Velmurugan Kalaiselvan

Velmurugan Kalaiselvan

Group Senior Cloud Architect • Dubai, UAE

Overview

Infrastructure Architect and DevOps Engineer based in Dubai, UAE with 18+ years of experience designing secure, scalable infrastructure for global enterprises.

Currently at DP World, one of the world’s largest port operators, where I architect and automate cloud infrastructure across hybrid environments.

What I Do

I specialize in building resilient infrastructure at scale — from bare metal to Kubernetes clusters to cloud-native platforms. My day-to-day spans across:

  • Cloud Design — AWS and Azure architecture, AKS platform design
  • Automation — DR automation, Ansible/AWX, Terraform, CI/CD pipelines, GitOps workflows
  • Security — Network security, cloud security, compliance and hardening
  • AI/ML Workloads — Platform and infrastructure for AI/ML pipelines
  • AI Agents — Autonomous agents for cloud operations and security workflows
  • Observability — New Relic, Prometheus, Grafana, Loki
  • Container Orchestration — Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker at production scale

Certifications

  • CISSP (ISC2)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional
  • AWS Certified Advanced Networking – Specialty
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Security Engineer Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate
  • CKA (Certified Kubernetes Administrator)
  • CKS (Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist)
  • CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
  • RHCA (Red Hat Certified Architect)
  • RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer)
  • RHCSA (Red Hat Certified System Administrator)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist: OpenShift Administration
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer in Red Hat OpenStack
  • MapR Certified Administrator
  • Splunk Power User

Career

18+ years across enterprise IT, from hands-on system administration to cloud architecture:

  • Aug 2023–Present — Group Senior Cloud Architect, DP World (Dubai, UAE)
  • Apr 2023–Aug 2023 — Senior Technical DevOps Engineer, Emirates (Dubai, UAE)
  • Aug 2021–Apr 2023 — Lead Infrastructure Engineer (Infra/SRE/DevOps), Unifonic (Dubai, UAE)
  • Nov 2020–Aug 2021 — Senior Technology Engineer, Emirates NBD (Dubai, UAE)
  • Apr 2020–Nov 2020 — Lead DevOps Engineer, Condé Nast (Remote, India)
  • Aug 2019–Apr 2020 — DevOps Manager, Comcast (India)
  • Apr 2017–Aug 2019 — Lead Site Reliability Engineer, Comcast (India)
  • May 2016–Mar 2017 — Information Technology Security Manager, Citi (Chennai, India)
  • Dec 2015–Mar 2016 — Associate Consultant, Tata Consultancy Services (Chennai, India)
  • Aug 2013–Dec 2015 — Senior Specialist, HCL Technologies (Chennai, India)
  • Aug 2012–Aug 2013 — Senior System Administrator, Infinite Computer Solutions (Chennai, India)
  • May 2011–Aug 2012 — Lead Engineer, TeleDNA (Chennai, India)
  • Apr 2007–Apr 2011 — Project Engineer / Senior System Specialist, HCL Infosystems Ltd. (Mumbai, India)

About This Blog

This blog documents what I build and learn — from setting up agentic AI workflows to securing cloud infrastructure with Zero Trust. Every post comes from real projects and hands-on work, not theory.

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