Ashish Kumar

About Ashish Kumar

Email i••••••••@gmail.comCall 88••••••04Creating Scientific software’s for Shell researchers to make their decision making easy. I am responsible to design, develop, and deploy cloud-native applications on Kubernetes and Azure, leveraging tools like Terraform, Docker, Python. In addition, deliver the scalable, reliable and secure solution to meet the business requirement. I collaborate with product team to design DevOps strategy including the branching, deployment, observability and other cloud consulting. Good expeirnece in Cloud Migrations: o Built application landing zone for prod and non-productions environments following cloud architecture standards.o Defined shared infrastructure strategy for multi-applications hosting, including LoB segregation, cost-segregation strategy o Automated migration of 150TB of data and built post-migration data update utilities.o Developed multiple automation solutions: Service Bus sync tool, Key vault secret migration, VM and Docker Images migration, smart DNS switching strategyo Defined product data retention policy after reviewing organizational policies. Led platform‑level cost‑optimization, reducing infrastructure expenses by a significant number. Developed a tool for Shell Platform Team called On-Demand Secret Rotation to streamline and automate secure credential lifecycle management.In my previous organization, I was also a part time data engineer, contributing to ETL processes and orchestrating workflows with Apache Airflow. I\'ve played a role in establishing DataOps pipelines, implementing database version control using Liquibase, data migration and data correction.I am passionate about blogging, I share insights on trending technologies. Check out my writing here: https://schoolofsre.com. Feel free to reach out at i••••••••@gmail.com for further discussion.

Experience

1. Senior Software Engineer - Lead Devops Engineer

   Shell

   Sep 2023 — Present · Bangalore Urban, IN

   As the DevOps Lead in Shell’s Scientific Software & Advanced Computing division, I work closely with scientists and research teams to digitize their workflows and build the cloud, software, and HPC capabilities needed to run compute‑heavy workloads effectively. My focus is on creating reliable platforms, improving engineering practices, and helping accelerate research through modern DevOps and cloud-native solutions.Key Contributions & Achievements• Led end-to-end platform engineering initiatives across Kubernetes, DevOps, HPC, and Azure Infrastructure, enhancing platform reliability, scalability, and developer productivity.• Architected a production-grade Kubernetes environment, including cluster blueprinting, node-pool strategy, workload isolation, and network/ingress design.• Designed deployment strategies for 300+ microservices on AKS, ensuring high availability, seamless scaling, and robust observability.• Implemented self-service Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) using Terraform with reusable modules and automated provisioning workflows.• Built secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines with automated validations, testing, security scanning, code coverage, configuration governance, and rollback strategies.• Defined an efficient branching strategy enabling frequent releases, parallel development, and streamlined hotfix delivery.• Led a mission-critical Azure Tenant-to-Tenant migration with zero business disruption, including data migration automation and landing zone setup.• Implemented enterprise-grade observability across Kubernetes and Azure using Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Application Insights—significantly reducing MTTR and improving SLA adherence.• Developed “On-Demand Secret Rotation,” a platform tool for automated and secure credential lifecycle management.• Collaborated with global engineering and security teams to establish unified platform standards and governance.

Education

• St. Martin's Engineering College

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

  2014 — 2018

• Army Public School Bolarum

  Secondary Education, Mathematics, Physics & Chemistry

  2012 — 2014

Skills

• Microsoft Excel
• Public Speaking
• Python
• Microsoft Powerpoint
• Leadership
• Html
• Team Management
• Project Management
• C
• Cascading Style Sheets (Css)
• Android Development
• Java