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Aviral Pandey

Senior DevOps/MLOps Engineer | AWS EKS · Openshift· ArgoCD · Terraform | GitOps | 10+ Yrs | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | Capgemini

Bengaluru

6+ years of work experience

Capgemini
Apr 20251 yr 3 mosJun 2026

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Orchestrated Kubernetes Canary deployment workflows using Argo Rollouts and Ansible Playbooks, ensuring zero-downtime releases and rapid rollback capabilities. • Built an end-to-end OS patching automation pipeline using GitHub, Concourse CI, and Ansible — integrated with ServiceNow and Slack APIs for automated change ticket creation, real-time status reporting, and ticket closure. • Refactored legacy Python monitoring script to restore automated alerting, migrated decommissioned Slack web hooks to chat.postmessage slack api to ensure 24/7 visibility into HPE ProLiant Server hardware health reporting • Executed a large-scale Observability migration from on-premise Grafana to Grafana Cloud, transitioning 100+ complex dashboards and alerts across Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra, and Oracle DB. • Standardized AWS security posture by rotating expired IAM keys, hardening S3 bucket policies, and restricting SSH access — consistently maintained 95%+ compliance across 400+ nodes. • Remediated critical infrastructure vulnerabilities including EOL software, weak SSL/TLS ciphers, and unauthorized open ports. • Designed a cloud-native ML serving architecture: Flask REST APIs → Docker → Amazon EKS, with AWS Sagemaker and GitHub CI/CD for automated build, testing, and high-availability deployments. • Collaborated with Data Center Operations to troubleshoot HPE ProLiant (DL360/DL380) hardware failures — Drive/DIMM failures, NIC malfunctions, Smart Storage battery replacements.
Tata Consultancy Services
May 20232 yrsApr 2025

Budapest, Hungary & Bengaluru India

• Collaborated migration of legacy Java applications from on prem tomcat to cloud-native OpenShift using a GitOps approach, improving scalability and resource utilization. • Implemented end-to-end SonarQube setup on OpenShift using GitLab, Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD, and PostgreSQL for scalable code quality analysis and automated deployments. • Developed a Kubernetes namespace operator using Python, the Kubernetes API, and Kopf framework to automate namespace lifecycle management and enforce auditing/governance compliance. • Built rootless, daemon-less container image builds using Kaniko with GitLab CI on Red Hat UBI — compliant with strict OpenShift security contexts. • Designed and implemented end-to-end MLOps pipelines for automated model deployment on Amazon SageMaker using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. • Integrated Red Hat ACS (Advanced Cluster Security) to audit UBI images and proactively patch vulnerabilities. • Orchestrated SonarQube authentication migration from LDAP to Microsoft Entra ID, improving security posture. • Orchestrated quarterly Database Refresh cycles across Dev, QA, UAT, and Pre-Prod environments. • Led Production Deployment Planning — defined cutover sequences (DB backups, service windows, rollback procedures) and ran cross-functional dependency checks with internal and external teams.
Tata Consultancy Services
Dec 20211 yr 6 mosMay 2023

Budapest, Hungary & Bengaluru, India

• Automated end-to-end server provisioning and Java application deployments using Ansible — including Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server setup, and standardized release processes. • Developed Bash and Ansible automation using keytool to monitor Java JKS certificate validity, proactively alerting on expiring certificates to prevent service disruptions. • Supported production deployment planning and execution for smooth, reliable releases.
Tata Consultancy Services
Jan 20202 yrsDec 2021

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Deployed Kubernetes infrastructure on Amazon EKS for Java REST applications, using AWS Boto3 and CloudFormation for configuration management. • Designed and deployed multi-tier applications leveraging EC2, Route 53, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, and ECS — focused on high availability and scalability. • Implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment processes and reduce manual effort. • Automated daily operational tasks using Bash and Python scripts.
GitHub
@avp075

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Education

Tezpur University

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Engineering

Tezpur University

20114 yrs2015

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Headline

Senior DevOps/MLOps Engineer | AWS EKS · Openshift· ArgoCD · Terraform | GitOps | 10+ Yrs | AWS Certified Solutions Architect | Capgemini

About

DevOps/MLOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience building scalable on prem, cloud-native infrastructure across Finance, Telecommunications, and Manufacturing industries. Proven track record of driving high system availability, automating complex operations, and delivering resilient solutions for global clients across Europe and the US. Core expertise: ▸ AWS (Sagemaker, EKS, EC2, Lambda, S3, IAM, RDS, Terraform) ▸ Kubernetes, OpenShift, Docker, Helm, Kustomize ▸ GitOps — ArgoCD, Argo Rollouts, Canary Deployments ▸ Security — Prisma Cloud, Qualys, Sonarqube, Snyk ▸ Observability — Grafana Cloud, Prometheus, ELK, Splunk ▸ IaC — Terraform, Ansible ▸ CI/CD — GitLab, Jenkins, Concourse CI

