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Ameer Mohammed

Lead Platform Engineer | Kubernetes & AKS | DevSecOps | GitOps & Argo CD | Azure & AWS | Cloud Platform Architecture

Bengaluru

20+ years of work experience

Mar 20242 yrs 6 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Client: DHL IT Services | Enterprise Cloud & Platform Engineering Serving as DevSecOps Manager and Cloud Platform Architect for DHL IT Services, with end-to-end DevSecOps and platform ownership for enterprise applications across Development, UAT, Stage, and Production environments. Act as a senior technical authority for the portfolio, leading cloud platform architecture, Kubernetes engineering, GitOps, CI/CD, DevSecOps, platform modernization, and production operations. Key responsibilities & contributions: • Own DevSecOps and platform engineering for three enterprise application platforms running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). • Introduced and designed the portfolio's GitOps operating model using GitHub Actions and Argo CD, enabling declarative, version-controlled deployments across multiple environments. • Design and maintain CI/CD workflows covering builds, containerization, security scanning, image publishing, configuration, and automated AKS deployments. • Lead DevSecOps integration using Snyk, SonarQube, Prisma Cloud, and security controls within CI/CD pipelines. • Led migration from NGINX Ingress Controller to NGINX Gateway Fabric (NGF) and Kubernetes Gateway API across application environments. • Lead major platform initiatives including DBaaS migrations, GitHub Enterprise migrations, AKS/platform changes, PKI/certificate activities, storage modernization, and infrastructure upgrades. • Own production troubleshooting across Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD, networking, TLS, storage, secrets, and application connectivity. • Design automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and cloud-native tooling. • Collaborate with product, application, security, networking, cloud, database, PKI, and vendor teams on architecture and complex platform issues. • Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance while remaining hands-on with implementation, migrations, troubleshooting, and production operations.
Primesoft Inc
Oct 20221 yr 4 mosJan 2024

Hyderabad

Client: ACI Worldwide | FinTech / Payments Served as Lead DevOps Engineer for ACI Worldwide, a global FinTech and payments technology organization, leading a 7-member DevOps team responsible for cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD, automation, and production operations in a highly controlled financial-services environment. Worked hands-on while providing technical leadership across Kubernetes platform engineering, infrastructure automation, application migration, GitOps, observability, and production reliability. Key responsibilities and contributions: • Led a 7-member DevOps engineering team, providing technical direction, hands-on engineering support, troubleshooting, and delivery coordination. • Designed, operated, and supported Kubernetes-based environments across AKS, Amazon EKS, OpenShift, and VMware Tanzu. • Led a large-scale migration of containerized workloads from OpenShift to Amazon EKS, covering application deployments, services, ingress, RBAC, Helm packaging, platform configuration, troubleshooting, and migration activities. • Provisioned and managed cloud infrastructure extensively using Terraform, maintaining repeatable and consistent environments through Infrastructure as Code. • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and implemented GitOps-based deployment practices with Argo CD. • Managed Kubernetes application packaging and deployments using Helm and Docker-based container workflows. • Supported Kubernetes cluster administration, upgrades, troubleshooting, workload deployment, access control, and production platform operations. • Implemented and supported centralized logging and operational monitoring using the ELK stack. • Developed operational and platform automation using Bash and Python. • Worked within a security-focused FinTech environment supporting stringent access controls, change management, platform security, and operational reliability.
Enable Data
Feb 20211 yr 4 mosMay 2022

