Kathirvel Gurusamy

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE DevSecOps Engineer – Close Brothers Premium Finance, London, UK Mar 2021 – Present  Automated infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines, speeding deployments by 30–50% and improving uptime to 99.5%.  Migrated 50+ Micro services from Jenkins to GitLab CI; standardized secure builds, testing, deployments.  Architected Salesforce DevOps pipelines for end-to-end SDLC automation and regulatory compliance.  Provisioned AWS/Azure infrastructure via Terraform, Cloud Formation, and Packer; led key cloud migrations, Container orchestration (Nomad, AKS).  Implemented end-to-end automation across SDLC, including API Connect, IIB-to-ACE migration, ReadyAPI/LoadRunner test automation, and Oracle DB automation, improving delivery speed and test team efficiency by 60%  Led cross-functional collaboration, incident management, process optimization, and delivery KPI improvements. DevOps Consultant (Independent Contractor), Midlands, UK - Jan 2019 – Feb 2021  Improved SDLC Process by 30% by Designing and implementing unified automation with infrastructure provisioning and configuration management tools in both on premises and Cloud  Automated deployments for Linux/Agile teams, improving speed and reducing errors.  Achieved AWS Cloud Practitioner; & recognised with adapting Engineered scalable DevOps solutions. Product Development Engineer – Tecosim Technical Simulation Ltd, Laindon, UK Apr 2013 – Jun 2019  Managed technical projects for customers, automated engineering workflows, optimized systems/processes.  Administered Linux/HPC applications, delivered technical consulting, improved operational delivery. Earlier Experience (India, 2005–2013): Engineer, Ford Technology Services India Pvt Ltd, Chennai (Nov 2012–Mar 2013) Lead Engineer, Allegies Services India Pvt Ltd, Chennai (Dec 2007–Nov 2012) Project Engineer, Wipro Quantech, Hyderabad (Jun 2005–Nov 2007)  Delivered global CAE/engineering projects for Ford, Mazda (NA, Brazil, Australia).  Led and mentored teams, drove automation, enhanced workflows, and supported robust project delivery.

B.E. Engineering Anna University, Amrita Institute of Technology & Science, Coimbatore (2001–2005)

B.S. Advanced Software Engineering (Multiverse, London): Cybersecurity (A+), Data Engineering (A+), Data Governance (ongoing)