Chella Navaneetham Kothandharaman
Summary
Accomplished IT professional with expertise in Microsoft Azure (IaaS/PaaS) and Azure DevOps (YAML CI/CD), specialising in cloud infrastructure and automation. Proficient in Terraform, ARM templates, and PowerShell, with a strong hands-on expertise in automation and infrastructure management to build secure, scalable and high-performing solutions. Demonstrates a robust understanding of cloud security, governance and compliance, aiming to leverage these skills to enhance organisational security and efficiency.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification
Work history
Senior Infrastructure & Operations Engineer
Optum Health Solutions
London, UK
2023.01 - 2026.02
- Managed Azure production and non-production environments, ensuring high availability and reliability for critical healthcare operations.
- Utilised Nerdio Manager to provision and manage Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) environments, facilitating seamless user access and enhancing remote work capabilities.
- Design and development of reusable security automation using Azure Automation and Logic Apps.
- Implemented Azure Policies to enforce governance and compliance across subscriptions.
- Applied Azure Security Centre recommendations for various Azure resources to improve cloud security posture.
- Created and managed Azure Firewall, optimising security by regularly updating and refining multiple firewall rules.
- Configure VNet peering, Network Security Groups, User Defined Routes, Private Endpoints, and Application Gateway.
- Collaborated with application and security teams to resolve infrastructure issues and optimize platform reliability.
- Build and maintain Self-Hosted Data Plane Gateway to centrally manage APIs via Azure API Management.
- Experienced in provisioning and supporting Databricks and Azure Data Factory using IaC and automated deployment pipelines.
Technology Analyst (Azure Platform Administrator)
Infosys Limited
London, UK
2021.07 - 2022.12
- Deployed Azure resources using ARM Templates, Terraform, PowerShell, and Azure CLI.
- Implemented custom RBAC roles and privileged identity management (PIM) to secure access controls and protect sensitive resources.
- Configured Azure AD MFA and Conditional Access policies.
- Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and YAML.
- Provisioned infrastructure using Terraform and supported code repository maintenance.
- Administered Azure platforms, enhancing operational stability for leading UK petroleum company.
- Troubleshot platform resources, ensuring compliance with coding standards and minimising service disruptions.
- Experienced in deploying containerized applications in Azure Kubernetes.
- Experienced in setting up Azure DevOps pipelines for storing Docker images into ACR and deploying images into AKS.
Senior Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
Mysore, India
2016.04 - 2021.06
- Supported Azure resource provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks, enhancing system reliability and responsiveness.
- Managed production and non-production virtual machines as Azure Platform Administrator, ensuring optimal performance and availability.
- Delivered infrastructure support for major UK petroleum and gas client, facilitating seamless operations and service continuity.
- Contributed to platform improvements by analysing system performance.
- Expertise in setting up SharePoint farms for application hosting, Windows and SharePoint Patching, Application Deployment and Issue fixing.
- Handled tasks on Microsoft SharePoint 2013 and Team Foundation Server.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
G.N.I.T.S
India 2011.08 - 2015.05
Skills
- Microsoft Azure (IaaS/PaaS)
- Azure DevOps(YAML CI/CD)
- Terraform
- Arm templates
- PowerShell
- Azure Active Directory
- Azure Policy
- Defender for Cloud
- Networking
- Azure Kubernetes Service
- Azure Databricks and Azure Data Factory
Certification
- AZ-400: Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions
- AZ-500: Microsoft Azure Security Technologies
Timeline
Senior Infrastructure & Operations Engineer
Optum Health Solutions
2023.01 - 2026.02
Technology Analyst (Azure Platform Administrator)
Infosys Limited
2021.07 - 2022.12
Senior Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
2016.04 - 2021.06
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical & Electronics Engineering
G.N.I.T.S
2011.08 - 2015.05