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Raju Kovelkar has a diverse work experience in various roles related to cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and server support. Raju started their career at Non stop computer services as a Server Support Engineer from May 2007 to May 2009. Raju then worked as a Server Support Specialist at Pioneer Elabs Limited Hyderabad from August 2009 to August 2010. Raju then joined Microland Limited as a Wintel Technical Specialist from September 2010 to April 2013 before moving on to Accenture as a Cloud Delivery Expert from April 2013 to June 2015. At Accenture, they specialized in activating customers on cloud hosting platforms and deploying virtual switches. Raju then joined Pearson as a DevOps Engineer for a special project from March 2016 to July 2016, where they configured RDS instances and built Jenkins jobs for AWS infrastructure. Afterwards, they worked at Mazda North American Operations as a Cloud Architect for a special project from June 2018 to September 2018, where they supported the VMWARE Horizon Cloud Suite. Raju also worked at VMware as a Cloud Data center deployment Consultant from July 2015 to October 2018, where they handled private and public cloud configurations, VMware software solutions, and IT automation. Currently, they are working as a Senior Principal Kubernetes Engineer at Concept Software & Services Inc since October 2018, where they are responsible for Kubernetes, Open-shift, AWS, VMware, Ansible, and other related technologies.

Raju Kovelkar completed their Bachelor of Engineering in Information Technology from Acharya Nagarjuna University, where they studied from 2003 to 2007. Raju also holds various certifications, including Verified International Academic Qualifications obtained from the World Education Services in May 2022, Google Kubernetes obtained from Google in September 2020, Learning AWS CloudFormation obtained from LinkedIn in September 2018, VMware Certified Advanced Professional 5 - Data Center Design obtained from VMware in March 2016, VMware Certified Associate 6 - Hybrid Cloud obtained from VMware in October 2015, VMware Certified Associate 6 - Cloud Management and Automation obtained from VMware in August 2015, VMware Certified Associate 6 – Data Center Virtualization obtained from VMware in August 2015, VMware Certified Professional 5 - Data Center Virtualization obtained from VMware in December 2014, MCTS: Microsoft Exchange Server 2010, Configuration obtained from Microsoft in March 2013, MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional obtained from Microsoft in April 2012, MCSA: Windows Server 2008 obtained from Microsoft in April 2012, MCITP: Server Administrator on Windows Server 2008 obtained from Microsoft in February 2012, MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Active Directory, Configuration obtained from Microsoft in February 2012, and MCTS: Windows Server 2008 Network Infrastructure, Configuration obtained from Microsoft in February 2012. Additionally, they have certifications in ITIL, RHCE, VMware Certified Associate 6 – Cloud Management and Automation, VMware Certified Associate 6 – Data Center Virtualization, and VMware Certified Associate 6 – Hybrid Cloud, but the details regarding the institution and obtained dates are not provided.