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DevOps Engineer at Western Digital | Cloud Infrastructure Management, Automation

About

Results-driven DevOps Engineer with ~5 years of hands-on experience designing, building, and automating scalable infrastructure for global teams, backed by a total of 11 years in IT operations. Skilled at aligning engineering and operations to enable secure deployments, high-availability systems, and efficient CI/CD pipelines. Demonstrated expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC), delivering robust, customer-facing platforms at scale. Adept at translating complex technical requirements into actionable, real-world solutions in collaborative, cross-functional environments. Tech Stack: • Operating Systems - Linux, Windows • Automation - Shell Scripting, Python • Source Code Management - Git, GitHub • Infrastructure as Code - Terraform, Ansible • CICD - Jenkins • Containers - Docker, Kubernetes • Networking - DNS, DHCP, SSL/TLS • Cloud : AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, CloudWatch, Secrets Manager, EKS etc)

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

cursor

github copilot

ollama

openai

Work experience

Staff Engineer at Western Digital, Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Architected, automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, streamlining build, test, and deployment processes across multiple environments—resulting in 60% less manual intervention. • Designed reusable and scalable Terraform modules for provisioning the AWS infrastructure, including VPCs, EC2, IAM roles, and RDS instances - supporting over 10 engineering teams. • Saved 30% admin time by creating 15+ Ansible books for feature deployment. • Deployed and managed containerized applications on AWS EKS clusters, achieving high availability and scaling seamlessly with usage. • Enabled push-button, zero-downtime deployments with automated health checks, load balancer updates, and blue/green rollouts. • Implemented IAM policies, secrets management, and monitoring using AWS CloudWatch to enforce security best practices.. • Facilitated monolith-to-microservice migration using Docker, improving team velocity and modular deployment strategies. • Increased task efficiency by 40% through automation using Bash scripts. • Partnered with QA, developers, and product teams to optimize the full SDLC, ensuring fast feedback loops and high-quality releases.

Senior Engineer, Application Engineering at Western Digital, Mar 2021 - Apr 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

SAM - Technical Analyst at NetApp, Jun 2020 - Mar 2021 · 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Increased account health scores by 30% by providing targeted recommendations to mitigate potential technical issues. • Successfully escalated and resolved 20+ high-priority cases through effective stakeholder communication and coordination. • Executed 20+ bug scrubs and firmware/ONTAP upgrades per year, leading to a 25% reduction in system downtime by providing timely recommendations.

Senior Project Engineer at Wipro, Dec 2017 - Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, • Resolved 90% of escalated storage, replication, and performance issues by leveraging Dell EMC storage expertise and collaborating with L3/L4 support engineers. • Enhanced team capabilities by training and mentoring 30+ new and existing technical support engineers. • Improved support resources by authoring 15+ knowledge base articles, increasing knowledge accessibility and reducing resolution time.

Project Engineer at Wipro, Feb 2014 - Nov 2017 · 3 yrs 10 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, National Institute of Science and Technology

D.A.V public school