Software Engineering-Development

ABHISHEK KENCHAPPA

DevOps Engineer

********.**********@*****.*** +918********* Bangalore, India Ak9994 abhishek-k-965484118

Professional Summary

DevOps Engineer with 5+ years in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, IAM security operations, and infrastructure as code. Hands-on experience provisioning cloud resources with Terraform, building deployment pipelines in Jenkins, and validating infrastructure automation on Ansible Automation Platform (AAP). Microsoft Azure certified (AZ-400, AZ-104) with practical exposure to AWS services including S3, EC2, IAM, and AppSync. Focused on pipeline automation, deployment reliability, observability, and infrastructure change control. Work Experience

Kyndryl (IBM Spinoff), Software Engineer – Development Representative 09/2022 – Present Bangalore, India Tested 10+ Ansible playbooks weekly on Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), identifying critical defects in AIC scanning, patching, and deployment modules before production release Collaborated with development leads on root-cause analysis calls to resolve playbook failures flagged during weekly test cycles

Configured and optimized Jenkins CI/CD pipelines using YAML-based configs and Git/SCM to support automated build, test, and deployment workflows across environments Investigated pipeline failures, build issues, and deployment errors; coordinated resolution across development, QA, and infrastructure teams

Automated operational and infrastructure tasks using Ansible and Terraform, including provisioning and script execution to reduce manual effort

Developed custom Python scripting solutions to automate repetitive testing activities and improve process efficiency

Provided L1 and L2 IAM support for authentication, authorization, permissions, and account issues; maintained user entitlements through Joiner-Mover-Leaver processes and access reviews Kyndryl (IBM Spinoff), Automation Testing Engineer 10/2021 – 09/2022 Bangalore, India Developed and maintained automated test scripts; executed regression, functional, and integration test suites across application release cycles in a global delivery environment Analyzed test results and performed root-cause analysis for application and environment failures, coordinating defect resolution with development teams Integrated automated test execution into CI/CD workflows to support consistent build validation across environments

Maintained Git version-control practices for automation scripts and test assets, ensuring traceability across release cycles

Collaborated with development, QA, infrastructure, and DevOps teams across build, test, and deployment activities

Supported troubleshooting of test environments, configurations, and dependencies to minimize release blockers

IBM Pvt Ltd, Systems Administrator / Cloud Support Engineer 12/2019 – 09/2021 Bangalore, India Implemented and supported CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and VBMP for streamlined VM deployment and configuration management in a private cloud environment Managed virtual machine deployment and pipeline operations within the VBMP private cloud, monitoring activities and troubleshooting deployment and environment-related issues Supported cloud infrastructure and virtualization operations; collaborated with technical teams to diagnose and resolve incidents

Provided technical and installation support for enterprise environments and maintained operational documentation to ensure knowledge continuity

TCS Bangalore, Mobile-App Intern Developer 06/2018 – 06/2019 Bangalore, India Client: TCS Internal

Developed home automation Android application prototype using Java and Android Studio Designed application UI and contributed to feature integration, technical specifications, and testing Projects

Java Application CI/CD Pipeline using Maven and Jenkins Built CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins and GitHub to automate build and deployment of a legacy Java IoT application, enabling remote web requests via static IP to replace local-only access Configured Maven pom.xml, automated local build execution, and set up repeatable pipeline using template- based Jenkins configuration

Validated end-to-end deployment flow from code commit to accessible remote endpoint Tech: Java, Maven, Jenkins, GitHub

Static Website Deployment with S3, CloudFront, and AWS AppSync Deployed static input form website on S3 with CloudFront CDN for low-latency global delivery Integrated AWS AppSync WebSockets to send real-time HTTP POST data from web form to IoT application backend

Architected serverless real-time data flow from frontend to backend, replacing local-only request handling with externally triggered events

Tech: AWS S3, CloudFront, AWS AppSync, WebSockets

IAM Roles and Access Management on AWS

Created and applied IAM inline policies in JSON to grant least-privilege S3 and EC2 read/write permissions and SSH key pair authentication

Validated all policies using AWS IAM Policy Simulator before applying to confirm correct access boundaries Enforced least-privilege principles by scoping permissions to specific services and access types Tech: AWS IAM, IAM Policy Simulator, S3, EC2

Infrastructure Provisioning and Versioning with Terraform and Git Provisioned 10-resource Terraform infrastructure locally using client-provided core modules extended with AWS and Azure services to validate service connectivity before production deployment Tested individual service integrations across resources to confirm infrastructure reliability and cross-service compatibility

Managed Git branching and commit workflows for Terraform infrastructure code; enforced code review and lead sign-off gate before merging to ensure change control Collaborated with development team to align Terraform state management with Git-based version control practices

Tech: Terraform, AWS, Azure, Git

Cloud-Native Monitoring with AWS CloudWatch / Azure Monitor Built Elasticsearch data pipeline to collect and process VM performance metrics, forwarding results to cloud- native monitoring dashboards

Configured dashboards to surface recurring VM bottlenecks by percentage, enabling faster troubleshooting and capacity prioritization

Replacing Prometheus/Grafana stack with AWS CloudWatch and Azure Monitor for production-aligned observability

Tech: AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Elasticsearch Skills

Cloud: AWS (S3, EC2, IAM, CloudWatch, AppSync), Azure (VMs, Monitor, DevOps) DevOps: Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Terraform, Ansible, Ansible Automation Platform (AAP), YAML Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code

Containers: Docker, Kubernetes

Monitoring: AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, Elasticsearch Scripting: Python, Java, Bash

IAM & Security: AWS IAM, RBAC, Authentication, Authorization, Least-Privilege Access, Provisioning/De- provisioning, IAM Policy Simulator

Certifications

Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400) – Microsoft

Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104) – Microsoft Developing AI Apps and Agents (AI-103) – Microsoft (In Progress) Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) – Microsoft

AWS Cloud Practitioner – Amazon Web Services

Terraform Associate – HashiCorp

Azure Kubernetes / Kubernetes Certification – Microsoft Python Certification

Education

Post Graduate Diploma in Full Stack Engineering, BITS Pilani India 2023 Master of Engineering (M.E.) in Embedded System Design, SOIS, Manipal University Manipal 2019 Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) in Electronics and Communication, Bangalore Institute of Technology

Bangalore

2016

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