Naresh Bhanushali

Senior DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

naresh0209@gmail.com, Mumbai, IN.

About

Highly accomplished Senior DevOps and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with over 15 years of experience, currently at Microsoft, specializing in designing, automating, and managing scalable cloud solutions on Azure and AWS. Proven expert in CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and cloud cost optimization, consistently delivering enterprise DevOps transformations and high-availability systems that drive significant operational efficiencies and cost savings.

Work

Microsoft

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

At Microsoft, led infrastructure automation and CI/CD pipeline development, significantly enhancing deployment efficiency, reducing costs, and improving system uptime for critical cloud solutions.

Highlights

Led infrastructure automation utilizing Azure Bicep, successfully reducing deployment times by 40%.

Engineered robust CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps, enabling zero-downtime deployments to AKS via Helm.

Achieved 25% cost savings through strategic resource optimization across diverse environments.

Migrated MySQL databases from on-premise to Azure PaaS, resulting in a 60% reduction in storage costs.

Standardized security practices and enhanced system uptime by 20% through comprehensive monitoring improvements.

Templatized a security product for AKS as Helm charts, facilitating regular updates and auto-deployment.

RiskIQ-Acquired by Microsoft

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Senior DevOps Engineer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Managed critical physical and Kubernetes infrastructure, optimized database performance, and spearheaded cloud migration efforts during RiskIQ's acquisition by Microsoft.

Highlights

Maintained over 200 physical servers and Kubernetes clusters, ensuring operational stability.

Optimized MySQL DB performance by 40% through virtual IP load segregation.

Provided critical technical assistance for due diligence processes during the Microsoft acquisition.

Led application migration from AWS to Azure, achieving a 20% reduction in cloud costs.

Enfusion Systems

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Senior Infrastructure Systems Engineer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Ensured high availability of physical servers, automated infrastructure deployments, and managed AWS-based environments, contributing to robust development and disaster recovery planning.

Highlights

Maintained 99.99% uptime for over 200 physical servers, ensuring continuous operations.

Automated infrastructure and service deployment using Puppet and Ansible, streamlining operational workflows.

Managed AWS-based environments for dev/UAT, leading disaster recovery and budget planning initiatives.

Itiviti India Private Limited

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Senior Systems Administrator

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Administered large-scale Linux server environments, served as a Subject Matter Expert for virtualization, and automated AWS operations to enhance disaster recovery capabilities.

Highlights

Managed over 500 Linux servers (RHEL, Oracle Linux, Ubuntu), ensuring high performance and stability.

Acted as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) for VMware and High Availability (HA) cluster configurations.

Automated AWS environments using AMIs and scripts, significantly improving disaster recovery with Veeam.

Cellca Mobile Ventures Private Limited

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Systems Head Asia

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Designed and executed scalable, resilient infrastructure across multiple data centers, configured Linux systems, and managed physical infrastructure across Asia.

Highlights

Designed and executed scalable, resilient infrastructure solutions across multiple data centers.

Configured Linux systems and built AWS-based staging/test environments to support development cycles.

Managed physical infrastructure operations across India, UK, USA, and Singapore.

CitiusTech Solutions Pvt Ltd

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Systems Engineer

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Automated deployments and established monitoring systems to enhance operational efficiency and visibility.

Highlights

Automated system deployments and implemented Nagios monitoring solutions.

Capgemini India Pvt Ltd

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Data Center Migration Lead

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Led critical data center server migrations and developed robust disaster recovery and monitoring frameworks.

Highlights

Led data center server migrations and established comprehensive DR/monitoring solutions.

Tata Consultancy Services Ltd

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Systems Administrator

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

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Summary

Secured Linux/MySQL servers and automated system tasks to ensure system integrity and efficiency.

Highlights

Secured Linux/MySQL servers and automated critical system tasks.

Education

Mumbai University

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Grade: 69.7%

Maharashtra Technical Board

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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Diploma Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Grade: 84%

Certificates

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals – AZ 900

Microsoft

AWS Solution Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

RedHat Certified Engineer (RHCE)

Red Hat

Skills

Cloud Platforms

Azure, AWS.

Infrastructure as Code & Automation

Bicep, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet.

CI/CD Tools

Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions.

Containers & Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes, Helm.

Scripting

Bash, Python, Azure CLI, AWS CLI.

Operating Systems

RHEL, Ubuntu, CentOS, VMware.

Databases

MySQL, Azure Database for MySQL.

Projects

AKS CI/CD Modernization

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Summary

Enabled blue/green deployment strategies using Helm and Azure DevOps, significantly enhancing release confidence and deployment reliability.

Cloud Migration

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Summary

Spearheaded the migration of legacy applications from AWS to Azure during a major acquisition, ensuring alignment with stringent Azure security and compliance standards.

Infrastructure as Code Standardization

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Summary

Introduced and standardized Bicep and Terraform practices across multiple teams, leading to increased auditability, consistency, and deployment speed.