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Pradeep Nair

@pradeepnair1

Infrastructure & DevOps engineer specializing in scalable CI/CD, virtualization automation, and observability for reliable deployments.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead DevOps/Infrastructure work where I can automate CI/CD and virtualization, improve reliability with observability, and mentor teams—building scalable platforms that shorten incident recovery and accelerate deployments.

I’m an Infrastructure and DevOps engineer with 13+ years designing, building, and operating scalable CI/CD and virtualization platforms across on-prem and cloud. I focus on reducing manual work, improving reliability, and shortening incident detection and recovery.

I’ve managed large-scale virtualization estates (50,000+ VMs) and supported high-availability production servers to meet SLA targets. I designed and optimized Jenkins, GitLab, and JFrog CI/CD pipelines and Artifactory workflows to streamline multi-OS build, deployment, and testing.

I build automation that actually sticks: advanced Python automation with the PyVmomi (vSphere SDK) for VM lifecycle operations, and Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible/AWX. I provision and automate repeatable E2E test environments across VMware, AWS, and GCP, including Kubernetes cluster provisioning and lifecycle management with Rancher RKE/RKE2.

I also bring strong operational excellence through observability and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana, and Falcon LogScale. I mentor engineers, drive automation initiatives to increase platform efficiency, and troubleshoot infrastructure, virtualization, cloud, and CI/CD incidents to improve availability.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Engineer III

CrowdStrike India Pvt Limited

Jul 2022 - Jul 2026 (4 years)

Managed TechOps CI/CD platforms and end-to-end test environments for Falcon Sensor across Windows, Linux, and macOS. Designed and automated CI/CD, VMware automation, Kubernetes cluster lifecycle, monitoring/observability, and monthly patching.

VSphere Jenkins Gitlab Bitbucket JFrog Artifactory CI CD WSUS AWX Ansible Python RKE2 Kubernetes Docker Grafana Prometheus Monitoring Observability Automation

IT Consultant

Dell Technologies

Feb 2022 - Jun 2022 (4 months)

Managed large-scale VMware infrastructure, including vCenter and ESXi administration, upgrades, patching, firmware management, and troubleshooting. Built automation to streamline VMware administration and routine operational tasks, and coordinated vendor support to maintain SLAs.

VMWare Vcenter Administration VMware ESXi Patching Firmware Management Troubleshooting Upgrades Ansible Terraform Python PowerShell Puppet SLA Management Vendor Support

Technical Architect

Hexaware Technology

May 2021 - Feb 2022 (9 months)

Implemented Infrastructure and DevOps automation using VMware vRO/vRA and related CI/CD and deployment tooling. Designed CI/CD pipelines and managed Kubernetes deployments across on-prem and AWS/GCP, including provisioning automation via Ansible Tower.

VRA CodeStream Cloud Assembly Jenkins Docker Bitbucket CI CD Kubernetes Ansible Automated Provisioning DevOps Automation

Senior Product Engineer

Sungard Availability Services Ltd

Jan 2017 - Apr 2021 (4 years 3 months)

Managed private cloud infrastructure using VMware vRA/vRO/vCenter/NSX and supported enterprise operations. Supported 500+ Windows/Linux servers and designed/maintained infrastructure automation and VMware cloud platform services.

VRA Docker Kubernetes AWS Linux Git Ansible Python Cloud Infrastructure Infrastructure Operations

Technical Lead

Cognizant Technology Solutions

Nov 2014 - Jan 2017 (2 years 2 months)

Led virtualization operations including VMware ESXi/vRA/vRO and Horizon View/VDI environments, covering migrations, patching, and support. Coordinated offshore/onshore BAU operations and performed VM provisioning, Horizon View migrations, and troubleshooting.

VMware ESXi VRA Horizon VDI Migration Patching Horizon View Migrations Problem Management

Systems Engineer

Sungard Solutions Software India Pvt Ltd

Oct 2011 - Nov 2014 (3 years 1 month)

Handled incident management, server monitoring, Windows infrastructure support, patch scheduling, and operational escalations. Coordinated SLA management, performance tuning, and Level 2 technical support operations.

Performance Optimization Escalation Management Incident Management SLA Management Level 2 Technical Support

Customer Care Advisor

Mphasis an HP Company

Oct 2010 - Jul 2011 (9 months)

Provided technical support, incident troubleshooting, and remote issue resolution for hardware/software and internet banking environments. Supported customers through hardware/software troubleshooting and customer incident resolution.

Technical Support Remote Support Customer Support