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I’m Sijo Kurian, a Senior DevOps & Cloud Automation Engineer with 15+ years of experience designing, automating, and managing cloud infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines. I specialize in AWS and Kubernetes, with strong hands-on experience in Terraform, Ansible, GitHub/GitLab, and cloud-native observability.
I’m expanding into Generative AI and MLOps, with practical exploration of Amazon Bedrock and model deployment workflows. I have a strong interest in applying DevOps and Platform Engineering principles to AI/ML workloads—focusing on model orchestration, monitoring, and secure, compliant AI platform design.
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Work Experience
Senior Platform / Public Cloud Consultant (Team Lead) at IdentityE2E
February 1, 2024 - PresentLead a team of 8 DevOps engineers responsible for architecting securing and operating Kubernetes based cloud infrastructure across multiple environments. Act as technical authority for Kubernetes and cloud native platforms, reviewing IaC and ensuring DevSecOps standards. Designed a resiliency testing framework using AWS FIS integrated with monitoring stacks Prometheus Grafana. Championed IaC first practices with Terraform and CDK automating EKS cluster provisioning networking and add ons across multiple AWS accounts. Established standardized CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and GitLab for deployments and infrastructure workflows. Delivered secure compliant landing zones aligned with governance and budget optimization. Mentored team members and collaborated with cross functional teams to align infrastructure with product needs.
Senior DevOps Consultant at Incase Consultancy
October 1, 2022 - January 1, 2024Design, deploy and implement business requirements for Landing Zone team. Maintain and manage EKS clusters. Patching and code maintenance for Landing Zone repositories. Implement Observability Access Manager based logs and metrics consolidation. Responsible for security best practices for EKS clusters. Led PoC and production deployments including an alerting solution for core AWS infrastructure components using native services.
Senior Kubernetes Consultant at Pico Global
June 1, 2021 - October 1, 2022Maintain on-prem and cloud Kubernetes clusters including Rancher K3s RKE2 and AWS EKS. Automated cluster builds with Ansible and Terraform. Managed ArgoCD Longhorn Traefik Nginx Ingress Calico. Improved cluster security with Kyverno and implemented Istio service mesh. Provided support for AWS services and for ELK and Kafka. Maintained monitoring with Prometheus Grafana and Alertmanager. Worked with developers to migrate applications to microservices in Kubernetes.
Kubernetes Engineer at Synamedia
May 1, 2020 - June 1, 2021Kubernetes Engineer in the UK Lab Support team. Maintained clusters on premise with Rancher and RKE and cloud on AWS EKS. Involved in application deployment upgrades and automation using Ansible and Python. Managed monitoring and logging for the environment and supported ELK and Kafka stacks.
Linux & Cloud Engineer at SSE Plc
April 1, 2017 - April 1, 2020Linux and Cloud Engineer responsible for Linux and cloud infrastructure maintenance, cluster support, and automation tasks. Participated in provisioning patches and monitoring. Provided assistance with cloud services and infrastructure optimization.
UNIX Engineer at Hampshire County Council
April 1, 2014 - March 1, 2017UNIX Engineer delivering UNIX and Linux engineering solutions, troubleshooting and system administration in a government environment.
Senior UNIX Engineer at Bluechip Limited
August 1, 2013 - March 1, 2014UNIX engineering and system administration in a contract role.
Associate Customer Engineer at IBM Software Labs, Bangalore
November 1, 2007 - June 1, 2013Support for IBM hardware and software in a UNIX/Linux environment; automation tasks and customer deployments.
Senior DevOps Consultant at IdentityE2E
February 1, 2024 - PresentDesigned, implemented, and maintained AWS EKS clusters for internal projects and large public clients. Built a resilient, secure EKS architecture, ensuring adherence to best practices. Created a resiliency testing framework using AWS Fault Injection Simulator to validate behavior under simulated failures. Proactively managed security and lifecycle processes, optimizing resource usage and improving developer support. Led a team of 7 engineers across EKS projects.
AVP Platform Engineering at Pico Global UK
June 1, 2021 - October 31, 2022Senior Platform Engineering role maintaining on-premise and cloud Kubernetes clusters (Rancher, K3S, RKE2, AWS EKS). Built cluster builds with Ansible and Terraform; managed core components (ArgoCD, Longhorn, Traefik, Nginx Ingress, MetalLB). Improved security with Kyverno and Istio service mesh; supported Elasticsearch and Kafka data platform and migration of apps to microservices on Kubernetes.
Kubernetes Engineer at Synamedia, UK
May 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021Maintained Kubernetes clusters on-premises (Rancher) and in cloud (EKS). Participated in application deployment/upgrades; automated system administration tasks with Ansible and Python; supported monitoring/logging stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) and collaborated with developers for microservices and platform improvements.
Linux & Cloud Engineer at SSE Plc, UK
April 1, 2017 - April 30, 2020Maintained and managed Linux-based on-prem and cloud infrastructure; contributed to Kubernetes deployments and cloud services; automation and monitoring setup; supported migration and security hardening in line with best practices.
Associate Customer Engineer at IBM Software Labs
November 1, 2007 - June 30, 2013Provided customer-facing Linux/UNIX engineering support at IBM Labs; engaged in troubleshooting, deployment, and optimization of client solutions; worked on automation and scripting to improve service delivery.
Education
MSc. Computer Science at Sikkim Manipal University
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026B.Com at Delhi University
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026Diploma in Computer Engineering at Board of Technical Education, Delhi
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026MSc Computer Science at Sikkim Manipal University, India
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026B.Com at Delhi University, India
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026Diploma in Computer Engineering at Board of Technical Education, Delhi, India
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026Qualifications
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA)
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026IBM Redbook co-authored: IBM Power Systems Performance Guide: Implementing and Optimizing
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026AWS Certified Machine Learning Specialty
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026Co-authored IBM Power Systems Performance Guide: Implementing and Optimizing
January 11, 2030 - February 14, 2026Industry Experience
Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government
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