Cloud DevOps & Telco Platform Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, automating, and operating highly scalable real-time production systems across AWS cloud, Kubernetes/OpenShift platforms, and telecom enterprise environments.
I specialize in cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes platform engineering, CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), observability, and production reliability for mission-critical workloads.
- AWS Cloud Infrastructure (EKS, EC2, Lambda, IAM, VPC, Route53, CloudFront)
- Kubernetes & Red Hat OpenShift Administration
- Multi-account AWS Architecture & Hybrid Cloud Platforms
- High Availability & Production Reliability Engineering
- CI/CD Pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions & Argo CD
- Infrastructure as Code with Terraform & Ansible
- GitOps, Deployment Automation & Release Engineering
- Python, Bash & Shell Scripting Automation
- Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Dynatrace & CloudWatch
- Incident Management, RCA & Production Troubleshooting
- Monitoring, Logging, Alerting & Performance Optimization
- Operational Governance & Reliability Engineering
- 4G/5G Core Infrastructure & Cloud-Native Telecom Platforms
- IMS, VoLTE, PCRF/PCF, CHF/CGF Concepts
- Distributed Systems & Microservices Architecture
- Real-Time Enterprise Production Environments
- Built reusable Terraform modules automating 100+ AWS resources
- Reduced manual provisioning effort by 40%
- Managed scalable Kubernetes/OpenShift production environments
- Implemented GitOps deployment pipelines using Argo CD & GitLab CI/CD
- Automated deployments for 50+ microservices
- Improved deployment reliability and rollback efficiency
- Designed centralized monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana & ELK Stack
- Improved production visibility and incident response efficiency
- Enhanced operational stability for mission-critical workloads
- Implemented IAM governance, RBAC, secrets management & CIS hardening
- Automated compliance remediation and vulnerability management workflows
- Improved security posture across enterprise cloud environments
Cloud: AWS, Hybrid Cloud
Containers: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, Helm
IaC & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, GitOps
CI/CD: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD
Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Dynatrace, CloudWatch
Languages: Python, Bash, YAML
OS & Networking: Linux, TCP/IP, DNS, Load Balancing
- 🛡️ Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
- 🧰 Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
- ☸️ Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
- ☁️ Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
- 🔐 Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate (KCSA)
- 🌐 Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
- 🎓 Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management — Humber College, Toronto
- 📡 Postgraduate Diploma in Wireless Telecommunication — Humber College, Toronto
- 🧠 Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Communication — Anna University, India
- 💼 LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/monik-raja-kumar
- 📧 Email: [email protected]
- 💻 GitHub: https://github.com/monik1422
⭐ Passionate about Cloud Engineering, Kubernetes, Automation, and building highly reliable production platforms at scale.