EMAIL: amsanjeevkumar@gmail.
com
Sanjeev Kumar MOBILE: +91-7358143043
LINKEDIN: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sanjeev-
kumar-584685b0
Dynamic and results-oriented DevOps Engineer with a strong focus on cloud technologies and automation processes, seeking to
leverage expertise in CI/CD, containerization, and orchestration to drive operational excellence in a forward-thinking organization.
PROFILE SUMMARY
❖ Accomplished professional with nearly 7 years of experience in cloud technologies, automation, and CI/CD, delivering optimized solutions to
improve IT operations and software delivery across diverse environments.
❖ Currently leading cloud and on-premise environment management, driving seamless application deployment, integration, and business
alignment through effective DevOps practices.
❖ Proven track record of accelerating time-to-market and boosting productivity by implementing efficient CI/CD pipelines and automating
infrastructure provisioning processes.
❖ Showcased leadership in mentoring junior engineers and cultivating a collaborative culture, while driving continuous improvement initiatives
in DevOps and team performance.
❖ Expertise in utilizing monitoring tools like Prometheus and Grafana to ensure system reliability, scalability, and optimal performance,
proactively resolving issues before they affect end users.
CORE COMPETENCIES
Cloud Architecture & Management Version Control & Code Management Automation & Configuration Management
Software Development Life Cycle DevOps Strategy & Transformation Continuous Improvement & Performance Tuning
CI/CD Pipeline Automation Incident & Problem Management Security Best Practices in Cloud
EDUCATION CERTIFICATION
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
Engineering March 2021
Saveetha Engineering College, Chennai
August 2013 – May 2017 Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
❖ Cloud Technologies: AWS, IBM Cloud
❖ AWS Services: EC2, ECS, EKS, S3, CloudFront, KMS, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, SecurityHub, Control Tower, IAM, VPC, Network
Firewall, Transit Gateway, VPN, Elastic Disaster Recovery, Application Migration Service, Lambda, Workspaces
❖ Build Tools: Maven, NPM, Go
❖ Container Technologies: Docker, Kubernetes
❖ Scripting: Shell, Python
❖ Version Control Systems: Git, GitHub, GitLab
❖ Configuration Management: Ansible
❖ Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform
❖ CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab, Github Actions
❖ Observability Tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, DataDog
❖ Database: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
❖ GitOps: ArgoCD
❖ Operating Systems: RHEL, Ubuntu, Windows
WORK EXPERIENCE
Spinebiz, Chennai | Senior DevOps Engineer | Nov’21 – Present
Project 1: Comply Portal
❖ Spearheading the integration of ECS clusters as runners to GitLab, significantly enhancing build performance, scalability, and cost-efficiency.
❖ Resolving critical VPC and Route Table issues within AWS, ensuring seamless connectivity and addressing Peering-related challenges to
maintain a stable network architecture.
❖ Managing and optimizing EKS clusters to ensure high availability and scalability, implementing rolling updates and automatic scaling to
handle peak workloads effectively.
❖ Designing and implementing a Lambda function combined with CloudFront and S3 for image resizing and caching, utilizing CDN to improve
content delivery efficiency.
❖ Conducting thorough resource allocation and utilization analysis, leading to a 15% reduction in infrastructure costs by optimizing
container resource limits and requests while maintaining application performance.
❖ Overseeing the streamlining of CI/CD pipelines for Java applications (via Maven) and front-end applications (via NPM), achieving a 20%
reduction in build and deployment times.
❖ Establishing proactive monitoring and alerting systems using Prometheus and Grafana, reducing system downtime by 15% and ensuring
the continuous availability of critical services.
❖ Introducing & enforcing Git-based version control best practices, improving code collaboration, traceability, & overall development workflows.
❖ Leading the provisioning of AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring robust, repeatable, and secure infrastructure
setups across multiple regions and workspaces.
Project 2: Zenr Bank
❖ Designing and implementing a high-availability infrastructure for a critical banking application, ensuring 99.99% uptime and fault
tolerance with services such as ELB, Route53, and multi-AZ deployments on AWS.
❖ Leading compliance efforts to meet industry standards (PCI-DSS, GDPR) by conducting rigorous security audits and assessments to maintain
regulatory compliance for sensitive banking applications.
❖ Developing and implementing disaster recovery strategies using AWS Elastic Disaster Recovery, including regular backups, failover
procedures, and offsite data replication to ensure business continuity.
❖ Managing the implementation of perimeter firewalls, VPNs, and IDS/IPS systems to enhance network security and protect sensitive banking
data from unauthorized access.
❖ Integrating banking systems with a Wazuh SIEM platform, enabling centralized log management, real-time security event monitoring, and
custom correlation rules for enhanced visibility into potential security incidents.
❖ Configuring application monitoring solutions using DataDog to ensure comprehensive health checks and performance monitoring for critical
banking applications.
❖ Conducting regular penetration testing and security assessments to identify vulnerabilities, implement fixes, and continuously improve the
security posture of banking infrastructure.
❖ Orchestrating the secure migration of banking applications and data to AWS, ensuring compliance with cloud security best practices, IAM
policies, and encryption standards to protect data in transit and at rest.
❖ Automating manual processes and tasks using Python to enable improved governance, compliance, and operational efficiency, minimizing
human error and enhancing scalability.
Tech Mahindra, Chennai, Tamil Nadu | Software Engineer | Jun’18 – Nov’21
❖ Oversaw both on-premise & cloud-based environments, tailoring solutions to meet the specific needs of diverse applications, ensuring
seamless integration & performance.
❖ Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins for on-premise environments, optimizing the deployment process and significantly
boosting development efficiency.
❖ Leveraged monitoring tools such as Prometheus, Azure Monitor, Kibana, and Grafana to continuously track application performance,
quickly identifying and addressing potential issues.
❖ Established automated alerting systems for critical infrastructure components, ensuring rapid response to production alerts and
minimizing potential disruptions.
❖ Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform & managed configurations through Ansible, streamlining operations & enhancing
deployment speed and accuracy.
❖ Managed & deployed containerized applications with Kubernetes, ensuring optimal orchestration & scalability to meet evolving business needs.
ACHIEVEMENTS
❖ Achieved a seamless migration of servers from AWS to IBM Cloud, despite having no prior expertise in IBM Cloud, demonstrating adaptability
and quick learning.
❖ Engineered robust AWS architectures for projects, ensuring optimal resource sizing and incorporating stringent security measures to meet
project requirements.
❖ Spearheaded CI/CD pipeline implementation, boosting deployment frequency by 20% and accelerating feature delivery.
❖ Reduced application deployment time from 1.5 hours to 30 minutes by automating deployment processes.
❖ Developed a monitoring solution that improved incident response times by 30%, enhancing system reliability.
❖ Led legacy application migration to cloud infrastructure, cutting operational costs by 40%.
