✨ Richie Sebastian ✨

I'm a seasoned DevOps and Cloud Architect with over a decade of hands-on experience in Cloud Computing, Infrastructure Automation, Big Data Solutions, and Container Orchestration. As the Head of DevOps at Avesha Systems, I lead a team of engineers in delivering scalable, secure, and high-performance infrastructure solutions across multi-cloud environments.

• 🌱 Current Role: Head of DevOps, Engineering Manager at Avesha Systems
• 🛠️ Experience: Over 10 years in DevOps, Cloud Engineering, and Infrastructure Automation with a proven track record managing large-scale cloud deployments.
• 🏗️ Passionate about building robust CI/CD pipelines, multi-cloud architectures, and fully automated infrastructure for efficiency and scalability.
• 🌐 Specializations:
  • Multi-cloud deployments across AWS , Azure , GCP , IBM Cloud , and on-premise environments like Vsphere and Phoenix-Nap for high-performance computing.
• 🔐 Focus Areas: Security, performance, and scalability in cloud and DevOps solutions, with expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Cloud Security, and Compliance.
• 🧑‍🤝‍🧑 Leadership: Skilled in team building and mentoring, with hands-on experience managing teams to implement DevOps best practices and scalable infrastructure solutions across multi-cloud environments.

• Cloud Platforms:

• CI/CD & Automation:

• Monitoring & Logging:

• 🚀 Designed and implemented infrastructure automation for AWS , Azure , GCP , and IBM Cloud .
• 🔧 Automated deployment workflows with Ansible scripts, reducing manual effort across platforms and ensuring consistent multi-cloud Kubernetes deployments.
• 📜 Leveraged Terraform and CloudFormation to streamline provisioning and Infrastructure as Code (IaC).

• 🛠️ Developed automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions , Jenkins , and Terragrunt for Kubernetes deployments.
• 🧪 Integrated Ginkgo for automated testing, enabling continuous deployment with high reliability and faster release cycles.
• 🗂️ Built enterprise-level workflows with Nexus for artifact management, SonarQube for code quality checks, and JFrog Artifactory for secure storage.

• 📈 Developed monitoring and logging solutions with Prometheus , Grafana , ELK Stack, and Splunk .
• 🔍 Enhanced observability using AppDynamics and Dynatrace for real-time application monitoring, supporting proactive troubleshooting and performance optimization.
• 🚨 Established alerting mechanisms for rapid incident response, improving uptime across multi-cloud environments.

• 💾 Architected big data solutions using Azure HD Insights , Azure Data Factory, and Apache Spark .
• 📊 Managed end-to-end data ingestion pipelines, utilizing Azure Databricks for data processing and transforming unstructured data into actionable insights.
• 🏞️ Developed data lakes with Azure Storage for efficient storage and analysis, handling structured/unstructured data with Apache Kafka and Zookeeper for real-time streaming.

• 🔒 Applied best practices in cloud security, including IAM configurations, VPC setups, and GuardDuty for security monitoring across AWS environments.
• 💸 Established Cloud FinOps strategies to optimize costs while ensuring performance and scalability.
• 🔑 Configured Azure Key Vault, AWS KMS, and IAM Policies for data security and access control, ensuring compliance with industry standards.

• 🌐 Active Contributor: I’m an active open-source contributor, particularly within the Kubernetes ecosystem.
• 🔧 Project Management: I manage and contribute to the KubeSlice project, a CNCF-certified sandbox project that facilitates multi-cluster Kubernetes networking for secure, efficient communication across clusters.
• 🎓 Community Engagement: Hosted a hands-on KubeSlice workshop at Kubernetes Community Days (KCD) Pune 2024, showcasing KubeSlice's applications in multi-cluster networking.
• 🛠️ Key Contributions:
  • GitOps Automation: Developed a GitOps approach using Ansible to automate KubeSlice deployments.
  • Pipeline Management: Led core build and release pipelines to streamline development and enhance deployment efficiency.
  • CNCF Compliance: Actively engaged in the CNCF Sandbox Certification Process, ensuring adherence to CNCF standards.

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