Senior DevOps / SRE Engineer

Nikhil Raj

Results-driven Senior DevOps / SRE Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing and managing scalable CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerized workloads across Azure, GCP, and AWS.

nikhilrajbu@gmail.com +91 87597 47230 Bangalore, India

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Professional Summary


Results-driven Senior DevOps / SRE Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing and managing scalable CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and containerized workloads across Azure, GCP, and AWS. Proven track record in AIOps, cloud migrations (On-Prem to GCP, Azure to GCP), infrastructure-as-code, and SRE incident management. Certified Azure Administrator (AZ-104) skilled in Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, ArgoCD, Ansible, and full-stack monitoring.

• 8+ years designing scalable CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure • Expert in multi-cloud migrations and infrastructure-as-code automation • AIOps platform operations, incident management, and SRE reliability • Certified Azure Administrator with Kubernetes, Terraform, and observability expertise

Experience


Senior DevOps Engineer

Aziro | Bangalore, India (Remote)

Jun 2022 – Present

HPE InfoSight – AIOps Platform 2023 – Present

  • Led VMware ESXi farm migration with zero data loss.
  • Managed Jenkins and ArgoCD pipelines across Dev, Beta, and Prod environments.
  • Administered Kubernetes clusters with namespace isolation, RBAC, quotas, and network policies.
  • Configured Prometheus/Grafana HPA rules for automatic traffic scaling.
  • Built a Python script to fetch HPE Nimble metrics, ingest into Prometheus, and display dashboards.
  • Executed RHEL 6→7 upgrades across production servers with minimal downtime.
Tools: Jenkins, ArgoCD, Kubernetes, Rancher, Kustomize, Helm, Python, RHEL/CentOS, Ansible, VMware ESXi, Prometheus, Grafana, Humio, PagerDuty
Senior DevOps Engineer

Aziro | Bangalore, India (Remote)

Jun 2022 – Present

Bakkt – Crypto & Loyalty Platform 2022 – 2023

  • Executed Azure-to-GCP migration for Marketplace workloads with minimal service disruption.
  • Delivered On-Premises-to-GCP migration for Loyalty services with cloud-native scalability.
  • Managed Terraform provisioning and Azure DevOps pipeline automation.
  • Troubleshot container and Kubernetes pod issues across Dev, QA, UAT, and Prod.
  • Administered access control for Azure, FusionAuth, and database resources.
Tools: Jenkins, GCP, Azure, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, PowerShell, Lens
Developer III – DevOps Engineer

UST | Bangalore, India (Remote)

Jan 2021 – Jun 2022

SmartOps – AI-Powered Cognitive Automation Platform

  • Built and published Docker images via Jenkins; packaged Kubernetes deployments using Helm.
  • Automated multi-cloud deployments to Azure, AWS, and GCP using Python.
  • Managed IaC with Terraform for repeatable environment provisioning.
  • Automated Kubernetes start/stop workflows to reduce operational overhead.
  • Implemented non-prod cost optimization through scheduled shutdown automation.
Tools: Jenkins, Azure, Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Python, Bash, AKS, ACR, Git, Grafana, Kibana, Elasticsearch
Programmer Analyst – DevOps Engineer

Cognizant | Pune, India

Mar 2018 – Jan 2021

TriZetto NetworX – Healthcare Provider Network Management

  • Automated end-to-end build, release, and deployment workflows for On-Premises and Azure servers.
  • Configured and migrated app servers and databases to Azure for UAT and production.
  • Implemented Prometheus/Grafana monitoring, reducing MTTR.
  • Won Innovation Award for automating Windows MSI deployment, cutting downtime to 3 minutes.
  • Reduced manual errors through Jenkins automation and PowerShell scripting.
Tools: Jenkins, PowerShell, Shell Scripting, Azure, Azure DevOps, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Python, Windows Server, Prometheus, Grafana

Core Skills


CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, ArgoCD, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Helm, Kustomize, Git
Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS, GKE, Rancher), Helm, K9s, Lens
Cloud Platforms: Azure (AKS, ACR), GCP (GKE, GCS), AWS, VMware ESXi, HPE Nimble
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible
Scripting Languages: Python, PowerShell, Shell/Bash, Groovy
Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, DataDog, Elasticsearch, Kibana, Humio, New Relic, PagerDuty
Databases: MS SQL, Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, VerticaDB, Cassandra
Big Data & Streaming: Kafka, Spark
Methodologies: Agile (Scrum, Kanban), SRE, ITIL Incident Management

Certifications & Awards


AZ-104

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

AZ-900

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

Achievements & Awards

🏆 Innovation Award

Cognizant – TriZetto NetworX

Automated Windows MSI application deployment using Jenkins and PowerShell, eliminating human errors and reducing application downtime to 3 minutes.

🌟 USTAR Super Star Award

UST – SmartOps

Recognized with the title 'Born to Learn' for developing an internal Azure Cloud infrastructure vulnerability assessment tool.

Selected Engagements


HPE InfoSight

AIOps Platform

  • Led VMware ESXi farm migration with zero data loss.
  • Managed Jenkins and ArgoCD pipelines across Dev/Beta/Prod environments.
  • Administered Kubernetes clusters with RBAC, quotas, and network policies.
  • Configured web application services HPA rules for automatic traffic scaling.
  • Developed Python script to fetch HPE Nimble array metrics, ingested into Prometheus, and built Grafana dashboards.

Bakkt Migration

Crypto & Loyalty Platform

  • Executed Azure-to-GCP migration for Marketplace workloads.
  • Delivered On-Premises-to-GCP migration for Loyalty services.
  • Managed Terraform provisioning and Azure DevOps pipeline automation.
  • Troubleshot Kubernetes pod issues across Dev/QA/UAT/Prod environments.

UST SmartOps

AI Automation Platform

  • Automated multi-cloud Docker deployments to Azure, AWS, and GCP.
  • Built Helm charts for Kubernetes application packaging and deployment.
  • Implemented cost optimization via scheduled shutdowns across non-prod environments.
  • Developed Azure PowerShell vulnerability assessment tool (USTAR Award).

TriZetto NetworX

Healthcare Platform

  • Automated end-to-end build/release/deployment for On-Premises and Azure.
  • Configured application server and database migrations to Azure Cloud.
  • Implemented Prometheus/Grafana monitoring, reducing MTTR significantly.
  • Won Innovation Award for Windows MSI deployment automation (3 min downtime).

Education


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B.E. in Electronics and Communication Engineering

The University of Burdwan | 2013 - 2017