AVINASH MARAM

Professional Experience

Cloud Solution Engineer
Sitecore (Consultant for HUB International, AGLC, Cracker Barrel, Brother International, First Abu Dhabi Bank, CNO)
Nov 2022 – Present.

• Designed, deployed, and managed Azure cloud solutions including AKS clusters, App Services, Application Gateway, Azure Monitor, Key Vault, and Storage Accounts for enterprise clients across insurance, finance, government, retail, and technology.
• Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and TeamCity, improving release frequency and reducing deployment errors.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, ARM templates, and Ansible, ensuring consistent, scalable, and compliant environments.
• Orchestrated container lifecycle management with Kubernetes; monitored clusters using Lens, Datadog, and Azure Monitor; implemented alerting/monitoring frameworks for high availability.
• Provided 24/7 on-call rotation support, managing incident response through ServiceNow; reduced downtime and met stringent SLA commitments.
• Performed Azure VM administration, SQL database backups, upgrades, and assisted in cloud migration projects for business-critical applications.
• Implemented cost optimization strategies, right-sizing VMs, storage tiers, and scaling policies, leading to measurable cloud savings.
• Enhanced security posture by strengthening IAM roles, enforcing least privilege, and deploying Defender for Cloud across sensitive workloads.
• Maintained enterprise-level applications using .NET and Sitecore, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Migrated legacy CMS modules to modern Sitecore solutions, improving page load times by 30% and enhancing user experience.
• Partnered with cross-functional teams and client stakeholders to align solutions with evolving business requirements, compliance, and deadlines.
• Worked with high-profile clients in insurance (HUB International), finance (First Abu Dhabi Bank, CNO), government (AGLC), retail (Cracker Barrel), and technology (Brother International).
• Demonstrated strong troubleshooting, team collaboration, and ability to deliver quality cloud-native solutions under tight deadlines.

• Designed and managed AWS cloud environments with EC2, S3, RDS, Route53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, ELB, Auto Scaling, CloudFront, and CloudFormation.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform (VPCs, VPN connections, cross-account VPC peering).
• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, GitHub, Quay, and GKE.
• Created and managed Docker images, containers, volumes, and Compose files; deployed MEAN stack apps on Docker.
• Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters on AWS (KOPS) and GCP (GKE); automated deployments with Helm charts.
• Implemented Rancher in HA mode for Kubernetes cluster management.
• Monitored applications and infrastructure using CloudWatch, GCP Stackdriver, AppDynamics, Scout APM, and SonarQube.
• Architected and supported GCP Compute Engine with High Availability setups.
• Defined and enforced AWS Security Groups and firewall rules for secure cloud operations.
• Developed custom DevOps tools including provisioning scripts, deployment utilities, and staged environments with Docker and Vagrant.
• Led infrastructure automation initiatives using CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment processes.

• Monitored and managed DEV, QA, PREPROD, and PROD environments to support deployments and production stability.
• Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Docker, and Azure DevOps, ensuring automated builds, testing, and deployments.
• Configured and maintained Jenkins for build automation and integrated code quality tools (SonarQube, code analysis).
• Automated infrastructure provisioning using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and Terraform (VNets, VMs, Storage Accounts, Load Balancers, Security Groups).
• Managed cloud storage policies with Azure Blob & Disk Storage, performed capacity planning, OS upgrades, and environment scaling.
• Built automation scripts in Python and Shell to support deployment, monitoring, and backup tasks.
• Worked with configuration management tools like Puppet and Chef for provisioning and environment consistency.
• Used Git/GitHub for source control, branching, merging, and build promotions from staging to production.
• Supported application teams in release management, identifying dependencies, and tracking milestones.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure smooth releases and environment stability.