Azure DevOps & Kubernetes Infrastructure Engineer

Mukesh Kumar Rai

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Cloud & Infrastructure professional with 9+ years of IT experience, including 5+ years of hands-on experience designing and delivering scalable Azure IaaS and PaaS solutions. Skilled in Terraform, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes with strong expertise in cloud architecture, automation, and cost optimization. Certified cloud professional known for driving operational efficiency, solving complex problems, and delivering customer-focused solutions.

SITA INFORMATION NETWORKING COMPUTING INDIA PVT. LTD. JUNE 2023 TO PRESENT Role & Responsibilities: - DevOps Engineer

Deployed and managed Azure resources: Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, VNETs, Load Balancers, Azure Front Door, Application Gateway, NSGs, Private Endpoints, Azure SQL Database, and hybrid connectivity using VPN Gateway and ExpressRoute.

Designed and documented High-Level and Low-Level Architecture for cloud, monolithic, microservices and infrastructure modernization.

Built and maintained Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu); handled user/group permissions, disk management (LVM), and services like Apache and NGINX.

Deployed applications in AKS using YAML manifests (Pods, ReplicaSets, Deployments); implemented ClusterIP, NodePort, and Load Balancer services.

Applied Blue-Green deployment strategies and managed application rollbacks and rollouts.

Configured HPA and VPA to ensure optimal resource utilization and performance.

Managed PVs, PVCs, volume resizing, cloning, and snapshotting for stateful applications in AKS.

Integrated ACR with AKS for secure container image storage and RBAC-based access.

Participated in VAPT assessments and implemented fixes during Kubernetes cluster version upgrades and patching cycles.

Followed 2-tier and 3-tier architecture models for scalable and modular application design.

Designed and implemented end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps CI/CD for automated build, test, and deployment workflows across multiple environments (Dev, QA, Prod).

Configured Azure Site Recovery and disaster recovery solutions to ensure business continuity.

Executed end-to-end cloud migrations, including physical, AWS, and VMware environments to Azure.

Implemented multi-site VPN solutions, handling complex networking and security requirements.

Delivered high availability solutions by configuring Availability Set and Availability Zones.

Managed Azure SQL Servers and Databases performed backup and restore drills for long-term retention.

INTERGLOBE AVIATION PVT.LTD AUG 2019 TO MAY 2023

Role: - SENIOR-EXECUTIVE

Managed & supported IT infrastructure, including servers, networks and databases.

Led the migration of on-premises infrastructure to Azure Cloud.

Monthly Security Patches Update of Client Servers.

Designed and implemented scalable and fault-tolerant solutions using Azure Services. Professional Experience.

CMSITSERVICES.PVT.LTD NOV 2016 TO AUG 2019

Role: - CUSTOMER SUPPORT ENGINEER

Managed & supported IT infrastructure, including servers, networks and databases.

Monitoring network infrastructure through SolarWinds and Sify Akash.

Managed MS Intune and SureLock MDM services.

Key Skills Certification

Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure

CI/CD Tool: Azure DevOps.

Containerization & Orchestration: Docker,

Kubernetes & Azure Kubernetes Service. Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Kubernetes, Azure Kubernetes Service Certification Number 2771F8-88LB51

Version Control: GitHub, Docker Hub

Monitoring & Logging: Grafana & Azure Monitor

Database Services: Azure SQL Database, MS SQL and MySQL

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform

Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu and RHEL), & Windows Server

MS Entra ID, DR, Networking, Landing Zone, Migration, Storage Backup, HA, DR, BCDR. Education

2015- B.E (Bachelor’s in Engineering), RGTU, Bhopal, 79.5% 2009- H.S.C (Higher school certificate), BSEB, Patna.,64% 2007- S.S.C (Secondary school certificate), BSEB, Patna. Personal Information

Date of Birth: - 22/06/1992

Father’s Name: - Mr. Bikrama Rai

Gender: - Male

Nationality: - Indian

Marital Status: - Married

Current Address: - 301 – Muchmore Society, Tingre Nagar Road no. 14, Pune-411015 Declaration

I hereby declare that the above-mentioned information is correct to the best of my knowledge and I bear the responsibility for the correctness of the above-mentioned particulars. Date: -

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