Senior DevOps & Azure Platform Engineer

Pingal Krishna Nayak

Email: **.*******.*****@*****.*** • 226-***-**** • Cambridge, ON • LinkedIn

SUMMARY

Senior DevOps and Azure Platform Engineer with 7+ years of experience designing, operating, automating, and improving enterprise cloud infrastructure and software delivery workflows across Azure, AWS, and OCI. Strong hands-on background in CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Git, Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, AKS, EKS, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, PowerShell, Bash, Linux, cloud networking, monitoring, security controls, release coordination, and production incident response. Experienced in troubleshooting build, deployment, infrastructure, database, API, and connectivity issues; executing controlled releases; improving Infrastructure as Code; and collaborating with development, QA, security, network, architecture, and operations teams. Proven ability to lead critical incident bridges, prepare MOPs and rollback plans, perform RCA, document operational procedures, and mentor teammates.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud platforms: Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI).

DevOps and CI/CD: Azure DevOps, Azure Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, YAML pipelines, release governance, change management, deployment gates, rollback planning. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Bicep, Azure Resource Manager, reusable modules, remote state, configuration management.

Containers and orchestration: AKS, Kubernetes, Docker, ACR, Helm, ingress, autoscaling. Automation: Python, PowerShell, Bash, Azure CLI.

Security and governance: Azure Policy, RBAC, managed identities, Key Vault, DevSecOps. Observability and operations: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, alerts, Dynatrace dashboards, SRE, incident management, RCA, CloudAbility, Apptio, FinOps, cost governance, Reserved Instances.

LICENSES & CERTIFICATIONS

Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305) Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate

(AZ-700) Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate (AZ-500) Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Foundations Associate

EXPERIENCE

ROGERS COMMUNICATIONS Cloud Support Engineer Sep 2021 - Present

• Standardized and governed CI/CD delivery through Azure DevOps, GitHub, Git-based peer review, controlled releases, deployment validation, rollback planning, runbooks, and post-release observation.

• Developed Python, PowerShell, Bash, and Azure CLI automation for resource validation, operational reporting, configuration checks, recurring administration, and cloud support workflows.

• Investigated deployment failures, infrastructure configuration issues, application reachability, API dependencies, database connectivity, monitoring alerts, and environment readiness risks.

• Executed production infrastructure and platform releases using documented MOPs, implementation steps, validation checkpoints, backout plans, ServiceNow change records, approvals, and post-change verification.

• Prepared and maintained technical procedures, operational runbooks, implementation plans, validation evidence, RCA documentation, and knowledge-transfer material.

• Provisioned Azure resources using Terraform modules, variables, outputs, remote- state workflows, reviewed plans, controlled applies, and post-deployment validation.

• Deployed, configured, maintained, scale, upgrade, validate, and decommission enterprise Azure resources including AKS, Databricks, API Management, PostgreSQL, Redis Cache, Virtual Machines, Storage Accounts, networking, monitoring, and identity components.

• Administered Azure security, RBAC, Managed Identities, Azure Policy and compliance controls.

• Drive repeatability and governance by standardizing Infrastructure as Code patterns using Terraform, Git-based review, release validation, rollback planning, and operational handover across production and non-production environments. WILDBRAIN Cloud DevOps Engineer Sep 2020 - Aug 2021

• Managed Azure and AWS infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes operations, Docker-based workloads, monitoring, cloud automation.

• Integrated Governance and Security practices across cloud operations, including policy, compliance, Identity controls, Secrets Management.

• Administered EC2, EBS, ELB, Auto Scaling, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudWatch, security groups, and network controls supporting highly available application infrastructure.

• Created and maintained Docker images and containers, managed registry workflows, and executed Kubernetes deployment, configuration, and operational troubleshooting. COREL CORPORATION DevOps Engineer Sep 2019 - Aug 2020

• Executed cloud migration and modernization activities involving compute, storage, networking, load balancing, container platforms, deployment automation, and monitoring.

• Implemented monitoring and alerting, investigated platform health and capacity issues, and collaborated with development teams on corrective actions.

• Worked with Cloudability to support FinOps initiatives, cloud cost visibility, cost allocation, resource utilization analysis, and optimization of Azure and AWS spend.

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