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MUJEEB KAPPAKKARANTAKATH

MUJEEB KAPPAKKARANTAKATH

Stevenage,HERTFORDSHIRE

Summary

Accomplished IT professional Bringing 12+ years of hands-on experience in various IT industries and over the last 5+ years’ of DevOps Engineer experience in designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, Infrastructure as a code (IaC), and automation frameworks. Expert in streamlining deployment processes and improving system reliability and scalability. Proficient in using tools such as Jenkins, ArgoCD, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Terraform, Ansible, AWS, and GCP. Adept at collaborating with development and operations teams to achieve seamless software delivery. Adept at implementing monitoring solutions like Prometheus and Grafana to ensure system reliability and performance. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to streamline development workflows and enhance system reliability. Seeking to leverage expertise in Kubernetes orchestration and DevOps best practices to drive innovation and enhance operational efficiency.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Freelance DevOps Engineer

Various Clients
01.2024 - Current

Designed and Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins for development teams, significantly speeding up the release cycle

  • Managed AWS infrastructure, including EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda, optimizing resource usage and cost
  • Good experience in creating the Build and release pipelines for safely releasing code changes to multiple environments
  • Experience in Infrastructure as Code using tools Terraform
  • Experience in setup and management of multi-cluster Kubernetes architecture
  • Experience in creating AKS cluster control plane, System node pools, and user node pools
  • Experience in writing YAML manifests for applications
  • Experience in AKS cluster autoscaling enabled
  • Experience in creating the pod auto-scaling
  • Creating the Kubernetes RBAC role and role binding with Azure AD
  • Supporting for development and testing teams in resolving day-to-day deployment
  • Experience in DevOps to make applications Reliable and Scalable
  • Developed an end-to-end scalable website ready for production.

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Virtusa UK Limited
10.2022 - 10.2023
  • Working as Sr, DevOps Engineer, as part of Cloud /DevOps migration team closely working with Architecture to Design, Implement, and Deploy infrastructure and Application Cloud and Container Orchestration Environment for UK's biggest banking domain
  • Experience in Creating and maintaining highly scalable and fault-tolerant multi-tier AWS Environment, Spanning multiple availability zones using Terraform
  • Spearhead designing and implementation of cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security for mission-critical applications
  • Proven practical experience and knowledge of various AWS services
  • Redshift, RDS, Glue, Lambda, EMR, IAM, CloudFormation, EC2, EKS, ECS, VPC, CloudWatch, EBS, RDS, RDBMS, MYSQL, IAM, Cloud Formation
  • Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters EKS on AWS for containerized applications, ensuring high availability and scalability
  • Experience with AWS(EKS), Kubernetes, Helm charts, Jenkins, ArgoCD, and developing CI/CD pipelines
  • Proven practical experience in container technology & orchestration – Kubernetes – EKS and ECR
  • Hands-on Experience Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with Terraform, resulting in improved efficiency and consistency
  • Hands-on experience in infrastructure compliance using Chef InSpec and Chef Automate
  • Experience in Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, reducing deployment times by 60%
  • Design and manage Kubernetes clusters for containerized applications, optimizing resource utilization and scalability
  • Experience in developing and enforcing security best practices for cloud environments, leading to compliance with industry standards
  • Hands-on experience in Streamline monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack, enabling proactive issue resolution
  • Experience in migrating on-premises infrastructure to AWS and GCP, resulting in cost savings of 30%
  • Ensured high availability of services through effective monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch and ELK Stack
  • Collaborated with development teams to optimize application performance and troubleshoot issues
  • Hands-on Experience in Designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and ArgoCD, enabling rapid and reliable deployments
  • Optimized Kubernetes resource allocation and scaling, resulting in improved application performance and cost savings
  • Collaborated closely with development teams to improve application delivery and deployment processes
  • Provided mentorship and guidance to junior DevOps engineer’s team members on Kubernetes and cloud best practices and usage
  • Worked in Agile/Scrum development team to deliver end-to-end continuous integration and continuous deployment in SDLC
  • Proficient in Python, and Shell Scripting.

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Wipro Technologies UK
06.2021 - 06.2021
  • Working as Sr, DevOps Engineer, as part of a cloud migration team closely working with Architecture to Design, Implement, and Deploy infrastructure and Application cloud and Container Orchestration Environment for the UK's biggest banking domain
  • Experience in creating and maintaining a highly scalable and fault-tolerant multi-tier AWS Environment, Spanning multiple availability zones using Terraform
  • Spearhead design and implementation of cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security for mission-critical applications
  • Proven practical experience and knowledge of various AWS services
  • Redshift, RDS, Glue, Lambda, EMR, IAM, CloudFormation, EC2, VPC, CloudWatch EBS, RDS, IAM, Cloud Formation
  • Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters EKS on AWS for containerized applications, ensuring high availability and scalability
  • Proven practical experience in container technology & orchestration – Kubernetes – EKS and ECR
  • Hands-on Experience Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles with Terraform, resulting in improved efficiency and consistency
  • Experience in Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, reducing deployment times by 60%
  • Reduced deployment times with the introduction of CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects.
  • Hands-on experience in infrastructure compliance using Chef InSpec and Chef Automate
  • Design and manage Kubernetes clusters for containerized applications, optimizing resource utilization and scalability
  • Experience in developing and enforcing security best practices for cloud environments, leading to compliance with industry standards
  • Hands on experience in Streamline monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack, enabling proactive issue resolution
  • Experience in migrating on-premises infrastructure to AWS and GCP, resulting in cost savings of 30%
  • Ensured high availability of services through effective monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch and ELK Stack
  • Collaborated with development teams to optimize application performance and troubleshoot issues
  • Hands-on Experience in Designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and ArgoCD, enabling rapid and reliable deployments
  • Optimized Kubernetes resource allocation and scaling, resulting in improved application performance and cost savings
  • Collaborated closely with development teams to improve application delivery and deployment processes
  • Provided mentorship and guidance to junior DevOps engineer’s team members on Kubernetes and cloud best practices and usage
  • Worked in Agile/Scrum development team to deliver end-to-end continuous integration and continuous deployment in SDLC
  • Proficient in Python, and Shell Scripting.
  • Reduced deployment times with the introduction of CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects.

