MUTHUKUMARAN SIDDHANANTHAN
Nashville,TN
Summary
Accomplished Senior DevOps and Cloud Engineering Leader with 12 years of IT experience, including 9 years in DevOps transformation and cloud architecture. Led teams in designing scalable cloud-native platforms and implementing enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines. Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Kubernetes orchestration, and production reliability engineering, emphasizing operational efficiency and system resilience.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Applications Consultant / Senior DevOps Engineer
Capgemini Americas Inc
08.2021 - Current
- Led team of 6 engineers to execute DevOps strategy, enhancing operational excellence across telecom/voice platforms.
- Architect and implement enterprise-scale DevOps frameworks for hybrid cloud environments (AWS + GCP + On-Prem), improving deployment efficiency and system scalability.
- Spearheaded Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform and Ansible, reducing provisioning time and eliminating configuration drift.
- Designed and standardized GitLab CI/CD pipelines, enabling fully automated build, test, and deployment workflows across multiple environments.
- Directed Kubernetes platform strategy, enhancing cluster reliability and deployment consistency across development, testing, and production environments.
- Championed automation of operational processes and incident remediation, significantly reducing manual effort and improving system uptime.
- Collaborated with architecture and engineering leadership to define cloud strategy, platform design, and long-term modernization roadmap.
- Established best practices for monitoring and observability using Prometheus and OpenTelemetry to ensure proactive system health management.
- Delivered comprehensive documentation, playbooks, and knowledge transfer to ensure operational continuity and scalability.
Technical Lead – DevOps
Cognizant Technology Solutions
02.2017 - 08.2021
- Led DevOps transformation initiatives for mission-critical financial applications, enabling continuous delivery and improving release velocity.
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git, streamlining deployment processes and enhancing deployment consistency.
- Managed and optimized AWS infrastructure (EC2, ELB, Auto Scaling, VPC, IAM), ensuring high availability and cost efficiency.
- Drove infrastructure automation using Terraform, enabling consistent and repeatable environment provisioning.
- Built reusable Ansible playbooks and AWX automation platform for self-service deployments, lowering operational overhead.
- Administered Kubernetes clusters across multiple environments, ensuring high availability, scalability, and performance.
- Led containerization efforts using Docker and Kubernetes, modernizing legacy applications into microservices-based architectures.
- Implemented monitoring and alerting solutions to enhance system reliability and accelerate incident response.
- Collaborated cross-functionally with development, QA, and infrastructure teams to streamline release processes and improve delivery quality.
Senior Systems Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2014 - 01.2017
- Managed production environments, ensuring stability, availability, and performance of enterprise applications.
- Administered web and application servers (Apache, IIS, WebLogic, JBoss) to maintain uptime and performance of critical business operations.
- Led incident management and root cause analysis to resolve high-priority production issues, minimizing downtime and impact on services.
- Implemented change management processes and coordinated deployments across multiple environments to ensure smooth transitions and reduce disruptions.
- Participated in disaster recovery planning and execution, ensuring business continuity.
- Developed operational runbooks and documentation to standardize support processes.
Education
B.E - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Jeppiaar Engineering College
Chennai01-2013
Skills
- AWS
- GCP
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Git
- GitLab CI/CD
- Jenkins
- Prometheus
- OpenTelemetry
- LogicMonitor
- Linux
- Cloud design
- Infrastructure coding
- Agile
- Problem solving
Certification
- ITIL Foundation – IT Service Management
- Google Associate Cloud Engineer
- Google Cloud Digital Leader
- PSM I – Professional Scrum Master
- SAFe 6 Practitioner
Accomplishments
- Led DevOps adoption across multiple projects, transforming traditional deployment models into fully automated CI/CD pipelines.
- Reduced deployment time and manual effort through automation and infrastructure as code practices.
- Improved system reliability and uptime by implementing proactive monitoring and automated remediation solutions.
- Successfully led and mentored teams, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
VISA STATUS
- H1B with Capgemini Americas Inc
- Valid till September 30th 2026
Timeline
Senior Applications Consultant / Senior DevOps Engineer
Capgemini Americas Inc
08.2021 - Current
Technical Lead – DevOps
Cognizant Technology Solutions
02.2017 - 08.2021
Senior Systems Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
07.2014 - 01.2017
B.E - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Jeppiaar Engineering College