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Nikethan Rai

DevSecOps @Visa Inc | Enhancing Infrastructure and Automation | SAFe 6

Bengaluru

4+ years of work experience

Visa
Aug 20251 yr 2 mosPresent

Hybrid

Amadeus
Jul 20232 yrs 2 mosAug 2025

Hybrid

At Amadeus, I managed the Azure cloud-based middleware for Lufthansa, supporting critical services including ticket bookings, baggage control, airport operations, and pilot loadsheets. As the Network SME for 800+ backend systems, I specialized in high-availability architecture and automated governance for one of the world’s largest travel ecosystems. Core Achievements: - Automation & Velocity: Engineered custom tools that slashed API Gateway deployment times by 98% and reduced network troubleshooting from hours to under 20 minutes. - Cloud Efficiency (FinOps): Leveraged KEDA-based autoscaling on OpenShift to achieve a 35% reduction in cloud costs without sacrificing performance during peak travel surges. - Security & Compliance: Integrated Fortify, BlackDuck, and Prisma into CI/CD pipelines, maintaining PCI compliance with a high 8.5+ SDL score. - GitOps & Tooling: Optimized Jenkins + ArgoCD workflows across 35+ projects and built a custom VS Code extension for internal DSLs to standardize YAML configuration management. - Observability: Implemented full-stack self managed monitoring using Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk for real-time visibility and incident response. - Innovation: Developed a GenAI-powered POC for vulnerability mitigation and a CO₂ tracking tool during a corporate hackathon.
Amadeus
Feb 20235 mosJun 2023

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

KredX
Jun 20222 mosJul 2022

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

TEDxMAHE
Jul 20211 yr 3 mosSep 2022

Manipal

The Think Tank, Manipal
Jul 20211 yr 2 mosAug 2022

Manipal

Nikethan’s AI Stack

claude code
claude code
claude
claude
codex
codex
langgraph
langgraph
langsmith
langsmith
mcp
mcp

Education

Manipal institute of technology

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Manipal institute of technology

20194 yrs2023

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Headline

DevSecOps @Visa Inc | Enhancing Infrastructure and Automation | SAFe 6

About

DevSecOps & Platform Engineer specializing in resilient cloud infrastructure, zero-trust architectures, and AI-driven automation. Currently at Visa, I bridge traditional infrastructure with GenAI—designing LangGraph-orchestrated agents, custom Claude skills, and RAG layers to automate incident triage and remediation across 80+ services. My background includes building high-availability, fault-tolerant systems handling 5,000+ peak TPS at Amadeus, cutting cloud spend by 35% through FinOps optimization, and owning end-to-end PCI-DSS compliance lifecycles. Areas of Expertise: 🔹 Platform & Cloud: Kubernetes, OpenShift, Azure, AWS, Multi-AZ Resiliency, Zero-Trust Architecture. 🔹 CI/CD & IaC: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Terraform, Ansible, GitOps (Argo CD, Helm). 🔹 Agentic AI & Automation: LangGraph, Claude Code, Python automation, RAG systems. 🔹 Observability & SecOps: Splunk, Grafana, Fortify, Black Duck, AppSec promotion gates. Let's connect to talk cloud networking, FinOps, or the future of autonomous infrastructure.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

codex

langgraph

langsmith

mcp

Work experience

DevSecOps Engineer at Visa, Aug 2025 - Present · 1 yr 2 mos, Hybrid

DevOps Engineer | Middleware & Cloud Infrastructure at Amadeus, Jul 2023 - Aug 2025 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Hybrid, At Amadeus, I managed the Azure cloud-based middleware for Lufthansa, supporting critical services including ticket bookings, baggage control, airport operations, and pilot loadsheets. As the Network SME for 800+ backend systems, I specialized in high-availability architecture and automated governance for one of the world’s largest travel ecosystems. Core Achievements: - Automation & Velocity: Engineered custom tools that slashed API Gateway deployment times by 98% and reduced network troubleshooting from hours to under 20 minutes. - Cloud Efficiency (FinOps): Leveraged KEDA-based autoscaling on OpenShift to achieve a 35% reduction in cloud costs without sacrificing performance during peak travel surges. - Security & Compliance: Integrated Fortify, BlackDuck, and Prisma into CI/CD pipelines, maintaining PCI compliance with a high 8.5+ SDL score. - GitOps & Tooling: Optimized Jenkins + ArgoCD workflows across 35+ projects and built a custom VS Code extension for internal DSLs to standardize YAML configuration management. - Observability: Implemented full-stack self managed monitoring using Grafana, Prometheus, and Splunk for real-time visibility and incident response. - Innovation: Developed a GenAI-powered POC for vulnerability mitigation and a CO₂ tracking tool during a corporate hackathon.

Intern at Amadeus, Feb 2023 - Jun 2023 · 5 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Software Developer at KredX, Jun 2022 - Jul 2022 · 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Creative Director at TEDxMAHE, Jul 2021 - Sep 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos, Manipal

Core Committee at The Think Tank, Manipal, Jul 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr 2 mos, Manipal

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Manipal institute of technology