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Nidhin Chandran S R - Senior DevOps Engineer | Cloud Infrastructure Specialist | Linux Engineer | AWS

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Nidhin Chandran S R Senior DevOps Engineer | Cloud Infrastructure Specialist | Linux Engineer Phone: +1 (650)519-9501 Location: Palo Alto, California Email: [email protected] PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY Senior DevOps Engineer with over 15 years of IT experience, including 10 years specializing in AWS Cloud, Bare Metal Virtualization and CI/CD pipeline development. Proven expertise in cloud automation, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and multi-cloud operations. Skilled in provisioning and maintaining cloud infrastructure on AWS and Oracle Cloud (OCI). Cloud Expertise: Deep knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Route 53, IAM, Lambda, ECS, EKS) and GCP for building scalable, secure, and high-availability cloud solutions. Proficient in managing multi-cloud infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation and Ansible ensuring consistency and repeatability in deployments. Containerized Deployments: Automated the deployment of containerized applications using Docker and orchestrated services with Kubernetes ensuring scalability fault tolerance and minimal downtime. Adept at optimizing Linux server performance through kernel tuning resource management and advanced monitoring tools like Nagios, Prometheus and Grafana. Automated CI/CD Pipelines: Designed and implemented fully automated CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitHub, GitLab CI/CD and AWS CodePipeline. Experience integrating cloud and on-premises systems using Dell Boomi AtomSphere for seamless data flow and analytics. Proficient in deploying and managing virtualized environments using VMware and Proxmox virtualization platforms. Implementation of MuleSoft API integrations, ensuring seamless data exchange between cloud and on-premise enterprise applications. Skilled in designing and configuring Virtual Data Centers in AWS Cloud, including VPC, Public and Private Subnets, Security Groups, Route Tables, and Elastic Load Balancers (ELBs) to support enterprise level data warehousing. Hands-on experience with Bash scripting and Ansible Playbooks for server automation, package management and security patching. Designed and implemented API integrations using MuleSoft Anypoint Platform to connect AWS services. Implemented a fully automated CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins to build Dockerized applications, perform static code analysis with SonarQube, and publish artifacts to Nexus Repository. Leveraged Kubernetes (EKS) for orchestrating containerized workloads. Ensured real-time monitoring and logging of cloud operations by integrating OIC with OCI Logging, Grafana, and Splunk. Implemented integrations using Oracle Integration Cloud (OIC), streamlining enterprise workflows and automating business processes. CERTIFICATIONS RHCE : RedHat Certified Engineer MCSA : Microsoft Certified Solution Associate MS-700 : Microsoft Certified Teams Administrator Associate Ribbon SBC Edge Technical : SBCE11 AWS Certified Solution Architect Databricks Certified Generative AI Engineer Associate TECHNICAL SKILLS Cloud Platforms AWS (EC2,VPC,RDS,IAM, CloudFormation, S3, ELB, Auto Scaling, CloudFront, Route 53, CloudWatch, ,AWS SageMaker, EBS),Azure, OVH (Dedicated Cloud Hosting),VMware,GCP,OCI,OIC DevOps Tools | CI/CD Jenkins,Ansible,Terraform,GitHub,Azure Pipelines,AWS Code Pipeline,Docker, Kubernetes,SonarQube,Nexus, Python, Bash Shell Scripting, Git,GitHub,GitLab, Bitbucket,Azure Repos, MuleSoft Monitoring and Security Nagios,Prometheus,Grafana,Splunk,OSSEC,Lynis,Wireshark,Solar-Winds,Nessus,ELK,chkrootkit,Rkhunter Databases MySQL,PostgreSQL,RDS,Cassandra,DynamoDB,Redis,Redshift Operating Systems Linux(RHEL,Ubuntu,Suse,Debian,CentOS),Windows Server 2008R2,2012,2016 Network Protocols SSH, DNS, DHCP, HTTP/HTTPS, FTP, LDAP, Samba, NFS PROFESSIONAL EXPEREINCE WPP, San Francisco, CA Sep 2023 Present Role: Sr. DevOps Engineer Description: My role was pivotal in automating continuous integration/continuous Deployment pipelines, managing hybrid cloud infrastructures, optimizing containerized microservices, and implementing advanced monitoring and security solutions. By driving infrastructure automation and enabling seamless deployments collaborating with Data Science team, I have reduced deployment times by 40%, minimized downtime to 99.99% availability, and improved operational efficiency delivering measurable cost savings of $3 million annually. Responsibilities Developed custom serverless APIs in OCI, leveraging OIC integrations for real-time data processing, analytics, and