G MAHESH KUMAR

Bengaluru, India
+91-6303691765
[email protected]

SUMMARY
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate - Accomplished Senior DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of
experience in containerization, orchestration, and infrastructure automation, and CI/CD implementation. Skilled in
Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, and Docker for automating scalable and secure infrastructure. Proven
success in reducing deployment times, improving system reliability, and driving DevOps best practices across
cloud-native environments.

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
 Experience in designing, implementing, and managing AWS-based solutions, including EC2, ELB, EBS,
Auto-Scaling, S3, Route53, IAM, VPC, RDS, Cloud Trail, Cloud Watch, CloudFront, ECS, EKS and EFS.
 Deployed and managed scalable applications in Kubernetes clusters using Helm charts and custom manifests.
 Designed and maintained multi-tenant Kubernetes clusters across multiple environments.
 Deployed Kubernetes workloads using AWS EKS and automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform.
 Set up monitoring and alerting for Kubernetes clusters using Prometheus and Grafana.
 Developed and customized Grafana dashboards to visualize key metrics (CPU, memory, HTTP latency, error
rates) across multiple environments.
 Reduced system downtime by 40% through early detection of resource bottlenecks using Prometheus metrics.
 Automated end-to-end infrastructure provisioning using Terraform modules and workspaces for multi-
environment setups (dev, staging, prod).
 Integrated Terraform with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab) to enable automated, version-controlled
infrastructure deployments. Collaborated with development teams to streamline CI/CD workflows.
 Used remote state locking with AWS S3 and DynamoDB to prevent race conditions during
concurrent Terraform runs.
 Automated provisioning and configuration of Linux servers using Ansible playbooks, reducing setup
time by 70%. Used Ansible to automate application deployments, service restarts, and patch
management in production environments.
 Implemented centralized logging using the ELK stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), improving
troubleshooting speed by 50%.
 Integrated GitHub Actions for efficient version control, automated testing, and deployment workflows.
 Proficient in containerizing applications using Docker and deploying them to AWS ECS and EKS clusters,
ensuring consistency and scalability.
 In-depth understanding of the principles and best practices of Software Configuration Management (SCM)
processes, which include compiling, packaging, deploying and application configurations.
 Experience in Docker like creating Docker Images and Docker Containers.
 Experience in Shell Scripting. Having good experience on Installing and configuring DevOps tools.

EXPERIENCE

FIDELITY NATIONAL FINANCIAL

Bangalore, India
Senior DevOps Engineer 10/2021 to Current
Client: Fidelity National Financial

Description: Fidelity National Financial (FNF) is the World's largest Title Insurance Company and it is recognized
as one of the best managed and most admired companies in the US. Fidelity National Financial India is a wholly
owned subsidiary of FNF and provides a spectrum of knowledge and business services to the Title & Mortgage
industry with in the FNF family companies.
 Roles & Responsibilities:
 Proficient in managing Linux systems (Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS, etc.) and experience with user management,
file permissions, and process monitoring.
 Proficient in writing Bash scripts to automate routine tasks and ability to build deployment, scripts and
automated solutions using shell scripting.
 Proficient in using Git for source code management and version control and good experience with branching
strategies.
 Resolving merge conflicts and performing code rebases efficiently and managing repositories, pull requests,
and code reviews on GitHub.
 Automated build processes for Java-based applications using Apache and configured Maven in Jenkins
pipelines to enable automated testing, packaging, and artifact publishing.
 Automated CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for Java, Python, and Node.js applications and implemented multi-
branch Jenkins pipelines, enabling parallel builds for microservices architecture.
 Implemented a CI/CD pipeline involving Git, Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube, Docker, Ansible and Kubernetes to
complete the automation from commit to Deployment.
 Extensively worked on Jenkins by installing, configuring and maintaining for the purpose of Continuous
Integration (CI) and for end to end automation for all build and deploy.
 Configured and managed Nexus repositories for Maven, NPM, and Docker, streamlining artifact distribution
and automated artifact publishing to Nexus from Jenkins pipelines.
 Proficient in configuring SonarQube to analyze code for quality, security vulnerabilities, and implemented
rules and quality gates to enforce coding standards and minimize bugs.
 Proficient in writing and maintaining Ansible playbooks, roles, and inventories to automate system
configurations.
 Proficient in creating Docker images, managing, and deploying Docker containers for scalable application
development.
 Configured and managed multi-container applications using Docker Compose and Docker Stacks.
 Configured Docker networks to enable secure communication between containers.
 Published and pulled container images to/from Docker Hub, Nexus, or Artifactory repositories and
implemented versioning strategies for Docker images to ensure traceability and rollback capabilities.
 Proficient in deploying, scaling, and managing containerized applications using Kubernetes.
 Configured and managed Kubernetes clusters, facilitating container orchestration to streamline application
deployment processes.
 Automated Kubernetes cluster provisioning and upgrades using Terraform and Ansible.
 Configured and deployed workloads using Kubernetes resources such as Pods, Deployments, Services, and
StatefulSets.
 Designed and managed Helm charts for templated Kubernetes deployments.
 Implemented auto-scaling for workloads using Kubernetes HorizontalPodAutoscaler (HPA) and Cluster
Autoscaler and deployed multi-zone and multi-region Kubernetes clusters to ensure high availability.
 Automated the provisioning of AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, RDS, S3, IAM) using Terraform Designed
and executed strategies for infrastructure as code IaC using Terraform and Ansible, achieving seamless
environment provisioning.
 Managed continuous delivery systems and methodologies on AWS stacks (IAM, VPC, EC2, Security Groups,
Route53, ELB, EBS, Auto-scaling, S3, CloudWatch, CloudFront, EFS ECS, EKS).
 Designed and configured VPCs, subnets, NAT Gateways, and security groups to ensure secure application
deployments.

