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Vaibhav Agarwal

SRE@Kotak || AWS & Google Cloud Certified (PCA, ACE) || Azure Devops || Platform Engineering & Observability (OTel, Prometheus, Grafana) || DOCKER || KUBERNETES || TERRAFORM || LINUX || PYTHON

Bengaluru

7+ years of work experience

Hutech Solutions
May 20251 yr 4 mosPresent

Bengaluru

End-to-end ownership of observability infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and production operations across CBS, UPI-Retail, UPI-Merchant, FI Sysout, Dolphin, Channel Web/App, and Statementing stacks for a leading private-sector bank. • Delivered a centralized observability platform unifying CBS, UPI Retail, UPI Merchant, FI ,C24, Dolphin, and Channel stacks with Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry. • Authored Alloy configurations for ISO transaction logs, multiline app logs, and CBS/UPI logs, enabling structured ingestion at scale. • Standardized log schema with label extraction, JSON transformation, and timestamp enrichment, improving query speed and reducing latency. • Resolved cardinality/storage issues, optimized Alloy pipelines, and deployed OTel collectors for CBS/Dolphin components. • Automated log lifecycle with rsync, logrotate, cron jobs, and custom Perl monitoring exporters. • Built Grafana dashboards with LogQL/PromQL queries covering CBS jobs, UPI workflows, FI Sysout, Dolphin, and Channel stacks. • Designed health monitoring for AIX services (GenLiMo, CBC, Uniser), delivering unified infra-to-app visibility. • Configured Alertmanager + PagerDuty for proactive incident detection; developed Python/Perl exporters for legacy systems. • Engineered Azure DevOps pipelines for builds, multi-stage deployments, and approvals; stabilized scripts to reduce failures. • Validated SSH/port/server access across Linux/AIX fleets; supported UAT/pre-prod readiness. • Led production deployments during maintenance windows, ensuring stability and resolving blockers. • Executed disaster recovery validations and environment switchovers, meeting RTO/RPO targets. • Delivered KT sessions on dashboards, queries, Alloy configs, and pipelines; authored documentation adopted org-wide. • Managed end-to-end delivery with minimal supervision, coordinating infra access, scoping, and cross-team execution.
Tech Mahindra
Jun 20244 mosSep 2024

Delhi, India

AWS Restart Program Graduate Successfully completed the AWS Restart Program, gaining a thorough understanding of cloud computing fundamentals and AWS services. Developed hands-on experience with key AWS technologies, including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, and Route 53. Skills Developed - Cloud architecture design and implementation - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like AWS CloudFormation - Database migration and management - Basic Python programming for automation - Linux system administration and scripting Capstone Project Designed and deployed a scalable three tier architecture and integrating it with Amazon DynamoDB for a fully managed backend solution. This project demonstrated effective use of AWS services to create a cost-efficient and high-performance application. Key Achievements - Implemented cost-saving measures through optimized resource allocation and usage - Enhanced system performance by leveraging AWS best practices for scalability and reliability - Streamlined operations with automated deployments and infrastructure management Eager to apply these skills to develop and optimize cloud-based solutions, and contribute to innovative projects that drive business success.
Health View
Jan 20205 yrs 5 mosMay 2025

Jaipur

• Modernized legacy application deployments by containerizing applications using Docker and orchestrating them with Kubernetes, reducing deployment time by 70%. • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Git, Jenkins, Maven, and SonarQube, ensuring continuous integration and automated testing. • Implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to provision AWS resources (EC2, VPC, Load Balancers), ensuring reproducible, scalable environments. • Established proactive monitoring and alerting solutions with Prometheus and Grafana, reducing downtime by 40%. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams via JIRA for effective issue tracking and continuous process improvements.
National Engineering Industries Ltd. (NBC Bearings)
Dec 20187 mosJun 2019

Jaipur Area, India

• Conducted market research, identifying potential sales leads, contributing to a 10% increase in lead conversion. • Assisted in process redesign, improving inspection accuracy by 15%. • Supported sales team in client presentations, enhancing client conversion rate.

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Education

AWS re/Start Program Graduate

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

20242024
The LNM Institute of Information Technology

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering

The LNM Institute of Information Technology

20154 yrs2019

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SRE@Kotak || AWS & Google Cloud Certified (PCA, ACE) || Azure Devops || Platform Engineering & Observability (OTel, Prometheus, Grafana) || DOCKER || KUBERNETES || TERRAFORM || LINUX || PYTHON