Sr, Linux/Cloud –DevOps Engineer

Oracle India Pvt, Ltd
10.2017 - 10.2019
  • Linux/Unix System Administration
  • Linux/Unix support Public cloud and Private cloud (AWS/Oracle Private cloud) cloud infrastructure
  • Experience Building and working with AWS services like EC2, ELB, RDS, and S3
  • Developing and building infrastructure, For Landing Zone on AWS
  • Patching Linux/Unix servers and package management and Installing new packages
  • Hands-on knowledge in Automation With Ansible, Writing a playbook for Implementing tasks
  • Hands-on knowledge and understanding of writing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), using tools like Terraform
  • Basic Knowledge of shell and python
  • Hands-on knowledge of software containerization platform Docker and containers, Creating Docker images, and Deploying containers
  • Experience in NFS configuration, Disk management, System performance monitoring, File system, and User Management, and troubleshooting NFS and service-related issues
  • Incident/Change/Problem management based on Oracle Enterprise Manager Software (OEM)
  • Working knowledge in JIRA, confluence, and ITIL-based Ticketing portals and Documentation
  • Level-3 support for all Incident tickets, Change tickets, and Problems tickets.

IT System Engineer

JOHNSON CONTROL
12.2014 - 11.2016
  • Red hat Linux Server & Installation, configuration Troubleshooting and patching, Filesystem management

IT System Engineer

QDS QATAR
05.2015 - 09.2015
  • Installing Red Hat Linux & Configuration, Samba Server, NFS & LVM Configuration

IT Engineer

THALES SECURITY SYSTEMS
07.2012 - 10.2013
  • System installation, Configuring Networks, Performing installation and configuration

Customer Engineer

PEAR SON EDUCATION SERVICE PVT Ltd
09.2011 - 06.2012
  • Responsible for installing hardware, software, and applications on the Server
  • Managed on-site installation of new equipment, leading to improved efficiency and reduced downtime.
  • Increased first-call resolution rates through comprehensive problem analysis paired with swift action plans.
  • Maintained accurate records of service calls and repairs performed, ensuring compliance with company policies and industry standards.

Customer Engineer

HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
11.2006 - 11.2008
  • Providing Support for team Installation, Configuration, and administration of Sun servers
  • Managing, Monitoring

Assistant System Administration

CHOPRAS CONSULTANCY, PVT Ltd
02.2006 - 10.2006
  • Administration and support on-prem Linux and UNIX server installation, configuration and troubleshooting

Education

Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Computer Applications

Bharathiar
Coimbatore
12.2019

Skills

  • LINUX
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • GIT
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
  • Docker
  • DevOps
  • CI/CD
  • ArgoCD
  • Cloud Infra
  • Cloud Operations
  • Monitoring tools
  • Grafana
  • Prometheus
  • Istio

Certification

  • Red hat Linux Training, MyTectra and QCS Labs, Bangalore, 12/2019, 07/2020
  • Red hat OpenShift Training, MyTectra and QCS Labs, Bangalore, 12/2019, 07/2020
  • Red hat Ansible Training, MyTectra and QCS Labs, Bangalore, 12/2019, 07/2020
  • AWS Training, Bangalore, 12/2019, 07/2020

Languages

English
Hindi
Malayalam

Jobtitle

DevOps Lead Engineer

Visa

UK Tier-2 Dependent Visa (Sponsorship not required)

References

Available on request

Timeline

Freelance DevOps Engineer

Various Clients
01.2024 - Current

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Virtusa UK Limited
10.2022 - 10.2023

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Wipro Technologies UK
06.2021 - 06.2021

Sr, Linux/Cloud –DevOps Engineer

Oracle India Pvt, Ltd
10.2017 - 10.2019

IT System Engineer

QDS QATAR
05.2015 - 09.2015

IT System Engineer

JOHNSON CONTROL
12.2014 - 11.2016

IT Engineer

THALES SECURITY SYSTEMS
07.2012 - 10.2013

Customer Engineer

PEAR SON EDUCATION SERVICE PVT Ltd
09.2011 - 06.2012

Customer Engineer

HCL INFOSYSTEMS LTD
11.2006 - 11.2008

Assistant System Administration

CHOPRAS CONSULTANCY, PVT Ltd
02.2006 - 10.2006

Bachelor of Science - Bachelor of Computer Applications

Bharathiar
MUJEEB KAPPAKKARANTAKATH