Vipin Kumar | Senior .NET & Azure Cloud Architect

Engineering Philosophy

Bridging Enterprise Stability & Autonomous Intelligence

A seasoned backend and cloud architect continuously expanding the frontier of software engineering through AI agents and modern distributed patterns.

With more than 5 years of industry experience, I have developed enterprise-grade platforms across Insurance, FinTech / Accounting, and Food Technology. My core expertise is rooted in building resilient, high-throughput systems using C#, .NET Core 8, ASP.NET MVC/Web API, and Microsoft Azure Cloud services.

I believe modern software engineering requires a dual perspective: robust architectural discipline (event-driven microservices, strict data security, and comprehensive xUnit testing) paired with next-generation AI capabilities. By integrating Generative AI & Agentic AI workflows—powered by tools like Semantic Kernel, Azure OpenAI, and custom autonomous agents—I help teams automate routine cognitive workloads, accelerate code velocity, and achieve operational clarity.

Commitment to Enterprise Reliability & DevOps

Proactive observability with Azure Monitor & Application Insights, automated CI/CD pipelines via Azure DevOps, zero-downtime database migrations, and a rigorous culture of code reviews and developer mentorship.

Personal Information

Full NameVipin Kumar
Current RoleConsultant at Capgemini
Past RolesCognizant, Outbooks
Home LocationJharkhand, Ranchi, India
Work HubPune / Hybrid
AvailabilityServing Notice Period

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Academic Background

MCA (Master of Computer Applications) Subharti University (2019-2022)
BCA (Bachelor of Computer Applications) Dr C V Raman University (2016-2019)
Languages Spoken English (Proficient), Hindi (Native)

Technical Arsenal

Core Competencies & AI Capabilities

A comprehensive toolkit spanning mission-critical backend architecture, cloud engineering, and autonomous Generative AI workflows.

Generative AI & Agentic AI

Autonomous Workflows & Enterprise LLMs

Microsoft Azure Cloud

Distributed Serverless & Messaging

.NET & Backend Engineering

Enterprise Services & Distributed APIs

Databases & Persistence

Relational, NoSQL & Performance Tuning

Frontend & Scripting

Modern Web & Responsive Interfaces

DevOps, Tools & IDEs

Automation & Lifecycle Management

Proven Deliverables

Featured Enterprise & Cloud Projects

Real-world production engineering spanning event-driven microservices, high-stakes enterprise migrations, FinTech gateways, and AI automation.

Agentic SRE & RAG LIVE APP ↗

2026 • Live Production

Yukti (युक्ति) — Enterprise SRE Copilot

Enterprise SRE & Incident Remediation Copilot powered by .NET 8, Semantic Kernel, and Qdrant Cloud Vector RAG. Accelerates MTTR by indexing past outages and post-mortems, synthesizing 5-phase actionable playbooks, and executing human-in-the-loop (HITL) Jira operations with hybrid cloud & local reasoning.

Sub-second MTTR incident RAG with 5-phase automated playbooks & SSE streaming

.NET 8 Web API Semantic Kernel 1.80 Qdrant Cloud RAG Groq & Gemini Flash Local Ollama (qwen3:8b) HITL Jira Tools ClosedXML & QuestPDF SSE Streaming

RAG & Vector AI 2026 • Open Source

DocuMind — RAG Chatbot with Qdrant Vector DB

High-performance Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) conversational chatbot built with .NET 10 Clean Architecture. Integrates Qdrant vector database via gRPC for dense vector similarity indexing, semantic PDF chunking, and streaming LLM responses.

Sub-second vector retrieval with Qdrant & async streaming (IAsyncEnumerable)

.NET 10 / C# Qdrant Vector DB RAG Architecture gRPC Client Clean Architecture Embeddings

Agentic AI & GenAI 2025 - Present

Autonomous Enterprise AI Agent Platform

Multi-agent orchestration system powered by Semantic Kernel and Azure OpenAI. Automates complex log triage, ticket classification, document RAG, and proactive developer assistance.

45% reduction in incident triage time via multi-agent reasoning

Semantic Kernel Azure OpenAI .NET 8 RAG / Embeddings Cosmos DB

Cloud Integration 02/2025 - 07/2025

Blink App Community Access Integration

Developed an event-driven architecture integrating third-party community applications for automated access provisioning and real-time state synchronization.

Zero-loss event queueing across 10,000+ community user activations

Azure Service Bus Cosmos DB Worker Services ASP.NET Core

Cloud Migration & GCP 2024 - 2025 • Enterprise Migration

Azure to Google Cloud .NET Enterprise Migration

Architected and executed end-to-end migration of mission-critical enterprise .NET workloads from Microsoft Azure to Google Cloud Platform (GCP). Configured high-availability Compute Engine VM clusters with automated IIS web hosting, Global Cloud Load Balancing with SSL termination, custom VPC networking with Cloud NAT, and BigQuery analytics ingestion.

Zero-downtime cutover & 28% infrastructure TCO savings via GCP Compute Engine & Cloud LB

Google Cloud (GCP) Compute Engine (VM) IIS Web Server BigQuery Analytics Cloud Load Balancing VPC & Cloud NAT C# / ASP.NET

Security & Auth 10/2025 - 11/2025

Enterprise LDAP to LDAPS Migration

Secured directory service connectivity by migrating plaintext LDAP to TLS-encrypted LDAPS protocol for organization-wide single sign-on and credential security.

Enhanced data security by 30% via encrypted authentication channel

Active Directory LDAPS / SSL C# .NET Core Key Vault

Data Engineering 03/2024 - 07/2024

Azure Data Factory Real-Time Status Pipeline

Integrated Azure Data Factory to dynamically update activity execution status after processing, enabling automated operational tracking across large ETL batches.

