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Avinash Kumar

@avinashkumar34

SRE and Cloud Manager at Thoughtworks who built an API-first Internal Developer Platform for Java and .NET teams.

At Thoughtworks, I built an API-first Internal Developer Platform for Java/Tomcat and .NET microservices, adding service mesh and progressive deployments. I also automated Kubernetes lifecycle operations across AWS and Azure and integrated security scanning into CI/CD pipelines.

At Nuance Communications (Healthcare), I designed cloud landing zones and multi-region disaster recovery for regulated healthcare systems, and led global incident response. Earlier, I directed DevOps and SRE teams at EYWealth & Asset Management, supporting financial microservices with automated delivery pipelines and service monitoring.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Manager – SRE, Cloud, DevOps & DevSecOps

Current

Thoughtworks

Feb 2023 - Present (3 years 8 months)

Managed and mentored a distributed SRE and Cloud engineering team across multiple time zones, handling technical hiring, performance evaluations, and weekly 1-on-1s. Built an API-first Internal Developer Platform (IDP) and automated multi-cloud Kubernetes lifecycle operations using Terraform and custom CRDs.

Principal Cloud & Infrastructure Architect

Nuance Communications

Jul 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 7 months)

Designed cloud landing zones and enterprise security control policies for regulated healthcare systems on AWS, and engineered multi-zone HA and multi-region DR failover setups for PostgreSQL, Couchbase DB, and Azure Managed DBs. Led 24x7 global incident response and built telemetry dashboards in New Relic and Splunk.

AWS Azure PostgreSQL Couchbase High Availability Disaster Recovery Incident Response New Relic Splunk Python HIPAA SOC2 ISO 27001 PCI DSS System Hardening Secrets Management Vulnerability Scanning

Lead DevOps & SRE Engineer

EY Wealth & Asset Management

Jan 2016 - Jul 2021 (5 years 6 months)

Directed DevOps and SRE teams managing Kubernetes fleets on Azure for financial microservices, overseeing sprint allocations and 24x7 on-call rotations. Built automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and Terraform, and set up monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana.

DevOps SRE Kubernetes Azure CI CD Azure DevOps Jenkins Terraform Prometheus Grafana Java .NET Container Security Secrets Management Database Backup Regulatory Compliance

Senior Consultant

Oracle Financial Services

Jan 2014 - Dec 2016 (2 years 11 months)

Executed infrastructure migration projects across virtualized environments to modernize legacy banking software and core database systems. Developed custom Python scripts to automate server provisioning and database maintenance tasks.

Infrastructure Migration Virtualization Python Database Maintenance Automation

Consultant

EXL Services

Dec 2012 - Dec 2014 (2 years)

Automated complex data processing pipelines and optimized SQL queries to support enterprise business analytics, improving the performance and accuracy of internal reporting tools.

Data Processing SQL Automation Business Analytics