KRISHAN KUMAR TIWARI

Azure DevOps Engineer

Jaipur, IN.

Overview

About

Education

Work

Skills

Projects

Certificates

About

Highly accomplished Azure DevOps Engineer with over 5 years of experience specializing in designing, automating, and managing robust cloud infrastructure on Microsoft Azure. Proven expert in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM), CI/CD pipeline engineering (Azure DevOps, Jen...

Education

Sep 2019 → May 2021 ·

Computer Applications

Jaipur National University

Sep 2013 → May 2016 ·

Business Administration

Rajasthan University

Work

Mar 2021 ·

Celebal Technologies

Senior Consultant – Azure & DevOps

Skills

Cloud Platform Engineering

Cloud Platform Engineering, DevOps Strategy & Implementation, Kubernetes Platform Operations, Containerized Application Deployment, Cloud Infrastructure Design, Platform Reliability & High Availability, Cloud Migration & Modernization, Microservices Architecture Enablement, Enterprise Monitoring & Observability, Incident Management & Root Cause Analysis

Azure Cloud Architecture

Azure Compute, Azure Networking, Identity Management, Security, Azure Monitor, Enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure design, Virtual Networks (VNets), Load Balancers, VPN, DNS, Private Link

Projects

CI/CD Modernization – Jenkins to Azure DevOps

Led migration of 30+ CI/CD pipelines from Jenkins to Azure DevOps, improving maintainability and standardizing deployment workflows & reduced pipeline execution time by 75% (6 hours → 1.5 hours) through optimized pipeline stages, parallel jobs, and improved agent utilization.  Integrated automated UI testing using Playwright, increasing build reliability and release confidence.

Self-Service Azure Deployment Platform

Designed and implemented a self-service infrastructure deployment platform enabling developers to provision cloud resources securely without operational dependencies.  Automated provisioning workflows using Azure Functions and PowerShell, exposing secure APIs via Azure API Management with RBAC, auditing, and governance controls.  Integrated CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps with approval gates, rollback mechanisms, and compliance validation.

Certificates

Jan 2021·

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Microsoft

Jan 2021·

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Red Hat

Jaipur National University

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Sep 2019

→

May 2021

Rajasthan University

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Sep 2013

→

May 2016

Celebal Technologies

Senior Consultant – Azure & DevOps

Jaipur, Rajasthan, India

Mar 2021

→

Present

Full Time

Led the design, automation, and management of scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure, leveraging advanced DevOps practices.

Designed and automated multi-environment infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Azure DevOps, reducing manual setup time by 65% and ensuring consistent, drift-free deployments.

Architected and maintained enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines with approval gates and automated rollback, integrating DevSecOps security scanning to achieve a 40% reduction in deployment failures and improved release reliability.

Led the migration of four legacy monolithic applications to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) microservices, significantly improving deployment agility, scalability, and reducing system downtime by 35%.

Implemented end-to-end observability using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Dynatrace, enabling proactive performance monitoring and achieving 99.9% platform availability with faster incident resolution.

Developed a self-service Azure deployment platform, automating provisioning workflows via Azure Functions and PowerShell, and integrating CI/CD pipelines with approval gates and compliance validation.

Modernized a legacy logistics platform to microservices on AKS, enhancing scalability and resilience through autoscaling, secure networking, and container orchestration, complemented by full-stack observability.

Spearheaded CI/CD modernization, migrating 30+ pipelines from Jenkins to Azure DevOps, which cut pipeline execution time by 75% (6 hours to 1.5 hours) and boosted build reliability with integrated UI testing.

Architected and deployed a scalable 3-tier cloud architecture using modular Terraform components, implementing environment-based configuration management and robust disaster recovery strategies.

Cloud Platform Engineering

Azure Cloud Architecture

Azure Compute, Azure Networking, Identity Management, Security, Azure Monitor, Enterprise-grade cloud infrastructure design, Virtual Networks (VNets), Load Balancers, VPN, DNS, Private Link.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Terraform, ARM Templates, Bicep, Modular IaC design.

CI/CD & DevOps Automation

Azure DevOps Pipelines, Jenkins, Git, GitLab CI, YAML pipelines, Automated deployment workflows.

Scripting & Automation

PowerShell, Bash, Python, YAML.

Containers & Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes, Azure Container Registry (ACR), Microservices platforms.

Monitoring & Observability

Azure Monitor, Application Insights, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, Proactive monitoring, Performance insights, Incident detection.

Cloud Security & Compliance

Azure Policy, Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Private Endpoints, Network Security Groups (NSGs), Veracode integration.

Production Operations & Incident Management

Vulnerability remediation, Access management, System stability, On-call operational support.

Soft Skills

Excellent Communication, Strong Leadership & Team Management, Collaborative & Cross-Functional Work, Effective Problem-Solving, High Adaptability in Dynamic Environments, Strong Attention to Detail.

CI/CD Modernization – Jenkins to Azure DevOps

Self-Service Azure Deployment Platform

Logistics Platform Modernization

Modernized a legacy logistics platform by migrating monolithic applications to a microservices architecture on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).  Implemented autoscaling, secure networking, and container orchestration, significantly improving platform scalability and resilience.  Established full-stack observability using Dynatrace and Azure Monitor, enabling proactive monitoring and faster incident resolution.

Cloud Adoption for Hospitality Chain

Led cloud adoption initiatives by automating infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows using Infrastructure as Code.  Implemented secure API integrations with Azure API Management and Azure Key Vault for centralized secret management.  Integrated security scanning, monitoring alerts, and automated notifications to improve issue detection and response times.

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

Jan 2021

Microsoft

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Jan 2021

Red Hat

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

Jan 2021

Red Hat