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VIKRAM KUMAR

@vikramkumar3

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SRE & DevOps engineer with 13+ years building scalable, secure cloud and automation solutions.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek senior DevOps/SRE roles focused on cloud-native infrastructure, automation, reliability, and cost-optimized scalable solutions in collaborative, innovation-driven teams.

I am an SRE and DevOps engineer with over 13 years of global experience designing, deploying, and managing robust cloud and on-premises infrastructure across banking, fintech, IoT, and enterprise IT sectors. I specialize in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, CI/CD automation, cloud migrations, cost optimization, and high-availability architectures.

I have led cloud migrations, implemented Kubernetes clusters and CI/CD pipelines, and delivered measurable cost reductions (example: 35% cloud savings). I contribute to automation through Terraform, Helm, scripting (Bash, PowerShell), and maintain strong competencies in networking, virtualization (VMware, Hyper-V), and system administration on Linux and Windows.

I am a hands-on technical leader and mentor who drives DevOps transformation, governance, and operational excellence, and I am open to global opportunities where I can help modernize infrastructure and improve reliability and performance.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

DevOps Engineer

Current

Standard Bank South Africa

Jan 2020 - Present (6 years 5 months)

Planned and executed on-premises to cloud migrations and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git branching strategies, improving deployment reliability and reducing operational costs through automation and cloud cost optimizations.

AWS Kubernetes Jenkins Terraform Git CI CD Docker Cost Optimization

AWS Cloud Consultant

KumiLabs Pvt. Ltd.

Feb 2020 - Sep 2020 (7 months)

Architected and migrated applications to AWS, moved Elastic Beanstalk workloads to Kubernetes, and automated infrastructure with Terraform to reduce provisioning time by 80% and cut cloud costs by 35%.

AWS Kubernetes Terraform Docker S3 Route 53 RDS CI CD

DevOps Team Lead

NetQuall Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

Feb 2019 - Jun 2020 (1 year 4 months)

Led global client projects and a 4-member DevOps team, implemented Docker-based CI/CD pipelines reducing build times from 2.5 hours to 20 minutes, and achieved 35% cloud cost reduction through rightsizing and automation.

Docker CI CD Azure AWS Terraform Jenkins Monitoring

Senior DevOps Engineer

Entella IT Pvt Ltd

Jul 2016 - Feb 2019 (2 years 7 months)

Managed AWS infrastructure across environments and implemented CI/CD pipelines and automation, delivering a Docker-based production release with 99% uptime and reducing AWS costs via resource optimizations.

AWS Terraform Ansible Jenkins Bitbucket Docker Bamboo Shell Scripting

Wintel Admin / DevOps

IT By Design

Jul 2015 - Jul 2016 (1 year)

Operated RMM tools, automated Windows patching and deployments, and supported application deployments on Azure using CI/CD pipelines across .NET, Java, and PHP environments.

Azure CI CD LabTech Office 365 PowerShell Virtualization VPN Networking

L3 Tech Support Engineer

Welcome Networks

Jan 2014 - Jul 2015 (1 year 6 months)

Provided remote L3 support for Canada-based clients, managed virtualization with Hyper-V and VMware clusters, and handled Exchange/Office365 administration and security configurations.

VMWare Hyper V Exchange Office 365 DNS SSL

Linux/Windows Admin

HCL Infosystems

Managed on-premises Linux and Windows servers for courts and enterprise clients, overseeing 40+ servers and 1,400+ workstations and implementing automated Windows deployments to reduce manual effort.

Linux Windows Server Active Directory WSUS Proxy Networking

Linux/Windows Administrator

NICT

Installed and maintained Windows and Linux servers, managed quotas, crontab, ACLs, and core services (LAMP, DHCP, SQUID), and performed migrations and live deployments to ensure high availability.

LAMP Linux Windows DHCP Squid Server Migrations Server Migration