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Meeral Padia

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru

7+ years of work experience

UST
Mar 20251 yr 7 mosSep 2026

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

I worked as an Azure DevOps Engineer at Client Place ( Microsoft ) •  Lead technical onboarding and enablement for MAIA300 (Braga_R) architecture, repository organisation, platform flows, and operating model. •  Architect and operate Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for firmware build validation (PR, official, green, weekendstress, buddy), improving release reliability and predictability. •  Define and implement red/yellow/green deployment strategies and pipeline trigger policies for scheduled, branch, and PR executions to reduce deployment risk. •  Maintain Pythia task definitions and component dependencies to ensure reproducible builds and validation runs across environments. •  Configure and onboard HAPS, ZEBU, and SVP+VHS test environments and Azure DevOps agents; provision Windows/Linux MOS tests and agent pools for automated runs. •  Triage pipeline failures using logs and AI-assisted analysis; drive FDF workflow to raise reproducible bugs with clear ownership. •  Coordinate prerelease verification, branch cuts, and post-release activities across stakeholders; support MMC and FSE integration test releases. •  Mentor engineers on platform setup, pipeline development, debugging, and first-level triage across hardware and software test stages. •  Own Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices to maintain security assurance and compliance.
LTIMindtree Digital Engineering and Assurance
Oct 20246 mosMar 2025

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Project: Elevator and Escalator Industry (Client: OTIS) •  Designed and maintained GitHub Actions workflows for automated builds, tests, and deployments across 5+ environments for the OTIS client engagement.  •  Developed 10+ reusable GitHub Actions to standardize security scans, infrastructure provisioning, and deployment processes across teams.  •  Integrated GitHub Actions with Azure and Terraform to automate cloud provisioning, cutting manual setup effort by ~50%.  •  Optimized CI/CD pipelines with caching and workflow improvements, reducing average deployment time by ~40% and raising build success rate to ~98%
InnoWave
May 20231 yr 5 mosSep 2024

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

I worked at Sentryonics & Innowave Internal Projects. •  Supported Sentryonics and internal platform initiatives by setting up PAT tokens, self-hosted runners, and organization-level access controls across 30+ repositories for Azure DevOps and GitHub.  •  Migrated 25+ repositories and pipelines from Azure DevOps to GitHub using GitHub Actions Importer, validating converted workflows through pull-request-based releases with zero production incidents.  •  Automated AKS provisioning with Terraform and Azure Key Vault integration, reducing cluster stand-up time from ~1 day to under 1 hour.  •  Deployed and integrated Loki, Fluent Bit, Keycloak, Authentik, Portainer, MinIO, and Traefik on AKS using Helm, centralizing logging and identity across 8+ services. •  Built and managed Docker images, Docker Compose assets, and GitHub Actions pipelines to deploy honeypot and Portainer templates into Kubernetes environments, reducing image build times by ~35%.
InnoWave
Nov 20202 yrs 6 mosApr 2023

Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India

Worked at Client[Proximus] •  Worked on the Proximus client engagement, building 15+ application namespaces and supporting the OpenShift 3 to OpenShift 4 migration across 4 environments with zero unplanned downtime during cutover.  •  Implemented Docker containerization, Terraform-based infrastructure, and Azure DevOps and Jenkins pipelines to automate deployments across 4+ environments.  •  Built and supported Kubernetes clusters on Azure serving 20+ microservices, managed Azure configuration and LDAP authentication, and deployed applications across production and non production with strong operational control.  •  Led cloudification updates across 20+ microservices, including mTLS, POM upgrades, middleware changes, and security keystore handling; supported KMI activation and key mapping using Argo CD, SAFE (IPARM), and Jenkins.  •  Monitored Kibana indices, created OpenShift routes, renewed 50+ certificates through PKI tooling, and enabled knowledge transfer for new team members while coordinating backend, network, and database teams for new environment bring-up.
Sep 20191 yrAug 2020

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Cloud Engineer – Banking Domain (Client: Goldman Sachs) •  Managed AWS platform services and associated cloud resources for a Goldman Sachs banking engagement with 99.9% operational availability.  •  Supported development and deployment activities, ensuring smooth CI/CD execution and stable cloud operations.  •  Worked in agile teams to streamline provisioning, reducing environment setup turnaround by ~25% •  Managed database provisioning for SQL and NoSQL data stores in production  environments. •  Worked on AWS core services EC2, ELB , S3 & Route 53
Tech Mahindra
Aug 20181 yr 2 mosSep 2019

Bengaluru Area, India

Project: HealthCare Company (Client: Nestlé) •  Designed and implemented containerized environments for LAMP stack and other application platforms, improving deployment consistency and cutting environment drift issues by ~40%.  •  Provisioned and managed Web Application Firewall (WAF) controls to strengthen application security.  •  Developed a cloud-based storage solution for efficient file storage and retrieval. •  Implemented shared database services and managed database provisioning for SQL/NoSQL data stores in production environments within the LAMP deployment landscape, improving scalability and resource utilization by ~30%
Tech Mahindra
Aug 20181 yr 2 mosSep 2019

GitHub
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Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Programming, Specific Applications

shree jagadguru renukacharya college

20103 yrs2013

Secondary School, Computer Science

Sheshadripuram Arts, Science & Commerce College, Sheshadripuram , Bangalore-20

20082 yrs2010

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Headline

DevOps Engineer

About

Lead DevOps/Cloud Platform Engineer with 12+ years delivering scalable, highly available platforms across Azure, AWS and OpenShift. Led OpenShift 3 to 4 and 25+ repository migrations with zero unplanned downtime and 99.9% availability; designed Terraform IaC and CI/CD (10+ reusable GitHub Actions) that cut manual provisioning ~50%, reduced deployment time up to 40%, and improved build success to ~98%. Deep expertise in Kubernetes (AKS/OpenShift), containerization, observability, release automation and cloud security (mTLS, Azure Key Vault); collaborative mentor who translates technical requirements into productionready platforms. AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner with GenAI training for modernization at scale.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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sora

