SAMIR KUMAR

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer offering over 11.5 years of experience with over 9 years of experience as
DevOps/Build/RPA, Release Engineer, targeting senior assignments as Infrastructure & DevOps Lead
with a growth-oriented organization

Ph.: +91-8095532573 Email: samirkumarunix@gmail.com

Profile Summary

• Showcased excellence in managing complete Product Life-Cycle Management along with defining the product
roadmaps fulfilling key requirements such as features, specifications & cost, conceptualization, development, patch
management, validation, testing & approval as per client specification
• Rich experience in managing project management activities encompassing planning, analysis, scope & risk
management, contingency planning & resource management to ensure on-time delivery
• Engaged in implementing, deployment and supporting Cloud-based Infrastructure and its solutions; showcased
advance AWS expertise through skills in design and deployment of effective solutions on Amazon Web Services
• Excels in set-up of Production Support, DevOps, Build and Release Engineering, CD/CI Process, Release
Management and UAT
• Worked closely with other engineers and architects to complete projects on schedule and adherence to engineering
processes such as code reviews, source control and unit testing, use case analysis defect management and other
automation anywhere SDLC and best practices
• Skilled in spearheading entire Project Life-Cycle Management including developing project plans for RPA with
the execution team including Global Process Lead, Reengineering Lead, Business Analyst and Technology team, and
managing overall infra in AWS, setup tool and ensuring all version control
• Working knowledge of build automation and CI/CD pipelines ; developed and maintained the continuous integration and
deployment systems using Jenkins, Maven, Nexus, puppet and Ansible
• Working experience in Docker environments with good command over scripting language such as Python, Ruby,Shell
Script and JavaScript; experience with configuration management tools such as Chef & Ansible
• Working knowledge of application servers such as Apache, Tomcat as well as relational DBs such as PostgreSQL
• Implemented ITIL Processes that include IM, MIM, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Prevention of Recurrence Actions (PoR),
Problem Management and Change Management; played key role as participant in ISO & ITIL audits
• Hands-on experience in various stages of IT Infrastructure Management Lifecycle including IT Service Design, Service
Operations, Service Transition and Continuous Service Improvement

Core Competencies

DevOps Build & Production Deployment Technical Project/Team Management Robotic Automation
Software & Product Development Lifecycle AWS/AZURE DEVOPS CI / CD Implementation
Application Development & Integration Client Engagements IT Infrastructure
(Internal & External)

Technical Skills

Cloud Solutions: AWS, Azure, VMC on AWS, AVS(VMware on Azure), Cloud Assessment, Business case development, TCO
comparisons and vendor evaluation, Cloud Architecture, Cloud Migration planning of workloads to Public Cloud on IaaS and PaaS
models hosted on AWS and Azure
Cloud Optimization: Cloud Checker, Cloud Health
Hyper-Converged: VMware SDDC, Nutanix, VMware vSAN, VxRail
Container: Docker containers / Kubernetes /ECS / EKS/ Fargate/ ACS & PKS
DevOps: Cloud native Dev-ops tools, Jira, GIT, GitHub, Jenkins, Selenium, Ansible, Terraform
Cloud Orchestration: VMware vRealize Suite, VMware CAS and other CMP Platforms
Security: Foundational security layer, data security, Identity and access management, application security, SOC & GRC
Cloud Data Protection:Commvault,backup to cloud, Cloud backup
Cloud Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity: Designing solution based on RPO & amp; RTO using ASR, Zerto, cloud
Endure, and other DR solutions
High Availability: Stretch Clusters Cross multiple AZs, Server/ Storage Clusters, Oracle RAC, Data Guard, Multi-pathing, F5 &
Citrix Load balancers
Server, Storage and Network Virtualization: VMware, Hyper-V, ESX
End User experience: High Touch Support, Proactive & Preventive support powered by analytics, Self-help tools, Optimize
Operations, Experience Management, Auto Healing & amp; Device as a service
Tools: Moogsoft, Zabbix, Cloud watch, cloud trail, SolarWinds, Big fix
Robotics Process Automation( RPA ) : Automation Anywhere
 Work Experience
Since Mar'18 Qualcomm, Hyderabad as Devops & Infra Lead
Oct'17-Mar'18 Congnizant, Bengaluru as Infra.Technology Specialist
May'15-Aug'17 TechMahindra, Bengaluru/Hyderabad as Sr. Software Engineer
Sep'11-May'15 IPsoft, Bengaluru as Senior System Admin
Feb'10-May'11 3i-Infotech, Delhi as System Admin
Feb'09-Jan'10 Mdeverywhere, Noida as Tech Support
Key Result Areas:
• Facilitating release and deployment processes to ensure smooth and timely delivery of applications to the non-
Production and Production environments
• Spearheading the team for managing all aspects of the end-to-end product deployment process; resolving potential
deployment conflicts and provide suggestions on mitigating future problems
• Designing and developing automation to support continuous delivery and continuous integration processes;
implementing the build, release and configuration management of production systems
• Defining acceptance criteria, preparing and publishing release notes, getting business sign-off for release acceptance;
providing management reports on release progress
• Implementing the build, release and configuration management of production systems; resolving the build issues with
appropriate teams
• Developing the end to end project plans with the execution team including Global Process Lead, Reengineering Lead,
Business Analyst and Technology team
• Running Steering committee meeting, and participating in weekly project calls and taking the status of the delivery
• Evaluating current processes and envisioning ways to reengineer the process in order to create significant efficiencies
and enhance controls
• Facilitating in creation of the tasks for the Sprint with dependencies identified and working with key SMEs and partners
to troubleshoot and prioritization actions
• Building automated deployments through the use of configuration management technology; deploying new modules and
upgrades and completing fixes within the production environment
• Liaising with the client to assess the requirement based in the business process analysis (As-Is, To-Be) & providing the
optimum automation solutions
• Developing end-to-end project plans with the execution team including Global Process Lead, Reengineering Lead,
Business Analyst and Technology team
• Running and participating in steering committee meeting for executing the weekly project calls and taking status of the
delivery
• Managing the automation of configuration management of all development, quality assurance, and production servers as
well as the automation of continuous integration and continuous delivery
• Evaluating current processes and envisioning ways to reengineer the process in order to create significant efficiencies
and enhance controls; updating configuration management tools, code, and modules for the purpose of streamlining
implementation and supportability
• Tracking deployment process metrics against SLAs and provides management reports and feedback on deployment
progress and effectiveness

