Sr. DevOps Architect

Professional SummarySenior DevOps Architect with 12+ years of experience in enterprise-scale DevOps transformation, cloud platform engineering, CI/CD modernization, GitOps implementation, infrastructure automation, and DevSecOps practices across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments.Extensive expertise in architecting, deploying, integrating, securing, and governing enterprise DevOps toolchains including Jenkins, GitHub Enterprise, GitLab, Argo CD, Jira, Confluence, Datadog, ServiceNow, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, and JFrog Artifactory.Strong experience leading enterprise migrations from legacy CI/CD platforms to modern GitOps and cloud-native ecosystems with focus on HA/DR architecture, automation, scalability, compliance, and developer enablement.Core Technical Expertise DevOps & CI/CD ToolsJenkins (HA setup, distributed agents, plugin management, security hardening)GitHub Enterprise / GitLab administration & migrationGitHub Actions / GitLab CI/CDArgo CD GitOps deployment architectureAzure DevOps, Bitbucket migration experienceJFrog Artifactory, Nexus RepositorySCM & Enterprise Git GovernanceMulti-region GitHub Enterprise architectureGeo-replication and HA/DR implementationRepository governance and standardizationBranch protection rules, CODEOWNERS, RBACSAML/SSO integration and audit complianceEnterprise migration planning and executionCloud & InfrastructureAWS, Azure, GCPKubernetes (AKS, EKS, OpenShift)Docker & container orchestrationInfrastructure as Code using Terraform, ARM, Bicep, CloudFormationLinux administration and automationMonitoring & ObservabilityDatadog (APM, Logs, Infra Monitoring, Synthetics)Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatchAlerting & escalation policiesSLO/SLI dashboard implementationAutomation & Configuration ManagementAnsible, ChefPython, Bash, Groovy, PowerShell scriptingShared pipeline libraries and reusable templatesSecurity & DevSecOpsSAST/DAST integrationSecrets managementEnterprise RBAC implementationCompliance and governance automationAgile & Collaboration ToolsJira, Confluence, ServiceNowAgile/Scrum methodologiesProcess documentation and KT sessionsRelevant Experience HighlightsArchitected enterprise DevOps platforms from scratch for large-scale cloud modernization programs.Led migration from Jenkins and Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions and GitOps-based deployment models using Argo CD.Implemented highly available Jenkins controller architecture with Kubernetes-based autoscaling agents.Designed enterprise GitHub governance standards across multiple global product teams.Built end-to-end observability platforms using Datadog integrated with incident management workflows.Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform across hybrid cloud environments.Delivered enterprise-grade DevSecOps controls and compliance frameworks.Conducted mentoring, knowledge transfer, and best-practice workshops for engineering teams.Deliverables ExperienceProcess flow documentationMigration strategy and execution plansCI/CD standardization frameworksToolchain governance modelsKnowledge transfer and mentoringAutomation frameworksInfrastructure provisioning templatesProduction support and operational readiness