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Work experience

Lead 2 - DevOps engineer at UST, Mar 2025 - Sep 2026 · 1 yr 7 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, I worked as an Azure DevOps Engineer at Client Place ( Microsoft ) • Lead technical onboarding and enablement for MAIA300 (Braga_R) architecture, repository organisation, platform flows, and operating model. • Architect and operate Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for firmware build validation (PR, official, green, weekendstress, buddy), improving release reliability and predictability. • Define and implement red/yellow/green deployment strategies and pipeline trigger policies for scheduled, branch, and PR executions to reduce deployment risk. • Maintain Pythia task definitions and component dependencies to ensure reproducible builds and validation runs across environments. • Configure and onboard HAPS, ZEBU, and SVP+VHS test environments and Azure DevOps agents; provision Windows/Linux MOS tests and agent pools for automated runs. • Triage pipeline failures using logs and AI-assisted analysis; drive FDF workflow to raise reproducible bugs with clear ownership. • Coordinate prerelease verification, branch cuts, and post-release activities across stakeholders; support MMC and FSE integration test releases. • Mentor engineers on platform setup, pipeline development, debugging, and first-level triage across hardware and software test stages. • Own Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) practices to maintain security assurance and compliance.

Senior Technical Specialist at LTIMindtree Digital Engineering and Assurance, Oct 2024 - Mar 2025 · 6 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Project: Elevator and Escalator Industry (Client: OTIS) • Designed and maintained GitHub Actions workflows for automated builds, tests, and deployments across 5+ environments for the OTIS client engagement. • Developed 10+ reusable GitHub Actions to standardize security scans, infrastructure provisioning, and deployment processes across teams. • Integrated GitHub Actions with Azure and Terraform to automate cloud provisioning, cutting manual setup effort by ~50%. • Optimized CI/CD pipelines with caching and workflow improvements, reducing average deployment time by ~40% and raising build success rate to ~98%

Senior Devops Engineer at InnoWave, May 2023 - Sep 2024 · 1 yr 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, I worked at Sentryonics & Innowave Internal Projects. • Supported Sentryonics and internal platform initiatives by setting up PAT tokens, self-hosted runners, and organization-level access controls across 30+ repositories for Azure DevOps and GitHub. • Migrated 25+ repositories and pipelines from Azure DevOps to GitHub using GitHub Actions Importer, validating converted workflows through pull-request-based releases with zero production incidents. • Automated AKS provisioning with Terraform and Azure Key Vault integration, reducing cluster stand-up time from ~1 day to under 1 hour. • Deployed and integrated Loki, Fluent Bit, Keycloak, Authentik, Portainer, MinIO, and Traefik on AKS using Helm, centralizing logging and identity across 8+ services. • Built and managed Docker images, Docker Compose assets, and GitHub Actions pipelines to deploy honeypot and Portainer templates into Kubernetes environments, reducing image build times by ~35%.

Lead DevOps Engineer at InnoWave, Nov 2020 - Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 6 mos, Bangalore Urban, Karnataka, India, Worked at Client[Proximus] • Worked on the Proximus client engagement, building 15+ application namespaces and supporting the OpenShift 3 to OpenShift 4 migration across 4 environments with zero unplanned downtime during cutover. • Implemented Docker containerization, Terraform-based infrastructure, and Azure DevOps and Jenkins pipelines to automate deployments across 4+ environments. • Built and supported Kubernetes clusters on Azure serving 20+ microservices, managed Azure configuration and LDAP authentication, and deployed applications across production and non production with strong operational control. • Led cloudification updates across 20+ microservices, including mTLS, POM upgrades, middleware changes, and security keystore handling; supported KMI activation and key mapping using Argo CD, SAFE (IPARM), and Jenkins. • Monitored Kibana indices, created OpenShift routes, renewed 50+ certificates through PKI tooling, and enabled knowledge transfer for new team members while coordinating backend, network, and database teams for new environment bring-up.

Cloud Engineer at Collebra, Sep 2019 - Aug 2020 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Cloud Engineer – Banking Domain (Client: Goldman Sachs) • Managed AWS platform services and associated cloud resources for a Goldman Sachs banking engagement with 99.9% operational availability. • Supported development and deployment activities, ensuring smooth CI/CD execution and stable cloud operations. • Worked in agile teams to streamline provisioning, reducing environment setup turnaround by ~25% • Managed database provisioning for SQL and NoSQL data stores in production environments. • Worked on AWS core services EC2, ELB , S3 & Route 53

LAMP/DevOps Engineer at Tech Mahindra, Aug 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos, Bengaluru Area, India, Project: HealthCare Company (Client: Nestlé) • Designed and implemented containerized environments for LAMP stack and other application platforms, improving deployment consistency and cutting environment drift issues by ~40%. • Provisioned and managed Web Application Firewall (WAF) controls to strengthen application security. • Developed a cloud-based storage solution for efficient file storage and retrieval. • Implemented shared database services and managed database provisioning for SQL/NoSQL data stores in production environments within the LAMP deployment landscape, improving scalability and resource utilization by ~30%

DevOps Engineer at Tech Mahindra, Aug 2018 - Sep 2019 · 1 yr 2 mos

Education

Bachelor's degree, Computer Programming, Specific Applications, shree jagadguru renukacharya college

Secondary School, Computer Science, Sheshadripuram Arts, Science & Commerce College, Sheshadripuram , Bangalore-20

Public links

github: https://github.com/meeral11