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Gowtham Kumbha

Braybrook

Summary

With over five years as a Cloud Operations Engineer, I bring substantial experience across AWS, Azure, and GCP. My focus is on delivering cloud infrastructure that's not only secure and reliable but also built for scale. I handle the full lifecycle from designing and implementing to managing core cloud services, backed by strong expertise in cloud networking and security. I leverage automation tools like Terraform and uphold rigorous cloud security standards. Collaboration is central to my work, and I'm effective at articulating technical complexities into understandable business value for clients. Expanding my GCP expertise with a top-tier Google Cloud partner is a professional objective

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cloud Support Engineer

Sensys Gatso Group
10.2022 - Current
  • Managed and supported multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP), ensuring optimal uptime and performance.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, enhancing deployment speed and consistency.
  • Collaborated with development and security teams to enforce cloud security standards and IAM policies.
  • Improved monitoring and alerting systems using Datadog and CloudWatch for faster incident response.
  • Successfully configured a Grafana monitoring solution to monitor 20+ k3s clusters, track uptime and performance metrics, and set up alerts for key project deliverables, improving monitoring efficiency by 40%.
  • Achieved successful resizing of 100+ virtual machines (VMs), executed over 200 system backups, and migrated secrets from Keeper to HashiCorp Vault, enhancing security and resource management by 30%.
  • Implemented ArgoCD as a GitOps tool for streamlined and efficient deployments, improving deployment consistency and reliability by 35%.
  • Provided critical incident response and management, improving metrics such as ‘mean time to engagement’ by 20% and ‘mean time to communication’ by 15%.

Information Technology Support Engineer

Calvary Care
06.2022 - 09.2022
  • Supported on-prem and cloud-based systems, responding to Level 2/3 incidents and service requests.

Systems Engineer

CSL
10.2020 - 05.2022
  • Administered hybrid IT infrastructure, leading cloud migration projects from on-prem to Azure/AWS.
  • Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters and Docker containers.
  • Strengthened system security with enhanced firewall rules, access controls, and VPN configuration.
  • Architected and deployed scalable, highly available, and fault-tolerant cloud solutions on AWS and Azure, utilizing services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Azure VMs, and Azure Blob Storage, leading to a 40% improvement in application performance and resilience.
  • Reviewed and recommended the use of Azure-based applications and services leveraging Platform as a Service (PaaS) and Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) offerings, resulting in a 15% increase in operational efficiency.
  • Configured and maintained proactive monitoring, logging, and alerting of Azure resources and applications.
  • Troubleshot Azure infrastructure and application issues using diagnostic tools, log analysis, and relevant techniques, reducing issue resolution time by 30%.
  • Analysed cloud resources for performance, availability, and cost optimization, implementing scaling and resource reservation strategies as needed, achieving a 25% reduction in operational costs.

Information Technology Officer

St Helena Secondary College
07.2020 - 09.2020
  • Maintained IT operations including user management, troubleshooting, and endpoint security.

Linux Server Administrator

AGS Infotech
06.2016 - 12.2016
  • Managed RedHat/CentOS Linux servers, applied security patches, and tuned performance.
  • Wrote Shell and Bash scripts for system automation, backups, and scheduled tasks.

Education

Professional Year Program -

Monash University
07-2020

Master of Information Technology - Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

Charles Sturt University
02-2019

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology
06-2015

Skills

  • Cloud Platforms: GCP (VPC, IAM, Compute Engine, GKE), AWS (EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, EKS), Azure (VMs, AAD, Storage, AKS)
  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (GKE, EKS, AKS)
  • CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps
  • Networking: VPCs, Subnets, Firewalls, Load Balancers, VPNs, TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP
  • Security: IAM, Role-based Access Control (RBAC), Network Policies, Encryption, Access Control, Security Audits
  • Scripting: Shell, Bash, Python, Windows PowerShell
  • Monitoring & Logging: Datadog, CloudWatch, Nagios, Splunk, Grafana
  • Operating Systems: Windows, Linux, Unix
  • Databases: SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Google Cloud Digital Leader
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator
  • CCNA Certified
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals Certificate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (in progress or completed)
  • Microsoft Azure DevOps Engineer Expert Certificate (in progress)

Timeline

Cloud Support Engineer

Sensys Gatso Group
10.2022 - Current

Information Technology Support Engineer

Calvary Care
06.2022 - 09.2022

Systems Engineer

CSL
10.2020 - 05.2022

Information Technology Officer

St Helena Secondary College
07.2020 - 09.2020

Linux Server Administrator

AGS Infotech
06.2016 - 12.2016

Professional Year Program -

Monash University

Master of Information Technology - Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications

Charles Sturt University

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Vellore Institute of Technology

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