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prem Kumar

@premkumar8

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DevOps engineer specializing in Kubernetes, Terraform automation, and secure CI/CD across AWS and Azure.

India

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What I'm looking for

Looking for a DevOps Engineer role where I can contribute to improving deployment reliability, automating infrastructure, and managing scalable Kubernetes environments across AWS and Azure. Interested in working on production systems, CI/CD optimization, and cloud automation to reduce manual effort and improve system stability.

DevOps Engineer with 5.9+ years of experience in cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes platform engineering, and CI/CD automation across AWS and Azure. Skilled in managing production-grade EKS and AKS clusters, leading cluster upgrades, and resolving critical incidents. Built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, integrated SonarQube for SAST quality gates, and implemented GitOps workflows using Argo CD. Strong hands-on experience with Terraform for IaC, Ansible for configuration management and automation, and AWX/Ansible Tower migration. Proficient in observability using Prometheus and Grafana, and experienced in DevSecOps practices including RBAC, IAM policies, and security scanning. Passionate about platform engineering, developer experience, and cloud cost optimization. Actively seeking senior DevOps or Cloud Infrastructure roles to drive architecture decisions and team growth.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Specialist Cloud Engineering

LTIMindtree

Oct 2025 - Nov 2025 (1 month)

Improved Ansible Tower operations across Dev, QA, and Production, reducing manual effort by ~30% by managing 20+ job templates, credentials, projects, and dynamic inventories. Maintained production-grade EKS/AKS for 20+ microservices with ~99.9% availability through zero-downtime upgrades and proactive issue resolution, while integrating CI/CD automation and RBAC for secure governance.

Ansible Jenkins Kubernetes EKS AKS Terraform RBAC CI CD

Senior Specialist

Hcltech

Jun 2022 - Jun 2025 (3 years)

Supported 20+ microservices on EKS/AKS with ~99.9% availability by performing zero-downtime upgrades, configuring Kubernetes workloads, and enforcing RBAC with namespace isolation. Reduced infrastructure provisioning effort by ~50% using reusable Terraform modules and improved delivery by integrating GitOps (Argo CD) and CI/CD automation with Jenkins and Ansible.

Kubernetes EKS AKS Terraform Jenkins RBAC

Build and Release DevOps Engineer

IBM Global Services

Dec 2019 - May 2022 (2 years 5 months)

Designed and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines across Dev/Test/Prod, reducing deployment time by ~40% and improving release efficiency by integrating SonarQube, Nexus, and JUnit. Provisioned AWS infrastructure with Terraform, deployed and managed EKS with Helm/ALB, and automated Linux configuration management with Ansible Tower to reduce manual operational effort.

Jenkins CI SonarQube Nexus Terraform Linux Shell Scripting