FLIPKART INTERNET PVT LTD

Bangalore, India
Senior DevOps Engineer 10/2020 to 10/2021
Client: Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd

Description: Flipkart is a leading Indian e-commerce platform offering a wide range of products from electronics to
fashion and home essentials. Flipkart remains a dominant force in India's online shopping market, known for its
user-friendly interface, diverse product selection, and strong logistics network.

Roles & Responsibilities:

 Flipkart by it's own developed a CI/CD tool called Flow. Involved in this project from scratch by implementing
CI/CD.
 Transitioned Jenkins jobs to newly developed CI/CD tool FLOW.
 Automate continuous builds and publishing Docker images to the Nexus repository.
 Experience in Docker like creating Docker images, containers, Docker files, tagging and pushing to Docker Hub.
 Deployed CI/CD pipelines using Kubernetes for efficient build, test, and deployment processes.
  Responsible for implementing monitoring solutions in Ansible, Terraform, Docker and Jenkins. Deployed
microservices with Docker Compose and Docker stacks.
 Provisioned AWS instances using Terraform to streamline resource allocation. Crafted Terraform scripts to
develop Dev, Staging, and Prod environments.
 Developed Ansible Playbooks to implement infrastructure changes.
 Developed and maintained infrastructure as code IaC using Terraform, enabling consistent and repeatable
environment setups.
 Experienced with Kubernetes and Amazon ECS for container orchestration, along with strong capabilities in
Terraform.
 Managed the enhancement of CI/CD processes to notably cut down deployment duration and increase efficiency.
 Configured and managed Kubernetes clusters, facilitating container orchestration to streamline application
deployment processes.
 Implemented diverse deployment strategies including Rollout, Canary, and Blue-Green deployments.
 Collaborated with software development teams to automate the build and deployment process, significantly
reducing release times.
 Developed and executed AWS solutions with EC2, S3, Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), and auto-scaling groups.
 Established connections to AWS resources in separate VPCs and regions using AWS VPC Peering.
 Implemented security groups, network ACLs, internet gateways and route tables to establish secure zones.

Virtusa
Bangalore, India
DevOps Engineer 04/2019 to 10/2020
Client: Capital One
Description: Capital One offers banking services, including checking accounts, saving accounts, and money market
accounts via its branches and direct bank as well as retail and auto loans.
Roles & Responsibilities:
 Oversaw the deployment and management of AWS stacks, encompassing IAM, VPC, EC2, EBS and Security
Groups.
 Configured AWS VPC with public/private subnets including routing tables, Internet gateways, NAT gateways,
subnet associations and security groups.
 Tracked system performance, logs, and statistics using Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch/Trail.
 Enhanced efficiency of code deployments by automating processes in various environments: Development, QA,
Staging and Production.
 Skilled in managing Source Code using Git and proficient with Linux & shell scripting.
 Utilized GitHub functionalities for setting up repositories, handling pull requests, addressing git conflicts and
establishing branch protections.
 Streamlined application deployment using Jenkins for CI/CD pipeline automation.
 Developed and maintained repositories for artifacts in Nexus.
 Developed SonarQube setup for enhanced code quality analysis and oversaw user management in SonarQube.
 Facilitated application deployment through Tomcat and Docker platforms.

SKILLS

Cloud & IaC : AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation

Containers & Orchestration : Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ECS, EKS
CI/CD & Automation : Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Ansible, Maven, SonarQube, Nexus
Monitoring & Logging : Prometheus, Grafana, Elaticsearch, CloudWatch
Scripting & Systems : Shell Scripting, Bash, Linux (Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS)
Configuration management : Ansible
Version Control : Git & GitHub
Database : Aurora and RDS

EDUCATION
BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY: ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING 2016
JNTUA - Anantapur, Adhra Pradesh

CERTIFICATIONS
AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate (SAA-C03)
Amazon Web Services - Issued: April 2025 | Expires: April 2028