Vijay Kumar
Senior Cloud Enterprise Architect @Nexj Systems
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WORK HISTORY
Senior Cloud Enterprise Architect @Nexj Systems
Toronto, ON, CA
Built a RAG pipeline to crawl public documentation site and indexed it to on-premise hosted weaviate vector DB using text-embedding model from Azure to provide AI chatbot capability using Azure LLM model to the public documentation website.• Hosted LLMs using Ollama on on-premise VM for Internal AI Initiatives• Integrated Internally developed MCP server to Azure Open AI to leverage LLM models for Internal development.• Architected and delivered a multi-cloud Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) framework spanning Azure, AWS, GCP, and IBM Cloud, using Pulumi, Terraform, and Crossplane to enable consistent and reusable deployments.• Engineered a layered architecture for environment configuration, Python automation, and IaC tooling, improving scalability and reducing configuration drift across environments.• Provisioned and automated Azure infrastructure with Pulumi (Python), including AKS clusters, public DNS zones, Azure Front Door, and PostgreSQL Flexible Server, streamlining setup for production workloads.• Developed Python-based automation to provision and deprovision AKS clusters on demand, cutting provisioning time from hours to minutes and lowering operational overhead.• Migrated four Kubernetes cluster workloads from IBM Cloud to Azure, ensuring minimal downtime and seamless transition of mission-critical applications.
EDUCATION
IET Bhaddal
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electronics and Instrumentation
Govt senior secondary school,Nawan shahr
Secondary School Education
ABOUT VIJAY KUMAR
I’ve spent over 16 years diving deep into the world of Middleware Technologies and System Administration—an adventure that’s taken me through various roles at companies like NexJ Systems and CGI. Each step has been about more than just the work; it’s been about collaborating with brilliant minds to tackle complex challenges together. I genuinely enjoy ensuring our cloud infrastructures are not only available but also scalable because there’s something incredibly rewarding about knowing I’m contributing to solutions that make a difference for enterprise clients.At NexJ Systems as a Site Reliability Engineer, I’ve had the chance to design a robust cloud infrastructure that improved our system uptime to 99.9%. This achievement wasn’t just numbers on paper—it meant our clients could rely on us without worry across multiple regions. Automation is my secret weapon; using Terraform has streamlined deployment processes significantly while allowing my team to focus on what truly matters: innovation.Before this role, I was at CGI where I spearheaded the design of Trade360 middleware infrastructure using WebLogic and JBoss—again achieving an impressive 99.9% uptime for enterprise applications across various regions! My journey started as a Senior Software Engineer where I developed middleware infrastructures that improved performance metrics by 30%. It’s amazing how each role built upon the last one.Outside of work hours, you might find me engaging with tech communities or exploring new tools that can enhance our workflows even further—because learning never stops! Whether it\'s sharing insights from my experiences or discovering new trends in technology, I\'m always eager for growth.If you’re interested in discussing innovative approaches to cloud solutions or want to connect over shared interests in technology advancements, feel free to reach out via email!
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