Vikash Kumar

Senior IT/DevOps professional with 15+ years of experience across enterprise IT infrastructure, AWS cloud, DevOps automation, cybersecurity, service continuity and technical leadership. Experienced in infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, IAM/access governance, CI/CD, Kubernetes, Kafka, disaster recovery, vendor management and business-critical operations.

Targeting

Senior IT Manager / IT Head / Plant IT / Digital Transformation leadership roles in Raipur and the Chhattisgarh manufacturing, steel, healthcare and corporate sectors.

Senior DevOps Engineer - MakeMyTrip Pvt. Ltd. - Gurugram

(2026-01)

• Lead enterprise-scale AWS cloud infrastructure and CI/CD automation.
• Provide technical leadership, mentoring and architecture input.
• Design scalable infrastructure using Terraform / Infrastructure as Code.
• Build, deploy and maintain Kafka/Kubernetes (Rancher) environments.
• Maintain CI/CD pipelines using Harness, Jenkins and Artifactory; automate with Python/Java.
• Troubleshoot production issues, perform root-cause analysis and implement preventive measures.

DevOps Engineer - MakeMyTrip Pvt. Ltd. - Bangalore

(2021-01 - 2025-12)

• Managed AWS-based cloud infrastructure supporting large user populations.
• Worked with engineering, data science, cloud platform, architecture and management teams.
• Defined release-management, branching, permissions and access-management processes.
• Built and scaled development/production infrastructure and supported 24/7 service continuity.

Assistant Manager – IT Infrastructure - redBus India Pvt. Ltd.

(2024-01 - 2025-12)

• Owned infrastructure and support initiatives covering planning, execution and monitoring.
• Supported IT policies and standards for hardware, software, network, security and technology assets.
• Managed suppliers/support agencies, procurement coordination and SLA adherence.
• Focused on uptime and availability of critical business applications and IT services.

Lead / Senior / System Engineer - ibibo Group Pvt. Ltd. (redBus)

(2015-01 - 2023-12)

• Led system-engineering projects, infrastructure design, technical direction and team mentoring.
• Managed Windows/Linux/Mac infrastructure, networks, firewalls, VPNs, access permissions and integrations.
• Supported migrations, audits, critical-event analysis, server/network deployments and backup operations.

Senior Desktop Engineer - PilaniSoft Labs Pvt. Ltd. (redBus)

(2013-10 - 2014-12)

• Managed desktop/server environments, network connectivity, infrastructure upgrades, support and backups.

Bachelor Degree - V.B.U. University (2011-01 - 2011-12)