I am a Cloud Architect / Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer with extensive experience across IT, telecommunications and government sectors in India and Europe (UK & Ireland). I excel in leading teams, delivering end-to-end installation and implementation of IT infrastructure, and providing excellent customer support and troubleshooting. I specialize in multi-cloud platform management (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), CI/CD automation, security, and governance. I enjoy solving complex cloud and DevOps challenges for large enterprises and ensuring reliable, scalable, and secure operations.

Mahesh Kumar Gupta

I am a Cloud Architect / Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer with extensive experience across IT, telecommunications and government sectors in India and Europe (UK & Ireland). I excel in leading teams, delivering end-to-end installation and implementation of IT infrastructure, and providing excellent customer support and troubleshooting. I specialize in multi-cloud platform management (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), CI/CD automation, security, and governance. I enjoy solving complex cloud and DevOps challenges for large enterprises and ensuring reliable, scalable, and secure operations.

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I am a Cloud Architect / Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer with extensive experience across IT, telecommunications and government sectors in India and Europe (UK & Ireland). I excel in leading teams, delivering end-to-end installation and implementation of IT infrastructure, and providing excellent customer support and troubleshooting.

I specialize in multi-cloud platform management (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud), IaC (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation), CI/CD automation, security, and governance. I enjoy solving complex cloud and DevOps challenges for large enterprises and ensuring reliable, scalable, and secure operations.

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Work Experience

Cloud Architect / Senior DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer at AUG Consultancy Limited
January 1, 2020 - Present
Architect and manage multi-cloud AWS and Azure environments; implement security, identity, and governance; IaC via Terraform and CloudFormation; container orchestration with Kubernetes (EKS) and serverless designs; automation of deployments using Jenkins, AWS Code suite and GitHub Actions; support for Optum, Nitro Software, Groupon, Fidelity, and Aon/Rackspace; integration of Snowflake and data services; SSO and passwordless authentication configurations; migration and security hardening tasks.
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer at Guidewire Software
February 1, 2018 - January 31, 2020
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer in Architecture Team within Guidewire Cloud Services. Worked on AWS; automation of deployments; containerization with Docker/Kubernetes; remote monitoring; implemented Solr/Zookeeper on EKS; built docker images for cross-environment; managed networking/VPN, CloudFormation, Ansible, Jenkins, and other DevOps tooling; supported MS SQL Server & PostgreSQL; engaged with Atlassian stack and monitoring/observability tooling.
Senior Principal Unix Infrastructure Specialist at VERITAS/Symantec Corporation
March 1, 2014 - February 28, 2018
DevOps/System Engineer supporting cloud-based infrastructure offerings for global enterprises. Linux & Solaris production support; automation of deployments; CMP-based provisioning; patch management with BladeLogic; Docker in non-production; Jenkins master/slave; Ansible playbooks; monitoring with Nagios, AppDynamics, and log analysis with Sumo Logic.
Senior Operations Engineer at Verizon Business
July 1, 2012 - March 31, 2014
Identity Management support on Linux/Solaris/Windows in a 24x7 global environment. Incident/Problem/Change management; monitoring (Nagios, Big Brother); automation of server installations using Kickstart and Puppet; SAN storage and related IT operations.
Senior Engineer/ Project Lead at TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) – Ericsson Athlone
July 1, 2009 - March 31, 2012
OSS platform design, testing and Dev integration for high-availability environments (HA/Non-HA) using Solaris 10 OS. Live upgrades, hardware migrations, automation tooling in shell/Python, monitoring, vendor coordination, and OCS test automation.
Sr Unix System Administrator at TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) – BT Newcastle
November 1, 2006 - June 30, 2009
Core team member managing 150+ servers across multiple data centers running Solaris and Linux for critical emergency and directory services. Solaris/RAID configuration, management consoles, web server setup, NFS, and HA clustering.
Sr Unix System Administrator at TATA Consultancy Services (TCS) – P&O Ports System – Hyderabad
October 1, 2005 - October 31, 2006
Supporting 800+ servers across data centers on RHEL/Solaris/HP-UX and Windows. OS installation, Oracle 10g integration, LDAP, data backup, NFS/Kerberos, Samba, clustering, and automation scripting.

Education

B.E. at IG Govt Engg Collage Sagar (India)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 1998
M.Tech at AAI (Deemed University) (India)
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2006

Qualifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
AWS Certified Security - Specialty
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
AWS Certified Data Analytics - Specialty
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
AWS Certified Database Specialty
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
AWS Certified AI Practitioner
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Microsoft Azure Administrator (AZ-103)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies (AZ-300)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Microsoft Azure Architect Design (AZ-301)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Microsoft Azure Security Technologies (AZ-500)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Google Associate Cloud Engineer Certification
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
HashiCorp Terraform Associate
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
GitHub Foundation
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
GitHub Action
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Red Hat Linux 7 Certified Engineer (RHCE)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Red Hat Linux 7 Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
ITIL V3 Foundation
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Sun Certified Network Administrator for Solaris 10
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026
Sun Certified System Administrator for Solaris 10
January 11, 2030 - April 19, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Government, Healthcare, Telecommunications

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