padmesh tripathi

IT Professional with 15 years of experience (Platform Engineering | Cloud DevOps Engineer |Azure Certified |AWS Certified Solution Architect – Professional | RHCSA |RHCE| OpenShift Certified | Docker Certified| CDC Data Warehousing Kubernetes Certified CKA CKS| CKAD) DevSecOps & Cloud Engineering Expertise: •CI/CD & Azure DevOps: Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines as a platform using Azure services (Kubernetes, Key Vault, Databases, ARM Templates). •Kubernetes & OpenShift: Extensive experience with Red Hat OpenShift (3.11, 4.6, 4.8) Rancher Kubernetes cluster and Kubernetes for cluster installation, migration, troubleshooting, and stakeholder management. •GitOps & Automation: Hands-on experience with GitOps tooling (Argo CD) in Kubernetes environments for Helm-based application deployments. •Database & Data Engineering: Experience administering and optimizing SQL-based databases on Azure VMs, leveraging PowerShell for automation, Azure data factory , CDC pipeline on Kubernetes, postgres DB, kafka, kafkaconnect. •Data Warehousing & Streaming Pipelines: Built change data capture pipelines using PostgreSQL, Debezium, Kafka, and Kafka Connect on Kubernetes, configuration management and provisioning using Terraform. •Monitoring & Observability: Skilled in Grafana, Kibana, and Prometheus for monitoring Kubernetes clusters, pods , and VMs. •Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Developed platform services using Terraform and GitLab pipelines, provisioning K3s clusters and multi-tenant services (Kafka Connect, PostgreSQL, Airflow, AKHQ, Jeager, OpenTelemetry). •Azure DevOps & CI/CD: Expertise in Azure DevOps pipelines (YAML-based Pipeline as Code), Terraform, build/release workflows, and artifact management. •Cloud Platforms: Knowledgeable in AWS, Azure, and GCP. •Security & Compliance: Provisioned hardened RHEL servers with OpenSCAP for vulnerability assessments and created OpenShift Compliance Operator CRDs for runtime container scanning. •Software Deployment & Configuration: Experience with J2EE and COTS applications, Python based app, CI/CD tools (Git, Jenkins, JIRA, Confluence, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, XL Release, CA Release Automation). •Cloud Migration & IaC: Led cloud migration efforts using Terraform and CloudFormation. •Linux Administration: RHEL Certified (RHCE) with expertise in LVM, networking, and partitioning. •Agile & DevOps Practices: Familiar with Agile methodologies and Spotify model implementation, enhancing continuous delivery and onboarding processes. IT SKILL SET: •Continuous Delivery Tools: Kubernetes, Redhat OpenShift, Ansible, Ansible Tower, terraform, Azure DevOps, GitHub Action , GitOps, Nolio/CA Release Automation, Jenkins, GITOPS -ArgoCD. •Data Pipline: Change data Capture , kafka-connect, airflow, data engineering. •Version Control: Gitlab, bit bucket, ClearCase. •Cloud: AWS, AZURE, GCP, Private Cloud. •Application Server: Websphere Application Server (Administration), Tomcat. •Monitoring Tool: ELK Stack(elastic search), Prometheus, Grafana, Check-MK. •Artifact Repository: Artifactory, Nexus, azure artifact. •Testing Tools: HP QC, HPSC. •Tracking Tools: Jira, Confluence, ClearQuest, Service Now, Azure Boards. •Methodology: Agile (Scrum), Spotify. •Platform: Linux Redhat 6,7,8, Windows etc. •Containers: Docker, Podman, CRIO. •Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, CaaS, AZURE AKS, AWS EKS, OpenShift. •Domain: Banking and Financial Services, Assurance, Energy. •Language: Python, YAML, PowerShell (basic) •Secret management tool: Hashi Corp Vault, cyber ark Professional Memberships / Certifications - Professional Society / Certification Member Since / Date Certified Azure Certified Solution Architect Expert (AZ-305) Feb 2025 GCP Google Cloud certified Professional March 2024 Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) – Renewed June 2023 Scaled Agile Framework - SAFE November 2022 RedHat Specialist in OpenShift Administrator DO280 4.6