Saravanakumar R.

Objective: Experienced Systems Administrator/System Engineer with over 4+ years of expertise in Senior System Engineer (DevOps) practices. Skilled in proactive monitoring, incident response, and enhancing CI/CD pipelines. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, configuration management with Ansible, and automation with scripting languages. Professional Summary: SaravanaKumar is an accomplished Linux and Devops/SRE with a proven track record in supporting Linux production servers and ensuring high availability. He possesses deep expertise in automation, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud technologies, with a strong ability to troubleshoot and optimize infrastructure performance. John excels in dynamic, 24x7 environments, collaborating effectively within cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement. Technical Skills: Operating Systems: Red Hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, Debian Ticketing Systems: WHMCS, JIRA, Confluence Scripting Languages: Bash/Shell Script Automation Tools: Ansible, Terraform Version Control System: Git Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes Monitoring Tools: Zabbix, Nagios, Grafana CI/CD Pipelines: Jenkins Web Servers: Apache, Nginx Cloud Computing: AWS (EC2, ELB, S3, IAM, VPC) Virtualization: KVM Experience: Netskope Pvt Limited Linux and Senior System Engineer - DevOps October 2019 – April 2022 Spearheaded application infrastructure support for Linux production servers, ensuring high availability and reliability. Engineered customized high availability (HA) solutions, storage systems, and virtualization technologies tailored to organizational needs. Led incident tracking processes, reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) by 30% through root cause analysis and timely developer collaboration. Implemented automation solutions enhancing deployment and configuration processes, including HAProxy. Managed MySQL databases, optimizing performance through backup, replication, and tuning. Enhanced CI/CD pipelines in collaboration with cross-functional teams, ensuring efficient service rollout and management. Leveraged Terraform for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to maintain consistent and reliable infrastructure. Orchestrated automated deployment processes using Ansible, achieving a 30% reduction in deployment time. Ensured zero downtime during updates by effectively managing Kubernetes pods and Docker containers. Improved monitoring systems and conducted proactive analysis of log files to minimize downtime and optimize system performance. Drove automation initiatives, eliminating manual operations and enhancing operational efficiency. NixServ IT Solutions Pvt Limited Senior System Engineer June 2014 – July 2019 Managed Linux-based systems and infrastructure, ensuring stability and security. Implemented DevOps practices to streamline workflows and foster continuous improvement. Oversaw server deployment, security, auditing, and backup maintenance. Supported customer services including web farm, mail farm, and DNS, ensuring high availability and reliability. Monitored system components and managed file system using LVM for data storage and migration. Implemented Ansible for configuration management, automating tasks through playbooks. Supported 24/7 client operations following ITIL processes.