About

Akshay Kumar is a dynamic DevOps/Site Reliability Engineer with over 6.5 years of experience in the field. He is currently working at UKG (Ultimate Kronos Group) as a Consultant- DevOps/SRE for Adidas. Akshay has previously worked with companies like Infosys, Airtel, and Nuance Communications in various engineering and SRE roles. Akshay has extensive expertise in Git/Bitbucket, Maven, CI/CD using Jenkins, and CM (Continuous Monitoring) using Prometheus/Influx DBGrafana, ELK stack, Elastic APM, AppDynamics, and Infra/Configuration management using Ansible, AWS Cloud, Linux (RHEL, Centos) Administration, and Shell scripting. He is also experienced in Containerization (Docker/Docker-swarm, Kubernetes), Database Installation and Querying (Oracle, MYSQL, Postgres, Redis), Atlassian tools (Confluence, JIRA), Ticketing Tools (Max-IT & Service-now), Change/Release and Problem Management. Akshay is responsible for identifying RCA on high visibility issues and helping the Incident Management team on frequently reported issues by providing them permanent fixes with the help of developers. He has the ability to work in a dynamic environment and handle multiple tasks to meet deadlines. Akshay has optimized operational procedures to improve efficiency, reduce time to restore, and minimize costs. He has also patched critical security vulnerabilities to make the system compliant. Akshay has experience in day-to-day support for code build/deploy and availability of SDLC environment. He has configured and deployed applications in docker-swarm and Kubernetes cluster. Akshay has automated various processes using Shell Scripting to improve team productivity. He has also written bash shell script for process automation, backup scheduling, database requesting, system metrics monitoring, and alerting required for various aspects. Akshay has worked closely with Project Manager, Development/Testing/QA/Operations Teams to align project deliverables with due timelines and provide early warnings of common build failure. He has automated deployment, customization, upgrades, and monitoring through DevOps modern tools. Akshay has played an important role in identifying, resolving, and the root cause of major outages by implementing the right problem-solving and analytical approach. Akshay has a Bachelor of Technology degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University. He is experienced in SRE, DevOps, Docker