Surendra  ·  Lead Azure DevOps Engineer  ·  9+ yrs

Senior
9+ years experienceremote
Available within 48 hrs

About Surendra

Surendra is a Technical Lead DevOps with 8+ years of experience in Azure services and CI/CD pipeline automation. He has a proven track record in leading diverse teams and optimizing cloud migration strategies.

9+ years of commercial experience in

CybersecurityHealthTechLegal TechSaaS / B2B

Skills(32)

AzureAzure DevOpsARM TemplatesTerraformKubernetesJenkinsAzure MonitorApplication InsightsAzure Security CenterAzure Virtual NetworkAzure Active DirectoryGitGitHubAzure ReposC#JavaPythonDockerSeleniumJUnitAzure App ServiceAzure SQL DatabaseAzure StorageHelm ChartsCloudwatchSIEM toolMongoDBMariaDBELK stackNginxGitLab CI/CDBitbucket

Why hire Surendra?

Production deploy authorityMentored 5+ juniorsLed diverse DevOps teams

Led cloud migration projects ensuring minimal downtime and data integrity.

Implemented automated CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, streamlining development workflows.

Achieved 20% performance improvement in infrastructure automation by optimizing backend redundancies.

Designed and implemented Infrastructure as Code with ARM Templates and Terraform.

Achieved 20% performance improvement in an infrastructure automation project by optimizing backend redundancies.

Successfully leveraged ARM Templates and Terraform for consistent, reproducible Infrastructure as Code across diverse Azure environments.

Project highlights(7)

Cloud Migration and DevOps Transformation – Technical Lead

Overview: Led the assessment of on-premises infrastructure and applications, designing and implementing Azure infrastructure for cloud migration and DevOps integration within a security domain. Responsibilities: Conducted comprehensive assessments to identify migration feasibility and opportunities for DevOps integration. Designed and implemented Azure infrastructure components, including virtual machines, storage, networks, and security controls.

AzureAzure DevOpsARM TemplatesTerraform

Key outcomes:

  • Ensured minimal downtime and data integrity during the migration process.

  • Streamlined development workflows and ensured continuous integration and delivery.

Automated CI/CD Pipeline Setup Using Azure DevOps – Technical Lead

Overview: Implemented Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates to define and provision infrastructure components, ensuring consistency and reproducibility across environments. Responsibilities: Configured Azure DevOps pipelines for continuous integration and deployment of applications.

Azure DevOpsARM Templates

Key outcomes:

  • Ensured consistency and reproducibility of infrastructure provisioning across environments.

  • Streamlined deployment processes with automated build and release pipelines.

CI-CD Infrastructure Automation – Technical Lead

  • Designed and implemented Azure infrastructure components using ARM templates, configuring services like Azure App Service, SQL Database, and Storage to support application deployment.
  • Integrated Azure DevOps pipelines with source control repositories (GitHub, Azure Repos) to automate infrastructure changes and enforce code quality.
  • Designed and implemented Azure infrastructure components such as virtual networks, subnets, and security groups using ARM templates.
  • Configured Azure services like App Service, SQL Database, and Storage to support application deployment.
  • Integrated Azure DevOps pipelines with source control repositories (GitHub, Azure Repos) for automated infrastructure changes.
  • Established CI pipelines to automate code builds, unit testing, and static code analysis for applications in C#, Java, or Python.
  • Implemented CD pipelines for deploying application artifacts (e.g., Docker containers, Web Apps) to Azure environments.
  • Integrated automated testing frameworks (e.g., Selenium, JUnit) into CI/CD pipelines to execute functional, regression, and performance tests.
Azure DevOpsARM TemplatesTerraformAzure MonitorApplication InsightsAzure Security CenterAzure Virtual NetworkAzure Active DirectoryGitGitHubAzure ReposC#JavaPythonDockerSeleniumJUnitAzure App ServiceAzure SQL DatabaseAzure Storage

Key outcomes:

  • Automated infrastructure changes and deployments, enhancing reliability and speed.

  • Ensured code quality and collaboration standards through branch policies and code reviews.

Designing Architecture Diagram & Infra setup – Technical Lead

  • Performed infrastructure automation using Terraform, designing and implementing an architecture for deploying an Enterprise On-prem security domain product in Azure cloud.
  • Managed containerization deployment using AKS and Helm Charts, and implemented monitoring with Cloudwatch.
  • Implemented infrastructure automation using Terraform.
  • Created and implemented the architecture for deploying an Enterprise On-prem security domain product in Azure cloud.
  • Managed containerization deployment using AKS.
  • Deployed using Helm Charts in Kubernetes & OpenShift.
  • Implemented monitoring using Cloudwatch.
  • Automated CIS benchmark against infrastructure using Terraform and an SIEM tool for real-time monitoring and analysis of events.
TerraformKubernetesHelm ChartsCloudwatchSIEM toolAzure

Key outcomes:

  • Successfully deployed an on-prem security product to Azure cloud.

  • Automated security benchmarks and real-time monitoring for infrastructure.

Infrastructure Automation – Technical Lead

  • Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, implementing MongoDB and MariaDB as primary databases with sharding, replication, and partitioning features.
  • Managed infrastructure on Azure Cloud, central logging with ELK stack, and deployed Nginx reverse proxy on AKS.
  • Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins.
  • Implemented MongoDB and MariaDB as primary databases, utilizing automatic sharding, replication, and partitioning for horizontal scaling and performance.
  • Configured MongoDB and MariaDB built-in backup and recovery features.
  • Managed production workload on AKS.
  • Implemented central logging using ELK stack using Helm Charts.
  • Improved performance by 20% by reducing unnecessary redundancies and improving the backend.
JenkinsMongoDBMariaDBAzure DevOpsELK stackHelm ChartsKubernetesNginxAzure

Key outcomes:

  • Improved system performance by 20% through optimization of backend redundancies.

  • Ensured data safety and recoverability with configured backup and recovery features for databases.

Industry experience

Cybersecurity

3 projects
  • •Cloud Migration and DevOps Transformation— Technical LeadAzure · Azure DevOps · ARM Templates · Terraform
  • •CI-CD Infrastructure Automation— Technical LeadAzure DevOps · ARM Templates · Terraform · Azure Monitor +16
  • •Designing Architecture Diagram & Infra setup— Technical LeadTerraform · Kubernetes · Helm Charts · Cloudwatch +2

HealthTech

Reported in resume

Legal Tech

Reported in resume

SaaS / B2B

3 projects
  • •CI-CD Infrastructure Automation— Technical LeadAzure DevOps · ARM Templates · Terraform · Azure Monitor +16
  • •Designing Architecture Diagram & Infra setup— Technical LeadTerraform · Kubernetes · Helm Charts · Cloudwatch +2
  • •Infrastructure Automation— Technical LeadJenkins · MongoDB · MariaDB · Azure DevOps +5

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