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Rajesh Rao

Principal Specialist @ Temenos | Cloud & SaaS Architect | Azure, AWS | DevOps, AKS, Terraform | CI/CD | Observability | Designing Scalable Cloud Platforms

Greater Bengaluru Area

12+ years of work experience

Temenos
Feb 20224 yrs 7 mosPresent

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

- Designed and implemented SaaS-based cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure for enterprise clients. - Defined infrastructure and deployment architecture using AKS, Application Gateway, and Terraform. - Led architectural decisions for scalability, security, and high availability of cloud platforms.
Temenos
Feb 20224 yrs 7 mosPresent

Deployment of infrastructure services such as AKS, Azure Application Gateway, FrontDoor, KeyVault, SQL Database, etc… using ARM templates. Building pipelines to deploy the services to customer infrastructure. Creating service connection between azure Devops and azure portal. Creating and Maintaining Branching strategy, policy, and security in Azure Repo. Troubleshooting pipeline issues while deploying through Azure Pipelines. Writing and maintaining IAC code for azure clouds using terraform. Troubleshooting AKS related issues such as identify nodes or container with high CPU Usage and reviewing the best practices to solve them. Application gateway deployment for AKS integrating with nginx and AGIC. Implement CI/CD based application development methodology using tools like Jenkins/powershell/Azure Devops. Work with clients to ensure smooth and successful implementation, delivery and deployment of complex solutions. Worked on multiple service such as Logic Apps,EventHub,API connection,AKS.
IBM
Nov 20201 yr 4 mosFeb 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Contributed to the design and evolution of a robust SaaS platform infrastructure utilizing IBM Cloud. • Implemented containerization technologies to enhance deployment efficiency. • Defined deployment patterns and automation strategies for microservices-based applications. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and performance optimization.
IBM
Nov 20201 yr 4 mosFeb 2022

Installing, Configuring, and Managing Ansible, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, and Kubernetes. Automation of task using ansible playbook. Deploying Docker container using ansible. Able to write manifests and Ruby scripts to customize the Puppet as per requirement configuration. Experienced in Creating playbooks and roles for Ansible and deploying applications using Ansible. Experienced with deployment automation of all the microservices to pull images from the private docker registry and deploy to docker swarm cluster using Ansible. Experience in Toolchain such as Tekton. Implementing AWS Infrastructure services like EC2, VPC, EBS, Route53 & S3. Performing AWS VPC operations such as Building Subnets and Configuring Routing. Configuring VPC Peering, VPN, and Direct Connect. Configuring Load balancing with Autoscaling, Elastic IP. Taking snapshots and recovering affected Instances from Snapshots. Upgrading or Migrating Instance type.
Wipro Limited
Aug 20173 yrs 4 mosNov 2020

Mysuru, Karnataka, India

Supported architecture and operations of large-scale application platforms, ensuring reliability and scalability.
CSS Corp
Jul 20161 yr 2 mosAug 2017

Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India

Linux and Vmware admin
Kryptos Consulting Services
Aug 20142 yrsJul 2016

Greater Chennai Area

Working as Technology Specialist on Linux and VMWare platform

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mcp
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Education

chennai

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

chennai

20074 yrs2011
Sathyabama University Dental College And Hospital

Bachelor of Engineering, Communication, General

Sathyabama University Dental College And Hospital

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Headline

Principal Specialist @ Temenos | Cloud & SaaS Architect | Azure, AWS | DevOps, AKS, Terraform | CI/CD | Observability | Designing Scalable Cloud Platforms

About

Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 14+ years of experience specializing in SaaS implementation, cloud platforms, and infrastructure automation across Azure and AWS. Currently working on building and managing scalable SaaS platforms, focusing on Kubernetes (AKS), Terraform, and CI/CD automation. Key expertise includes: SaaS platform deployment and cloud onboarding Cloud-native architecture (Azure & AWS) CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins Cloud monitoring (Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights) API-driven architectures and microservices I have strong experience in troubleshooting production systems, optimizing performance, and ensuring high availability of cloud-based applications. I also mentor teams and contribute to improving deployment efficiency and operational excellence.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude code

gemini

mcp

Work experience

Principal Specialist at Temenos, Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, - Designed and implemented SaaS-based cloud architectures on Microsoft Azure for enterprise clients. - Defined infrastructure and deployment architecture using AKS, Application Gateway, and Terraform. - Led architectural decisions for scalability, security, and high availability of cloud platforms.

Engineer at Temenos, Feb 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 7 mos, Deployment of infrastructure services such as AKS, Azure Application Gateway, FrontDoor, KeyVault, SQL Database, etc… using ARM templates. Building pipelines to deploy the services to customer infrastructure. Creating service connection between azure Devops and azure portal. Creating and Maintaining Branching strategy, policy, and security in Azure Repo. Troubleshooting pipeline issues while deploying through Azure Pipelines. Writing and maintaining IAC code for azure clouds using terraform. Troubleshooting AKS related issues such as identify nodes or container with high CPU Usage and reviewing the best practices to solve them. Application gateway deployment for AKS integrating with nginx and AGIC. Implement CI/CD based application development methodology using tools like Jenkins/powershell/Azure Devops. Work with clients to ensure smooth and successful implementation, delivery and deployment of complex solutions. Worked on multiple service such as Logic Apps,EventHub,API connection,AKS.

DevOps Engineer at IBM, Nov 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Contributed to the design and evolution of a robust SaaS platform infrastructure utilizing IBM Cloud. • Implemented containerization technologies to enhance deployment efficiency. • Defined deployment patterns and automation strategies for microservices-based applications. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration and performance optimization.

Software Engineer at IBM, Nov 2020 - Feb 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos, Installing, Configuring, and Managing Ansible, Jenkins, Puppet, Docker, and Kubernetes. Automation of task using ansible playbook. Deploying Docker container using ansible. Able to write manifests and Ruby scripts to customize the Puppet as per requirement configuration. Experienced in Creating playbooks and roles for Ansible and deploying applications using Ansible. Experienced with deployment automation of all the microservices to pull images from the private docker registry and deploy to docker swarm cluster using Ansible. Experience in Toolchain such as Tekton. Implementing AWS Infrastructure services like EC2, VPC, EBS, Route53 & S3. Performing AWS VPC operations such as Building Subnets and Configuring Routing. Configuring VPC Peering, VPN, and Direct Connect. Configuring Load balancing with Autoscaling, Elastic IP. Taking snapshots and recovering affected Instances from Snapshots. Upgrading or Migrating Instance type.

Senior Administrator at Wipro Limited, Aug 2017 - Nov 2020 · 3 yrs 4 mos, Mysuru, Karnataka, India, Supported architecture and operations of large-scale application platforms, ensuring reliability and scalability.

Senior System Engineer at CSS Corp, Jul 2016 - Aug 2017 · 1 yr 2 mos, Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India, Linux and Vmware admin

Technology Specialist at Kryptos Consulting Services, Aug 2014 - Jul 2016 · 2 yrs, Greater Chennai Area, Working as Technology Specialist on Linux and VMWare platform

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (BE), Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering, chennai

Bachelor of Engineering, Communication, General, Sathyabama University Dental College And Hospital