AKHIL KUMAR

DevOps Engineer

Kottayam, Kerala, India7 yrs 3 mos experience

Key Highlights

Expert in Azure DevOps and Kubernetes management.
Proven track record in CI/CD pipeline automation.
Strong experience in cloud infrastructure management.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer specializing in Azure and AWS environments.

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Skills

Core Skills

AwsInfrastructure As CodeAzure DevopsKubernetesAzure Data Factory

Other Skills

AWS EKSAWS CodePipelineCloudFormationAzure Service BusEvent HubFunction AppAPI ManagementPostgreSQLTerraformCloudFrontWAFAzure Kubernetes ServiceEvent GridRedis CacheCDN

About

Currently working as a Senior System Engineer at EPAM Systems. Configuring CI/CD pipeline in azure devops for various application deployment. Configuration of e-commerce site in Azure Kubernetes Service Maintenance of infrastructure resources in Azure cloud. Configuration of Production and Lower environments for containerized applications in Azure Kubernetes. Developed and maintained automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Azure DevOps Cloud infrastructure management using Microsoft Azure. Configuration of azure resources like Event Grid, Redis Cache, CDN, Function apps etc required for the applications hosted in Kubernetes Cluster Responsible for Production release activities . Configuration of Azure cosmos DB mongo API, Blob etc for storage purposes. Version control and repository management using Azure DevOps Repository and Bitbucket Manage SSL certificates for various application using letsencrypt, certbot Design and configure Logic Apps for various automation Configure and monitor the network traffic using Application Gateway Deployment of Elastic search and Kibana for website indexing using Helm charts Implementation of Monitoring tools like Grafana in Kubernetes Cluster. Deploy Sonar Qube for code quality check Deploy jmeter and influx db in AKS for Perfomance Testing

Experience

7 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 10 mos

Average Tenure

Current Experience

Cognizant

Infrastructure Technology Specialist

Feb 2024 – Mar 2025 · 1 yr 1 mo · Kochi, Kerala, India · Hybrid

Managed containerized applications and microservices in AWS EKS for deploying AI agents and OpenArena chains,
ensuring high availability and optimal performance.
Automated deployment of frontend applications for AI agents by configuring AWS CodePipeline to deploy code to S3,
integrating CloudFront distribution, and WAF for secure content delivery.
Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using CloudFormation templates to provision and manage AWS resources,
supporting consistent and repeatable deployments.
Configured Cumulus pipelines to invoke AWS CodePipeline for CI/CD processes, streamlining development and deployment
workflows.
Managed Azure infrastructure for a pub/sub model application using Azure DevOps for CI/CD and ARM templates for
infrastructure deployment.
Implemented and maintained Azure Service Bus, Event Hub, Function App, API Management, and PostgreSQL, ensuring
reliable messaging and data processing.
Utilized cloud-based tools and IaC frameworks, such as Terraform, ARM templates, and CloudFormation, for resource
provisioning, along with shell scripts for automation tasks.
Leveraged PaaS and IaaS solutions to deploy, scale, and manage applications and infrastructure across AWS and Azure
environments.
Deployed Camunda 8 using Helm charts in AWS EKS through AWS CodePipeline, triggered by Cumulus pipelines,
enhancing workflow automation and scalability.

AWS EKSAWS CodePipelineCloudFormationInfrastructure as CodeAzure DevOpsAzure Service Bus+6

Fractal

Engineer

Dec 2021 – Apr 2022 · 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Worked as an Engineer with responsibilities of aduting and maintaining cloud resources in Microsoft Azure

Valoriz digital

Senior DevOps Engineer

May 2021 – Feb 2024 · 2 yrs 9 mos · Kochi, Kerala, India

Currently working as a Senior DevOps Engineer in Azure DevOps and Azure Kubernetes
Configuration of Production and Lower environments for Ecommerce applications in Azure Kubernetes
Developed and maintained automated CI/CD pipelines for code deployment using Azure DevOps
Cloud infrastructure management using Microsoft Azure.
Configuration of azure resources like Event Grid, Redis Cache, CDN, Function apps etc required for the applications hosted in Kubernetes Cluster
Responsible for Production release activities
Configuration of Azure cosmos DB mongo API, Blob etc for storage purposes
Version control and repository management using Azure DevOps Repository and Bitbucket
Manage SSL certificates for various application using letsencrypt, certbot
Design and configure Logic Apps for various automations
Configure and monitor the network traffic using Application Gateway
Deployment of Elastic search and Kibana for website indexing using Helm charts
Implementation of Monitoring tools like Grafana in Kubernetes Cluster
Deployment of workloads in AKS using Helm
create CI/CD pipeline in azure devops for deployment
Configuration of e-commerce site in Azure kubernetes service
Maintenance of infrastructure resources in Azure cloud

Azure Kubernetes ServiceAzure DevOpsEvent GridRedis CacheCDNFunction apps+10

Allianz technology

Senior Technical Analyst

Jul 2017 – Dec 2020 · 3 yrs 5 mos

Worked as a Senior Technical Analyst in Azure datafactory and Servicenow.
Creating data driven pipe line using azure data factory, migration of on premise data to cloud.
configuration and maintenance of azure sql managed instances, virtual networks, Key vault, Azure Active Directory, virtual machines, Load balancer, NAT, ARM template etc...
Installing Selfhosted Integration runtime, IBM connect direct for data integration and file transfer from external sources.

Azure Data FactoryAzure SQLVirtual NetworksKey VaultAzure Active DirectoryLoad Balancer+2