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Senior DevOps Engineer – Capgemini (Comcast NBC Universal) at Capgemini, Apr 2025 - Jun 2026 · 1 yr 3 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Orchestrated Kubernetes Canary deployment workflows using Argo Rollouts and Ansible Playbooks, ensuring zero-downtime releases and rapid rollback capabilities. • Built an end-to-end OS patching automation pipeline using GitHub, Concourse CI, and Ansible — integrated with ServiceNow and Slack APIs for automated change ticket creation, real-time status reporting, and ticket closure. • Refactored legacy Python monitoring script to restore automated alerting, migrated decommissioned Slack web hooks to chat.postmessage slack api to ensure 24/7 visibility into HPE ProLiant Server hardware health reporting • Executed a large-scale Observability migration from on-premise Grafana to Grafana Cloud, transitioning 100+ complex dashboards and alerts across Kubernetes, Kafka, Cassandra, and Oracle DB. • Standardized AWS security posture by rotating expired IAM keys, hardening S3 bucket policies, and restricting SSH access — consistently maintained 95%+ compliance across 400+ nodes. • Remediated critical infrastructure vulnerabilities including EOL software, weak SSL/TLS ciphers, and unauthorized open ports. • Designed a cloud-native ML serving architecture: Flask REST APIs → Docker → Amazon EKS, with AWS Sagemaker and GitHub CI/CD for automated build, testing, and high-availability deployments. • Collaborated with Data Center Operations to troubleshoot HPE ProLiant (DL360/DL380) hardware failures — Drive/DIMM failures, NIC malfunctions, Smart Storage battery replacements.

Lead DevSecOps Engineer – TCS (Givaudan SA, Switzerland) at Tata Consultancy Services, May 2023 - Apr 2025 · 2 yrs, Budapest, Hungary & Bengaluru India, • Collaborated migration of legacy Java applications from on prem tomcat to cloud-native OpenShift using a GitOps approach, improving scalability and resource utilization. • Implemented end-to-end SonarQube setup on OpenShift using GitLab, Helm, Kustomize, ArgoCD, and PostgreSQL for scalable code quality analysis and automated deployments. • Developed a Kubernetes namespace operator using Python, the Kubernetes API, and Kopf framework to automate namespace lifecycle management and enforce auditing/governance compliance. • Built rootless, daemon-less container image builds using Kaniko with GitLab CI on Red Hat UBI — compliant with strict OpenShift security contexts. • Designed and implemented end-to-end MLOps pipelines for automated model deployment on Amazon SageMaker using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform. • Integrated Red Hat ACS (Advanced Cluster Security) to audit UBI images and proactively patch vulnerabilities. • Orchestrated SonarQube authentication migration from LDAP to Microsoft Entra ID, improving security posture. • Orchestrated quarterly Database Refresh cycles across Dev, QA, UAT, and Pre-Prod environments. • Led Production Deployment Planning — defined cutover sequences (DB backups, service windows, rollback procedures) and ran cross-functional dependency checks with internal and external teams.

DevOps Engineer – TCS (Nexi Group Nets, Croatia) at Tata Consultancy Services, Dec 2021 - May 2023 · 1 yr 6 mos, Budapest, Hungary & Bengaluru, India, • Automated end-to-end server provisioning and Java application deployments using Ansible — including Apache Tomcat, Apache HTTP Server setup, and standardized release processes. • Developed Bash and Ansible automation using keytool to monitor Java JKS certificate validity, proactively alerting on expiring certificates to prevent service disruptions. • Supported production deployment planning and execution for smooth, reliable releases.

AWS DevOps Engineer – TCS (DNB Bank ASA, Denmark) at Tata Consultancy Services, Jan 2020 - Dec 2021 · 2 yrs, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Deployed Kubernetes infrastructure on Amazon EKS for Java REST applications, using AWS Boto3 and CloudFormation for configuration management. • Designed and deployed multi-tier applications leveraging EC2, Route 53, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM, and ECS — focused on high availability and scalability. • Implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployment processes and reduce manual effort. • Automated daily operational tasks using Bash and Python scripts.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Computer Science and Engineering, Tezpur University

Public links

github: https://github.com/avp075