Vivek KC

Greenink.pro | Engineering Excellence | SRE | DevOps | IT Strategy ✅ Consulting & Coaching – Navigating the dynamic IT landscape with tailored strategies. ✅ Optimising Engineering Ecosystems – Specialist in SRE, DevOps, and Development to enhance reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency. ✅ Tech-Driven Operational Excellence – Leveraging cutting-edge automation & cloud solutions for streamlined operations. ✅ Beyond Business – Claygreen Foundation – Driving community empowerment through volunteering & giveback programs.

Claygreen Foundation | A Not-for-Profit Initiative ✅ Building a community-driven ecosystem for Learning, Living & Livelihood. ✅ Empowering individuals through education, sustainability, and skill development. ✅ Focused on giveback & volunteering to create lasting social impact. For details, visit: https://greenink.pro/blogs/claygreenblog.html

Head of SRE Engineering | Unacademy Group (+ Relevel, Cohesive, Graphy, ..) ✅ Led SRE Engineering for future-scale, ensuring availability, stability, security, profitability, and developer productivity. ✅ Architected highly scalable & resilient infrastructure to support rapid growth. ✅ Drove operational excellence through automation, observability, and security best practices. ✅ Optimized cloud costs while maintaining peak performance and reliability. ✅ Empowered developers with streamlined CI/CD, monitoring, and incident management frameworks.

Founding Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) | Apple | Scaling Global SRE Operations ✅ Built Apple’s MSI Division SRE Team from Ground Up – Established a global SRE organization ensuring reliability and efficiency. ✅ Infrastructure & SaaS Ops Transformation – Designed strategic tooling & automation, enhancing system resilience. ✅ 24x7 Global Support (“The Sun Model”) – Ensured uninterrupted operations across factories & manufacturing sites. ✅ IoT & ML Applications – Optimized manufacturing infrastructure with cutting-edge SRE solutions. ✅ Leadership & Talent Growth – Spearheaded hiring, training, and mentoring to scale a world-class SRE team. ✅ SRE Strategy & Execution – Defined deliverables, resource planning, and onboarding for seamless project execution.

✅ SRE/DevOps Transformation: Built a high-performance DevOps culture, enabling scalability with Microservices, Kubernetes (EKS/ECS/OpenShift), and Docker. ✅ AWS Cost Optimization: Cut cloud expenses by 70% while maintaining peak performance. ✅ Monitoring & Reliability: Implemented CloudWatch, Datadog, ELK, Prometheus, PagerDuty for real-time observability. ✅ Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Streamlined deployments with Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Salt. ✅ CI/CD & SDLC Excellence: Enhanced software delivery via Jenkins, Gitflow, Spinnaker, Bitbucket Pipelines, Nexus Artifactory. ✅ Security & Compliance: Enforced strict security using IAM, Okta, Cloudflare, Vault, LDAP, Consul. ✅ Automation & Efficiency: Leveraged Python for backups, app lifecycle management, and stack automation. ✅ Leadership & Team Building: Hired, mentored, and built a global, high-performing SRE/DevOps team.

✅ Hybrid Cloud Deployment: Led VMware/ESX integration with public & private cloud for agility & efficiency. ✅ Datacenter Migration: Seamlessly transitioned RHEL6 → RHEL7 with zero disruptions. ✅ Containerization & Orchestration: Spearheaded Docker & Kubernetes adoption for modernized workloads. ✅ Configuration Management: Ensured compliance & consistency with Saltstack & CF Engine. ✅ Proactive Monitoring & Reliability: Implemented ELK, Nagios, & Pulse for system health & alerting. ✅ DevOps & SDLC Excellence: Advocated CI/CD, automated workflows (Perl, Python, Shell), and streamlined code reviews.

✅ Project Implementation & Architecture: Led design, TDP, and technical delivery for seamless execution. ✅ ITIL-Based Operations: Managed incident, change, and problem management with security compliance. ✅ High Availability & Clustering: Implemented HP Service Guard & Red Hat Cluster Suite for resiliency. ✅ Storage & Server Management: Expertise in Powerpath, Symmetrix, SRDF, RHEL, HP-UX, and automation tools. ✅ Automation & Optimization: Streamlined patching, logging, alerting, and remote management with scripting. ✅ Training & Leadership: Conducted internal training, fostering team growth and efficiency.

✅ Virtualized Infrastructure Management: Configured and optimized servers & application stacks within VMware. ✅ System Performance & Reliability: Ensured seamless operations across UNIX & Linux platforms. ✅ Automation & Quality Assurance: Developed scripts for compatibility checks of vendor hardware/software. ✅ Training & Knowledge Sharing: Empowered teams with expertise in DDMi software library.

✅ Expertise in Multi-OS Administration: Managed UNIX, Linux, and Windows environments, ensuring seamless IT operations. ✅ Networking & Security: Designed and maintained routers, switches, firewalls (FortiGate, IP Tables, Check Point) & VPNs. ✅ Server & Application Management: Oversaw web, FTP, DNS, DHCP, proxy, and email services (Exim, Postfix, Zimbra). ✅ IT Automation & Monitoring: Implemented shell scripting, proactive monitoring, and alerting systems. ✅ Backup & Disaster Recovery: Ensured data integrity using open-source backup solutions. ✅ Version Control & Collaboration: Managed SVN, CVS, and internal tools (Twiki, Bugzilla, SugarCRM, Drupal). ✅ Vendor & Stakeholder Coordination: Liaised with service providers to optimize IT ecosystem.