Education

• 2018: MBA from Jaipur National University(JNU)

• 2008: BCA from ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY, TAMILNADU (2008)
• 2008: Diploma in GNIIT from NIIT South Ex

Certifications

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect -Associate

• AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
• Microsoft Azure Administrator
• “O” Level from DOEACC

Personal Details

Date of Birth : 03rd September 1984

Current Address : Flat 304, A1-Block , Empire Meadows, Ameenpur, Miyapur, Hyderabad
Languages Known : English, Hindi, & Dutch (Basic Level)
Passport No. : J5003854
 Project Annexure
Client: KPN
Company Profile: KPN is one the Telecom giant of Benelux region, they are master in providing DTH, Telephone Lines, Mobile
operator etc.
Description: Managed end-to-end infrastructure transition of KPN encompassing planning, taking knowledge transfer session,
forward shadow, reverse shadow & till Go-Live
Tools Used: Linux-Rhel-5 & 6,OEL, Solaris-10,11, monitoring tool-centerity, ticketing tool- SNOW, Puppet and Cobbler
Responsibilities: Leading TechM team of Infrastructure/Cloud for Netherlands which defines the technology road map and
digital strategy for customer including envisioning technology solutions that meet customer needs, solves business problems and
also anticipating and interpreting technology and market trends and initiating strategic initiatives to maintain business leadership
in a competitive landscape. Translating customer’s requirements into compliant, value added solutions, creating innovative
pricing models, solution design document covering all aspects of the solution, managing due diligence and participating in contact
signature and smooth handover to implementation and operations team. Designing and sizing end to end Transformation and
operations solution design for enterprise which includes Cloud, Compute, Containers, DevOps, Network, Storage, Data Protection,
PaaS, EUC, Security, Application modernization, database, SAP and all datacenter and End user computing and network security
technologies. Handling managed service construct, operations sizing and defining agile target operating models.

Client : Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F)

Company Profile: It is an American lifestyle retailer that focuses on casual wear.
Description: Managing end-to-end IMS(Infra support)
Tools Used: Unix, Suse-Linux, OEL-Linux, AWS, Apache-tomcat, WebLogic, Orion, CA-service Desk

Client: McKesson
Company Profile: McKesson Corporation is an American company distributing pharmaceuticals at a retail sale level and
providing health information technology, medical supplies, and care management tools.
Description: Managed there infra in Unix/Linux operating system as well as storage in UCS/VCE and some part of VMware
environment. Administered transition, deployment of the client infra while adhering to SLA of the client, and made the production
up and running with less timeframe.

Client : Comcast
Company Profile: Comcast Corporation is the largest cable operator, home Internet service provider, and fourth largest home
telephone service provider in the United States, providing cable television, broadband internet, telephone service and home
security(in some areas) to both residential and commercial customers in 40 states.
Team Size : 18
Tools Used: Apache, tomcat, Linux/Unix, WebLogic.
Role: Shift Lead and apache-tomcat and Unix support

Project Name: O2 Automation

Client: O2(UK)
Role: System Admin
Team Members: 12
Environment: Linux, PLSQL, JavaScript, HTML, apache-tomcat
Description: Project is for developing phone banking software through which any user can do shopping, banking, gaming, and
pay bill through phone.

Project Name: File Tracking System

Client: National Informatics Centre (NIC)
Role: System Admin
Team Members: 3
Environment: Python, Zope, Java, Jsp, PostgreSQL, JavaScript, HTML, Apache
Description: File Tracking System: FTS (Ver4.0) is a web based application which helps in tracking the movement of files and
receipts.

Project Name: e-Office Portal

Client: National Informatics Centre (NIC).
Role: Programmer
Team Members: 5
Environment: Apache, Tomcat, Python Scripts, Zope, Plone(Content Management System), HTML, JavaScript
Database: PostgreSQL
Description e-Office Portal: - e-Office Portal is one of the Mission Mode Projects (MMP), under the National e-Governance Plan
(NeGP)