Enabled end-to-end operational visibility previously opaque to users

Azure Data Factory Azure Functions Azure Monitor SQL Server

Cloud Migration 11/2022 - 03/2023

MINT Enterprise Infrastructure Migration

Executed large-scale data migration from AWS NAS shared path to the MEDC shared drive infrastructure. Contributed to .NET MVC development and cross-server firewall networking.

Zero data corruption and seamless cross-server transition

AWS NAS & MEDC .NET MVC Cross-Server Networking Firewall Rules

Modernization 02/2022 - 03/2022

Migration of .NET Core 2.1 to 6.0

Led the modernization of legacy enterprise software to .NET 6.0, refactoring synchronous blocks into async pipelines and achieving dramatic throughput gains.

35% reduction in CPU overhead and enhanced long-term compatibility

.NET 6.0 C# Async/Await Entity Framework Core xUnit Testing

FinTech & APIs 03/2020 - 02/2022

FinTech Multi-Gateway Payment Engine

Engineered end-to-end payment gateway integrations for accounting SaaS (nomi.co.uk), including TrueLayer (Open Banking), Stripe, Instamojo, Unipaas, and PayPal.

Seamless automated reconciliation with double-entry bookkeeping ledger

TrueLayer / Stripe / PayPal C# ASP.NET SQL Server Webhooks

Voice AI Assistant Personal Innovation

Sweety - AI Voice Desktop Assistant

A personal Windows desktop assistant executing natural voice commands to automate 50% of routine computer tasks (copy/paste, application control, automated workflows).

Handles 50% of daily PC tasks hands-free; +25% e-commerce sales conversion

Speech Recognition Windows API C# .NET Automation

Career Trajectory

Enterprise Experience & Leadership

Over 6 years of progressive contributions across tier-1 technology consultancies and high-growth software engineering organizations.

Consultant

01/2025 - Present

Capgemini Technology Services PVT. LTD • Pune, India

🏆 Client Recognition Award: Conferred Capgemini's Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding Contribution in Restaurant Product Development & Deployment Support on McDonald's enterprise systems (issued by Vijay Gupta, Sr. Director, Capgemini India).
Designed and developed enterprise-grade applications using .NET Core/MVC and Microsoft Azure services, significantly enhancing system scalability and operational functionality.
Integrated and optimized Azure components, ensuring event-driven, decoupled, and secure communication across distributed systems.
Developed high-throughput RESTful APIs with ASP.NET Core, boosting interoperability while enforcing high code coverage through thorough xUnit unit test suites.
Enhanced application observability and proactively resolved production bottlenecks using Azure Monitor and Application Insights telemetry.
Led troubleshooting and root cause analysis (RCA) for mission-critical production incidents related to cloud configurations and code defects.
Mentored junior developers on Azure cloud integration patterns, Clean Architecture, and secure coding practices.

Software Engineer

02/2022 - 01/2025

Cognizant Technology Solutions PVT. LTD • Pune, India

Engineered, tested, and maintained robust cloud applications using C# and .NET framework, strictly adhering to Azure's enterprise best practices and Well-Architected Framework guidelines.
Integrated key Azure services including Azure Functions, Azure Logic Apps, and Azure Service Bus into application backends for scalability, performance optimization, and serverless execution.
Configured and managed Azure resources (Storage Accounts, SQL Databases, Key Vaults) and deployed web applications and APIs via Azure App Service with high availability guarantees.
Built automated CI/CD build and deployment pipelines using Azure DevOps, reducing release lead time and deployment errors.
Awarded the **Highest Performance Rating for 2 consecutive years** and recognized as a **Hero of the Company** for exceptional engineering delivery and R&D.

DotNet Developer

03/2020 - 02/2022

Outbooks Outsourcing Pvt. Ltd • GuruGram, India

Collaborated directly with product stakeholders to design software architecture, data models, and API interfaces for cloud accounting platforms.
Engineered financial domain features implementing double-entry bookkeeping, general ledger management, chart of accounts, and automated transaction reconciliation.
Designed normalized SQL Server database schemas, wrote complex stored procedures, and resolved critical query bottlenecks to optimize performance.
Integrated external financial APIs and payment gateways (TrueLayer, Stripe, Instamojo, Unipaas, PayPal) for invoicing, payment links, and fiscal reporting.
Maintained code quality, resolved user queries, and pushed continuous bug fixes and patches to production environments.

Recognition & Credentials

Awards & Verified Certifications

Formal industry credentials and corporate accolades demonstrating dedication to technical mastery and exceptional delivery.

Capgemini McDonald's

Client Excellence Recognition

Certificate of Appreciation

Awarded to Vipin Kumar for Outstanding Contribution in Restaurant Product Development & Deployment Support across global restaurant systems.

✍️ Signed by Vijay Gupta, Sr. Director, Capgemini India

Capgemini Certificate of Appreciation awarded to Vipin Kumar

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Consecutive Highest Performance Rating

Received the highest performance rank for 2 consecutive years at Cognizant Technology Solutions PVT LTD, placing in the top percentile of software engineering talent.

Hero Of The Company Award

Officially honored as 'HERO OF THE COMPANY' for doing exceptional work in software engineering, rapid problem resolution, and innovative R&D.

AI-102: Microsoft Certified

Azure AI Engineer Associate — Issued by Microsoft

AZ-900: Microsoft Certified

Azure Fundamentals — Issued by Microsoft

OCEAN .NET Core Practitioner

Certified .NET Core Apps Developer — Capgemini

Architecting High-Scale Cloud Systems & Agentic AI