Headline

Senior DevOps Engineer | CKA-CKS-GCP-AWS | Argo CD | Cillium | Vault | Terraform | Infrastructure | Security

About

As a DevOps Engineer with over 8 years of hands-on experience in InfoSec, security, and Kubernetes environments, I specialize in designing, implementing, and optimizing CI/CD pipelines and cloud infrastructure to ensure secure, scalable, and efficient software delivery. My expertise spans leading cloud platforms including AWS and GCP, where I’ve consistently enhanced deployment speed, system reliability, and security posture. With deep expertise in infrastructure as code (Terraform, CloudFormation) and configuration management (Ansible), I automate complex environments to achieve faster provisioning and greater scalability. My work in containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration enables seamless, high-performance application delivery in hybrid and multi-cloud settings. Security is at the core of my approach, and I integrate robust measures into the development lifecycle using DevSecOps tools like OWASP ZAP, Snyk, SonarQube, and AquaTrivy. This ensures that security is a foundational element of our CI/CD pipelines, proactively mitigating risks and safeguarding our applications and infrastructure. In collaborative, agile environments, I’ve led global teams to adopt best practices in DevOps, streamline processes, and drive continuous innovation. My commitment to staying ahead in the industry is reflected in my certifications, including the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), further solidifying my expertise. I am passionate about leveraging technology to solve complex challenges in InfoSec, DevOps, DevSecOps, and cloud security spaces and am always eager to connect with professionals who share this vision.

Location

Pune District

AI stack

claude code

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github copilot

grok

hermes agent

Work experience

Senior DevOps Engineer at Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions [India], Aug 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 2 mos, Pune District

Senior DevOps Engineer at Accion Labs, Aug 2022 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 11 mos, Pune District, Architected and standardized enterprise platform engineering frameworks, driving resilient hybrid cloud-native scaling, high-performance eBPF networking, and advanced GitOps delivery. Focused on engineering secure distributed cluster topologies, implementing policy-as-code governance, and embedding robust telemetry systems to sustain 99.9% application availability. • Deployed automated GitOps delivery pipelines using Harness and Argo CD for microservices utilizing Docker, AWS ECR, and EKS, accelerating deployment velocities by 50% and reducing production incidents by 30%. • Hardened Kubernetes cluster infrastructure by implementing Open Policy Agent (OPA) and Kyverno, establishing runtime admission control, strict security policies, and automated compliance guards. • Optimized high-throughput cluster networking and security by implementing Cilium, leveraging eBPF for efficient pod communication, observability, and network policy enforcement. • Provisioned highly scalable hybrid infrastructure across AWS and on-premises environments using Terraform and Ansible, delivering 40% faster provisioning speeds and a 25% reduction in environment incidents. • Standardized full-stack cluster observability by designing centralized monitoring pipelines using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and InfluxDB to capture exhaustive system and container runtime metrics. • Engineered high-performance infrastructure automation utilities using Python, Go, and Shell scripting to accelerate distributed build systems and resolve complex cluster integration failures. • Integrated automated container vulnerability scanning into the runtime lifecycle using AquaTrivy, establishing proactive threat mitigation pipelines that diminished security risks by 30%.

Cloud Support Engineer at BETSOL, Sep 2021 - Aug 2022 · 1 yr, Bengaluru, Orchestrated scalable container infrastructure, applied fundamental Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, and automated cloud environments to support high-throughput operations. Focused on optimizing cluster resource utilization, managing service mesh traffic, and driving automated progressive delivery across distributed systems. • Managed Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) environments to efficiently run containerized workloads, achieving a 50% boost in system scalability and a 30% increase in compute resource utilization. • Applied SRE best practices to monitor and manage Service Level Indicators (SLIs) and Objectives (SLOs) for GKE clusters on GCP, delivering 30% faster deployment cycles alongside a 20% reduction in production incidents. • Integrated Istio service mesh across GKE clusters to drastically improve microservices traffic management, service visibility, and network communication security. • Implemented automated progressive delivery and canary deployment strategies using Flagger, ensuring automated rollbacks based on real-time Prometheus metrics during controlled rollouts. • Streamlined complex application delivery and package management using Helm, cutting deployment times by 20% and doubling software release frequencies. • Standardized infrastructure deployments by developing automated multi-tier cluster environments leveraging Terraform for IaC and Ansible for configuration management. • Maintained and optimized high-performance data persistence layers utilizing MongoDB to support intensive distributed application workloads.

Caregiving at Career Break, Feb 2021 - Aug 2021 · 7 mos

Cloud Operations at zillet.io, Feb 2021 - Aug 2021 · 7 mos, India

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.), Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Biju Patnaik University of Technology, Odisha

Diploma, Electrical and Electronics Engineering, State Council for Technical Education and Vocational Training (SCTE & VT), Odisha