cloud-native microservices. Engineered fully automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, SonarQube and Nexus, reducing deployment times by 40%. Implemented centralized logging and monitoring systems using ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) and AWS CloudWatch, improving system observability, real-time alerting. Designed and implemented an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline using AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS CodeDeploy, reducing deployment time by 50%. Engineered high-availability and disaster recovery solutions using Pacemaker, Corosync, and Rsync, ensuring near-zero downtime for critical services. Designed and deployed APIs using MuleSoft to integrate payment gateways, inventory management, and customer support systems. Automated VM provisioning and configuration in Proxmox using Ansible, ensuring consistent environments for data scientists and developers. Managed API gateways using MuleSoft, Kong, Apigee, and AWS API Gateway, ensuring scalability, security, and performance optimization. Leveraged AWS CodeStar to streamline project setup and management, enabling faster onboarding for new team members. Collaborated with stakeholders to gather requirements and translate business needs into scalable cloud solutions. Integrated automated testing and deployment workflows to ensure seamless application delivery and high-quality releases. Ensured automated rollback and compliance tracking for infrastructure changes by integrating GitOps with OCI Logging and Monitoring services. Deployed and orchestrated containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes, implementing dynamic scaling, rolling updates, and auto-healing capabilities to ensure high availability and reliability of services. Manage and optimize virtualized environments using Proxmox, VMware vSphere, and KVM/QEMU, ensuring resource allocation aligns with organizational needs. Configured and installed SSH (Secure Shell) encryption for secure access on Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux Environment/Tools: Git,GitHub,Jenkins,Maven,SonarQube,Nexus,Kubernetes,EKS,AWS Fargate,AWS ECS, Prometheus,Grafana,ELK Stack,Terraform,AWS SageMaker,PyTorch COMCAST, Philadelphia Aug 2022 Aug 2023 Role: DevOps Engineer Responsibilities Implemented a CI/CD pipeline using AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, and AWS CodeDeploy, enabling automated builds, testing, and deployments for a microservices architecture Configured IAM roles, accounts and policies to ensure secure and controlled access across AWS resource. Automated database replication and backup strategies using OCI Object Storage, Oracle Data Guard, and Ansible-driven snapshot automation.. Set up monitoring, alarms and real-time notifications using AWS CloudWatch, Nagios, and the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), enabling proactive infrastructure monitoring. Implemented AWS solutions using EC2,S3,RDS,IAM,Elastic Load Balancers (ELB),Auto Scaling Groups and Route 53 for DNS management, ensuring scalable, secure and highly available Infrastructure. Implemented self-healing OCI infrastructure automation, enabling OCI Monitoring and Logging triggers to initiate Ansible workflows for automatic remediation. Enforced API security best practices, including authentication, authorization, rate limiting, and compliance with enterprise security policies Configured automated database snapshots using AWS Snapshots and Percona XtraBackup, ensuring consistent backups and migration without affecting performance. Implemented Blue/Green deployment strategies using AWS CodeDeploy, minimizing risks during production releases and ensuring seamless rollbacks. Designed CloudFormation and Terraform templates to provision AWS infrastructure-as-code including networking, compute, storage, security, and monitoring. Developed and maintained end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, automating code integration, testing, and deployment processes. Environment/Tools: Linux,AWS,Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Nexus Artifactory, Nagios, ELK stack, Ansible, GitLab, Route53, IAM, CloudWatch, S3, EC2, Security Groups, TCP/IP, DNS, Shell/Bash Scripting HTC Global, India Aug 2020 Aug 2022 Role: SRE|Devops Engineer Responsibilities Engineered comprehensive monitoring and observability solutions utilizing Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog; established alerts that led to a 40% decrease in incident response times and improved system reliability metrics by 25%. Integrated monitoring tools with incident management systems such as PagerDuty, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) by streamlining alert and escalation workflows. Developed