Abhay Kumar
Cloud & DevOps Engineer, Building Scalable Cloud-Native Infrastructure
About
Building scalable, production-ready cloud-native infrastructure. Experienced in designing, automating, and operating cloud platforms using Kubernetes and modern DevOps practices, with hands-on experience taking systems from early setup to reliable production environments. Actively engaged in open source and the CNCF ecosystem, with a strong focus on building infrastructure that is robust, efficient, and ready to scale.
Work Experience
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Contributing to and experimenting with cloud-native and DevOps-related open-source projects. Gaining real-world exposure to collaborative development, system design discussions, and production-grade tooling within the CNCF ecosystem.
Self-Directed & Community Learner
Actively building and operating cloud-native infrastructure through hands-on self-learning and open-source involvement. Focused on Kubernetes, container orchestration, CI/CD, and infrastructure automation while following CNCF best practices for scalable and reliable systems.
Open-Source Contributions
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Academic Publications
Research papers and academic contributions
Foundations of Cloud-Native Infrastructure: Design Principles for Scalable Distributed Systems
Automation-Driven Infrastructure: Applying DevOps and IaC for Production-Grade Cloud Systems
An academic-style exploration of Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD automation, examining how automated workflows improve consistency, reliability, and operational efficiency in cloud environments.
Achievements & News
Latest updates, recognitions, and highlights
Active Engagement with CNCF Open-Source Projects
Actively engaged with CNCF-hosted open-source projects through codebase exploration and community participation.
Hands-On Kubernetes Labs Using CNCF Ecosystem Tools
Built and tested multiple Kubernetes lab setups using tools from the CNCF ecosystem.
Projects
Kubernetes Deployment of a Full-Stack Application
Deployed a containerized full-stack application on Kubernetes using Deployments and Services, focusing on pod management, service exposure, and basic configuration management.
CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions for Containerized Apps
Built a basic CI/CD pipeline using GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and container image creation workflows for a cloud-native application.
Infrastructure Automation Lab using Infrastructure as Code
Explored Infrastructure as Code concepts by provisioning and managing simple cloud resources, emphasizing repeatability, automation, and cost-aware infrastructure setup.
Products
Kubernetes Resource Monitoring Lab
Designed a small-scale monitoring setup to study resource usage and behavior of containerized workloads on Kubernetes using metrics and dashboards.
CI/CD Pipeline Evaluation for Cloud-Native Applications
Built and evaluated a basic CI/CD pipeline to understand build, test, and deployment workflows for containerized applications in cloud-native environments.
Infrastructure as Code Learning Project
Explored Infrastructure as Code concepts by provisioning and managing basic cloud resources, focusing on repeatability, configuration management, and cost awareness.