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Hi, I’m
Viswarthh Sundararaj
Senior Devops Engineer
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Summary
Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with over 12 years of experience in delivering top-tier IT solutions for the retail and fintech industries. Expertise in DevOps, container orchestration, and CI/CD, with a strong focus on Azure cloud environments. Proven track record in automating, optimizing, and supporting mission-critical deployments using wide arry of technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Github Actions. Passionate about AI and machine learning, actively contributing to innovative solutions through hackathons and advanced programs. Dedicated to driving excellence and innovation in all projects.
Overview
12
years of professional experience
6
Certificates
Work History
Floww
Senior DevOps Engineer
05.2022 - Current
Job overview
- Migrated Microservices : Transitioned infrastructure from Azure Service Fabric to AKS, boosting scalability and performance.
- Infrastructure Design : Implemented Terraform-based infrastructure for multiple environments using reusable modules.
- High Availability & DR : Ensured HA, failover, and disaster recovery setups for critical production infrastructure.
- GitOps Deployment : Streamlined AKS deployments with ArgoCD, External Secrets, Reloader, Kustomize, and Helm.
- External Database Services : Set up Atlas MongoDB and Snowflake using Terraform. Configured Neo4J Aura DB.
- Azure Services : AKS, Keyvault, Front door, Application Gateway, Storage account, Azure SQL, Cosmos DB.
- Service Mesh and CNI: Enhanced network security and performance with Istio, including mTLS and virtual services. Cilium for network policies.
- Secure Environment : Configured private endpoints, private links, and RBAC for Azure resources using Terraform.
- Data Pipelines : Created pipelines for ADF and Snowflake
- Self-Hosted CI/CD : Improved build times and deployment control with Azure DevOps, Octopus Deploy, and GitHub runners in containers and AKS with Arc.
- GitHub Transition: Migrated repos and pipelines from ADO to GitHub, leveraging advanced CI/CD capabilities with GitHub Actions.
- DevSecOps Practices : Implemented security monitoring with Sonar Cloud, Trivy Scan, and CrowdStrike Falcon.
- Monitoring & Observability : Set up Prometheus and Grafana for real-time alerting and customized dashboards. Application Insights for logging.
- AI & Search Services : Configured Azure OpenAI and Cognitive Search for onboarding new company profiles.
- Canary Deployment : Implemented progressive delivery with Argo Rollouts and Istio virtual services.
- Ephemeral Environment Management : Developed a Go-based CLI to manage environments with GitHub workflows and ArgoCD.
- Cost Optimization : Optimized cloud resource usage by analyzing cost metrics using Kubecost for AKS.
- Secure Access : Configured Workload Identity in AKS for secure RBAC-based resource access.
- Azure AD SSO Integration : Ensured seamless and secure user access for Snowflake, ArgoCD, GitHub, Flagsmith, etc.
Concentra Analytics
Azure Devops Engineer
10.2021 - 04.2022
Job overview
- Automated deployments for Azure-based SaaS data warehouse using Azure DevOps.
- Implemented IaC with ARM, Bicep, and Terraform for Azure PaaS services (Function Apps, App Service, APIM, ADF, App Insights).
- Managed resources with Azure Lighthouse.
- Created APIM policies and integrated Azure AD with APIM.
- Optimized costs for Non-Prod environments using Azure DevOps and PowerShell/CLI scripts.
TCS - Marks and Spencer P.L.C
MLOps Engineer
06.2021 - 10.2021
Job overview
- Evaluated CNVRG tool for managing ML model lifecycle on Azure.
- Automated batch prediction ML model deployment using Databricks and Azure DevOps.
- Built and automated ADF pipelines for data ingestion and Databricks notebook execution.
- Developed supervised and unsupervised ML algorithms in Python.
- Implemented deep learning models for image recognition (CNN), speech recognition (RNN), and NLP using TensorFlow and Keras.
- Created DL models for lung cancer detection and ML models for loan default prediction in Hackathons.
TCS - Marks and Spencer P.L.C
Cloud Integration Devops Engineer
08.2018 - 06.2021
Job overview
- Delivered secure CaaS (Kubernetes) applications.
- Configured IBM MQ, ACE, MFT, PBA in Docker and Kubernetes (AKS) using Helm charts.
- Designed integration solutions for SAP, WMS, and 3rd party systems.
- Developed CI/CD frameworks for SFTP using OpenSSH, Jenkins.
- Created Logic Apps for SFTP using ARM templates and Jenkins.
- Developed Node.js Function Apps for message transformation.
- Provisioned VMs, Azure Key Vault, and Storage Accounts with Terraform.
- Built Spring Boot apps for Azure Service Bus using JMS.
- Designed DR solutions for cloud environments.
- Implemented monitoring and observability.
- Integrated New Relic for AKS & Azure services.
TCS, Marks and Spencer P.L.C
Integration Designer
03.2015 - 07.2018
Job overview
- Delivered 30+ integration projects as an Integration Designer.
- Managed multiple design projects, ensuring timely and within-budget delivery.
- Led IIB Migration from WMBv8 to IIBv10 and SVN to GitHub repository migration.
- Created integration design documents and collaborated with various application teams.
- Utilized Confluence and Jira for documentation and agile processes.
TCS, Marks and Spencer P.L.C
Integration Developer
08.2012 - 02.2015
Job overview
- Developed Message Flows on WMB v8 using MQ Nodes, HTTP Nodes, JMS Nodes, RCD, Routing Nodes, Compute & Filter Node, EMAIL Output Node, Publication Node, XSLT Development, etc as per client requirements
- Developed MQ objects, MQFTE, MQ Front Side Handler and MultiProtocol Gateway in XB60 for Third Party Transfers
- MQ Cluster setup and MQ/IIB TLS Setup
- Administration in WMB.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology - RoparRopar, India
Post Graduate Certificate from Artificial Intelligence And Deep Learning
09.2020 - 05.2021
SRM UniversityChennai, India
Bachelor of Technology from Electronics And Communication
08.2008 - 05.2012
Skills
Infrastructure Automation
Configuration Management
Monitoring and Logging
Continuous Improvement
Scripting Languages
ML Algorithm Implementation
Certification
AZ-400, Azure Devops Engineer Expert, 03/01/25
Accomplishments
- Kudos Award - November 2012
- On the Spot Award - June 2014
- Star Performer Award - October 2015
- Certificate of Appreciation - September 2015
- Certificate of Appreciation (Middleware SME) - September 2016
- CLP Faculty Award - October 2016
- Service & Commitment Award - August 2017
- Best Performer Award - February 2019
- Best Team Award - February 2020
- Star Performer Award - July 2020
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Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer
Floww
05.2022 - Current
Azure Devops Engineer
Concentra Analytics
10.2021 - 04.2022
MLOps Engineer
TCS - Marks and Spencer P.L.C
06.2021 - 10.2021
Indian Institute of Technology - Ropar
Post Graduate Certificate from Artificial Intelligence And Deep Learning
09.2020 - 05.2021
Cloud Integration Devops Engineer
TCS - Marks and Spencer P.L.C
08.2018 - 06.2021
Integration Designer
TCS, Marks and Spencer P.L.C
03.2015 - 07.2018
Integration Developer
TCS, Marks and Spencer P.L.C
08.2012 - 02.2015
SRM University
Bachelor of Technology from Electronics And Communication
08.2008 - 05.2012
Software
Kubernetes
Terraform
CI/CD
Scripting
Docker
Istio
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Deep Learning
IBM MQ
IBM App Connect Enterprise
IBM Integration Bus