OPEN TO REMOTE / RELOCATION
HEAD OF DEVOPS · 15+ YEARS · BANGALORE, INDIA

ASHWANI
KUMAR

Principal Platform & Cloud Engineer

Results-driven DevOps leader designing and operating enterprise-scale cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Certified Kubernetes Administrator with a proven track record of 40%+ deployment lead time reductions, 99.9% platform uptime, and 25%+ cloud cost savings through FinOps practices.

Kubernetes · GitOps · IaC · SRE · FinOps · Platform Engineering
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40%+ Deployment Lead Time Reduction
99.9% Platform Uptime Achieved
25%+ Cloud Cost Savings
50% MTTR Reduction via Observability

Experience

SEP 2025 — PRESENT
Head of DevOps
Coredge Inc · Bangalore, India
  • Architect and execute enterprise DevOps strategy across cloud and on-premises, driving 30% improvement in deployment frequency via GitOps adoption.
  • Led Kubernetes modernization, reducing unplanned downtime by 45% and cutting MTTR from 4 hours to under 45 minutes.
  • Defined SRE practices — SLAs, SLOs, error budgets — enabling proactive capacity planning across 3 cloud providers.
  • Standardized CI/CD pipelines and IaC (Terraform, Helm), enabling on-demand daily releases from bi-weekly cadence.
  • Delivered 25% cloud cost reduction via FinOps governance with 100%-compliant regulatory frameworks.
DEC 2024 — SEP 2025
Head of DevOps
Marvin Inc · Bangalore, India
  • Led enterprise DevOps transformation across hybrid cloud and on-premises infrastructure.
  • Containerization and Kubernetes modernization; 45% downtime reduction, MTTR from 4hrs → 45min.
  • Standardized CI/CD pipelines; reduced deployment lead time by 35%.
  • Established 100%-compliant regulatory frameworks across all cloud environments.
JAN 2024 — DEC 2024
Head of DevOps
Tricog Health India Pvt. Ltd. · Bangalore, India
  • Spearheaded DevOps transformation reducing time-to-market by 40%; aligned infrastructure with business objectives.
  • Designed CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI), automating 95% of deployment workflows.
  • Deployed secure Kubernetes across multi-cloud achieving 99.9% availability for healthcare-critical applications.
  • Built Prometheus + Grafana + ELK observability stack, reducing MTTR by 50%.
  • Mentored 8 DevOps engineers, improving team productivity by 30%.
OCT 2022 — MAY 2023
Principal DevOps Engineer
RapidCanvas · Bangalore, India
  • Managed GKE, AKS, EKS Kubernetes environments for AI/ML platform; automated provisioning with Terraform — days → 2 hours.
  • Built GitHub Actions pipelines cutting deployment time by 40%, enabling daily releases across 5+ microservices.
  • Standardized multi-cloud IaC via Terraform modules, eliminating configuration drift across AWS, Azure, GCP.
APR 2017 — JUN 2022
Lead DevOps Engineer
UiPath RPA India Pvt. Ltd. · Bangalore, India
  • Achieved 99.9% availability for UiPath Orchestrator, Studio, and Robots through automated monitoring and self-healing infrastructure.
  • 95% SLA resolution rate providing L3 support, directly contributing to multi-million dollar enterprise client retention.
  • Reduced manual deployment effort by 60% through pipeline automation across hybrid cloud and on-premises.
SEP 2015 — JAN 2017
IT Engineer — DevOps & Infrastructure
Cisco Systems · Bangalore, India
  • Configured and maintained large-scale Docker and Kubernetes environments supporting 500+ microservices.
  • Implemented DR testing protocols and security compliance with zero data loss across all exercises.
2011 — 2015
System / Network Engineer
Pawaa Software · Axon Networks · IBM India
  • Deployed and managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM); configured VMware ESXi and Docker environments.
  • Designed enterprise network infrastructure; managed firewalls; L2 support for 400+ servers and 2,000+ users at IBM India.

Technical Stack

Cloud Platforms
AWSAzureGCPIBM SoftLayer
Containers & Orchestration
Kubernetes (CKA)DockerHelmIstioDocker Swarm
IaC & Config Management
TerraformAnsibleChefPuppetCloudFormation
CI/CD & GitOps
JenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CIArgoCDArtifactory
Observability & APM
PrometheusGrafanaELK StackDatadogJaeger
Security & Compliance
HashiCorp VaultTrivyFalcoOPA/GatekeeperSAST/DAST
Scripting & Automation
BashPythonPowerShellYAMLGroovy
Databases
MySQLPostgreSQLMongoDBMS SQLOracle

Certifications

ACTIVE
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Linux Foundation
Jul 2021
ACTIVE
Azure Administrator AZ-104
Microsoft
Oct 2020
ACTIVE
Azure Architect AZ-303
Microsoft
Oct 2020
ACTIVE
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM)
Scrum Alliance
Apr 2019
ACTIVE
RHCE
Red Hat
ACTIVE
VMware VCP5-DT
VMware
ACTIVE
UiPath RPA Solution Architect
UiPath
IN PROGRESS
AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
Amazon Web Services
Target: Q3 2026
IN PROGRESS
AZ-304 / AZ-400
Microsoft
Target: Q4 2026

Get In Touch

Open to senior DevOps / Platform Engineering leadership roles · Remote / Relocation ready

EMAIL ashwani.kumar.career@gmail.com PHONE +91 99867 98872 LINKEDIN linkedin.com/in/ashwani547 GITHUB https://github.com/akopsstudio