Saikumar B

About Saikumar B

DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience in Azure, AWS, and GCP, proficient in implementing DevOps principles and cloud technologies.Azure Expertise: Specialized in Azure services, including SQL Azure, Blob Storage, and Active Directory, optimizing data management and security (RBAC, MFA, Security Center).CI/CD & Automation: Extensive experience with Jenkins, Puppet, and Azure DevOps for automating builds, tests, and deployments across Azure, AWS, and GCP environments.Cloud Architecture: Designed scalable cloud solutions using AWS, GCP, and Azure PaaS services for high-performing, resilient web applications.Security & Compliance: Implemented IAM policies, VPC security groups, and encryption in AWS, GCP, and Azure to enhance security posture and ensure compliance.Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Deployed IaC with Terraform and CloudFormation, automating infrastructure management for AWS and GCP.Containerization & Serverless: Deployed containerized solutions with AWS ECS, EKS, and Azure AKS, as well as serverless architectures with AWS Lambda and API Gateway.Monitoring & Optimization: Leveraged monitoring tools like CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Nagios to optimize performance and maintain operational visibility.

Experience

1. Sr Devops Cloud Engineer

   Five Below

   Dec 2022 — Present · Philadelphia, PA, US

   Source Control & Collaboration: Leveraged GitHub for version control, JIRA for project tracking, and Confluence for documentation, enhancing team collaboration and efficiency.CI/CD Automation: Developed automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub Actions, Nexus, AWS CodePipeline, and Python/Go scripts, reducing deployment time by 60%.Cloud Infrastructure: Managed and optimized Azure VMs and Blob Storage for high availability, performance, and cost-efficiency. Automated AWS resource provisioning with Terraform and CloudFormation, decreasing manual errors by 50%.Containerization & Orchestration: Managed Docker, Kubernetes, Nutanix, EKS, OpenShift, ECR, ECS, and Helm, ensuring scalable and reliable microservices deployments. Employed GitOps principles with Argo CD for CI/CD pipeline management.Cloud Solutions Architecture: Designed and deployed resilient AWS architectures using IAM, EC2, RDS, S3, VPC, Lambda, and more, improving resource utilization by 30%.Monitoring & Logging: Integrated ELK Stack, Prometheus, Splunk, Grafana, CloudWatch, and Datadog for real-time monitoring and proactive issue resolution, improving system performance visibility by 25%.Configuration Management: Automated server configuration with Ansible and Puppet for consistent, efficient cloud environments. Implemented MFA in Azure for enhanced security.Testing & Secret Management: Developed automated tests with JUnit/NUnit, and utilized HashiCorp Vault for secure secret management, improving operational security.Proficient in Multi-Cloud: Expertise in AWS, Azure, and GCP, provisioning cloud resources and optimizing deployments for high-performance cloud solutions.Tools & Technologies: AWS CloudFormation, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab CI, Puppet, Splunk, Prometheus, AWS Lambda, EC2, S3, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Nagios, Zabbix, ELK Stack, CloudWatch, CloudTrail.

Education

• University of the Cumberlands

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