Yogesh Raheja — Co-Founder

I’m the Founder and CEO of Thinknyx Technologies LLP, a forward-thinking IT solutions company focused on DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and intelligent automation. At Thinknyx, we help businesses modernize their operations with scalable, secure, and automated solutions across public/private clouds and containerized environments. I'm the creator of KubeBuddy, an AI-powered Kubernetes dashboard designed to simplify container orchestration, cluster visibility, and operational insights — transforming the way DevOps teams manage cloud-native infrastructure. I’m also the author of several technology books, including: Automation with Ansible, Automation with SaltStack, Automation with Puppet, Effective DevOps with AWS With a passion for knowledge-sharing, I serve as a Premium Instructor on Udemy, training over 50,000+ students worldwide, with 7,000+ positive reviews. I actively collaborate with Packt Publishing and its global partners to develop high-end technical content for cloud, DevOps, and automation professionals. As a professional, I specialize in IT Infrastructure Design, Implementation, and Administration. My focus is always on achieving operational excellence and exceeding customer satisfaction, driven by strong leadership and technical acumen. Currently, I consult as an expert in AI-driven DevOps frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code, and cloud-native architecture. I regularly deliver guest lectures and hands-on technical workshops on a range of technologies, including: - AI/ML/DL/GenAI/LLMs/NLP/Agentic AI/AI Agents - DevOps CI/CD (Git, Jenkins, Maven, Nexus) - CM Tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack) - Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP, OpenStack) - Containers & Orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift) - Enterprise OS & Infra (Solaris, RHEL, SuSe, Veritas Clusters)

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Infrastructure expert with a strong focus on DevOps and automation.

Location: Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Experience: 9 yrs

Skills

Devops
Cloud Infrastructure
Kubernetes
Ai
Cloud Transformation
Devops Standards
Infrastructure Management
Unix Systems
Technical Support

Career Highlights

Founder of innovative IT solutions company.
Creator of KubeBuddy, enhancing Kubernetes management.
Premium instructor with over 50,000 students trained.

Work Experience

Thinknyx Technologies

Founder | CEO | Senior Solution Architect | KubeBuddy Creator (9 yrs 7 mos)

Consultant: Devops, Cloud, Infrastructure, Automation

Consultant: Sr. Cloud Consultant (Orange Systems Engineering) (2 yrs 3 mos)

Fidelity Investments

Senior Technical Analyst (2 yrs 8 mos)

HCL Comnet Limited

Senior System Specialist Unix (1 yr 4 mos)

IBM

Technical Services Prefessional (Solaris Admin) (1 yr)

Wipro Technologies

Unix/Solaris System Admin (1 yr 9 mos)

Education

Engineer’s Degree at Kurukshetra University

Yogesh Raheja

Co-Founder

Gurgaon, Haryana, India9 yrs experience

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Key Highlights

Founder of innovative IT solutions company.
Creator of KubeBuddy, enhancing Kubernetes management.
Premium instructor with over 50,000 students trained.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a SaaS and Cloud Infrastructure expert with a strong focus on DevOps and automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

DevopsCloud InfrastructureKubernetesAiCloud TransformationDevops StandardsInfrastructure ManagementUnix SystemsTechnical Support

Other Skills

AutomationCloudContainersAIXSolarisLinuxUnixGenerative AISaltStackChef.ioOpenShiftVeritas Volume ManagerVeritas Cluster ServerRed Hat LinuxSolaris Zones

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Experience

9 yrs

Total Experience

1 yr 9 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Thinknyx technologies

Founder | CEO | Senior Solution Architect | KubeBuddy Creator

Oct 2016 – Present · 9 yrs 7 mos · New Delhi Area, India · On-site

As an Individual I am a Certified DevOps and Cloud expert with decade of IT experience, possess expertise in various technologies, such as Operating Systems, Source Code Management, Build & Release tools, CI/CD tools (Continuous Integration/Deployment/Delivery), Containers (Docker, Kubernetes), Configuration Management Tools (Puppet/Chef/SaltStack/Ansible) and various public and private Clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, Openstack). I shares my technical expertise to audience all around the world at various public forums, conferences, webinars, blogs sites and public sites like LinkedIn.

DevOpsCloud InfrastructureAutomationKubernetesAI

Consultant: devops, cloud, infrastructure, automation

Consultant: Sr. Cloud Consultant (Orange Systems Engineering)

Jul 2014 – Oct 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Infrastructure Consultant for "Orange Cloud for Business" in System Engineering. Solely responsible for DevOps, Containers, Automation/Cloud transformation Journey for Public and Private Clouds. Earlier was a part of systems infrastructure engineering for (Linux/Solaris/Clusters) Industrialization, Study, Validations and Release Management of new products, Roadmaps, SIP’s, Pre-sales bids, Upgrades and Cluster technologies. Also responsible for CentOS,OpenSuSe, AIX and opensource products for making an optimized design to sell Orange Solution our Customers.

DevOpsCloud TransformationAutomationContainers

Fidelity investments

Senior Technical Analyst

Nov 2011 – Jul 2014 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India

Senior Technical Analyst at Fidelity Investments.
Joined FIL as a System Admin for handling approx. 2500 servers running on AIX, Solaris and Linux with VCS & HACMP clustering environment. As a Unix SA I was responsible for all kind of troubleshooting/Migrations/Upgrades on all types of OS.
Later got an opportunity for System Project Implementation team for all Infrastructure build for Financial Applications.
Soon after that moved "FIL Unix Engineering team" to develop DevOps standards for Infrastructure with CI standards. Worked and Develop stable Solution to automate Configuration builds and Application Build management. Some of the tools used were GIT, Stach, Bamboo, Puppet with VMware and AIX HMC.

AIXSolarisLinuxDevOps StandardsInfrastructure Management

Hcl comnet limited

Senior System Specialist Unix

Jul 2010 – Nov 2011 · 1 yr 4 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India

Unix Technical Specialist
Worked as a Unix Technical Specialist for "Deutsche Bank" one of the biggest Global projects based on remote infrastructure
management support to provide high level support for US/UK/APAC region in Solaris/Linux/AIX. We were responsible for more than 15000 High-end & Mid range servers (Production/DR & Dev/UAT) with 8 datacenters across the global.
While working on regular UNIX work I was a part of one the most critical project of Deutsche Bank called Project STROM. This project consists of Migration of all 15000+servers from Older EMC storage DMX to VMAX on Prd/DR and UAT/Test/Dev boxes which includes Os/Veritas Patching, VXVM/VCS upgardes, EMC Powerpath/Symmetrix/HBA firmware,Drivers (LPFC/EMULEX), TSM Upgardes and finally Storage migration with different approaches (PIPER/PPME/Veritas Copy).

UnixSolarisAIXInfrastructure ManagementUnix Systems

Ibm

Technical Services Prefessional (Solaris Admin)

Jul 2009 – Jul 2010 · 1 yr

Worked as Technical Services Prefessional (Solaris System Admin) at IBM for multiple Australian projects. Provided L3 support to all Unix servers.

SolarisUnixTechnical SupportUnix Systems

Wipro technologies

Unix/Solaris System Admin

Oct 2007 – Jul 2009 · 1 yr 9 mos

Worked for Cable & Wireless as Line 3 Unix Expert. We were managing approx. 1500 Solaris servers and implementing all 3rd line tasks. Have performed Unix Patchings, Stoarge Migrations (CX2 to CX3), Veritas Netbackup Migration (5.x version to 6.5.x version), VXVM upgardes on extensive range of servers.

SolarisUnixTechnical SupportUnix Systems