I am a results-driven Linux System Administrator and AWS/Azure administrator with 16+ years of experience managing large-scale Linux environments and automating infrastructure using DevOps tools. I excel at performance tuning, security hardening, and troubleshooting across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. I design and implement scalable cloud infrastructures using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, and I partner with development teams to build reliable CI/CD pipelines. I am passionate about automating repetitive tasks, reducing manual work, and continuously improving system reliability and cost efficiency.

Kiran Kumar Parimi

I am a results-driven Linux System Administrator and AWS/Azure administrator with 16+ years of experience managing large-scale Linux environments and automating infrastructure using DevOps tools. I excel at performance tuning, security hardening, and troubleshooting across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments. I design and implement scalable cloud infrastructures using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, and I partner with development teams to build reliable CI/CD pipelines. I am passionate about automating repetitive tasks, reducing manual work, and continuously improving system reliability and cost efficiency.

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I am a results-driven Linux System Administrator and AWS/Azure administrator with 16+ years of experience managing large-scale Linux environments and automating infrastructure using DevOps tools. I excel at performance tuning, security hardening, and troubleshooting across on-premise, cloud, and hybrid environments.

I design and implement scalable cloud infrastructures using Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, and I partner with development teams to build reliable CI/CD pipelines. I am passionate about automating repetitive tasks, reducing manual work, and continuously improving system reliability and cost efficiency.

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Language

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Work Experience

Cloud Engineer & Kubernetes Engineer at P&G (Procter and Gamble) / LTI Mindtree
April 1, 2025 - November 6, 2025
Led end-to-end cloud provisioning on AWS and Azure using Terraform for resource creation and Ansible for OS configuration, ensuring consistent, repeatable environment deployment. Automated administration tasks and application deployments across 5,000+ Linux servers on AWS EC2 and Azure VMs; managed EKS on AWS and AKS on Azure. Engineered hybrid cloud Linux infrastructure, implemented security hardening and DR readiness, and monitored performance with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana. Implemented Ansible Tower (AWX) for centralized automation and integrated cloud resources with CI/CD pipelines.
Cloud Engineer & Kubernetes Engineer at State Farm Insurance Companies (IBM/HCL America)
March 31, 2025 - March 31, 2025
Installed, configured, and maintained Windows and Linux servers in production; performed bare-metal and cloud deployments; tuned kernel parameters, filesystems, and networking for high availability. Administered 5,000+ Linux servers with kernel upgrades, patching, and performance tuning. Automated deployments with wsadmin, provided L3 support for IBM WebSphere and Apache Tomcat; built automation with Bash and Python; configured LDAP, NFS, and Samba; implemented DR and backups using rsync, cron, and AWS Backup; secured Linux servers with firewall rules and SELinux; monitored with Grafana, Dynatrace, Zabbix; integrated Linux with CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Ansible; supported cloud migrations to AWS and Azure; containerized workloads with Docker; logging and issue analysis with ELK; mentored junior admins; improved downtime and deployment efficiency.
Systems Administrator at Ericsson
July 31, 2018 - July 31, 2018
Installed and maintained Red Hat Linux servers; managed Veritas VxVM storage and Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) for high availability. Automated infrastructure tasks using Ansible and Puppet; monitored using Zabbix and Nagios; migrated workloads to AWS; performed firmware upgrades, OS patching, and performance tuning. Supported data center operations, including hardware maintenance and network troubleshooting; collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure service reliability.
Senior Operational Professional at KSRSAC, India
March 31, 2015 - March 31, 2015
Administered Solaris and Red Hat servers; managed Veritas Volume Manager (VxVM) and Veritas Cluster Server (VCS); performed disaster recovery drills and failover testing; managed NFS, UFS, and ZFS; applied OS patches and security hardening; optimized kernel parameters and system configurations for performance. Oversaw data center operations including hardware procurement and maintenance planning.
System Administrator at KSRSAC, India
February 29, 2012 - February 29, 2012
Administered Solaris and Linux servers; configured and managed Veritas VxVM and Solaris VxFS/SVM; troubleshot network issues; monitored system performance; applied patches and security hardening.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE) at Anna University
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2007

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services