About

Site Reliability and DevOps Engineer with experience designing and operating production-grade observability platforms, CI/CD pipelines, and distributed infrastructure in high-stakes BFSI environments. Currently focused on end-to-end observability for Finacle Core Banking and UPI payment stacks at Kotak Mahindra Bank, utilizing Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and Azure DevOps. Skilled in cloud-native tooling on AWS, container orchestration with Kubernetes, and infrastructure automation via Terraform. Proven ability to architect reliable systems, define SLIs and SLOs, and drive operational excellence through automation and comprehensive documentation. Core Competencies Observability & SRE: Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, Grafana Alloy, OpenTelemetry Collector, Alertmanager, PagerDuty, PromQL, LogQL, StarRocks CI/CD & Automation: Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Git, Maven Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, EKS, ECR, Route 53, ALB), Terraform, CloudFormation Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm Scripting & Programming: Python, Shell Scripting, Perl Operating Systems: Linux (Amazon Linux, Ubuntu), AIX Collaboration & ITSM: ServiceNow, Azure Boards, Jira, Confluence Let’s Connect I welcome professionals passionate about Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, Cloud Computing, and Observability to connect. Whether you’re interested in discussing platform reliability or exploring best practices in BFSI infrastructure, let’s collaborate and drive excellence together. ✉️ 15ume033@gmail.com #SRE #DevOps #Observability #AzureDevOps #Kubernetes #AWS #Grafana #Prometheus #OpenTelemetry #BFSI #SiteReliabilityEngineering #GoogleCertified

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

Site Reliability Engineer at Hutech Solutions, May 2025 - Present · 1 yr 4 mos, Bengaluru, End-to-end ownership of observability infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and production operations across CBS, UPI-Retail, UPI-Merchant, FI Sysout, Dolphin, Channel Web/App, and Statementing stacks for a leading private-sector bank. • Delivered a centralized observability platform unifying CBS, UPI Retail, UPI Merchant, FI ,C24, Dolphin, and Channel stacks with Grafana, Loki, Prometheus, and OpenTelemetry. • Authored Alloy configurations for ISO transaction logs, multiline app logs, and CBS/UPI logs, enabling structured ingestion at scale. • Standardized log schema with label extraction, JSON transformation, and timestamp enrichment, improving query speed and reducing latency. • Resolved cardinality/storage issues, optimized Alloy pipelines, and deployed OTel collectors for CBS/Dolphin components. • Automated log lifecycle with rsync, logrotate, cron jobs, and custom Perl monitoring exporters. • Built Grafana dashboards with LogQL/PromQL queries covering CBS jobs, UPI workflows, FI Sysout, Dolphin, and Channel stacks. • Designed health monitoring for AIX services (GenLiMo, CBC, Uniser), delivering unified infra-to-app visibility. • Configured Alertmanager + PagerDuty for proactive incident detection; developed Python/Perl exporters for legacy systems. • Engineered Azure DevOps pipelines for builds, multi-stage deployments, and approvals; stabilized scripts to reduce failures. • Validated SSH/port/server access across Linux/AIX fleets; supported UAT/pre-prod readiness. • Led production deployments during maintenance windows, ensuring stability and resolving blockers. • Executed disaster recovery validations and environment switchovers, meeting RTO/RPO targets. • Delivered KT sessions on dashboards, queries, Alloy configs, and pipelines; authored documentation adopted org-wide. • Managed end-to-end delivery with minimal supervision, coordinating infra access, scoping, and cross-team execution.

Trainee at Tech Mahindra, Jun 2024 - Sep 2024 · 4 mos, Delhi, India, AWS Restart Program Graduate Successfully completed the AWS Restart Program, gaining a thorough understanding of cloud computing fundamentals and AWS services. Developed hands-on experience with key AWS technologies, including EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, VPC, IAM, and Route 53. Skills Developed - Cloud architecture design and implementation - Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like AWS CloudFormation - Database migration and management - Basic Python programming for automation - Linux system administration and scripting Capstone Project Designed and deployed a scalable three tier architecture and integrating it with Amazon DynamoDB for a fully managed backend solution. This project demonstrated effective use of AWS services to create a cost-efficient and high-performance application. Key Achievements - Implemented cost-saving measures through optimized resource allocation and usage - Enhanced system performance by leveraging AWS best practices for scalability and reliability - Streamlined operations with automated deployments and infrastructure management Eager to apply these skills to develop and optimize cloud-based solutions, and contribute to innovative projects that drive business success.

DevOps Engineer at Health View, Jan 2020 - May 2025 · 5 yrs 5 mos, Jaipur, • Modernized legacy application deployments by containerizing applications using Docker and orchestrating them with Kubernetes, reducing deployment time by 70%. • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines with Git, Jenkins, Maven, and SonarQube, ensuring continuous integration and automated testing. • Implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform to provision AWS resources (EC2, VPC, Load Balancers), ensuring reproducible, scalable environments. • Established proactive monitoring and alerting solutions with Prometheus and Grafana, reducing downtime by 40%. • Collaborated with cross-functional teams via JIRA for effective issue tracking and continuous process improvements.

Project Intern at National Engineering Industries Ltd. (NBC Bearings), Dec 2018 - Jun 2019 · 7 mos, Jaipur Area, India, • Conducted market research, identifying potential sales leads, contributing to a 10% increase in lead conversion. • Assisted in process redesign, improving inspection accuracy by 15%. • Supported sales team in client presentations, enhancing client conversion rate.

Education

AWS re/Start Program Graduate, Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Bachelor of Technology, Mechanical Engineering, The LNM Institute of Information Technology