Chetan Kumar

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience building and operating Kubernetes-based platforms in cloud environments. Strong background in centralized logging, monitoring, and CI/CD automation, including ELK Stack deployments in GovCloud environments aligned with FedRAMP requirements. Comfortable working across infrastructure, security, and operations teams to deliver stable, cost-efficient, and compliant systems.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Lead Consultant

DataCouch, Mohali

Aug 2025 – Present

Deployed and managed Starburst Enterprise on Kubernetes to support distributed SQL queries across large datasets
Optimized AWS infrastructure usage through resource right-sizing and cost controls, resulting in ~20% reduction in monthly cloud cost
Built a centralized internal knowledge repository structured by HR, Finance, IT, and Operations, improving document accessibility and reducing information lookup time by ~40%

DevOps Engineer

RChilli Inc, Mohali

Nov 2024 – Jan 2025

Implemented a centralized ELK Stack on Kubernetes (GovCloud) to aggregate logs and enable real-time monitoring across multiple clusters
Tuned alerting rules to reduce false positives, improving incident response time (MTTR) by ~30% while maintaining 99.9% service uptime
Integrated automated vulnerability scanning into the CI/CD pipeline to block unverified Docker images from reaching production deployments
Configured logging and monitoring systems to align with FedRAMP security controls, supporting audit readiness and compliance reviews with no critical findings

Operation Support Engineer

Dusane Infotech Private Limited, Navi Mumbai

March 2022 – June 2022

Supported IIS web servers and enterprise web applications, ensuring availability and timely issue resolution
Managed Azure infrastructure, including virtual machines, networking, security rules, and user access management
Provided operational support for BookMyShow IMPACT platform and UFO ticketing system
Handled incident management, root cause analysis (RCA), and troubleshooting to reduce downtime

Sr Ecommerce Executive

Nexsellers, Mumbai

Jan 2015 – Jan 2022

Administered Linux and Windows Server environments supporting high-traffic eCommerce applications
Performed patching, backup, upgrades, and security updates across servers and applications
Provided L2/L3 production support, resolving incidents and service requests within defined SLAs
Supported integration between eCommerce platforms, ERP, CRM, and automation systems

System Administration

IGate, Noida

Feb 2014 – Nov 2014

Administered Active Directory (AD) services for 100+ users, streamlining Group Policy Objects (GPOs)
Troubleshot Linux server issues related to CPU, memory, disk, and service failures
Maintained IT infrastructure components, supporting servers, network, and end-user systems

PROJECTS

Microservices Deployment Using CI/CD and Elastic Kubernetes Services (EKS)

Orchestrated end-to-end deployment of microservices on AWS EKS using Docker and Kubernetes. Established GitOps-based deployments with Argo CD, reducing release time from hours to under 15 minutes. Built CI/CD pipelines cutting manual effort by ~60%. Integrated Prometheus and Grafana for real-time monitoring.

FedRAMP-Compliant Application Logging & Monitoring on Kubernetes

Designed and set up centralized logging platform on GovCloud using ELK Stack and Kubernetes. Integrated application, system, and Kubernetes audit logs. Validated configurations against FedRAMP requirements supporting security reviews and audits.

Enterprise Ticketing Platform (BookMyShow IMPACT & UFO)

Maintained high-traffic IIS-based ticketing applications managing Azure infrastructure. Handled day-to-day operations and production incidents. Performed root cause analysis reducing recurring issues.

EDUCATION

B. Tech in Electronics Communication Engineering

Chandigarh Engineering College, Mohali, India

2009 - 2013 | Percentage: 70.10%

CERTIFICATIONS

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified Foundations Associate
Oracle Cloud Infrastructure 2025 Certified AI Foundations Associate
Modernize Infrastructure and Applications with Google Cloud
Master's Program in DevOps Engineer | Simplilearn (Oct 2022 – Oct 2023)

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Containerization & Orchestration

Kubernetes, Docker, docker Compose, Helm

Operating Systems

Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), Windows

CI/CD & DevOps Tools

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD

Cloud Platforms

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure

Cloud Skills

AWS EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, VPC, EBS, RDS, DynamoDB, ECS, API Gateway, SNS, SQS

Version Control System

Git, GitHub

Monitoring and Logging

Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, AWS CloudWatch

Scripting & Programming

Python, Bash, Groovy

Networking and Security

IAM Roles, Policies, Security Groups, Subnetting, Elastic IPs, Load Balancer

Infrastructure as Code & Configuration Management

Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible

Databases

MySQL, MongoDB

Networking and Security

IAM Roles, Policies, Security Groups, Subnetting, Elastic IPs, Load Balancer

Infrastructure as Code & Configuration

Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible

Databases

MySQL, MongoDB

ITSM & Ticketing Tools

Jira

AI & Machine Learning

Agentic AI, LangChain

Compliance & Security