Kishan · Senior Azure DevOps Engineer · 8+ yrs
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About Kishan
Kishan is a Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience specializing in Azure DevOps environments and CI/CD processes. He has a proven track record in migrating applications to the cloud and managing Kubernetes clusters.
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Skills(14)
Why hire Kishan?
Successfully led migration of multiple on-premise applications to Azure cloud environments.
Provisioned and maintained numerous Kubernetes clusters from scratch, ensuring high availability.
Automated CI/CD pipelines across multiple projects using Jenkins and Team City.
Achieved zero downtime for Kubernetes-hosted applications through effective cluster and pod management.
Successfully provisioned Azure resources using Terraform as IAC.
Managed over 5+ complex production releases across various clients, consistently meeting SLA requirements.
Project highlights(5)
Bank of America DevOps – Cloud DevOps Consultant
Overview: This project involved working as an Azure DevOps resource for Bank of America, a major multinational investment bank and financial services company. Responsibilities: Worked as an Azure DevOps developer focused on migrating applications from on-prem to cloud. Moved applications to Docker-based architecture, creating Dockerfiles and provisioning Kubernetes clusters from scratch. Managed and maintained k8's clusters, ensured adequate node resources, and automated deployments via CI/CD processes. Made real-time data available for Data Analysis teams using Kafka and managed Kafka clusters with Zookeeper, Brokers, Producers, and Consumers.
Key outcomes:
Successfully migrated applications from on-prem to Azure cloud.
Provisioned and maintained Kubernetes clusters for hosting applications.
Automated K8's deployments using CI/CD processes.
Deutsche Bank DevOps – Senior DevOps Engineer
Overview: This project focused on providing Azure DevOps consultancy for Deutsche Bank, a prominent German multinational investment bank. Responsibilities: Worked as an Azure DevOps developer, provisioning resources through Terraform as IAC and writing Terraform scripts with YAML-based pipelines. Set up Kubernetes-based clusters, migrated applications from on-prem servers to Kubernetes, and maintained all environments. Managed agent architecture over Azure DevOps and set up container-based SonarQube for Test & Prod environments. Created and modified Docker images and streamed real-time data using Kafka for analysis.
Key outcomes:
Successfully provisioned Azure resources using Terraform as IAC.
Established and maintained Kubernetes-based clusters for application deployment.
Streamlined code quality with SonarQube setup for Test & Prod environments.
Morgan Stanley DevOps – Cloud DevOps Engineer
Overview: Provided Cloud DevOps consultancy for Morgan Stanley, a leading American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Responsibilities: Worked as an Azure DevOps developer, migrating applications from on-prem to cloud and moving them to Docker-based applications. Set up Kubernetes clusters, managed Kafka for real-time data analysis, and utilized Ansible for environment configuration. Set up SonarQube applications for Test & Prod, created and modified Docker images, and managed databases like MemSQL and MongoDB.
Key outcomes:
Successfully migrated applications to Azure cloud and containerized them with Docker.
Maintained real-time data availability using Kafka for data analysis.
Automated environment configurations using Ansible.
Humana Azure DevOps – Cloud DevOps Consultant
Overview: Engaged as a Cloud DevOps Consultant for Humana Inc., a major American health insurance company. Responsibilities: Worked as a DevOps resource to manage releases, CI/CD, and SCM. Responsible for Agent architecture on Azure DevOps, ensuring Docker-based and Kubernetes-based agents were updated. Ensured applications running over Kubernetes maintained zero downtime. Wrote Ansible and Puppet playbooks for server management (Windows & Linux) and set up container-based SonarQube.
Key outcomes:
Managed releases and CI/CD processes effectively.
Ensured zero downtime for applications running on Kubernetes.
Automated server management with Ansible and Puppet playbooks.
Moody's AHS DevOps – DevOps Engineer
Moody's AHS DevOps — DevOps Engineer for credit-ratings firm with TFS migration → Azure DevOps + Nolio CI/CD.
Key outcomes:
Successfully migrated TFS to Azure DevOps.
Automated manual deployments using Nolio.
Managed multiple production releases effectively.
Contributed to resolving client issues and knowledge sharing.
Industry experience
FinTech
4 projects- •Bank of America DevOps— Cloud DevOps ConsultantAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka +1
- •Deutsche Bank DevOps— Senior DevOps EngineerAzure · Terraform · Kubernetes · Docker +1
- •Morgan Stanley DevOps— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka +1
- •Moody's AHS DevOps— DevOps EngineerAzure DevOps · TFS · CI/CD · Nolio
Banking
3 projects- •Bank of America DevOps— Cloud DevOps ConsultantAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka +1
- •Deutsche Bank DevOps— Senior DevOps EngineerAzure · Terraform · Kubernetes · Docker +1
- •Morgan Stanley DevOps— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka +1
Insurance
1 project- •Humana Azure DevOps— Cloud DevOps ConsultantAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Ansible +1
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Kishan
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