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Murali Dhar

@muralidhar2

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I’m a Senior Platform Automation & DevOps Engineer specializing in cloud, storage lifecycle automation, and IaC.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead end-to-end platform automation and DevOps initiatives—using IaC, CI/CD modernization, and storage/cloud lifecycle engineering—to improve reliability, reduce manual work, and deliver measurable outcomes with strong client and stakeholder collaboration.

I’m a Senior Platform Automation and Infrastructure Engineering professional with 18+ years of experience spanning backend application development, cloud infrastructure engineering, storage automation, and DevOps platform engineering. I started as a backend application developer with deep expertise in Ruby on Rails and progressively evolved into cloud infrastructure automation, storage lifecycle management, and enterprise platform engineering.

In my current role, I engineered an end-to-end NetApp ONTAP automation platform for provisioning, expansion, and full lifecycle management—eliminating manual intervention and significantly reducing storage provisioning time. I also accelerated NGDC infrastructure delivery with Terraform-integrated IaC pipelines and drove CI/CD modernization through reusable OnePipeline workflows and GitHub Actions POCs, while standardizing deployment lifecycles and improving VM onboarding velocity with Chef and Git-driven governance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Senior DevOps Platform Engineer

Current

IBM ISL

Jun 2021 - Present (5 years 1 month)

Built and automated NetApp ONTAP storage and cluster lifecycle processes using Ansible, Python, and Terraform-based IaC pipelines. Modernised CI/CD with OnePipeline and GitHub Actions to standardise deployment lifecycles and reduce manual intervention.

Python Ansible Terraform OnePipeline GitHub Actions NetApp Chef Ruby YAML Linux IaC CI CD

JASPER-Control-Center

Wipro Limited

Sep 2018 - Jun 2021 (2 years 9 months)

Implemented a multi-cloud orchestration/web orchestrator solution for IaaS/PaaS provisioning across AWS, Azure, GCP, and VMware. Built automation for self-service provisioning using Python, Terraform, and Ansible, with Docker-based release packaging and ELK/Kafka observability and event streaming.

Python Ansible Docker Terraform OpenStack ELK Stack Kafka Sidekiq

Technologist

Wipro Technologies

May 2017 - Jun 2021 (4 years 1 month)

Delivered multi-cloud automation for IaaS/PaaS provisioning and operational lifecycle management, leveraging Python, Terraform, Ansible, and containerised deployments. Implemented logging and event-driven workflows using ELK and Kafka.

Ruby on Rails Sidekiq Docker Python ELK Stack Kafka Ansible Chef MySQL

Digital Services Hub

Wipro

May 2017 - Aug 2018 (1 year 3 months)

Developed an orchestration solution for IaaS/PaaS provisioning on Cisco OpenStack CVIM, including environment-specific Docker automation and centralised logging. Enabled decoupled integration and improved operational lifecycle management using Kafka event streaming and Sidekiq processing.

Ruby on Rails Sidekiq Docker Python ELK Stack Kafka Ansible Chef MySQL

Native Hybrid Cloud (NHC & PRS+)

Dell EMC

Mar 2016 - May 2017 (1 year 2 months)

Unified hybrid infrastructure automation across VMware, OpenStack, and PCF to enable consistent cloud-native deployments in heterogeneous enterprise environments. Integrated ELK-based observability and real-time health and performance visibility for operations teams.

OpenStack PCF ELK Stack Python

Senior Software Engineer

Dell EMC

Dec 2014 - May 2017 (2 years 5 months)

Worked on cloud-native and backup automation initiatives across OpenStack/VMware and PCF-based environments, including integration and observability. Delivered infrastructure automation and operational workflows to reduce manual processes and improve reliability.

Ruby Sinatra jQuery MongoDB Avamar OpenStack PCF ELK Stack Python

BaaS (Backup as a Service)

Dell EMC

Dec 2015 - Mar 2016 (3 months)

Built a backup as a service platform integrating Dell EMC backup systems and public cloud access. Developed backend automation services and APIs to streamline backup lifecycle orchestration and integrated ELK observability.

Ruby Sinatra jQuery MongoDB Avamar ELK Stack Automation

iAdmin

Altimetrik

Feb 2014 - Nov 2014 (9 months)

Developed a merchant onboarding application integrating multiple payment gateways using Ruby on Rails. Worked with RSpec and REST APIs to build and test backend functionality.

Ruby on Rails RSpec REST APIs

mHealth (Verizon)

Tech Mahindra

Apr 2013 - Jan 2014 (9 months)

Built a mobile health platform connecting patients and clinical teams for remote medical monitoring. Developed backend capabilities using Ruby on Rails with REST APIs and MSSQL.

Ruby on Rails MSSQL REST APIs

MDcloud

MDOffice

Jan 2010 - Apr 2013 (3 years 3 months)

Developed an EMR/PM SaaS handling appointments, claims, deposits, and EHR using Ruby on Rails. Supported deployment workflows with Nginx and Capistrano.

Ruby on Rails Nginx Capistrano

Easlight

Solivar Software

Jan 2008 - Oct 2009 (1 year 9 months)

Built an ERP-model SaaS platform enabling enterprises to convert complex business process applications into on-demand software. Implemented the solution using Ruby on Rails with Apache and MySQL.

Ruby on Rails Apache MySQL