Headline

Sr. DevOps engineer | 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 & 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝘆-𝗔𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗦𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 | Kubernetes | Terraform | GitOps | AWS

About

A 𝗦𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗿 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗢𝗽𝘀 ＆ 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 specializing in building, scaling, and 𝗲𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 ＆ 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 (𝗛𝗔) 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀. Recognized as a subject matter expert in 𝗞𝘂𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 and advanced 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 (𝗜𝗮𝗖) architectures with 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺. Backed by an 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲𝗰𝘁 𝗰𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 and ~4 years of experience, I bridge the gap between development and infrastructure by building 𝗢𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗮𝘀-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 frameworks to establish 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹𝘀 and eliminate operational 𝘁𝗼𝗶𝗹. 𝗖𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝗲 ＆ 𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗮𝗰𝘁: • 𝗦𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗲 ＆ 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆: Executing 𝘇𝗲𝗿𝗼-𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲 𝗸𝟴𝘀 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘂𝗽𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲𝘀 for microservices handling 𝟮𝟱𝗞+ 𝗥𝗣𝗦 while maintaining high availability through robust, automated autoscaling (𝗞𝗘𝗗𝗔 ＆ 𝗞𝗮𝗿𝗽𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿/𝗖𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗔𝗜). • 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 ＆ 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗢𝗽𝘀: Designing scalable multi-tier architectures, managing 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹 𝗮𝗽𝗽𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 (𝗦𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗦𝗲𝘁𝘀), and engineering fully automated 𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗢𝗽𝘀 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 via 𝗔𝗿𝗴𝗼𝗖𝗗 and 𝗖𝗶𝗿𝗰𝗹𝗲𝗖𝗜. • 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗢𝗽𝘀 ＆ 𝗗𝗥: Driving massive 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗼𝗽𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗶𝘇𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 strategies (achieving up to 𝟮𝟲% 𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 on network/compute) and architecting Warm Standby 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗥𝗲𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 (𝗗𝗥) strategies for business continuity (𝗕𝗖𝗣).

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

claude code

claude

cursor

Work experience

DevOps Engineer 1 at Locus, Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 11 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Developed robust cloud platforms with K8s, GitOps, and worked on CI optimizations. • Maintained multiple production-grade Kubernetes clusters, performing seamless version upgrades and ensuring high availability for applications handling 25K+ RPS. Enhanced scalability and cost efficiency through advanced autoscaling mechanisms built with KEDA and Karpenter. • Built and maintained reusable Terraform modules to manage scalable cloud infrastructure and used them to develop highly available, production-grade 3-tier architectures ensuring scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency. • Introduced GitOps practices using ArgoCD, streamlining deployment workflows and reducing deployment times by up to 25% compared to the existing Jenkins-based process. • Optimized AWS costs by introducing Karpenter in EKS (12% EC2 savings), adopting Graviton-based instances(17% cost savings), and applying S3 lifecycle transition rules for cheaper storage tiers. Enhanced AWS stack architecture to reduce inter-service communication, cutting network costs by 26%. • Built and maintained the org’s Jenkins CI pipelines, and later led the migration of all CI workflows to CircleCI, resulting in a 35% improvement in build times and a monthly reduction of 7–8 hours in infrastructure maintenance required for self-managed Jenkins slaves.

DevOps Engineer at Meditab India, Jul 2022 - Sep 2024 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India, Maintained Kubernetes clusters, set up monitoring, and Terraform-based AWS infrastructure. • Implemented GitOps-based deployments for containerized applications on Kubernetes using Helm charts and ArgoCD. • Designed an active–passive disaster recovery strategy and conducted multiple DR drills to ensure resilience and business continuity. • Built comprehensive Grafana dashboards and Prometheus-based alerting workflows to maintain zero downtime and quickly detect performance degradation. • Implemented Infrastructure as Code(IaC) with Terraform to create and manage AWS services such as IAM Policies, S3, VPC, and EC2.

Full Stack Developer at CROWN Software, May 2022 - Jun 2022 · 2 mos

Full-stack Developer at Sannibh Technologies, Jun 2021 - Jul 2021 · 2 mos, Vadodara, Gujarat, India

Education

Computer engineering, B tech, CHARUSAT

Public links

github: https://github.com/nik2701k