Azure · AWS · GCP · Multi-Cloud Modernisation · Client Delivery
IBM
Junior Tech Lead — Multi-Cloud DevOps & Platform Engineering · Mumbai, India · Nov 2021 – Feb 2024
Accelerating cloud modernisation for global enterprise clients across Azure, AWS, and GCP — from landing zones to production-grade CI/CD pipelines.
Business Context
IBM's Azure Cloud Practice works with large enterprise clients to design and deliver cloud modernisation programs. Clients including H&M, Südzucker, Nokia, and Siemens needed to migrate workloads, establish cloud governance, and build repeatable DevOps delivery patterns across multiple cloud providers.
The Challenge
Each client had different starting points — legacy on-premise workloads, inconsistent deployment practices, and limited cloud governance. The challenge was to deliver cloud migration and modernisation at enterprise scale while maintaining security, compliance, and operational consistency across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
Approach & Architecture
Worked as a DevOps engineer and lead within IBM's Azure Cloud Practice. Delivered cloud migrations and modernisation engagements across multiple clients. Built and maintained Helm charts for Kubernetes workloads, designed Docker-based deployment pipelines, and implemented GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps CI/CD workflows. Established Azure landing zones and cloud governance frameworks. Built POCs to demonstrate technology stacks and best practices to client stakeholders.
Architecture notes
Multi-cloud delivery using Azure landing zones as the governance foundation. Kubernetes workloads managed via Helm charts with environment-specific value overrides. CI/CD pipelines built on GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps with staged deployment gates. Terraform used for infrastructure provisioning across all three cloud providers. POC environments spun up rapidly using modular IaC to demonstrate patterns to clients.
Tools & Stack
What I Owned
- End-to-end cloud migration delivery for enterprise clients
- Helm chart design and Kubernetes deployment patterns
- GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps pipeline implementation
- Azure landing zone design and cloud governance frameworks
- Client-facing POC development and technical storytelling
- Multi-cloud Terraform provisioning across Azure, AWS, and GCP
Outcomes
- Delivered cloud migration and modernisation programs for H&M, Südzucker, Nokia, and Siemens
- Established repeatable landing zone and governance patterns adopted across client engagements
- Built POCs that accelerated client decision-making on cloud platform choices
- Reduced deployment friction through standardised CI/CD pipeline templates
- Enabled client teams to operate cloud workloads independently post-migration
Lessons Learned
Enterprise cloud migrations succeed when governance is designed in from day one, not retrofitted. POCs are most effective when they answer a specific client question — not just demonstrate a technology.
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