Hyderabad

Served as the primary DevOps engineer supporting AWS infrastructure and application delivery across multiple client environments, including Kaizen, Utiliti Health, and Enable Data's internal infrastructure. Worked hands-on across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, containerization, automation, and production operations, with end-to-end responsibility for maintaining reliable and repeatable application delivery environments. Key responsibilities and contributions: • Managed and supported AWS environments using EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, and CloudWatch. • Built and operated containerized application workloads using Docker and Amazon ECS. • Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, integrating SonarQube for automated code quality analysis. • Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation. • Automated infrastructure and operational activities using Bash and PowerShell scripting. • Supported multiple client environments with responsibility for deployments, infrastructure configuration, troubleshooting, monitoring, and operational reliability. • Managed AWS networking and access controls using VPC and IAM to support secure application environments. • Implemented monitoring and operational visibility using Amazon CloudWatch. • Worked directly with client and engineering teams to troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and application delivery issues across multiple environments. This role strengthened my hands-on AWS and DevOps expertise and expanded my ownership of cloud infrastructure, containerized workloads, CI/CD automation, and production operations.
HP
Jan 20192 yrs 1 moJan 2021

Bengaluru

Joined HP Inc. as an Information Systems Architect, marking a major transition from enterprise infrastructure and automation into cloud engineering and DevOps-focused responsibilities. Worked on cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and application delivery across AWS and Azure environments, building on earlier cloud and automation experience gained during my HP Enterprise Services/DXC tenure. Key responsibilities and contributions: • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for enterprise application delivery. Worked across AWS and Azure cloud environments supporting application modernization and cloud adoption initiatives. • Supported migration of enterprise workloads from traditional on-premises infrastructure to cloud environments. • Developed automation solutions and scripts to reduce manual operational activities and improve deployment reliability. • Established and supported branching, release, and deployment practices for engineering teams. • Collaborated with application, infrastructure, and engineering teams to troubleshoot deployment and platform issues across enterprise environments. • Applied infrastructure automation and DevOps practices to improve consistency and repeatability across application delivery processes. This role established the foundation for my subsequent progression into dedicated Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Kubernetes, and Platform Engineering roles.
DXC Technology
Mar 200612 yrs 11 mosJan 2019

Bengaluru

Joined Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft as a Systems Engineer in 2006 and progressed through increasingly senior technical and leadership responsibilities across HP GlobalSoft, HP Enterprise Services/Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and subsequently DXC Technology. Over nearly 13 years, developed deep experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering, technical leadership, service delivery, and infrastructure automation while supporting large-scale global enterprise environments. Career progression and key responsibilities: • Progressed from Systems Engineer into Team Lead, Technical Lead, Delivery Lead, and automation-focused leadership responsibilities. • Led and supported enterprise infrastructure environments spanning Windows, Linux, and VMware related infrastructure technologies. • Designed and developed PowerShell-based automation solutions to simplify repetitive operational activities and improve infrastructure management. • Led technical teams responsible for enterprise infrastructure operations, incident resolution, service delivery, and platform reliability. • Worked closely with global teams and stakeholders supporting business-critical enterprise environments. • Drove infrastructure automation initiatives that reduced manual operational effort and helped establish automation practices across engineering teams. • Built the infrastructure, automation, and technical leadership foundation that later evolved into cloud engineering, DevOps, and platform engineering responsibilities. Career journey: Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft → HP Enterprise Services / Hewlett Packard Enterprise → DXC Technology Joined as: Systems Engineer Final role: Automation Lead

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Education

University of Mysore

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science

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Headline

Lead Platform Engineer | Kubernetes & AKS | DevSecOps | GitOps & Argo CD | Azure & AWS | Cloud Platform Architecture

