Santhosh Kumar

About Santhosh Kumar

As a DevOps professional, I specialize in optimizing workflows, ensuring system availability, and driving automation using industry-leading tools and best practices. With expertise in cloud services, CI/CD, containerization, and infrastructure management, I’ve helped organizations scale efficiently, reduce deployment cycles, and enhance system reliability. Key Expertise & Tools:• Argo CD for GitOps-driven Kubernetes deployments• Helm for efficient Kubernetes application management• Jenkins & GitLab CI for automating CI/CD pipelines• AWS EC2, Lambda, and EKS for cloud infrastructure management• Terraform & CloudFormation for infrastructure provisioning• Prometheus & Grafana for monitoring & observability• AWS S3, EBS, and Glacier for scalable storage• IAM for secure access management• Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, and EKS for containerization & orchestration• ELK Stack and Splunk for log analysis & performance optimization• Ansible and scripting for automating repetitive tasks Cloud Infrastructure & AutomationWith hands-on experience in AWS, I’ve managed scalable solutions using EC2, Lambda, and EKS. Terraform and CloudFormation have enabled me to provision infrastructure as code, ensuring consistency, security, and scalability across environments. CI/CD Pipelines & DevOps PracticesI’ve automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitLab CI, resulting in faster and more reliable software delivery. This has helped reduce manual processes and increase development velocity. Monitoring & Performance OptimizationI use Prometheus and Grafana for real-time monitoring and visualization to ensure application performance and health. By analyzing logs with ELK Stack and Splunk, I identify bottlenecks and optimize system efficiency. Security & ScalabilityI ensure secure and scalable cloud solutions by leveraging IAM for access control, implementing best security practices, and designing systems that scale seamlessly with demand. My PassionI am passionate about driving innovation and improving operational efficiency through automation and best practices. My goal is to partner with organizations to build reliable, scalable, and high-performing cloud infrastructure that supports business growth.Let’s connect to discuss how I can help streamline your infrastructure and accelerate your DevOps journey!

Experience

1. Senior Principal Engineer

   TAO Digital Solutions

   Dec 2025 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Leading architecture, design, and development 🧩 of scalable, cloud-native applications across enterprise platforms. Driving DevOps, cloud, and platform engineering practices using AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. Acting as a technical mentor and decision maker, guiding teams on system design, performance optimization, and best practices. Collaborating with product, QA, security, and business teams 🤝 to deliver reliable, high-quality software solutions. Enforcing engineering standards, code quality, and security through reviews, automation, and DevSecOps practices. Supporting high-availability, scalability, and observability using monitoring, logging, and alerting frameworks.

Education

• Kakatiya University, Warangal

  Master of Computer Applications - MCA