Abhijeet Zankar
Pune,
Summary
Dynamic DevOps Engineer with over 10 years of IT experience, specializing in Azure DevOps, AWS Cloud, and CI/CD automation. Expertise in designing and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins, ensuring automated and secure software releases across various environments. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, developing reusable modules, and managing scalable cloud infrastructure while adhering to security best practices. Committed to driving cloud migration initiatives and fostering collaboration within Agile teams to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions that align with organizational goals.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
DevOps Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
06.2025 - Current
- Designed and implemented an organization-wide Git branching and release strategy, improving code quality, release stability, and multi-environment deployments.
- Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines encompassing build and release workflows in Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and AWS DevOps while implementing robust deployment strategies across environments.
- Implemented infrastructure using Terraform, establishing reusable modules with standardized naming conventions, tagging, input validation, and security best practices.
- Implemented and maintained containerized applications utilizing Docker, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), AWS ECS, and OpenShift to ensure highly available and resilient environments.
- Directed complete SSL certificate lifecycle management including provisioning, renewal automation, and uninterrupted certificate rotation.
- managed cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure and AWS, utilizing services such as VMs/EC2, storage, IAM, VPC, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, Systems Manager, CodeBuild, and CodeDeploy
- Designed secure Azure networking using Azure Firewall, Virtual Network Peering, NSGs, Route Tables, and spoke-to-spoke connectivity, VPC, Route 53, Amazon CloudFront and Elastic Load Balancing (ELB).
- Created and upheld self-hosted CI/CD agents boosting build performance, security, and pipeline reliability.
- Created and enforced definition of done (DoD) via integration of quality and security gates featuring SonarQube automated validation checks.
- automated server provisioning and configuration management with Ansible, minimizing manual effort and enhancing deployment consistency
- Established comprehensive monitoring and observability utilizing Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, Grafana, and ITRS Geneos, including Kafka lag and MongoDB monitoring.
- Orchestrated deployment automation utilizing udeploy across development, UAT, and production environments adhering to change management protocols.
- Managed AutoSys job scheduling using JIL scripts for deployment, validation, and production workload automation.
- Coordinated with development, QA, security, and operations teams in agile/Scrum environments to ensure reliable and expedited software releases.
- Managed security remediation actions stemming from penetration testing results, guaranteeing resolution of vulnerabilities and adherence to security best practices.
- Deployed Apache Kafka and IBM MQ messaging solutions for enterprise payment applications, facilitating reliable, secure, and high-throughput asynchronous communication between distributed services.
- Developed and executed NAS and NDM (Connect:Direct) solutions for new applications, guaranteeing secure file storage, high availability, and automated managed file transfers within enterprise environments.
DevOps & Cloud Migration Specialist
Accenture Technology
10.2021 - 06.2025
- Deployed CI/CD pipelines through Jenkins and Azure DevOps, optimizing software delivery workflow.
- Implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) principles utilizing Terraform to ensure infrastructure consistency and repeatability.
- Led thorough transition project single-handedly directing all elements from planning to execution to achieve streamlined and efficient process while mentoring team of 18 resources.
- Led migration of on-premises systems to cloud infrastructure, overseeing technical tasks and collaborating with stakeholders to ensure seamless integration and enhance performance.
- Implemented Azure in combination with additional cloud providers for over 6 years to establish scalable and durable infrastructure
- Acquired over 3+ years of hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes, guaranteeing expertise in containerization and orchestration technologies.
- Leveraged skills in scripting with PowerShell and Bash to enhance effectiveness of automation and streamline task management.
- implementing Azure governance through policy application and initiative execution across cloud services ensuring security and maintaining compliance of environment.
- integrating code scanning and analysis tools such as SonarQube and Checkmarx to detect vulnerabilities and ensure security.
- deployment of .NET, Java, Node.js, Python applications on AKS using Azure DevOps.
- deployment of Azure Firewall with comprehensive networking understanding per environment design along with connectivity via spoke-to-spoke virtual network peering.
- R&D over new tools and services and documenting the same in wiki/confluence.
- managing and maintaining infrastructure using IAC with comprehensive CI/CD pipelines in place utilizing Jenkins and Azure DevOps.
- enhancing and structuring branching approaches for development, staging, production environments.
- Employed configuration management tool Ansible to automate configuration and management of infrastructure components.
- monitoring Azure infrastructure utilizing Azure Monitor and AKS with Prometheus and Grafana, also participating in various troubleshooting calls for same.
Cloud Engineer
Capita Technology Services
12.2019 - 10.2021
- Creation of the Virtual Machines in AWS & Azure.
- upsizing of VM based on client requirements, including analysis of underutilized VM and removal upon client approval.
- handling VM backups and executing data restoration as needed with RSV.
- Infrastructure monitoring of application servers using Azure Monitor & AWS cloud Watcher
- Creating & managing the different type of storage account.
- Deployed Azure Update Manager for newly migrated environment.
- executing migration from two-node starched cluster to four-node starch cluster activity.
- configuring and automating continuous integration process through Jenkins
- Addressed deployment errors and facilitated resolution of runtime problems through effective troubleshooting.
- creation of detailed technical documentation and presentations that communicate strategies utilized and measures implemented for diverse audiences.
- Infrastructure monitoring of application servers using Azure Monitor.
Cloud and Backup Engineer
Alchemy Techsol India Pvt Ltd / Sofenger India PVT. LTD.
06.2016 - 12.2019
- Performing of windows & UNIX NetBackup master server version upgradation from 7.6.1 to 8.1
- Performing of windows & UNIX NetBackup media & client server version upgradation from 7.6.1 to 8.1
- Working with net backup GUI and command line interface as well
- Performing catalog backups and restore.
- Monitoring the Virtual Machines alerts through metrics and log analytic, also troubleshooting the same through incident management by following the ITIL process and making report if the same.
- Managing the virtual machine scale sets.
- Good Understanding on Network infrastructure of the environment.
- Troubleshooting the backup issues by analyzing the net backup logs.
- Knowledge of different types of libraries and tape drives with the density
- Installation of client and media server.
- Configuration of tape drive
- Initiating Backup and Restore jobs upon request.
- Monitoring Activity for any minor & major error in Backups, Restores or any other net backup operations.
- Managing backup policies, volume pool for daily, weekly & Monthly backups
- Provide report for the entire backup and tape media.
- Freeze and unfreezing of the media based on requirement.
- Performing the Robotic inventory.
- Troubleshooting the tape library issue.
- Working on library and tape drive Firmware up-gradation
- Working on tickets basing on the severity level and closing the tickets.
Education
Bachelors - Commerce
Savitribai Phule Pune University
Pune, Maharashtra06-2016
Skills
Azure,
Python,
AWS,
Azure DevOps,
AWS DevOps,
Jenkins,
Terraform,
Ansible,
Agile Methodology,
IAAS,
PAAS,
Linux,
AIX
Windows
CERTIFICATIONS
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Amazon Web Services (AWS) – Issued August 7, 2025
Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator Associate
Microsoft – Issued August 14, 2021
IBM Certified AIX 7.1 System Administration
IBM – Issued December 07, 2013
Timeline
DevOps Consultant
Tata Consultancy Services
06.2025 - Current
DevOps & Cloud Migration Specialist
Accenture Technology
10.2021 - 06.2025
Cloud Engineer
Capita Technology Services
12.2019 - 10.2021
Cloud and Backup Engineer
Alchemy Techsol India Pvt Ltd / Sofenger India PVT. LTD.
06.2016 - 12.2019
Bachelors - Commerce
Savitribai Phule Pune University