Ravi Shivangekar

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About Ravi Shivangekar

Azure Cloud | Lead | DevOps | Observability | Cost Optimization | Infrastructure Solutions | Release Manager | Scrum Master With 15+ years in IT, I specialize in Azure Cloud, DevOps, observability, and cost management, ensuring businesses run efficiently without unnecessary spending. I provide end-to-end technical solutions, cloud strategy, and automation to enhance performance and reduce operational overhead. What I Do Best:* DevOps & Automation – Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, and Gitlab, streamlining cloud infrastructure.* Cloud Observability – Migrated Container Insights to Prometheus for AKS, enhancing monitoring with Azure Monitor Managed Prometheus.* Azure Cost Optimization – Reduced excessive spending by deleting unused resources, optimizing Azure AI Search Service (partitions & replicas), and tuning Cosmos DB RUs.* Project & Release Management – Led successful upgrades, migrations, and optimizations, ensuring minimal downtime and maximum efficiency.# Recent Key Accomplishments:* Azure AI Search Service Optimization – Deleted unused indexes and restructured partitions/replicas to save costs.* Azure Cosmos DB Cost Reduction – Fine-tuned RUs, avoiding over-provisioning and reducing expenses.* Infrastructure Cleanup – Removed 330+ unused Azure resources (web apps, search indexes, alert rules, storage accounts) and reconfigured 40+ resources.* Enhanced AKS Observability – Migrated from Container Insights to Prometheus, improving monitoring while reducing costs.# Technical Expertise:* DevOps & Automation: Ansible, Terraform, Jenkins, Git, Docker, Puppet, Python * Cloud & Infrastructure: Azure (Observability, Cost Mgmt, AI Search, Cosmos DB), AWS (Certified Solutions Architect), VMware, Citrix XenApp/XenDesktop * Monitoring & Observability: Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Nagios, Check_MK, Systrack.* Enterprise Solutions: Citrix ADC (NetScaler), XA, XD, Storefront, Windows Server, Blackberry UEM, Appsense/Ivanti. Certifications: AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate & Professional VMware vSphere VCP 5 Microsoft Windows Server (70-646, 70-640, 70-642) CCNA ITIL v3 I believe cloud efficiency is not just about provisioning resources but ensuring they serve a purpose. If you're looking to optimize your cloud costs, enhance observability, or drive automation, let’s connect!#Azure #DevOps #CloudOptimization #Observability #FinOps #Infrastructure #Leadership #Automation