES, SQS and SNS services in AWS cloud.
Implemented Chef to deploy the builds for Dev, QA, and production.
Integrated Jenkins with GitHub for continuous integration and deployment of the code by enabling Git hooks, the
build jobs is automatically created once the changes are made to the code by dev team.
Created Multi branch pipeline and shared pipeline libraries that can be used by other jobs, created Artifacts and
Fingerprints of the build jobs.
Expert in Docker with strong experience in multi-stage builds in Dev/Test/Prod using Docker-compose and
Docker-stack deploy.
Knowledge in Docker swarm orchestration, networking, security, storage, and volumes.
Maintained and developed infrastructure using Chef, Jenkins, and multiple AWS tools.
Created release notes based on the contents of builds and published build artifacts to the stakeholders.
Continuous Integration: implemented and promoted use of Jenkins within the developer community. Validated
Jenkins along with Bamboo.
Developed scripts for executing validation/test cases automatically after builds.
Developed and maintained in-house Code review system before migrating to the lightweight code review system
available in Stash.
Conducted performance tuning and optimization for data systems and cloud services, achieving significant
improvements in query performance, data throughput, and application responsiveness.
Designed and implemented the backup strategy for all the critical systems such as build machines, bug tracking
tools, central repositories etc.
Environments: AWS, AWS Cloud Formation, Chef, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Jenkins Pipeline, Jenkins Multi-branch pipeline,
Docker, Docker Compose, Docker Swarm, Git, Stash, Dynamo DB, SES, SQS, SNS, Vulnerability Assessment &
Penetration Testing, Security best practices in AWS, Artifact creation and management, Backup strategies for critical
systems.
Responsibilities:
Day to day duties involved Linux server maintenance and support to developer's team for their issue’s application,
tuning, troubleshooting, and software running.
Installed the latest patches for, Oracle on Red hat Linux servers, Configured and administered Send mail, Samba,
Squid servers in Linux environment.
Set up the Linux Croon jobs for automating various build related jobs and application data synchronization jobs.
Responsible for building of Linux OS servers using kick start automation application.
Updated previous LDAP tools to work with version of Ruby Rails.
Involved in Installing, Configuring and Upgrading of Red Hat Linux AS 4/5, Solaris 9/10 operating systems.
Performed automated installations of Operating System using kick start for Red Hat Enterprise Linux5/6 and
Jumpstart for Solaris 9/10 Linux.
Administered and supported distributions of Linux, including Linux Enterprise Desktop, SUSE Linux Enterprise
Server, Red Hat, and Solaris.
Install, maintain, and upgrade Drupal and Word press on LAMP stack and Configured LAMP Stack on Unix/Linux
servers.
Developed, customized and build packages on Solaris and rpms on Linux for deployment on various servers
through Software Development Life Cycle.
Environment: Red Hat Linux AS 4/5, Solaris 9/10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle, Send
mail, Samba, Squid, Kick start, Cron jobs, LAMP Stack, Drupal, WordPress, Ruby Rails, RPM, Software Development Life
Cycle.