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Jagabandhu Sahoo

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Azure · AWS · Terraform · Jenkins · GitHub Actions · Kubernetes

Non-IT to Cloud transition — bringing real-world business context to infrastructure decisions. Specialising in disaster recovery, cloud migration, infra monitoring, and AI-assisted DevOps workflows.

About Me

Cloud Operations Engineer
with Real-World Depth

BBA graduate with a Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management. I began my career in aviation at InterGlobe Technologies supporting IndiGo Airlines as client, then moved into hospitality at Hyatt Ahmedabad and Marriott Bangalore — industries where uptime, service reliability, and handling failure under pressure are non-negotiable daily realities.

I transitioned into IT as a Technical Support Engineer at Concentrix, progressed to Cloud Operations Engineer at Accenture, and currently serve as Systems Administrator at Xceedance. Holder of a Post Graduate Certification in Cloud & DevOps from Intellipaat in association with IIT Roorkee.

I design and operate cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS — VNet architecture, VM and VMSS provisioning, AKS and EKS Kubernetes workloads, Docker containerisation, database migration, storage lifecycle, disaster recovery, infra monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, and full CI/CD pipelines with Terraform, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions. I accelerate delivery using GitHub Copilot and Cursor as part of my daily engineering workflow.

InterGlobe · Hyatt · Marriott → Concentrix → Accenture → Cloud

From aviation at InterGlobe Technologies (IndiGo Airlines client), hotel operations at Hyatt Ahmedabad and Marriott Bangalore, to Cloud Operations at Accenture — each role built the operational discipline behind how I build and run infrastructure.

Post Graduate Certification — IIT Roorkee (Intellipaat)

Post Graduate Certification in Cloud & DevOps from Intellipaat in association with IIT Roorkee — applied directly to enterprise Azure and AWS infrastructure projects including Kubernetes workloads.

AI-Augmented Engineering

Daily use of GitHub Copilot, Cursor, and Claude AI for IaC generation, infrastructure automation, and prompt-engineered DevOps workflows — delivering at corporate speed.

Microsoft Azure

Virtual Networks (VNet)Virtual MachinesVMSS + AutoscaleAKS (Azure Kubernetes Service)Azure SQLStorage AccountsKey Vault PremiumAzure Firewall PremiumApplication Gateway WAF v2Azure BastionVPN Gateway + BGPPrivate EndpointsAzure MonitorLog Analytics WorkspaceAzure MigrateLoad BalancerNSG & UDRAzure BackupAzure DNS

Amazon Web Services

VPC & SubnetsEC2 & Auto ScalingEKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)RDS + Read ReplicasS3 & Cross-Region ReplicationRoute 53 FailoverIAM Roles & PoliciesCloudWatch & AlarmsAWS BackupSecurity GroupsELB & Target GroupsAWS CloudTrailAWS Config

DevOps, Containers & Automation

TerraformJenkinsGitHub ActionsDockerKubernetesHelmPrometheusGrafanaAlertManagerCheckovTFLintGitLinux AdministrationBash ScriptingYAMLAnsible (basics)

AI & Developer Tools

GitHub CopilotCursor IDEClaude AIChatGPTPrompt EngineeringAI-Assisted IaCAI Documentation Workflows

Skills

Technical Competencies

Aligned to AZ-104, AWS SysOps, and corporate cloud engineering standards

Azure — AZ-104 (Administrator)

AZ-104
Virtual Machines & VM Scale SetsVirtual Networks (VNet) & SubnetsAzure Kubernetes Service (AKS)Azure Storage AccountsAzure SQL DatabaseAzure Active Directory / Entra IDRBAC & Azure PolicyAzure Load Balancer & App GatewayVPN Gateway & ExpressRouteAzure Firewall & NSGAzure BastionPrivate Endpoints & DNS ZonesAzure Monitor & Log AnalyticsAzure Backup & Recovery Services VaultResource Groups & SubscriptionsAzure Container Instances

AWS — SysOps Administrator

SOA-C02
EC2 & Auto Scaling GroupsVPC, Subnets & Security GroupsS3 & Lifecycle PoliciesRDS & Multi-AZCloudWatch & CloudWatch AlarmsCloudTrail & AWS ConfigIAM Roles, Policies & MFAElastic Load BalancingRoute 53 & Health ChecksAWS Systems ManagerAWS BackupSNS & SQSTrusted AdvisorCloudFormation

CI/CD Pipeline

Corporate
Jenkins Multibranch PipelineGitHub Actions WorkflowsAzure DevOps PipelinesGitLab CI/CDPlan-before-Apply PatternDocker & Container RegistryHelm Chart DeploymentsArtifact ManagementBranch Protection & PR GatesEnvironment Promotion (Dev→Staging→Prod)Rollback StrategyPipeline as Code

Networking Essentials

Core
VNet Design & SubnettingNSG Rules & UDRVPN Gateway (Site-to-Site)Private EndpointsAzure DNS & Private DNS ZonesLoad Balancer (Internal & Public)Application GatewayTCP/IP & OSI ModelBGP Routing

Security, Compliance & Identity

Entra ID · Intune
Microsoft Entra ID (Azure AD)Microsoft Intune (MDM/MAM)Conditional Access PoliciesMFA & Passwordless AuthPrivileged Identity Management (PIM)Azure Policy & ComplianceMicrosoft Defender for CloudRBAC & Least PrivilegeKey Vault & Managed IdentityMicrosoft Purview (basics)Zero Trust Framework

Cloud Migration Strategy

Strategy
Azure MigrateAWS Migration Hub6Rs Migration FrameworkLift-and-Shift (Rehost)Re-platform & RefactorDependency MappingTCO & Cost AnalysisCutover PlanningData Migration StrategyPhased Migration Approach