About

Platform Engineering and DevSecOps leader with 20+ years of IT experience, combining deep enterprise infrastructure foundations with hands-on expertise in cloud, Kubernetes, automation, security, and modern application delivery. I specialise in designing, modernising, and operating enterprise cloud platforms across Azure and AWS, with strong expertise in Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), GitOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, and DevSecOps. Currently, I serve as a DevSecOps Manager and Cloud Platform Architect supporting DHL IT Services, where I lead platform engineering and DevSecOps initiatives for enterprise applications across Development, UAT, Stage, and Production environments. I remain highly hands-on while providing technical leadership and architectural direction. Core areas of expertise: • Kubernetes Platform Engineering — AKS, EKS, OpenShift, VMware Tanzu • Platform & Cloud Architecture — Azure and AWS • GitOps — Argo CD, GitHub Actions, declarative delivery • DevSecOps — Snyk, SonarQube, Prisma Cloud, security-integrated CI/CD • Infrastructure as Code — Terraform, CloudFormation, Helm • CI/CD & Automation — GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Python, Bash, PowerShell • Cloud-Native Networking — Kubernetes Gateway API, NGINX Gateway Fabric • Production Operations — reliability, troubleshooting, migrations, platform modernisation • Technical Leadership — architecture, engineering guidance, stakeholder and cross-team coordination My career has evolved from enterprise infrastructure engineering and automation into cloud engineering, DevOps, Kubernetes, and platform architecture. I have led DevOps teams, large-scale Kubernetes migrations, GitOps adoption, cloud and database migrations, CI/CD modernisation, and enterprise platform transformations in financial services, logistics, and global technology environments. I enjoy solving complex infrastructure and application-delivery challenges while building secure, automated, and reliable platforms that make engineering teams more effective.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

DevSecOps Manager | Cloud Platform Architect at User Experience Researchers Pte Ltd, Mar 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Client: DHL IT Services | Enterprise Cloud & Platform Engineering Serving as DevSecOps Manager and Cloud Platform Architect for DHL IT Services, with end-to-end DevSecOps and platform ownership for enterprise applications across Development, UAT, Stage, and Production environments. Act as a senior technical authority for the portfolio, leading cloud platform architecture, Kubernetes engineering, GitOps, CI/CD, DevSecOps, platform modernization, and production operations. Key responsibilities & contributions: • Own DevSecOps and platform engineering for three enterprise application platforms running on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). • Introduced and designed the portfolio's GitOps operating model using GitHub Actions and Argo CD, enabling declarative, version-controlled deployments across multiple environments. • Design and maintain CI/CD workflows covering builds, containerization, security scanning, image publishing, configuration, and automated AKS deployments. • Lead DevSecOps integration using Snyk, SonarQube, Prisma Cloud, and security controls within CI/CD pipelines. • Led migration from NGINX Ingress Controller to NGINX Gateway Fabric (NGF) and Kubernetes Gateway API across application environments. • Lead major platform initiatives including DBaaS migrations, GitHub Enterprise migrations, AKS/platform changes, PKI/certificate activities, storage modernization, and infrastructure upgrades. • Own production troubleshooting across Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD, networking, TLS, storage, secrets, and application connectivity. • Design automation using Python, Bash, PowerShell, and cloud-native tooling. • Collaborate with product, application, security, networking, cloud, database, PKI, and vendor teams on architecture and complex platform issues. • Provide technical leadership and architectural guidance while remaining hands-on with implementation, migrations, troubleshooting, and production operations.

Lead DevOps Engineer at Primesoft Inc, Oct 2022 - Jan 2024 · 1 yr 4 mos, Hyderabad, Client: ACI Worldwide | FinTech / Payments Served as Lead DevOps Engineer for ACI Worldwide, a global FinTech and payments technology organization, leading a 7-member DevOps team responsible for cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD, automation, and production operations in a highly controlled financial-services environment. Worked hands-on while providing technical leadership across Kubernetes platform engineering, infrastructure automation, application migration, GitOps, observability, and production reliability. Key responsibilities and contributions: • Led a 7-member DevOps engineering team, providing technical direction, hands-on engineering support, troubleshooting, and delivery coordination. • Designed, operated, and supported Kubernetes-based environments across AKS, Amazon EKS, OpenShift, and VMware Tanzu. • Led a large-scale migration of containerized workloads from OpenShift to Amazon EKS, covering application deployments, services, ingress, RBAC, Helm packaging, platform configuration, troubleshooting, and migration activities. • Provisioned and managed cloud infrastructure extensively using Terraform, maintaining repeatable and consistent environments through Infrastructure as Code. • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and implemented GitOps-based deployment practices with Argo CD. • Managed Kubernetes application packaging and deployments using Helm and Docker-based container workflows. • Supported Kubernetes cluster administration, upgrades, troubleshooting, workload deployment, access control, and production platform operations. • Implemented and supported centralized logging and operational monitoring using the ELK stack. • Developed operational and platform automation using Bash and Python. • Worked within a security-focused FinTech environment supporting stringent access controls, change management, platform security, and operational reliability.

