Daniel D.M

Kubestronaut | Senior Cloud Architect

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Professional Summary

Certified Senior Cloud Architect with over 10 years of experience designing, deploying, and optimizing cloud-first solutions on Microsoft Azure and Kubernetes. Expertise spans infrastructure automation, high-availability architectures, and cost-efficient cloud strategies, driving operational excellence for global enterprises. Proven leader in mentoring teams, implementing ISO 27001-compliant solutions, and reducing incident response times through advanced monitoring. Adept at aligning technical innovation with business goals, delivering scalable systems, and managing budgets and vendor relationships.

Key Achievements

  • Global Automation: Developed an automated installation solution for 3,000+ vessels using MSI, PowerShell, Batch, Bash, and C# scripting, enabling rapid environment setup in under 30 minutes.

  • Resilience Leadership: Architected DR/HA solutions and led outage responses, ensuring 99.99% uptime for critical systems.

  • Cost Efficiency: Reduced Azure costs by 60% and managed budgets/vendors to optimize cloud investments.

  • Monitoring Innovation: Built monitoring solutions with Grafana, cutting incident response time by 40%.

  • Team Development: Mentored 20+ engineers in cloud-native and DevOps practices, driving technical excellence.

  • Microservices Expertise: Integrated API management and microservices into cloud transitions, enhancing flexibility and performance.

  • Scalability Impact: Grew client base from 1 to 90+ and workforce from 50 to 1,500 with robust cloud strategies.

  • Certification-Driven Excellence: Leveraged Azure and Kubernetes certifications to architect secure, scalable solutions, winning trust from 90+ clients and enabling rapid adoption of cloud-native technologies.

  • Update & Backup Innovation: Developed and enhanced update and backup software that is deployed across 90+ clients and 3,000+ vessels, ensuring seamless data integrity and system reliability.

Work Experience

Senior Cloud Architect

Seaker Systems Private Limited | Sept 2025 - Present

  • Trained YOLO model to accurately read temperature panel digits from vessels for IoT applications.
  • Implemented DevOps best practices and branching strategies to streamline development processes.
  • Developed and maintained Bitbucket pipelines to fully automate CI/CD workflows for applications.
  • Deployed secure Azure environments tailored for containerized applications, ensuring compliance and scalability.

Senior Cloud Architect

MariApps Marine Solutions | April 2024 - Aug 2025

  • Architected private cloud environments with disaster recovery (DR) and high-availability (HA) solutions, achieving 99.99% uptime for critical ERP systems across 3,000+ vessels.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform, thereby deploying environments for 90+ clients and reducing setup time by 50%.

Cloud Architect

MariApps Marine Solutions | April 2022 - April 2024

  • Designed hub-spoke cloud architectures and enterprise landing zones targeting ISO 27001 compliance, ensuring secure and cost-effective operations.
  • Developed a one-click automated deployment tool with Terraform, enabling rapid environment setup for 3,000+ vessels worldwide.
  • Implemented Azure Managed Prometheus and Grafana monitoring, reducing incident response time by 40% with proactive alerts and dashboards.
  • Spearheaded migrations from on-premises to Azure, integrating microservices and API management for elastic infrastructure.
  • Built an in-house Zoho ticketing dashboard using Grafana and webhooks, improving team resource visibility and operational efficiency.
  • Designed and implemented Kubernetes (K8s) with Helm and ArgoCD for the latest software version, enhancing scalability and deployment efficiency.
  • Collaborated with DevOps teams to research and deploy ELK Stack, Kafka, Redis, RabbitMQ, Vault, and Consul on VMs and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), thereby boosting system performance and security.
  • Developed serverless solutions using Azure Functions and Logic Apps, optimizing workflows and reducing operational costs by 30%.
  • Led optimization initiatives, slashing Azure monthly billing by 60% through strategic resource management and vendor negotiations.
  • Mentored 20+ engineers in adopting cloud-native practices, fostering a high-performing DevOps culture.

Solutions Architect

MariApps Marine Solutions | April 2020 - May 2022

  • Developed low-latency automated solutions for build deployment and release management, cutting delivery times by 35%.
  • Launched complex recovery solutions for mission-critical data, ensuring business continuity during outages.
  • Supported organizational growth from 1 to 90+ clients and workforce expansion from 50 to 1,500 employees through scalable cloud designs.
  • Designed, developed, and managed web-based applications, databases, and network accounts, resolving performance issues and training end users.

Database Administrator

MariApps Marine Solutions | November 2014 - April 2020

  • Planned and executed SQL Server upgrades (2012 to 2016, 2016 to 2019), implementing HA solutions like Always On Availability Groups (AAG) across Azure datacenters.
  • Designed and managed large-scale data warehouses, optimizing T-SQL development (triggers, stored procedures, CTEs) and maintenance plans.
  • Led data migrations and capacity planning, selecting cost-effective licensing strategies for SQL Server deployments.
  • Implemented SSRS farm with load balancing and managed TFS databases in a secure SaaS environment.

Technical Skills

Cloud Platforms

Microsoft Azure, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS)

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Containerization & Orchestration

Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, ArgoCD, Docker Compose

DevOps Tools

Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, GitHub Actions, Bitbucket

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus, Grafana, Log Analytics, ELK Stack, Azure Monitor

Programming Languages

C#, Python, PowerShell, Bash, T-SQL, Go, NodeJS

Databases

SQL Server 2012-2022, Redis

Messaging & Streaming

Kafka, RabbitMQ

Security & Compliance

HashiCorp Vault, Consul, ISO 27001 Compliance

Serverless Computing

Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps

Networking

VNet, Load Balancers, Hub-Spoke Architecture, Azure Firewall, Azure Front Door

Certifications

View all certifications on my Certifications page.

  • Kubestronaut (CNCF) - Elite distinction for earning all 5 Kubernetes certifications
  • CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist
  • CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator
  • CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer
  • KCNA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate
  • KCSA: Kubernetes and Cloud Native Security Associate
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Database Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Developer Associate
  • MCSE: Data Management and Analytics
  • MCSA: SQL 2016 Database Administration

Education

Master of Business Administration (MBA)

Bharathiar University | 2016 - 2021 Specialization: Information Technology

Bachelor of Computer Application (BCA)

Jai Bharath College | 2011 - 2014

Higher Secondary Education

Govt Boys Higher Secondary School | 2008 - 2010

Languages

  • English
  • Malayalam
  • Tamil
  • Hindi