Disaster Recovery

RTO / RPO
Azure Site Recovery (ASR)Recovery Services VaultGeo-Redundant Storage (GZRS)SQL Failover GroupsRTO & RPO DesignCross-Region Replication (AWS S3)Route 53 Failover RoutingBackup & Restore TestingZone Redundancy & Availability SetsBusiness Continuity Planning

Infrastructure as Code & Deployment

IaC
Terraform (Modules, Remote State)ARM TemplatesBicepAnsible (basics)TFLint & CheckovDocker & Docker ComposeKubernetes & HelmGitHub CopilotCursor IDEBash & Shell ScriptingYAML & JSONLinux Administration

Projects

What I've Built

Real infrastructure, real problems solved, real fixes documented

Live

Enterprise Azure Infrastructure — Terraform + Jenkins CI/CD

Azure · Terraform · Jenkins · Security

Production-grade Azure infrastructure deployed end-to-end via Jenkins CI/CD. Hub-and-spoke VNet topology, Azure Firewall Premium with IDPS Deny mode, WAF v2, and VMSS with autoscale. Full security stack: Managed Identity, Customer-Managed Keys, Private Endpoints, TDE on SQL. 20+ real deployment errors debugged and fixed.

  • Hub-spoke VNet · Azure Firewall Premium · IDPS
  • Managed Identity · CMK · Private Endpoints
  • Jenkins plan-before-apply · parallel env pipelines
  • Simulated on-prem VPN with BGP routing
Coming Soon

AWS Disaster Recovery — Terraform + GitHub Actions

AWS · Terraform · GitHub Actions · DR

Multi-region AWS disaster recovery setup with automated failover. RDS cross-region replication, S3 CRR, Route 53 health checks with failover routing. GitHub Actions pipeline with drift detection and automated remediation.

  • RDS cross-region replica · S3 CRR
  • Route 53 failover routing · health checks
  • GitHub Actions drift detection
  • RTO < 15 min · RPO < 5 min targets
Coming Soon

Infrastructure Monitoring Stack — Prometheus + Grafana

Prometheus · Grafana · Docker · AlertManager

End-to-end infrastructure monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, and AlertManager running in Docker. Custom dashboards for CPU, memory, disk, and network. PagerDuty integration for on-call alerting.

  • Prometheus scrape configs · recording rules
  • Grafana dashboards · alert thresholds
  • AlertManager routing · PagerDuty
  • Node Exporter · cAdvisor · Blackbox
Coming Soon

Cloud Migration Assessment — On-Prem to Azure

Azure Migrate · Terraform · Cost Analysis

Documented cloud migration strategy from on-premises to Azure. Lift-and-shift vs re-platform decision matrix, TCO analysis, Azure Migrate assessment, and phased migration Terraform code.

  • Azure Migrate · dependency mapping
  • Lift-and-shift vs re-platform analysis
  • TCO calculator · cost estimation
  • Phased migration Terraform plan

Journey

Aviation · Hospitality · IT · Cloud

InterGlobe Technologies → Hyatt → Marriott → Concentrix → Accenture → Xceedance. Every role built the discipline that makes a better cloud engineer.

Current

Systems Administrator

Xceedance

  • Managing enterprise IT infrastructure — servers, networking, access control, and system health monitoring
  • Cloud infrastructure support across Azure and AWS environments
  • Implementing automation and monitoring dashboards to reduce manual toil
  • Driving cloud migration initiatives and disaster recovery planning
Previous

Cloud Operations Engineer

Accenture

  • Operated and maintained cloud infrastructure across Azure and AWS for enterprise clients
  • Managed VMs, storage accounts, networking, and access policies in Azure
  • Supported incident response, root cause analysis, and infrastructure health monitoring
  • Worked with Terraform and CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure provisioning and automation
Previous

Technical Support Engineer

Concentrix

  • Entry point into IT — delivered technical support for enterprise software and infrastructure issues
  • Developed systematic troubleshooting methodology and customer communication under SLA pressure
  • Built foundation in Windows Server, networking, and enterprise ticketing systems
Education

Post Graduate Certification in Cloud & DevOps

Intellipaat · In Association with IIT Roorkee

  • Post Graduate Certification covering Azure, AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and monitoring
  • Applied learning to enterprise-grade Azure project: hub-spoke networking, Firewall Premium, CI/CD pipeline, full security stack
  • Complemented with Gen AI, prompt engineering, and AI-assisted infrastructure workflows using Copilot and Cursor
Hospitality

Hotel & Guest Operations

Marriott Bangalore · Hyatt Ahmedabad

  • Worked at Marriott Bangalore and Hyatt Ahmedabad in hotel operations
  • 5-star environment with zero tolerance for downtime, high-pressure service delivery, and real-time problem resolution
  • Built the SLA mindset and operational discipline that directly applies to cloud infrastructure management today
Aviation

InterGlobe Technologies — IndiGo Airlines (Client)

InterGlobe Technologies

  • Worked at InterGlobe Technologies supporting IndiGo Airlines as the client
  • Aviation operations environment — uptime-critical, high-volume, and process-driven
  • Developed incident handling instincts and structured escalation thinking
Education

BBA + Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management

Academic Foundation

  • Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Hotel Management — the academic foundation behind the hospitality and aviation career

Contact

Let's Work Together

Looking for Cloud Engineer or DevOps roles. Open to full-time, contract, and remote positions.

Currently Available

I'm actively looking for Cloud Engineer, DevOps Engineer, and Infrastructure roles. I bring enterprise Terraform experience, real CI/CD pipeline debugging, and an AI-augmented workflow that most candidates don't have.

Available immediately
Full-time · Contract · Remote
Azure · AWS · Terraform · Jenkins
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