Vinay Kumar
Naguru
Technical Lead building and running reliable, secure cloud infrastructure — AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, and the pipelines that ship to them.
13+ years across Windows and Linux infrastructure, DevOps and CI/CD, cloud architecture, and IT service management. I design systems that stay up, automate the parts that shouldn't be manual, and mentor the engineers who keep them running.
About
I currently work as Technical Lead at Coforge, where I architect cloud infrastructure spanning AWS, Azure, and GCP and lead the team responsible for CI/CD delivery. Before that, I spent years as a Senior and Lead System Administrator across enterprise environments — hardening security, automating provisioning, and cutting incident response time.
My background started in hands-on Windows and Linux administration, and grew into cloud architecture and DevOps leadership. Along the way I've supported everything from executive-level IT operations to large-scale infrastructure migrations, always with the same focus: keep systems stable, secure, and easy to operate.
Experience
Technical Lead
- Architected and maintained scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP, lifting platform uptime to 99.99%
- Led a team designing and managing automated CI/CD pipelines to accelerate code delivery
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and Ansible, cutting manual provisioning time by 40%
- Orchestrated containerized workloads with Docker and Kubernetes for microservices deployment
- Built proactive monitoring with Datadog and Prometheus to reduce Mean Time to Resolution
- Enforced IAM, security frameworks, and compliance standards across all infrastructure layers
- Optimized cloud architecture cost, saving 20%+ on annual spend
- Directed incident response and root cause analysis for critical production issues; mentored junior engineers
Lead System Administrator
- Mentored the team on new tasks and monitored daily operations
- Managed critical issues end-to-end and documented resolutions for future reference
- Used AWS, DevOps practices, and Terraform to run day-to-day infrastructure operations smoothly
Lead / Senior System Administrator
- Managed the Jira board for ticket resolution, ensuring timely service restarts and SQL script execution
- Onboarded customer servers and maintained applications with minimal latency
- Ran monthly server and application updates to ensure system stability
- Patched service releases to enhance system performance
Senior System Administrator
- Managed cloud infrastructure and automated provisioning with Terraform and Ansible
- Designed and optimized Windows and Linux enterprise environments
- Supported migration projects and security compliance audits
IT System Engineer
- Administered Windows Server environments, Active Directory, and DNS configurations
- Provided technical support and managed ticket resolution within ITIL-based SLAs
- Received the Best Implementor Award for deploying IPPlan on CentOS
Senior Systems Administrator
Senior System Engineer
IT Engineer
Technical Head
Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
DevOps & Automation
Monitoring, Security & ITSM
Systems Administration
Credentials
Certifications
Honors & Awards
Education
B.Com (Computers)
Sri Krishnadevaraya University · Business / Commerce, General