Devops Engineer Cloud Infrastructure

Kamal Virk

DEVOPS ARCHITECT CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE CI/CD TERRAFORM AWS

*************@*****.*** 206-***-**** New City, NY 10956 Profile

Innovative DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience specializing in automation, CI/CD pipeline optimization, and cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Skilled at designing containerized environments with Kubernetes and Docker, and implementing Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible to achieve scalable, reliable, and cost-efficient systems. Recognized for reducing deployment times by over 70%, enhancing system uptime to enterprise-grade standards, and enabling faster, more secure product delivery across global teams. Passionate about leveraging DevOps practices to drive continuous improvement and business agility. Skills

Linux/Unix Fundamentals

file systems, processes, permissions

Scripting & Automation

Bash, Python, PowerShell basics

Version Control (Git)

Branching, merging, collaboration

Configuration Management

Ansible, Puppet, Chef, SaltStack

Container Orchestration

Kubernetes (K8s), Helm charts, Istio basics

Cloud Platforms

AWS, Azure, GCP (multi-cloud familiarity)

Secrets Management & IAM

Vault, AWS IAM, Azure AD

Networking in Cloud & Containers

VPC, subnets, ingress/egress rules

Chaos Engineering & Resilience Testing

Gremlin, Chaos Monkey

Observability & Tracing

OpenTelemetry, Jaeger, distributed tracing

Networking Basics

DNS, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, load balancers,

firewalls

Build Tools

Maven, Gradle, npm for compiling & packaging

CI/CD Tools

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Azure

DevOps

Containerization

Docker for building & running containers

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Pulumi

Monitoring & Logging

Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog

Security & DevSecOps

Vulnerability Scanning (SonarQube, Snyk, Aqua)

Serverless Architectures

AWS Lambda, Azure Functions, GCP Functions

Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) Practices

SLIs, SLOs, SLAs, incident mgmt

Cloud Cost Optimization (FinOps)

Right-sizing, autoscaling, monitoring spend

Professional Experience

Lead DevOps Engineer, Chronosphere

•Define and implement organization-wide DevOps strategies focusing on automation, scalability, and security.

•Lead and mentor a team of DevOps engineers, driving best practices and technical excellence.

02/2022 – Present

•Architect multi-environment CI/CD systems supporting complex microservice architectures.

•Oversee infrastructure reliability and cost optimization across hybrid and multi-cloud setups.

•Enforce DevSecOps principles, integrating security checks into every pipeline stage.

•Collaborate with product and engineering leadership to align DevOps initiatives with business goals.

•Evaluate and implement next-generation tooling (GitOps, observability, and AI-driven monitoring).

•Lead incident response and disaster recovery planning, ensuring minimal business impact.

•Drive performance tuning, scalability planning, and system modernization.

•Represent DevOps in technical reviews, architecture decisions, and compliance audits

Infrastructure Engineer, Render

•Design, build, and maintain core infrastructure systems supporting development and production workloads.

•Deploy and manage virtualization, containerization, and orchestration platforms (VMware, Kubernetes).

05/2019 – 09/2022

•Create IaC templates to automate server provisioning and infrastructure consistency.

•Implement networking, storage, and system monitoring solutions.

•Manage on-prem and hybrid infrastructure, integrating with cloud platforms.

•Strengthen system reliability, scalability, and performance through proactive tuning.

•Apply disaster recovery and backup solutions to ensure data integrity.

•Collaborate with DevOps and SRE teams to support application reliability.

•Maintain security posture through access controls, patching, and auditing.

•Develop and document infrastructure standards, policies, and automation processes.

Cloud Engineer, Aviatrix

•Design and implement secure, scalable, and high-availability cloud architectures.

•Automate infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, CloudFormation, or Pulumi.

08/2016 – 09/2019

•Manage compute, storage, and networking services across AWS, Azure, or GCP.

•Configure IAM, encryption, and VPC policies for robust cloud security.

•Optimize cloud resource usage and costs using CloudHealth or CloudZero.

•Implement monitoring and observability frameworks for performance insights.

•Support application migration from on-premises to cloud environments.

•Manage hybrid and multi-cloud environments ensuring connectivity and compliance.

•Establish backup, disaster recovery, and failover strategies.

•Collaborate with DevOps teams to integrate CI/CD pipelines into cloud workflows.

Devops Engineer, Blameless

•Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, and deployment workflows.

•Containerize applications using Docker and manage clusters via Kubernetes or ECS.

06/2013 – 03/2016

•Implement Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, or Pulumi.

•Set up monitoring, logging, and alerting systems using ELK Stack, Prometheus, or Datadog.

•Collaborate with developers to improve deployment reliability and minimize downtime.

•Automate server configuration and provisioning using Ansible or Chef.

•Manage and secure cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP) following best practices.

•Implement version control and GitOps workflows for transparent, trackable deployments.

•Troubleshoot production issues and participate in on-call rotations. Certificates

AWS Certified DevOps

Engineer

Professional

Certified Kubernetes

Administrator (CKA)

HashiCorp Certified

Terraform Associate

Education

Bachelor of Science

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