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Vinay Gupta

DevOps Manager at Clear India | Ex-Zeta (Directi)

Bengaluru

12+ years of work experience

Clear
Apr 20242 yrs 3 mosPresent

Bengaluru

Leading a 10+ member DevOps team managing globally distributed Kubernetes infrastructure (20+ clusters, 1000+ nodes, 500+ microservices) with higher uptime. Driving platform scalability, reliability, and performance supporting thousands of users and millions of requests. Delivering cloud cost savings across multi-account AWS and OCI environments. Architecting secure, multi-region infrastructure with strong focus on zero-trust security, IAM/RBAC, and compliance. Led SOC 2 Type 2, ISO, RMIT certifications and implemented CIS AWS benchmarks across the organisation. Built and scaled infrastructure team (10+ engineers), driving delivery excellence, agile execution, and stakeholder alignment. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and enterprise clients to drive infrastructure strategy and business outcomes.
Clear
Jan 20213 yrs 3 mosMar 2024

Bengaluru

Architected and executed Kubernetes (EKS) migration, establishing reusable platform frameworks for scalable microservices deployments. Designed CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins, improving deployment efficiency and release cycles. Implemented monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) and centralised logging (Coralogix) to enhance observability and debugging. Defined enterprise-grade backup strategies using AWS Backup for automated and policy-driven data protection. Built cloud infrastructure for KSA (OCI) enabling regional expansion. Mentored engineers across Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud platforms, strengthening team capability.
Zeta India
Nov 20182 yrs 2 mosDec 2020

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Managed infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and configuration management via Ansible and Jenkins. Built monitoring and alerting systems using Prometheus and Grafana for real-time visibility. Executed zero-downtime AWS region migration (Singapore → Mumbai) for production workloads. Implemented ELK-based logging pipelines and supported microservices architecture. Managed 24×7 production operations ensuring 99.9% uptime and rapid incident response.
Gizbel
May 20162 yrs 7 mosNov 2018

Bangalore

Built CI/CD pipelines for Java-based applications using Jenkins. Managed VMware and AWS infrastructure ensuring high availability and system stability.
TekIP Knowledge Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Feb 20142 yrs 3 mosApr 2016

Bangalore

Define and implement procedures for monitoring, alerting, backup logging. Infrastructure design decisions and implementations. Setup Cisco ASA Next-Generation Firewall. Perform code pushes and release deployments for the various environments (QA,Staging, Production). Done daily health check of system and provided support to the end user. Written Automation Script on Python and Shell script. Setup Monitoring tool Nagios for the environment. Written script for Automated Application for Deployments in Production Environment. Worked on User and Security Policy. Written script for Backup data inside LTO. Help other teams with sysadmin specific expertise.
TekIP Knowledge Consulting Pvt. Ltd.
Nov 20133 mosJan 2014

Bangalore

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Education

Visvesvaraya Technological University

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Science

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Headline

DevOps Manager at Clear India | Ex-Zeta (Directi)

About

Results-driven Engineering Manager in DevOps & Cloud Engineering with 12+ years of experience building and scaling enterprise-grade, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure. Proven track record of leading high-performing teams, managing large-scale Kubernetes platforms (20+ clusters, 1000+ nodes, 500+ microservices), and delivering high uptime across global environments. Expertise in multi-cloud architecture (AWS, OCI), CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), and observability (Prometheus, Grafana, Coralogix). Strong background in security and compliance, including SOC 2 Type 2, ISO, RMIT, CIS AWS benchmarks, and zero-trust architecture. Experienced in driving cost optimization, enabling international expansion, and building infrastructure engineering teams from the ground up. Passionate about designing scalable platforms, improving reliability and aligning infrastructure strategy with business growth.

Location

Bengaluru

AI stack

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Work experience

DevOps Manager at Clear, Apr 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Leading a 10+ member DevOps team managing globally distributed Kubernetes infrastructure (20+ clusters, 1000+ nodes, 500+ microservices) with higher uptime. Driving platform scalability, reliability, and performance supporting thousands of users and millions of requests. Delivering cloud cost savings across multi-account AWS and OCI environments. Architecting secure, multi-region infrastructure with strong focus on zero-trust security, IAM/RBAC, and compliance. Led SOC 2 Type 2, ISO, RMIT certifications and implemented CIS AWS benchmarks across the organisation. Built and scaled infrastructure team (10+ engineers), driving delivery excellence, agile execution, and stakeholder alignment. Collaborating with cross-functional teams and enterprise clients to drive infrastructure strategy and business outcomes.

DevOps Engineer III at Clear, Jan 2021 - Mar 2024 · 3 yrs 3 mos, Bengaluru, Architected and executed Kubernetes (EKS) migration, establishing reusable platform frameworks for scalable microservices deployments. Designed CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins, improving deployment efficiency and release cycles. Implemented monitoring and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) and centralised logging (Coralogix) to enhance observability and debugging. Defined enterprise-grade backup strategies using AWS Backup for automated and policy-driven data protection. Built cloud infrastructure for KSA (OCI) enabling regional expansion. Mentored engineers across Kubernetes, CI/CD, and cloud platforms, strengthening team capability.

DevOps Engineer II at Zeta India, Nov 2018 - Dec 2020 · 2 yrs 2 mos, Bengaluru, Karnataka, India, Managed infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and configuration management via Ansible and Jenkins. Built monitoring and alerting systems using Prometheus and Grafana for real-time visibility. Executed zero-downtime AWS region migration (Singapore → Mumbai) for production workloads. Implemented ELK-based logging pipelines and supported microservices architecture. Managed 24×7 production operations ensuring 99.9% uptime and rapid incident response.

Senior System Engineer (TekIP Group) at Gizbel, May 2016 - Nov 2018 · 2 yrs 7 mos, Bangalore, Built CI/CD pipelines for Java-based applications using Jenkins. Managed VMware and AWS infrastructure ensuring high availability and system stability.

System Administrator at TekIP Knowledge Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Feb 2014 - Apr 2016 · 2 yrs 3 mos, Bangalore, Define and implement procedures for monitoring, alerting, backup logging. Infrastructure design decisions and implementations. Setup Cisco ASA Next-Generation Firewall. Perform code pushes and release deployments for the various environments (QA,Staging, Production). Done daily health check of system and provided support to the end user. Written Automation Script on Python and Shell script. Setup Monitoring tool Nagios for the environment. Written script for Automated Application for Deployments in Production Environment. Worked on User and Security Policy. Written script for Backup data inside LTO. Help other teams with sysadmin specific expertise.

Intern system admin at TekIP Knowledge Consulting Pvt. Ltd., Nov 2013 - Jan 2014 · 3 mos, Bangalore

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Science, Visvesvaraya Technological University