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Ram
Sanjiev

Architecting Kubernetes platforms, automating infrastructure, and partnering with customers to deploy enterprise-grade systems.

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About

Overview
Role
A Software Engineer specializing in DevOps and Systems, passionate about infrastructure automation, container orchestration, and building scalable platforms.
Focus
Leading DevOps and systems initiatives at Cisco Systems. Architecting Kubernetes platforms, managing virtualized infrastructure, and partnering with customers to deploy and operate enterprise-grade systems.
Expertise
01Container Orchestration & Infrastructure (Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Ansible)
02Virtualization & Hypervisors (KVM, VMware vSphere, OpenStack, Cisco UCS)
03Networking & Diagnostics (TCP/IP, DNS, Nginx, pyATS)
04Observability & Telemetry (Prometheus, Grafana, Victoria Metrics, Loki)
05CI/CD Pipeline Orchestration (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
06Programming & Scripting (Python, Go, Shell, Java, JavaScript)

Experience

Career
Mar 2022 — PresentBangalore, India
Software Engineer — DevOps / SystemsCisco Systems
·Architected and maintained Kubernetes-based container orchestration platform for 20+ microservices, automating deployment pipelines and reducing manual release effort by 80%
·Deployed and administered KVM, VMware vSphere, and OpenStack virtualized environments on Cisco UCS bare-metal servers
·Led network troubleshooting for on-premises infrastructure, resolving complex connectivity and routing issues using pyATS and custom automation tooling
·Designed automated Geo-High Availability network simulations to validate infrastructure resilience before customer deployments
·Built end-to-end observability and telemetry stack (Prometheus, Victoria Metrics, Grafana, Loki) to instrument services and reduce MTTR
·Developed automated smoke-test pipeline catching integration defects early and cutting developer validation time by 50%
·Created on-demand server provisioning and optical network simulation tools, eliminating 80% of manual hardware configuration
·Enhanced CI/CD security posture by restructuring legacy pipelines and automating compliance checks
·Served as subject-matter expert for on-premises deployment troubleshooting, supporting customer escalations and partner deployments
KubernetesDockerJenkinsOpenStackVMwareKVMPythonGoPrometheusGrafana
Aug 2020 — Mar 2022Chennai, India
Systems ProgrammerTata Consultancy Services
·Engineered automated data pipeline using Adobe Analytics, reducing manual metrics collection and reporting effort by 50%
·Designed and implemented monitoring dashboards with advanced visualizations for enterprise clients
·Configured metrics, filters, and alerting frameworks to support data-driven infrastructure and operational decision-making
Adobe AnalyticsJavaScriptSQLData Visualization

Projects

Selected Work