Headline

Devops @ Illumina | Scalable, Reliable & Enterprise-Grade SRE & DevOps Solutions | Cloud | Kubernetes | AI powered Automations

About

I’m an engineering leader with over 12 years of expertise in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, and Cloud Infrastructure—driving scalable, secure, and resilient platforms through a mix of technical depth and strategic vision. My experience spans AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, Python, and CI/CD toolchains, with a proven track record in automation, observability, and compliance frameworks like SOC2 and HIPAA. I thrive on building high-performing, globally distributed teams, enabling them to deliver faster, operate more reliably, and innovate with confidence. My leadership philosophy combines a strong focus on operational excellence with empowering teams to adopt modern practices such as SRE principles, API-first design, and follow-the-sun operations. Curiosity drives my work—I’m constantly exploring new tools, methods, and approaches to improve engineering efficiency and business value. I have a growing passion for integrating AI into DevOps and SRE, unlocking opportunities for predictive incident management, intelligent automation, and smarter decision-making in infrastructure operations. Whether it’s optimizing costs, improving developer productivity, or enhancing system reliability, I aim to create an environment where technology becomes a business growth enabler.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

anthropic apis

claude code

claude

codex

cursor

github copilot

Work experience

DevOps Engineering Manager at Illumina, Nov 2024 - Present · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

Staff Devops Engineer at Illumina, Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Hybrid

SRE/Devops Engineer at Walmart Global Tech India, Sep 2020 - May 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Sr.Infra Engineer at Cognizant, Sep 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Senior devops engineer at Aspire Systems, May 2017 - Aug 2018 · 1 yr 4 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

System Engineer at Tata Consultancy Services, Jul 2014 - May 2017 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Chennai Area, India

Education

Bachelor of Technology (BTech), Mechatronics, Robotics, and Automation Engineering, Shanmugha Arts, Science, Technology and Research Academy

Higher Secondary, Mathematics and Computer Science, Petit Seminaire Higher Secondary School

Public links

github: https://github.com/nanda13kumar

nanda13kumar.github.io: https://nanda13kumar.github.io/