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Amitesh Raikwar
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AMITESH RAIKWAR

Senior DevOps & Multi-Cloud Engineer | Automation | Infrastructure | Full Stack

Bhopal, India · Available for leadership roles, consulting & cloud transformation projects

DevOps & CI/CD Multi-Cloud (AWS · Azure · GCP · IBM · Alibaba) Containers & Kubernetes Infra as Code (Terraform · Ansible · Chef · Puppet)

Senior DevOps and Cloud Engineer with extensive hands-on experience designing, automating and operating large-scale, mission-critical environments for global clients including SAP, Intel, IBM, Huawei, DXC Technology, Airtel, BHEL and GoDaddy. Strong background across multi-cloud, Linux/Windows administration, virtualization, CI/CD, security, scripting and full stack development.

DevOps & Tools

Git · GitHub · Bitbucket · Jenkins · JIRA · Ansible · Chef · Puppet · Docker · Kubernetes · Terraform · CI/CD pipelines · Monitoring & logging.

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS · Microsoft Azure · GCP · IBM Cloud · Alibaba Cloud · Networking · VPC · Storage · Security · Load Balancing · High Availability · VMware · Citrix · Virtualization.

Scripting & Databases

Shell · Python · PowerShell · SQL · MySQL · MariaDB · database design, automation scripts, dashboards & tooling.

Experience

~13+ years total experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

Superfast Golden Bird Research Industries Pvt. Ltd., Bhopal

Jul 2012 – Jun 2020 · Multiple global clients

Worked with SAP, Intel, IBM, GoDaddy, Huawei (South Africa) and telecom clients (MTN, Cell C, Vodacom, Telkom) as DevOps / Cloud / Web Services engineer.

Senior DevOps Engineer – DXC Technology Jan 2020 – Jun 2020

EIT Services India Private Limited (formerly Hewlett-Packard Globalsoft Pvt. Ltd.)

  • Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git and Maven.
  • Automated configuration management with Ansible and Chef across Linux/Windows.
  • Implemented containerized workloads using Docker & Kubernetes on AWS/Azure.
  • Built Terraform scripts for repeatable environment provisioning.
Senior DevOps Engineer – Intel Corporation Aug 2019 – Dec 2019
  • Developed and supported DevOps toolchain (Git, Jenkins, JIRA, Ansible, Chef, Puppet).
  • Managed Azure cloud workloads including storage, networking, VMs and DevOps pipelines.
  • Built Docker/Kubernetes based deployments with Terraform-managed infrastructure.
Senior DevOps Engineer – SAP Jan 2019 – Jul 2019
  • Implemented DevOps practices with Git, Jenkins, JIRA, Ansible, Chef and Puppet.
  • Delivered scalable solutions across AWS and Azure using Terraform and Kubernetes.
Senior DevOps Engineer – Huawei (South Africa) Mar 2016 – Jun 2018 · Onsite (Cape Town)

Supported telecom clients: MTN, Cell C, Vodacom, Telkom.

  • Built and managed CI/CD pipelines and automation for large telecom environments.
  • Deployed and maintained Docker/Kubernetes clusters on AWS/Azure.
  • Collaborated with Chinese and African stakeholders in multi-cultural teams.
Senior DevOps Engineer – IBM Jul 2018 – Dec 2018
  • Delivered DevOps solutions over IBM Cloud (VM creation, subnet management, automation).
  • Integrated Jenkins and GitHub for CI/CD and monitoring dashboards.
Cloud Engineer – Airtel Cloud Webservices Jan 2015 – Feb 2016
  • Configured and managed Airtel web services including mail and cloud services.
  • Provided Linux server deployment, DNS configuration and production support.
Senior Software Engineer – BHEL Hyderabad (Caterpillar client) Jan 2014 – Dec 2014
  • Supported development and DevOps processes using Git, Jenkins and JIRA.
  • Maintained Linux/Windows servers and performed automation for build & deployment.
Server Administrator (Linux & Windows) – GoDaddy Webservices Jul 2012 – Dec 2013
  • Managed Linux and Windows hosting servers, DNS, mail and web services.
  • Handled VM creation, backups, monitoring and incident troubleshooting.

Education

M.Tech – Microwave & Millimeter Wave Technology

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal

2012 · 68.63%

B.E. – Electronics & Communication

Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya, Bhopal

2009 · 67%

Certifications

Cloud · Security · Data · DevOps

• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Valid till Aug 13, 2022)

• CCNA Routing and Switching – CSCO13190393 (Valid till Jun 12, 2020)

• Certified Ethical Hacker – ECC63173936614 (Valid till Dec 06, 2020)

• Oracle Certified Associate, Java SE 8 Programmer

• Red Hat Certified System Administrator – 170-174-692 (Valid till Jul 26, 2017)

• Google Cloud Certified Associate Cloud Engineer (Valid till Sep 13, 2021)

• Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate – H208-9899 (Valid till Aug 16, 2021)

• Microsoft Certified Azure Solutions Architect Expert – H992-6187 (Valid till Oct 10, 2022)

• Microsoft Certified Azure for SAP Workloads Specialty – H777-1796 (Valid till May 01, 2023)

• Microsoft Certified Azure DevOps Engineer Expert – H628-4079 (Valid till Jan 03, 2023)

• Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate – H962-7451 (Valid till Jan 03, 2023)

• Microsoft Certified Data Analyst Associate – H843-1442 (Valid till Jun 05, 2023)

• Microsoft Certified Azure IoT Developer Specialty – H915-4624 (Valid till Jul 31, 2022)

• Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate – I103-0823 (Valid till Jan 08, 2023)

• Microsoft Certified Azure Data Scientist Associate – I020-6582 (Valid till Nov 06, 2022)

• Microsoft Certified Azure Database Administrator Associate – I056-4287 (Valid till Dec 04, 2022)

• Project Management Professional (PMP) – In progress