Open to Internships · 2026

Aravinda Kumar S

Cloud / DevOps Engineer

Pre-final year CSE student at CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru. Cloud infrastructure enthusiast with a security-first mindset. Currently building production-grade DevOps pipelines and scaling cloud infrastructure.

Technical Stack

Cloud
AWS
EC2S3CloudFront IAMCloudWatchVPC
Operating Systems
Linux & Windows
UbuntuKali LinuxWindows Bash/CLISystemd
Security Tools
Pentesting & Detection
WiresharkMetasploit NmapNetwork Security
Languages
Programming
PythonHTML/CSSBash
DevOps · In Progress
CI/CD & Containers
DockerKubernetesJenkins GitHub ActionsTerraform
Infrastructure · In Progress
IaC & Monitoring
TerraformAnsiblePrometheus GrafanaCloudWatch

Projects

PROJECT 01
Phishing Attack Simulation GitHub ↗
  • Built a phishing awareness simulation using GoPhish with custom email templates and landing pages
  • Tracked open rates, link clicks, and credential submissions from controlled lab accounts
  • Simulated credential harvesting, fake login portals, and link-based attacks to test organisational detection
GoPhishHTML/CSSVirtualBoxSocial Engineering
PROJECT 02
CEH — Network Penetration Testing GitHub ↗
  • Conducted penetration testing on WEP, WPA, and WPA2 protocols, exploiting weaknesses via IV cracking and handshake attacks
  • Documented remediation techniques to harden enterprise Wi-Fi networks against common threats
  • Deployed defense strategies: WPA3 migration, rogue AP detection, and improved authentication controls
Kali LinuxWPA/WEPAircrack-ngNetwork Security
PROJECT 03
Static Website Hosting — S3 + CloudFront GitHub ↗
  • Hosted a static website on AWS S3 with CloudFront CDN for global edge delivery across 400+ locations
  • Configured Origin Access Identity (OAC) so S3 bucket stays private — only CloudFront can serve content
  • Enforced HTTPS via CloudFront with automatic HTTP → HTTPS redirect, SSL termination via ACM
AWS S3CloudFrontACMRoute 53CDN
PROJECT 04
Auto-Scaling Infrastructure — ALB + ASG GitHub ↗
  • Built high-availability web infrastructure using an Application Load Balancer routing traffic across 3 AZs
  • Configured Auto Scaling Group with min:2, max:5 instances — scales out at 70% CPU, scales in at 30%
  • Implemented health checks via ALB target groups — unhealthy instances auto-terminated and replaced
AWS ALBAuto ScalingEC2VPCCloudWatch

DevOps Learning Path

Building toward DevOps Engineer role · Target: 2026
🐧 Linux Administration Completed

System administration, shell scripting, process management, user management, systemd, networking fundamentals.

☁️ Cloud (AWS) Completed

EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, CloudFront, CloudWatch — designed and deployed scalable cloud infrastructure.

🐳 Docker & Containers In Progress

Containerisation, Docker Compose, image optimisation, multi-stage builds, Docker networking.

🔁 CI/CD Pipelines Next

GitHub Actions, Jenkins — build automation, test pipelines, deployment triggers.

☸️ Kubernetes Next

Container orchestration, pods, services, deployments, Helm charts, cluster management.

📜 Terraform / IaC Next

Infrastructure as Code — provisioning, AWS resource automation, state management.

Certifications

In Progress
AWS Cloud Practitioner
AWSCloud FundamentalsCloud Architecture

Education

Bachelor of Engineering — CSE
CMR Institute of Technology, Bengaluru
Pre-Final Year  ·  Expected 2027

Get In Touch

Actively seeking Cloud / DevOps internship opportunities · Open to remote