AWS Certified Solutions Architect (SAA-C03)

Hi, I'm Vijay Kumar

Specializing in AWS & NIC Cloud infrastructure, Linux server hardening, automated CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration, and Grafana/Prometheus observability — focused on high availability, security, and zero-downtime operations.

Currently Active: Cloud Engineer at Velocis Systems Pvt. Ltd. (Govt. Dept. of Financial Services)
LIVE ARCHITECTURE MONITOR
REGION: AP-SOUTH-1
EC2 Gateway ONLINE
CPU Load 14.2%
MySQL Primary SYNCED
RAM Usage 46.8%
Nginx SSL Proxy TLS 1.3
SSL Cert 90 Days Valid
Prometheus SCRAPING
Scrape Rate 15s Interval
99.99%
Uptime SLA Maintained
50+
Linux VMs & Cloud Nodes
100+
CI/CD Pipelines Built
<15ms
Avg Network Edge Latency
CLI ENVIRONMENT

Interactive Cloud Shell

Type commands in the virtual terminal below to inspect skills, certifications, and system status.

vijay@cloud-devops-node ~ (zsh)
SSH ENCRYPTED
Welcome to Vijay's Cloud Shell v2.4.0 (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)
Type help for a list of available commands.
vijay@cloud-devops:~$ whoami
Vijay Kumar — AWS Certified Solutions Architect & Cloud DevOps Engineer.
vijay@cloud-devops:~$
TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

DevOps & Infrastructure Stack

Battle-tested tools and frameworks used to architect secure, scalable cloud environments.

AWS Cloud
EC2, VPC, S3, IAM, Route53, CloudWatch
Proficiency 95%
NIC Cloud & Linux
Ubuntu, RHEL, VM attach, storage, recovery
Proficiency 92%
Terraform (IaC)
Modular provisioning, state management
Proficiency 88%
Docker Containers
Multi-stage builds, compose, registry
Proficiency 90%
Jenkins CI/CD
Pipeline as code, automated testing & deploy
Proficiency 85%
Grafana & Prometheus
Real-time metrics, dashboards, alerting
Proficiency 92%
MySQL Database Ops
Replication, query tuning, automated S3 dumps
Proficiency 88%
SSL & Nginx Proxy
Let's Encrypt, TLS 1.3, blue-green certs
Proficiency 94%
VPN & Network DNS
OpenVPN, IPSec, DNS management, VoIP
Proficiency 90%
CAREER HISTORY

Professional Experience

Delivering mission-critical cloud reliability and IT infrastructure management.

Current Role

Cloud / DevOps Engineer

Velocis Systems Pvt. Ltd. (Govt. Dept. of Financial Services)
  • Manage 50+ Linux VMs on NIC Cloud infrastructure including storage volume attachment, system hardening, and automated backup recovery protocols.
  • Engineered high-availability Nginx reverse proxy architecture with zero-downtime SSL/TLS Let's Encrypt rotation and HTTP/2 acceleration.
  • Built real-time Grafana and Prometheus observability stack with custom alerting rules for instant downtime mitigation.
  • Configured secure MySQL database clusters, query optimization, and automated nightly encrypted backups to S3 storage.
  • Architected site-to-site VPN tunnels and managed DNS records across GoDaddy, Hostinger, and ResellerClub providers.
Systems & Cloud Operations

Systems Infrastructure Specialist

Cloud & Enterprise IT Infrastructure
  • Provisioned and managed cloud VPS instances across AWS (EC2, VPC, S3) and 3rd-party hosting providers.
  • Configured VoIP telephone systems, internal LAN/WAN routing, and enterprise security group policies.
  • Executed server room operations, Active Directory GPO policies, MMC management, and automated client remote assistance.
PORTFOLIO SHOWCASE

Featured Infrastructure Projects

Real-world cloud architectures engineered for resiliency, security, and automation.

Cloud & Observability

Infra Observability Stack

Grafana + Prometheus monitoring platform monitoring 50+ Linux VMs with automated Slack and email alerts.

Prometheus Grafana Alertmanager Linux
Database & Automation

Backup & Restore Pipeline

Automated nightly MySQL database dumps to S3 storage with AES-256 encryption, retention policies, and disaster recovery scripts.

MySQL AWS S3 Bash OpenSSL
Security & Networking

Zero-Downtime SSL Proxy

Hardened Nginx reverse proxy featuring HTTP/2, Let's Encrypt automated challenge validation, and blue-green certificate rotation.

Nginx Let's Encrypt Certbot SSL/TLS
Cloud Infrastructure

Multi-Region VPC & Hybrid VPN

Encrypted IPSec site-to-site VPN connecting Govt Department datacenter with AWS and NIC Cloud subnets.

AWS VPC NIC Cloud OpenVPN Terraform
DIRECT TRANSMISSION

Let's Connect

Interested in collaborating on cloud infrastructure, DevOps pipelines, or server security? Reach out directly!

Email Address

vijay7855133@gmail.com

Phone Number

+91 94720 48441

Official Websites

vijaycloud.in • vijaykumar.cloud

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