Purushothaman

Design and implement Azure DevOps strategies and solutions to align with business objectives. Manage and implement container orchestration using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to streamline the deployment and scaling of microservices architecture. Enhanced cloud adoption by leveraging Azure Landing Zones to streamline environment setup, align with best practices, and accelerate time-to-value for critical applications. Implemented Azure Landing Zones to establish standardized cloud environments, optimizing governance, security, and compliance for enterprise deployments. Develop and maintain Azure DevOps pipelines to automate and optimize the deployment processes for Azure-based and containerized applications. Utilize Terraform and ARM templates for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to manage cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes applications. Apply security best practices within Azure and Kubernetes environments, including RBAC policies and network policies, to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements for sensitive workloads. Utilize Qualys, Cloud Conformity and Sysdig for comprehensive vulnerability management, enhancing the organization's security posture. Leverage Azure security services such as MS Entra, RBAC, Managed Identities, and Key Vaults.

Define cloud architecture and design for hosting complex application workloads on Azure Kubernetes and on-premises environments. Develop and maintain DevOps pipelines for development, testing, QA, and production using Jenkins and Azure DevOps. Architect, design, and implement Azure services, including Virtual Network, Scalesets, Application Gateway, VPN Gateway, Automation Accounts, and Azure Container Instances. Create and automate Terraform and ARM templates for provisioning and deployment processes. Demonstrate proficiency with container systems such as Docker and container orchestration platforms like Kubernetes. Oversee the deployment of Kubernetes clusters in Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and OpenStack VMs. Manage applications within high-availability Kubernetes clusters. Expose applications to the internet using Azure Application Gateway and Nginx ingress controllers. Integrate Jenkins with various tools, including JFrog Artifactory, Nexus, GitLab, and Kubernetes, for product deployment. Configure Nginx as a web server for backend application environments. Possess experience with Oracle WebLogic, JBoss, and database administration, including monitoring and troubleshooting. Develop Ansible playbooks and shell scripts to automate routine Linux tasks. Collaborate with a team of developers to automate deployment processes using Ansible and Terraform. Utilize monitoring tools such as Grafana and Prometheus. Manage tasks and track progress using JIRA, including bug fixing.

Provided 24x7 production database administration, support, and monitoring to ensure proactive identification and resolution of database issues. Demonstrated experience with AWS services, including the creation of EC2 instances, snapshots, RDS, VPC, Security Groups, and CloudWatch. Proficient in launching new RDS instances using snapshots. Monitored CloudWatch alarms for metrics such as storage size and CPU usage. Implemented Oracle Data Guard to ensure high availability and disaster recovery. Experienced in performing Oracle logical backups and using RMAN for backup and recovery. Conducted database cloning from production to test and development environments. Skilled in the administration of databases, including MySQL and PostgreSQL.