AWS DevOps Engineer at Enable Data, Feb 2021 - May 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Hyderabad, Served as the primary DevOps engineer supporting AWS infrastructure and application delivery across multiple client environments, including Kaizen, Utiliti Health, and Enable Data's internal infrastructure. Worked hands-on across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, containerization, automation, and production operations, with end-to-end responsibility for maintaining reliable and repeatable application delivery environments. Key responsibilities and contributions: • Managed and supported AWS environments using EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, VPC, and CloudWatch. • Built and operated containerized application workloads using Docker and Amazon ECS. • Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, integrating SonarQube for automated code quality analysis. • Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure using AWS CloudFormation. • Automated infrastructure and operational activities using Bash and PowerShell scripting. • Supported multiple client environments with responsibility for deployments, infrastructure configuration, troubleshooting, monitoring, and operational reliability. • Managed AWS networking and access controls using VPC and IAM to support secure application environments. • Implemented monitoring and operational visibility using Amazon CloudWatch. • Worked directly with client and engineering teams to troubleshoot infrastructure, deployment, and application delivery issues across multiple environments. This role strengthened my hands-on AWS and DevOps expertise and expanded my ownership of cloud infrastructure, containerized workloads, CI/CD automation, and production operations.

Information Systems Architect IV at HP, Jan 2019 - Jan 2021 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Joined HP Inc. as an Information Systems Architect, marking a major transition from enterprise infrastructure and automation into cloud engineering and DevOps-focused responsibilities. Worked on cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and application delivery across AWS and Azure environments, building on earlier cloud and automation experience gained during my HP Enterprise Services/DXC tenure. Key responsibilities and contributions: • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for enterprise application delivery. Worked across AWS and Azure cloud environments supporting application modernization and cloud adoption initiatives. • Supported migration of enterprise workloads from traditional on-premises infrastructure to cloud environments. • Developed automation solutions and scripts to reduce manual operational activities and improve deployment reliability. • Established and supported branching, release, and deployment practices for engineering teams. • Collaborated with application, infrastructure, and engineering teams to troubleshoot deployment and platform issues across enterprise environments. • Applied infrastructure automation and DevOps practices to improve consistency and repeatability across application delivery processes. This role established the foundation for my subsequent progression into dedicated Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Kubernetes, and Platform Engineering roles.

Automation Lead at DXC Technology, Mar 2006 - Jan 2019 · 12 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, Joined Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft as a Systems Engineer in 2006 and progressed through increasingly senior technical and leadership responsibilities across HP GlobalSoft, HP Enterprise Services/Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and subsequently DXC Technology. Over nearly 13 years, developed deep experience in enterprise infrastructure engineering, technical leadership, service delivery, and infrastructure automation while supporting large-scale global enterprise environments. Career progression and key responsibilities: • Progressed from Systems Engineer into Team Lead, Technical Lead, Delivery Lead, and automation-focused leadership responsibilities. • Led and supported enterprise infrastructure environments spanning Windows, Linux, and VMware related infrastructure technologies. • Designed and developed PowerShell-based automation solutions to simplify repetitive operational activities and improve infrastructure management. • Led technical teams responsible for enterprise infrastructure operations, incident resolution, service delivery, and platform reliability. • Worked closely with global teams and stakeholders supporting business-critical enterprise environments. • Drove infrastructure automation initiatives that reduced manual operational effort and helped establish automation practices across engineering teams. • Built the infrastructure, automation, and technical leadership foundation that later evolved into cloud engineering, DevOps, and platform engineering responsibilities. Career journey: Hewlett-Packard GlobalSoft → HP Enterprise Services / Hewlett Packard Enterprise → DXC Technology Joined as: Systems Engineer Final role: Automation Lead

Education

Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, University of Mysore