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Tejas Mahakalkar

DevOps Engineer | AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | Docker | Jenkins | Prometheus | Grafana | Service Mesh | Chaos Engineering

Pune District

5+ years of work experience

Rackspace Technology
Jul 20233 yrs 2 mosPresent

Remote

Client: Banking Client Location: UK Designed and supported highly available AWS infrastructure using Amazon EC2, EKS, Lambda, ELB, RDS, Route 53, and IAM for a mission-critical banking platform. Managed 25+ Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability, reliable deployments, and efficient resource utilization. Automated infrastructure provisioning and application deployments using Terraform, improving consistency and reducing manual effort. Configured Prometheus and Alertmanager for Kubernetes monitoring, enabling proactive alerting and faster incident detection. Led P1/P2 production incidents, performing root cause analysis and collaborating with cross-functional teams to restore critical banking services. Implemented EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks to automate instance launch and termination workflows, improving deployment reliability. Investigated and resolved production issues involving AWS Lambda, Application Load Balancers, Linux, Filebeat, and Logrotate using CloudWatch Logs Insights and SQL analysis. Supported Disaster Recovery planning, recovery validation, and RTO/RPO verification to ensure business continuity across AWS environments. Provided technical guidance on AWS architecture, cloud reliability, operational excellence, and platform engineering best practices.
Cybage Software
Apr 20212 yrs 4 mosJul 2023

Pune District

Client: eCommerce Platform Client Location: Singapore Designed and managed scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS to support high-traffic, microservices-based eCommerce applications. Deployed and managed Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and seamless application deployments. Implemented the Gremlin Chaos Engineering platform on Amazon EKS to validate application resilience through pod disruption, latency injection, and HPA testing. Configured Istio service mesh for advanced traffic management, including circuit breaking, traffic routing, and dark launches to improve application reliability. Developed reusable Terraform modules to automate infrastructure provisioning, ensuring consistent and scalable cloud deployments. Enhanced CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, reducing deployment effort and improving release reliability. Built Kubernetes monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus and Grafana for proactive performance monitoring and faster issue detection. Collaborated with development and operations teams to optimize platform performance, troubleshoot production issues, and improve overall system reliability.
Cybage
Apr 20212 yrs 3 mosJun 2023

Deployed the Gremlin Chaos Engineering platform from scratch on Amazon EKS, enabling resilience testing through HPA validation, pod disruption, and latency experiments for Kubernetes workloads. Worked with Istio service mesh features such as circuit breaker, and traffic routing for microservice workloads. Managed 25+ Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability and reliable deployments. Optimized CI/CD workflows through Jenkins pipeline enhancements, enabling faster release cycles and improved deployment reliability. Developed reusable Terraform modules and automated infrastructure provisioning to ensure consistent, scalable, and reliable cloud deployments.

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Education

SunBeam Institute of Information Technology, Pune-Karad

PG-DAC

SunBeam Institute of Information Technology, Pune-Karad

20201 yr2021
Shri ramdeobaba college of engineering and management

Electronic engineering

Shri ramdeobaba college of engineering and management

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Headline

DevOps Engineer | AWS | Kubernetes | Terraform | Docker | Jenkins | Prometheus | Grafana | Service Mesh | Chaos Engineering

About

DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing and operating AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, AWS BEDROCK, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure as Code. Improved deployment reliability, reduced production incidents, and enhanced platform resilience through Terraform, Jenkins, EKS, and Chaos Engineering

Location

Pune District

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Work experience

DevOps Engineer at Rackspace Technology, Jul 2023 - Present · 3 yrs 2 mos, Remote, Client: Banking Client Location: UK Designed and supported highly available AWS infrastructure using Amazon EC2, EKS, Lambda, ELB, RDS, Route 53, and IAM for a mission-critical banking platform. Managed 25+ Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability, reliable deployments, and efficient resource utilization. Automated infrastructure provisioning and application deployments using Terraform, improving consistency and reducing manual effort. Configured Prometheus and Alertmanager for Kubernetes monitoring, enabling proactive alerting and faster incident detection. Led P1/P2 production incidents, performing root cause analysis and collaborating with cross-functional teams to restore critical banking services. Implemented EC2 Auto Scaling lifecycle hooks to automate instance launch and termination workflows, improving deployment reliability. Investigated and resolved production issues involving AWS Lambda, Application Load Balancers, Linux, Filebeat, and Logrotate using CloudWatch Logs Insights and SQL analysis. Supported Disaster Recovery planning, recovery validation, and RTO/RPO verification to ensure business continuity across AWS environments. Provided technical guidance on AWS architecture, cloud reliability, operational excellence, and platform engineering best practices.

Cloud Engineer at Cybage Software, Apr 2021 - Jul 2023 · 2 yrs 4 mos, Pune District, Client: eCommerce Platform Client Location: Singapore Designed and managed scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS to support high-traffic, microservices-based eCommerce applications. Deployed and managed Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and seamless application deployments. Implemented the Gremlin Chaos Engineering platform on Amazon EKS to validate application resilience through pod disruption, latency injection, and HPA testing. Configured Istio service mesh for advanced traffic management, including circuit breaking, traffic routing, and dark launches to improve application reliability. Developed reusable Terraform modules to automate infrastructure provisioning, ensuring consistent and scalable cloud deployments. Enhanced CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, reducing deployment effort and improving release reliability. Built Kubernetes monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus and Grafana for proactive performance monitoring and faster issue detection. Collaborated with development and operations teams to optimize platform performance, troubleshoot production issues, and improve overall system reliability.

DevOps Engineer at Cybage, Apr 2021 - Jun 2023 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Deployed the Gremlin Chaos Engineering platform from scratch on Amazon EKS, enabling resilience testing through HPA validation, pod disruption, and latency experiments for Kubernetes workloads. Worked with Istio service mesh features such as circuit breaker, and traffic routing for microservice workloads. Managed 25+ Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability and reliable deployments. Optimized CI/CD workflows through Jenkins pipeline enhancements, enabling faster release cycles and improved deployment reliability. Developed reusable Terraform modules and automated infrastructure provisioning to ensure consistent, scalable, and reliable cloud deployments.

Education

PG-DAC, SunBeam Institute of Information Technology, Pune-Karad

Electronic engineering, Shri ramdeobaba college of engineering and management

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