Raghavendra Kamath Kantavar

Raghavendra Kamath Kantavar has an extensive work experience in the field of cloud engineering and DevOps. Raghavendra is currently employed at Equal Experts as a DevOps Engineer, where they started in January 2022. Prior to this, they worked at IQUAD as a Senior GCP Engineer for a brief period in 2021.

Before joining IQUAD, Raghavendra worked at William Hill as a Principal Cloud Engineer from April 2021 to November 2021. Prior to that, they had an extensive tenure at Cognizant, where they held the role of Senior AWS Engineer from February 2017 to April 2021. At Cognizant, they built and implemented highly reliable and scalable environments on AWS, GCP, and Azure using automation and agile methodologies.

Raghavendra's career started at Tata Consultancy Services in 2005, where they held various roles including Cloud Architect and Associate Consultant/Technical Specialist. During their time at Tata Consultancy Services, they gained experience in Unix systems administration, Cisco VOIP integration, and cloud architecture.

Before joining Tata Consultancy Services, Raghavendra worked at Phoenix Global Solutions Pvt Ltd as a Linux/Network Administrator. In this role, they were responsible for implementing and supporting Cisco IPCC products, network security, and VPN setup.

Overall, Raghavendra Kamath Kantavar has a diverse background in cloud engineering, DevOps, and network administration, with experience at various companies in different roles.

Raghavendra Kamath Kantavar holds a Master's Degree in Computer Application from the Sikkim Manipal Institute of Technology. In addition to their formal education, they have obtained multiple certifications from various institutions. These include the Google Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer certification from Google in March 2022, the Certified Istio Administrator certification from Tetrate in February 2022, the HashiCorp Certified: Consul Associate certification from HashiCorp in March 2021, the HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate certification from HashiCorp in March 2021, the Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS) certification from The Linux Foundation in February 2021, the Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) certification from The Linux Foundation in January 2021, the Designing and Implementing Microsoft DevOps Solutions certification from Microsoft in November 2020, the PCAP - Certified Associate in Python Programming certification from the Python Software Foundation in June 2020, the AWS Certified Security - Specialty certification from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in May 2020, the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) certification from CNCF (Cloud Native Computing Foundation) in February 2019, the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional certification from Amazon Web Services in April 2017, the AWS Certified DevOps Professional certification from Amazon Web Services in January 2017, the AWS Certified Developer - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services in March 2016, the AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services in March 2016, the AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate certification from Amazon Web Services in February 2016, the Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA) certification from Cisco in 2015, the Citrix Certified Associate - Virtualization (CCA-V) certification from Citrix in 2015, the Netapp Certified Data Administrator (NCDA) certification from NetApp in 2015, the Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) certification from Red Hat in 2015, and the VMware Certified Professional 5 (VCP) certification from VMware in 2015.