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# Nikunj Bhimajiyani on Tal

## 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

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