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Hi, I am Umair

Umair Khan

Lead Consultant - DevOps at Wipro

I am a dedicated DevOps engineer with over 8 years of professional experience. Throughout my career, I’ve honed my skills in cloud technologies, automation tooling, and container orchestration, with a focus on working with Kubernetes. In addition to my main work, I enjoy experimenting with fun side projects such as creating mobile apps and building a home lab. These projects allow me to broaden my skillset and stay on the cutting edge of the industry while exploring different technologies and platforms.

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Lead Consultant - DevOps Engineer
Wipro

Mar 2021 - Present, London, UK

Wipro is a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, helping clients in various industries to adapt to the digital world and achieve success. They offer a wide range of services, including IT infrastructure, application services, analytics, and business process management.

Responsibilities:
  • Work as a DevOps Engineer for a Financial Services client, leading the strategy and implementation of solutions to achieve client goals ranging from security hardening of applications to CI/CD pipelines and managing the on-prem Kubernetes cluster.
  • Develop PoCs and reusable assets using Terraform and AWS services for Wipro.
  • Interview and Hire DevOps talent for Wipro and it’s clients.
IBM

Oct 2018 - Mar 2021, London, UK

IBM is a multinational technology and consulting corporation, offering a broad portfolio of services, hardware, and software solutions for various industries.

Senior Devops Consultant

Oct 2019 - Mar 2021

  • Led multiple DevOps teams for a Public Sector client.
  • Served as a DevOps Subject Matter Expert (SME) on a Public Sector account, giving talks, holding workshops, and mentoring DevOps engineers.
DevOps Consultant

Oct 2018 - Oct 2019

  • Designed, led, and implemented the deliveries of automated DevOps pipelines for various Enterprise Java applications.
  • Migrated applications and CI environments to AWS.
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BT

Sep 2015 - Sep 2018, Cardiff, UK

BT is a leading telecommunications company providing a wide range of communication and technology services to customers globally. The company offers various services, including broadband, mobile, and TV services, as well as networked IT solutions for businesses.

DevOps Engineer

Oct 2017 - Sep 2018

  • Led the Infrastructure squad, orchestrating the migration of the Elastic stack from version 2.4 to clustered Elastic stack version 6.3 using Ansible and Docker Swarm to provide a highly scalable and resilient solution.
Graduate Oracle DBA

Sep 2015 - Sep 2017

  • Developed automation tools for the DBA team, writing scripts in Bash and Python, including one that saved around 5,000 hours of DBA resources.
  • Implemented and deployed Rundeck (orchestration tool) to manage over 3,000 database servers, automating Oracle tools deployment.

Education
Cardiff University
2012-2015
B.Sc. in Software Engineering
Extracurricular Activities
  • Cardiff University Hackathon
  • Computer Science Football Club
  • Cardiff University Finance and Trading Society
St. David's Catholic College
2010-2012
A Levels
Taken Courses
  • Mathematics
  • Computing
  • Business Studies
  • Welsh Baccalaureate
St. Illtyd's Catholic High School
2005-2010
High School