Ramesh Kumar

Achievement-oriented Platform Lead and Certified Kubernetes/OpenShift Administrator with 12+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, cloud platforms, and automation. Experienced in designing and operating enterprise Kubernetes platforms and implementing DevOps practices across Azure and GCP environments. Skilled in CI/CD, GitOps, container orchestration, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible), cloud-native technologies, observability and SRE practices, with domain expertise in banking and telecommunications.

Platform Lead - Kyndryl - Bengaluru

(2021-09)

• Managed and supported containerized workloads on Kubernetes and cloud platforms, including compute, networking, storage, and ingress services.
• Led the design, implementation, and administration of enterprise Kubernetes platforms across hybrid environments, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Designed and implemented enterprise-grade CI/CD and GitOps pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Helm, and ArgoCD to enable automated and secure application deployments.
• Led cluster lifecycle management, platform upgrades, patching, and compliance activities to maintain platform stability and security.
• Built and managed highly available multi-region Kubernetes infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices.
• Implemented Kubernetes security controls, including RBAC, network policies, ingress security, and secrets management.
• Configured Azure Container Registry, Azure Key Vault, Helm, and ArgoCD for secure container deployments.
• Automated operational tasks using Shell scripting, improving efficiency and reducing manual effort.
• Established monitoring and observability using Prometheus and Grafana for proactive performance and availability management.

OpenShift on BareMetal Servers - IBM

(2018-05 - 2021-08)

• Implemented Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform and OpenShift Container Storage on bare metal servers, ensuring robust and scalable infrastructure setup.
• Deployed and configured the OpenShift Virtualization operator on the OpenShift Container Platform, enabling persistent storage volumes for virtual machines, handling VM creation, provisioning, and cloning.
• Managed the import of existing virtual machine images from HTTP endpoints and facilitated cloning of existing virtual machines, optimizing virtualization capabilities within OpenShift.
• Utilized Prometheus and Grafana for monitoring OpenShift components; managed user roles and access through LDAP; established resource limits and quotas across project, pod, and node levels.

Unix Infrastructure Lead - Wipro - Chennai

(2012-10 - 2018-05)

• Led Unix/Linux infrastructure teams for banking and telecom clients.
• Managed patching, clustering, HA configurations, and disaster recovery planning.
• Performed RCA for recurring incidents and implemented permanent fixes.
• Managed VERITAS Volume Manager and Cluster upgrades.
• Ensured compliance, security hardening, and audit readiness across environments.

Earlier Roles - CSS Corp, Sistema Shyam Teleservices, HP

• Supported HP-UX and Linux servers across banking and telecom environments.
• Managed SAN storage, backup administration, clustering, and performance tuning.
• Handled system provisioning, LUN allocation, and patch management.

Master of Science - Software Engineering