DevOps engineer and travel blogger from Rajasthan

Building systems by day, writing stories by night.

A DevOps engineer with 3.6+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD and Linux systems. Also a traveller, blogger and photographer who believes life is meant to be explored and shared.

Currently at Media Tech Temple, keeping production quiet

Kailash Kumar on a beach in Goa
3.6+years of experience
5certifications
2companies

Engineer, explorer, writer

Three words that describe me, and there is more to the story.

Kailash working at his desk
Kailash in formal wear

Hi, I'm Kailash Kumar, a DevOps engineer based in Didwana, Nagaur, Rajasthan. By day I design cloud infrastructure and automate deployments. By night I write, travel and capture moments that matter.

I currently work at Media Tech Temple as a Server/DevOps Engineer, managing Linux servers, CI/CD pipelines, AWS cloud and full observability stacks. Before that, I spent 2+ years at Angara Ecommerce Pvt. Ltd.

Life for me is about balance. The thrill of a perfectly deployed pipeline is equal to the joy of reaching a mountain top or sharing a story that connects with someone.

The through-line in both halves is the same: pay attention, then make it repeatable. A good pipeline and a good story are both built from noticing the small thing everyone else scrolled past.

Location
Didwana, Nagaur, Rajasthan
Email
kailashkadwa3883@gmail.com
Phone
+91 8094845254
Education
B.A., Tagore Mahavidyalaya

Beyond work

Work matters, but so does living. Here is who I am when I'm away from the terminal.

A road through the mountains

Roads, mountains and long drives

Every road trip is a new story. From the mountains of Himachal to the deserts of Rajasthan, I chase horizons on weekends.

Kailash at an evening event

Meeting people, making connections

I love industry events, conferences and social gatherings. People are the best source of inspiration and learning.

Kailash at a cocktail evening

Celebrating every moment

Life is too short not to celebrate. Whether it's a big occasion or just a Friday night, I find reasons to enjoy it.

Life is a journey, not a destination.

Every trip teaches you something new about the world, about people and, most of all, about yourself. Goa, Himachal, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand: each place has left a mark. I carry a camera, a notebook and an open heart wherever I go.

Life beyond the terminal

What I do when I'm not managing servers and pipelines.

Travel and road trips

Mountains, deserts, beaches: I've driven through them all. Travel is how I reset, reflect and return better.

Photography

Every trip, every moment, I capture it. My phone gallery is basically a visual diary of my life.

Writing and blogging

Writing helps me process thoughts, share experiences and connect with people who feel the same things.

Cricket

A proud cricket fan. I watch every match and play whenever I get the chance. It's more than a sport; it's a religion.

Music

Hindi songs, Bollywood beats, late-night playlists. Music is the soundtrack to my life and work.

Skills and certifications

3.6+ years of building, breaking and fixing. This is what I know well.

DevOps and CI/CD

  • Jenkins and Azure DevOps92%
  • Docker and Kubernetes88%
  • Terraform82%
  • Prometheus and Grafana85%
  • Kibana / ELK stack78%
  • Git and GitHub92%
  • Bash automation85%
  • Nginx / Apache90%

Cloud and AWS

  • AWS EC2, ECS, ECR88%
  • S3, VPC, IAM, Route 5382%
  • CloudFront76%
  • Auto Scaling groups80%
  • CodePipeline78%
  • Node.js deployment75%
  • SSL/TLS configuration88%
  • S3 remote backend82%

Linux administration

  • Ubuntu / CentOS95%
  • IPTables, SELinux, SSH88%
  • User and group management90%
  • FTP / NFS / Samba82%
  • MySQL / PostgreSQL72%
  • YUM / RPM85%
  • Log management and debugging87%
  • Performance tuning78%

Certifications

RHCERed Hat Certified EngineerIIHT Jaipur
AWSAWS Cloud TrainingIIHT Jaipur
K8sKubernetes CertifiedIIHT Jaipur
MCSEMicrosoft Certified SEIIHT Jaipur
N+Network+ CertifiedIIHT Jaipur

Work experience

From junior admin to DevOps engineer: growth, late nights, and broken deployments that taught me everything.

Jan 2025 to present

Media Tech Temple

Server / DevOps Engineer

  • Manage Linux servers (Ubuntu/CentOS) and automate deployments using Jenkins pipelines.
  • Deploy and manage Nginx-based web applications with SSL certificates and reverse proxy.
  • Monitor infrastructure using Prometheus, Grafana and detailed log analysis.
  • Implement security hardening: IPTables rules, SELinux policies, SSH key management.
  • Write Bash scripts to automate server maintenance, health checks and routine tasks.
  • Monitor server health (CPU, RAM, disk, network) and resolve production issues.

Tools: Jenkins, Nginx, Linux, Prometheus, Grafana, Bash

2022 to Dec 2024

Angara Ecommerce Pvt. Ltd.

Junior DevOps / Server Administrator

  • Designed CI/CD pipelines with Azure DevOps and Jenkins for multi-environment deployments.
  • Automated Dev, QA, Pre-Prod and Production releases with rollback strategies.
  • Built and managed Kubernetes clusters; containerised applications with Docker.
  • Deployed Node.js apps on AWS ECS, ECR and CodePipeline.
  • Implemented Terraform IaC with S3 remote backend and workspace management.
  • Configured Apache and Nginx reverse proxies for hosting multiple websites.
  • Managed AWS: EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, Auto Scaling, CloudFront, Route 53.
  • Set up full observability: Prometheus, Grafana and Kibana (ELK stack).
  • Maintained FTP, NFS and Samba shares and managed MySQL/PostgreSQL databases.

Tools: Azure DevOps, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, ELK

Key achievements

The results behind the job titles.

Zero-downtime AWS migration

Migrated entire workloads to AWS with zero downtime using ECS and Terraform infrastructure as code, with no interruption for users.

Full CI/CD automation

Reduced deployment time significantly through complete pipeline automation across Dev, QA, Staging and Production.

Observability stack, built from scratch

Designed and implemented complete monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana and Kibana (ELK) for full visibility.

Multi-environment pipeline

Architected a multi-environment deployment pipeline that protects production stability with automated rollback.

From the blog

Tech insights, travel stories and life lessons, written from the heart.

Mountain road in Uttarakhand

Travel

A mountain road trip that changed how I see life

When I drove through the Uttarakhand mountains with nothing but a playlist and an open heart, I had no idea the road would teach me more than any book ever could.

Kailash at his workstation

Tech

How I built my first CI/CD pipeline from zero

Late nights, broken Jenkins jobs and a lot of Stack Overflow. The real story of my first automated pipeline and what every failure taught me.

Hotel interior

Food

Best restaurants I've visited across India

From street dhabas to luxury hotels, my favourite food experiences, ranked honestly.

Kailash at a night event

Life

What failure taught me that success never could

Getting up is easy. Pausing to learn why you fell is the real skill.

Kailash wearing glasses

Personal

5 habits that made me a better engineer and human

Discipline, curiosity, consistency, empathy, and one secret habit I practise every morning.

Let's connect

DevOps work, a blog collaboration, a travel buddy, or just a conversation. My inbox is open.

Whether you have a DevOps project that needs automation, a server that needs fixing, a blog idea to collaborate on, or you simply want to meet a fellow traveller, write to me.

Available for DevOps freelance projects

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