Kishan · Senior Azure DevOps Engineer · 8+ yrs
SeniorAbout Kishan
Kishan is a Cloud DevOps Consultant with extensive experience in Azure DevOps environments and CI/CD processes. He has successfully led migrations of applications from on-premise to cloud, ensuring high availability and resource optimization through effective management of Kubernetes clusters. His expertise also includes automating infrastructure using tools like Ansible and Terraform, and managing real-time data streaming with Kafka. Kishan has worked across critical sectors such as Banking and Finance, and Healthcare, demonstrating strong analytical and communication skills while collaborating with diverse global clients.
Core expertise
Additional skills(11)
Puppet
Azure DevOpsWhy hire Kishan?
Successfully led migration of multiple on-premise applications to Azure cloud environments.
Provisioned and maintained numerous Kubernetes clusters from scratch, ensuring high availability.
Automated CI/CD pipelines across multiple projects using Jenkins and Team City.
Achieved zero downtime for Kubernetes-hosted applications through effective cluster and pod management.
Successfully provisioned Azure resources using Terraform as IAC.
Managed over 5+ complex production releases across various clients, consistently meeting SLA requirements.
Project highlights(5)
Bank of America DevOps – Cloud DevOps Consultant
Overview: This project involved working as an Azure DevOps resource for Bank of America, a major multinational investment bank and financial services company. Responsibilities: Worked as an Azure DevOps developer focused on migrating applications from on-prem to cloud. Moved applications to Docker-based architecture, creating Dockerfiles and provisioning Kubernetes clusters from scratch. Managed and maintained k8's clusters, ensured adequate node resources, and automated deployments via CI/CD processes. Made real-time data available for Data Analysis teams using Kafka and managed Kafka clusters with Zookeeper, Brokers, Producers, and Consumers.
Key outcomes:
Successfully migrated applications from on-prem to Azure cloud.
Provisioned and maintained Kubernetes clusters for hosting applications.
Automated K8's deployments using CI/CD processes.
Deutsche Bank DevOps – Senior DevOps Engineer
Overview: This project focused on providing Azure DevOps consultancy for Deutsche Bank, a prominent German multinational investment bank. Responsibilities: Worked as an Azure DevOps developer, provisioning resources through Terraform as IAC and writing Terraform scripts with YAML-based pipelines. Set up Kubernetes-based clusters, migrated applications from on-prem servers to Kubernetes, and maintained all environments. Managed agent architecture over Azure DevOps and set up container-based SonarQube for Test & Prod environments. Created and modified Docker images and streamed real-time data using Kafka for analysis.
Key outcomes:
Successfully provisioned Azure resources using Terraform as IAC.
Established and maintained Kubernetes-based clusters for application deployment.
Streamlined code quality with SonarQube setup for Test & Prod environments.
Morgan Stanley DevOps – Cloud DevOps Engineer
Overview: Provided Cloud DevOps consultancy for Morgan Stanley, a leading American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Responsibilities: Worked as an Azure DevOps developer, migrating applications from on-prem to cloud and moving them to Docker-based applications. Set up Kubernetes clusters, managed Kafka for real-time data analysis, and utilized Ansible for environment configuration. Set up SonarQube applications for Test & Prod, created and modified Docker images, and managed databases like MemSQL and MongoDB.
Key outcomes:
Successfully migrated applications to Azure cloud and containerized them with Docker.
Maintained real-time data availability using Kafka for data analysis.
Automated environment configurations using Ansible.
Humana Azure DevOps – Cloud DevOps Consultant
Overview: Engaged as a Cloud DevOps Consultant for Humana Inc., a major American health insurance company. Responsibilities: Worked as a DevOps resource to manage releases, CI/CD, and SCM. Responsible for Agent architecture on Azure DevOps, ensuring Docker-based and Kubernetes-based agents were updated. Ensured applications running over Kubernetes maintained zero downtime. Wrote Ansible and Puppet playbooks for server management (Windows & Linux) and set up container-based SonarQube.
Key outcomes:
Managed releases and CI/CD processes effectively.
Ensured zero downtime for applications running on Kubernetes.
Automated server management with Ansible and Puppet playbooks.
Moody's AHS DevOps – DevOps Engineer
Moody's AHS DevOps — DevOps Engineer for credit-ratings firm with TFS migration → Azure DevOps + Nolio CI/CD.
Key outcomes:
Successfully migrated TFS to Azure DevOps.
Automated manual deployments using Nolio.
Managed multiple production releases effectively.
Contributed to resolving client issues and knowledge sharing.
8+ years of industry experience
- •Bank of America DevOps— Cloud DevOps ConsultantAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka +1
- •Deutsche Bank DevOps— Senior DevOps EngineerAzure · Terraform · Kubernetes · Docker +1
- •Morgan Stanley DevOps— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka +1
- •Moody's AHS DevOps— DevOps EngineerAzure DevOps · TFS · CI/CD · Nolio
- •Bank of America DevOps— Cloud DevOps ConsultantAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka +1
- •Deutsche Bank DevOps— Senior DevOps EngineerAzure · Terraform · Kubernetes · Docker +1
- •Morgan Stanley DevOps— Cloud DevOps EngineerAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Kafka +1
- •Humana Azure DevOps— Cloud DevOps ConsultantAzure · Docker · Kubernetes · Ansible +1
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