kisan  ·  Lead Azure DevOps Engineer  ·  9+ yrs

Senior
Noida9+ years experienceremote
Available within 48 hrs

About kisan

Kishan P is a highly skilled Senior Software Engineer with over 8 years of experience in DevOps practices, particularly in Azure DevOps. He has demonstrated expertise in managing CI/CD pipelines, cloud migrations, and containerization using Docker and Kubernetes. His ability to collaborate with international teams and manage real-time data streaming has made him a valuable asset in various projects across multiple domains, including Banking, Healthcare, and Agriculture.

Core expertise

Azure DevOps
devops
10/10
Kubernetes
devops
10/10
Docker
devops
9/10
Kafka
devops
9/10
Ansible
devops
9/10
Terraform
devops
8/10
MongoDB
database
8/10

Additional skills(21)

Azure DevOpsKubernetesDockerKafkaAnsibleSonarQubeTerraformMongoDBJenkinsPuppet

Why hire kisan?

Production deploy authorityMentored 5+ juniorsLed cloud migration projects

Developed the ASAP-Azure simple automated platform, a common framework with reusable templates for organization-wide use.

Automated a cost dashboard to capture and analyze resource costs for Non-Prod & PROD environments.

Ensured zero-downtime for applications running on Kubernetes and managed real-time data streams using Kafka.

Managed multiple production releases adhering to SLAs.

Built ASAP-Azure simple automated platform — common framework with reusable templates for Agriculture & Construction client as Sr Azure DevOps Consultant

Built Azure DevOps for American multinational investment bank — migrating apps from on-prem to cloud + Dockerfiles + CI/CD as Cloud DevOps Engineer

Built Azure DevOps for German multinational investment bank — Terraform (IAC) + YAML pipelines as Cloud DevOps Engineer

Built Azure DevOps for Humana — 13M+ health insurance members + releases + CI/CD + SCM + Agent architecture + Docker/Kubernetes agents as Cloud DevOps Consultant

Built AHS DevOps for Moody's — TFS migration to Azure DevOps + pipelines as DevOps Engineer

Project highlights(6)

ASAP-Azure Simple Automated Platform – Senior Cloud DevOps Consultant

Overview: Developed ASAP-Azure simple automated platform, a common framework with reusable templates for an organization in the Agriculture & Construction domain. Responsibilities: Worked as a Senior Azure DevOps Consultant, focusing on Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines, and release management. Migrated applications to AKS, ensuring smooth CI/CD and release processes, and integrated SonarCloud and Jfrog for security.

Azure DevOpsCI/CDKubernetesDockerKafkaAnsibleYAML

Key outcomes:

  • Developed a common framework (ASAP-Azure simple automated platform) with different templates for organization-wide use.

Banking DevOps – Cloud DevOps Engineer

Overview: Supported a major American multinational investment bank with Azure DevOps development and migration efforts for applications to the cloud. Responsibilities: Worked as an Azure DevOps developer, migrating applications from on-prem to cloud and creating Dockerfiles for applications. Provisioned Kubernetes clusters from scratch, managed K8s node resources, and automated K8s deployments via CI/CD.

Azure DevOpsDockerKubernetesCI/CDKafkaAnsibleSonarQube

Key outcomes:

  • Migrated applications from on-prem to cloud.

  • Provisioned Kubernetes clusters from scratch.

DevOps (5-Jan-2021 to 2-Sep-2021) – Cloud DevOps Engineer

DevOps for German multinational investment bank — Terraform IAC + YAML pipelines.

Azure DevOpsTerraformYAMLKubernetesKafkaAnsibleSonarQubeMemsqlMongoDBJenkinsTeamCity

Key outcomes:

  • Provisioned resources using Terraform (IAC).

  • Wrote YAML-based pipelines.

  • Set up container-based SonarQube.

  • Managed multiple production releases.

DevOps (15-May-2019 to 28-Dec-2020) – Cloud DevOps Engineer

DevOps (American multinational investment bank) — Azure DevOps + cloud migration.

Azure DevOpsDockerKafkaKubernetesAnsibleSonarQubeMemsqlMongoDBJenkinsTeamCityNolio

Key outcomes:

  • Migrated applications from on-prem to cloud.

  • Ensured real-time data availability via Kafka.

  • Set up container-based SonarQube.

Azure DevOps (Humana) – Cloud DevOps Consultant

  • Managed release, CI/CD, and SCM for a large American health insurance company with over 13 million members.
  • Managed releases, CI/CD, and SCM, responsible for Agent architecture and ensuring Docker/Kubernetes agents were updated.
  • Ensured zero-downtime for applications running on Kubernetes, managing pods and nodes.
  • Set up K8s-based clusters and migrated applications from on-prem, wrote Ansible and Puppet playbooks for server management.
  • Deployed container-based SonarQube, created/modified Docker images, and managed environments with Ansible.
  • Provisioned resources on Azure (subscriptions, resource groups), configured Jenkins & TeamCity for CI/CD, and deployed resources like SQL MI, MySQL using Azure DevOps pipelines.
  • Created ARM templates for resource reusability and participated in walkthrough meetings to discuss release roadblocks.
Azure DevOpsCI/CDDockerKubernetesAnsiblePuppetSonarQubeAzureJenkinsTeamCityARM templatesSQLMySQLAKS

Key outcomes:

  • Managed releases, CI/CD, SCM.

  • Ensured zero-downtime for Kubernetes applications.

  • Wrote Ansible and Puppet playbooks.

  • Created ARM templates for resource reusability.

9+ years of industry experience

FinTech3 projects
  • •Banking DevOps— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure DevOps · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD +3
  • •DevOps (5-Jan-2021 to 2-Sep-2021)— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure DevOps · Terraform · YAML · Kubernetes +7
  • •DevOps (15-May-2019 to 28-Dec-2020)— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure DevOps · Docker · Kafka · Kubernetes +7
Banking3 projects
  • •Banking DevOps— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure DevOps · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD +3
  • •DevOps (5-Jan-2021 to 2-Sep-2021)— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure DevOps · Terraform · YAML · Kubernetes +7
  • •DevOps (15-May-2019 to 28-Dec-2020)— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure DevOps · Docker · Kafka · Kubernetes +7
Insurance1 project
  • •Azure DevOps (Humana)— Cloud DevOps ConsultantAzure DevOps · CI/CD · Docker · Kubernetes +10

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LocationNoida
Experience9+ years
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Top Skills

Azure DevOps
10/10
Kubernetes
10/10
Docker
9/10
Kafka
9/10
Ansible
9/10
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