and maintained Ansible playbooks to automate server provisioning and configuration processes, ensuring consistent and efficient deployments across environments. Integrated Rundeck for task orchestration and self-service automation. Actively participated in post-incident reviews and root cause analysis (RCA), documenting findings and implementing preventive measures to improve system reliability. Automated incident response and ticket resolution processes using custom scripts, improving operational efficiency and reducing manual intervention. Regularly audited and reviewed monitoring systems to align with evolving business requirements and system needs. Orchestrated end-to-end data pipelines, integrating Kafka with splunk streaming, to facilitate seamless data flow from producers to consumers. Set up monitoring dashboards using tools like Grafana and Kafka Manager, providing real-time insights into stream health, throughput, and latency. Environment/Tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, PagerDuty, New Relic, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, ELK Stack, Splunk, JMeter, Gatling, Locust, Apache Bench, CloudWatch, Ansible, RCA documentation. GBS PLUS PVT LTD, India Apr 2018 Jul 2020 Role: Linux | Devops Engineer Responsibilities Installed, upgraded, and managed packages on Red Hat Linux and Debian servers using YUM,RPM and APT tools. Linux server hardening strategies by configuring Fail2ban to prevent brute-force attacks, enforcing access controls with SELinux, AppArmor and securing network traffic using Firewalld and iptables. Installed, configured, and maintained application servers like WebSphere and WebLogic, as well as web servers including Apache, HTTPD, and Tomcat on Linux and UNIX platforms. Managed domain mapping and SSL certificate integration, including free SSL solutions like Certbot, and handled domain management using cPanel and providers like GoDaddy. CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to automate build, test, and deployment processes. Configured and installed SSH (Secure Shell) encryption for secure access on Ubuntu and Red Hat Linux systems. Conduct vulnerability assessments using Nessus,Qualys and Lynis and mitigate risks by applying patches,upgrades. Manage storage solutions using LVM, HDFS, Ceph, GlusterFS, and distributed storage for scalable data management. Created and maintained VM images for VMware vSphere, RedHat OpenShift,VMware Workstation. Perform advanced kernel tuning, resource allocation, and performance optimization for large-scale deployments. Automated backups using Crontab based on client-specific requirements Set up password-less authentication and agent forwarding for secure server access using ssh-keygen. Expertise in Linux system security hardening, vulnerability assessments, and ensuring compliance with industry standards like PCI DSS and GDPR Environment/Tools: Windows Server 2012, CentOS 8.x, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9, YUM, RPM, Bash, Shell, HTML, Firewall, Apache, Tomcat, LDAP, NFS, Samba, SSH, DHCP, DNS, Kickstart, TCP/IP, WebSphere, WebLogic, Nagios Techvantage Systems, India Nov 2010 Mar 2018 Role: Sr.System Administrator Responsibilities Installed, configured, and maintained Windows Server environments, ensuring stable and secure operations. Performed server patching and updates using Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) and automated tools to maintain compliance and reduce vulnerabilities. Managed Active Directory (AD), including creating and managing users, groups, and organizational units (OUs) to maintain efficient directory structures Configured role-based access control (RBAC) to enforce least privilege access policies across user accounts, enhancing security. Implemented and maintained Group Policy Objects (GPOs) to enforce organizational security and compliance requirements, such as password policies and application restrictions Deployed and maintained System Center Configuration Manager (SCCM) for operating system imaging, application deployment, and patch management, streamlining endpoint management. Designed and managed Active Directory (AD) infrastructure, including domains, forests, and trust relationships, ensuring seamless authentication and resource access across the organization. Created and maintained standardized system images using Sysprep for consistent deployment across diverse hardware and virtual environments. Administering Office 365 applications, including email (Exchange Online), SharePoint, OneDrive, and Teams. Environment/Tools:Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, CentOS, Ubuntu Server, VMware ESXi, Task Manager, Resource Monitor, Performance Monitor, YUM, Hyper-V. 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