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Lead DevOps Engineer @ Nokia | Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps

About

DevOps and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) leader with 10+ years of experience across backend software development, cloud infrastructure, and platform operations. Promoted to Lead DevOps Engineer at Nokia (Feb 2025) after joining as R&D Engineer in 2021 — now leading and mentoring an SRE team of 10 engineers as Scrum Master. Own and operate a Kubernetes platform spanning 10 clusters, 40 nodes, and 500+ pods, supporting 1,000+ microservices in production. Designed a GitLab High Availability (HA) architecture sustaining 99.9% uptime, and drive Infrastructure-as-Code practices using Terraform and ARM templates across Azure and AWS. Led CI/CD pipeline optimization that accelerated deployment cycles by 30% and cut bug resolution time by 20%. Hands-on across the full platform stack: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, container registry management (Harbor, GitLab), PostgreSQL on Kubernetes (CloudNativePG), bare-metal Kubernetes (TalOS, Sidero), and advanced cluster troubleshooting (ETCD, PVC, scheduling). Increasingly leveraging AI tools — GitHub Copilot and Gemini — to accelerate automation, debugging, and operational reporting. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and Aviatrix Certified Engineer (ACE). Based in Bengaluru, India.

Location

Greater Bengaluru Area

AI stack

claude code

cursor

gemini

github copilot

openai

githubcopilot

Work experience

Lead DevOps Engineer at Nokia, Feb 2025 - Present · 1 yr 8 mos, Bengaluru, - Lead and mentor a Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team of 10 engineers as Scrum Master, planning and delegating tasks across monthly sprints. - Own and operate a Kubernetes platform spanning 10 clusters, 40 nodes, and 500+ pods, supporting 1,000+ microservices in production with high availability and scalability.

R&D Engineer at Nokia, Jun 2021 - Feb 2025 · 3 yrs 9 mos, Bengaluru, - Designed and implemented a GitLab High Availability (HA) architecture, sustaining 99.9% uptime over 12 months. - Migrated Cassandra from virtual machines to PostgreSQL on Kubernetes using CloudNativePG, improving database reliability and manageability. - Owned end-to-end Helm chart installation, maintenance, and version upgrades for Harbor and GitLab. - Built an automation script (developed using GitHub Copilot) for Helm chart synchronization between Harbor registries, reducing a 2-hour/week manual process to under 2 minutes per run (~98% reduction in manual effort). - Automated image synchronization between Harbor registries using Skopeo while preserving digest integrity. - Performed advanced Kubernetes cluster troubleshooting, including ETCD defragmentation, PVC capacity issues, and pod scheduling failures. - Delivered hands-on bare-metal Kubernetes installations using TalOS, Sidero, and Sidero Omni. - Leveraged GitHub Copilot and Gemini AI to accelerate debugging, automate repetitive tasks, and generate operational reports. - Led full lifecycle build-out of an Azure data center, covering installation, configuration, and debugging. - Automated Harbor configuration management using Terraform (Infrastructure as Code), eliminating manual, click-through registry setup.

Senior Software Engineer at Quest Global, Oct 2018 - May 2021 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Bengaluru, - Implemented ARM templates to control and limit Azure resource provisioning and configured automated VM shutdown schedules, reducing unnecessary cloud spend. - Built Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines triggered on code changes in Azure Repos, automating Docker image builds and Kubernetes deployments. - Managed source code and CI/CD activities in Azure Repos and Azure Pipelines, integrating source code analysis and security scanning tools. - Created ARM templates to automate provisioning of Azure cloud resources (Infrastructure as Code). - Developed Python scripts for data warehousing, integrating data from multiple source systems. - Integrated backend database with Django ORM models. - Led a team of 6 engineers, overseeing delivery throughout the project lifecycle. - Architected and developed a backend system from scratch, including database design, API design, and system architecture.

Senior System Engineer at Infosys, Nov 2015 - Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 11 mos, Bengaluru, - Developed REST APIs in Python to retrieve and serve data to front-end UI applications. - Designed relational database schema from the ground up. - Built a data replication solution using Bucardo to synchronize data between two PostgreSQL servers.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology, Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, BANGALORE