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Infrastructure Engineer at Barclays | OpenShift • Kubernetes • Cloud Platforms

About

Infrastructure Engineer at Barclays Bank UK with hands-on experience in OpenShift and Kubernetes-based platforms. I work on building, maintaining, and supporting secure, scalable infrastructure for enterprise banking systems. My background includes container orchestration, platform reliability, and cloud-native technologies. I hold a Master’s degree in Advanced Computer Science from the University of Liverpool and enjoy working on complex systems, automation, and continuous improvement within large-scale environments.

Location

United Kingdom

AI stack

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Work experience

Infrastructure Engineer at Barclays, Aug 2022 - Present · 4 yrs 1 mo, Knutsford, Working on OpenShift-based private cloud • Operate and troubleshoot production Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters, ensuring high availability of enterprise workloads • Reduce MTTR through incident response, root cause analysis, and proactive monitoring improvements • Build automation frameworks (Go, Python, Bash), reducing manual effort and improving operational scalability • Implement Prometheus and Grafana for observability, enabling early failure detection and improving platform stability • Develop GitOps-based delivery pipelines (Argo CD, Helm, Jenkins, Docker), increasing deployment reliability and consistency • Implement Helm-based deployments for various applications on Openshift. • Reduce release failures through automated validation, testing, and audit pipelines • Optimise and Automate CI/CD pipelines, improving performance and reducing infrastructure resource usage • Lead post-mortems and knowledge-sharing sessions, improving team operational maturity and preventing repeat incidents

Education

Master of Science - MS, Advanced Computer Science, University of Liverpool

BE - Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science, Rajiv Gandhi Prodyogiki Vishwavidyalaya

Public links

github: https://github.com/Parthkhandelwal0