Headline

Director/Manager DevOps & SRE | Multi-Cloud (AWS, Azure, GCP) | 15+ Yrs DevOps, 5+ Yrs Leading Teams | Kubernetes, GitOps, IaC, AIOps, MLOps | Cost Optimization | Ex-Dell & Avaya

About

With over 15 years of dedicated experience in DevOps and SRE, and 5+ years leading high-performing teams, I specialize in building scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. As DevOps Manager at Bluevine, I built a DevOps & SRE team from 0 to 5 engineers in six months and now own the SRE practice for the India engineering org — defining SLOs, SLIs, and error budgets, and driving measurable MTTR reductions through streamlined incident response and automation. I manage secure, scalable infrastructure across four AWS environments and collaborate closely with our Israel-based engineering team on sprint priorities and operational goals. My expertise spans CI/CD, GitOps (ArgoCD, Helm), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), and container orchestration. Earlier in my career at Dell, I reduced build times by ~90% (4 hours to 25 minutes) through pipeline automation, and at Eximitas I led a zero-downtime Azure-to-GCP migration. I'm also building at the frontier of AIOps — designing MCP-based AI agents for CI failure analysis and incident diagnosis, because I believe the next leap in operational efficiency comes from AI-assisted troubleshooting, not just better dashboards. I'm passionate about aligning technology with business outcomes — whether that's cutting infrastructure costs, accelerating deployment velocity, or building the internal developer platforms that let engineering teams move fast without sacrificing reliability.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude

cursor

deepseek

gemini

github copilot

ollama

Work experience

DevOps Manager at Bluevine, Oct 2024 - Aug 2026 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Collaborating with the Israel team on sprint tasks, prioritizing tasks based on sprint goals and ad-hoc requirements. Led a greenfield DevOps initiative at a Bluevine India office, scaling from zero to a high-performing team of 5 engineers in 6 months through targeted hiring, onboarding, and cross-training. Leading a DevOps & SRE engineers to build and manage scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across four AWS environments. Solid understanding of SRE principles, including defining SLOs, SLIs, and SLAs to measure and align system reliability with business goals. I effectively manage Error Budgets to balance innovation with stability and focus on reducing MTTR through streamlined incident response and automation. AI Infrastructure & AIOps: Designed and implemented AI-enabled operational workflows to improve platform management, incident resolution, and engineering productivity. Installed, configured, and integrated Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers to enable secure communication between AI assistants, internal tools, documentation systems, and operational platforms. Integrated AI-powered tooling with DevOps workflows to provide contextual troubleshooting, operational guidance, and platform knowledge retrieval. Evaluated and onboarded AI solutions to enhance engineering productivity, deployment validation, and operational decision-making. AI Agent Development & Automation: Built and configured AI agents for CI/CD operational support, automated troubleshooting, and engineering assistance. Developed CI Failure Analysis Agents capable of analyzing build logs, deployment failures, Kubernetes issues, and infrastructure alerts to accelerate root cause identification and resolution. Implemented AI-driven validation workflows for infrastructure and platform upgrades, reducing manual verification efforts and improving deployment confidence.

Engineering Manager at Eximitas Design, May 2024 - Sep 2024 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Led an Azure-to-GCP cloud migration, ensuring zero downtime and improved cost efficiency. Delivered a platform modernization project for Zebra Technologies, optimizing cloud-native services and infrastructure.

Senior Principal Software Engineer at Dell Technologies, May 2022 - Mar 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, ● Managed and mentored a team of 5 DevOps engineers delivering CI/CD automation and pipeline enhancements across multiple projects. ● Spearheaded transformation of a monolithic WMS application into a microservices architecture on Kubernetes (Azure). ● Reduced build time by ~90% (4 hours to 25 minutes) by automating Jenkins and Bamboo pipelines with Docker-based build agents. ● Migrated Jenkins Freestyle jobs to Pipelines-as-Code and integrated Selenium automated testing and Klocwork static analysis into nightly builds. ● Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using MSBuild and optimized build artifact management using Artifactory. ● Led sprint planning and release coordination, partnering directly with product owners and engineering teams. ● Supported enterprise Windows installer development (InstallShield, MSI, WiX) across multiple product lines.

Software Principal Engineer at Dell Technologies, Apr 2018 - May 2022 · 4 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, DevOps Lead

Sr Module Lead at Avaya, Jun 2015 - Apr 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Pune Area, India, Build, Release, Windows & Linux Installer Expert

Senior Lead at Avaya India Pvt. Ltd., Dec 2011 - Apr 2018 · 6 yrs 5 mos, Developed and maintained Windows installers for IP Office BU products including One-X Portal, Outlook Plug-in, VMPro, and others. Migrated installer projects from WIX 3.5 and InstallShield to Basic MSI as per best practices. Led the transition from Hudson to Bamboo for build automation; administered and maintained Bamboo build plans. Implemented CI pipelines and migrated all builds to Ant scripts with integrated JUnit testing. Managed SVN repositories for branching, merging, and conflict resolution.

Module Lead at Avaya, Dec 2011 - Jun 2015 · 3 yrs 7 mos, Pune, Build, Release, Windows & Linux Installer Expert

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Computer Science, Saurashtra University, Rajkot