Anbalagan R

Lead IT Professional with 13+ years of experience in software engineering, including 6+ years specializing in DevOps and cloud infrastructure on Amazon Web Services. Proven expertise in designing scalable, highly available, and secure cloud-native platforms, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and automating infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code. Hands-on experience with modern DevOps tools including Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Jenkins to streamline application delivery, improve deployment reliability, and accelerate release cycles.

Strong background in container orchestration, cloud migration, monitoring, and DevSecOps practices across production environments.

Lead Cloud and DevOps Engineer - Capgemini Technology Services India Limited

(2026-05)

Senior Cloud and DevOps Engineer - Mindsprint Digital India Pvt Ltd. (Formerly known as Olam Information Services Pvt Ltd)

(2019-04 - 2025-10)

• Architected and deployed highly available AWS cloud infrastructure using Amazon Web Services services including EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, and Auto Scaling, supporting scalable production workloads with improved reliability and fault tolerance.
• Infrastructure Transformation: Executed a "Lift and Shift" migration strategy for enterprise applications from on-prem data centers to Amazon EC2 using VM Import/Export tools; reduced data center footprint by 40% and improved application scalability by leveraging AWS Auto Scaling.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning using Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, enabling consistent and repeatable deployments across environments and reducing manual configuration errors by 70%.
• Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins integrated with Git repositories to automate build, test, and deployment workflows, reducing release deployment time by 60% and accelerating development velocity.
• Containerized microservices using Docker and orchestrated deployments on production-grade Kubernetes clusters hosted on AWS, implementing rolling deployments and automated health checks to achieve zero-downtime releases.
• Designed modular infrastructure frameworks using Terraform with remote state management, enabling scalable multi-environment and multi-region deployments with improved infrastructure maintainability.
• Implemented centralized logging and monitoring using Amazon CloudWatch and the Elastic Stack (ELK), building real-time dashboards and proactive alerting that reduced incident detection and resolution time by 40%.
• Strengthened cloud security posture by implementing IAM least-privilege access policies, security group hardening, and regular compliance reviews aligned with DevSecOps practices.
• Designed advanced deployment strategies including Blue-Green and Canary releases, integrated with automated rollback mechanisms in CI/CD pipelines to minimize production risks and improve release reliability.
• Led migration of legacy on-premise applications to AWS cloud, improving system scalability and performance while optimizing infrastructure costs using Reserved Instances and Savings Plans.
• Configured high-availability traffic management using Application Load Balancers and Amazon Route 53 DNS routing, ensuring resilient and secure application delivery.
• Developed automation scripts using Bash and Python to streamline operational tasks, reducing manual intervention and improving DevOps team productivity.
• Implemented DevSecOps security practices by integrating vulnerability scanning tools into CI/CD pipelines for container images and source code, improving early detection of security risks.
• Managed Kubernetes workloads including namespaces, ConfigMaps, Secrets, and Ingress controllers while optimizing resource requests and limits to improve cluster efficiency and stability.
• Implemented data durability and disaster recovery strategies using S3 lifecycle policies and multi-AZ backup configurations to ensure high availability and business continuity.

Linux Administrator - Mindsprint Digital India Pvt Ltd. (Formerly known as Olam Information Services Pvt Ltd)

(2012-04 - 2019-03)

• Administered Linux-based systems, ensuring their stability, security, and optimal performance.
• Managed ESXi virtualization environments, configuring and maintaining virtual machines.
• Utilized Git for version control, managing code repositories and facilitating team collaboration.
• Set up and maintained Maven repositories for efficient build management and dependency resolution.
• Configured Jenkins for continuous integration, automating build and deployment processes.
• Performed system monitoring, log analysis, and proactive troubleshooting to ensure system health.
• Implemented security measures, including firewall rules and user access controls, to safeguard systems and data.
• Conducted regular system updates and patching to maintain system reliability and security.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deploy and manage applications on Linux servers.

Master of Computer Applications - M.C.A - Anna University (2005-06 - 2008-06)