About
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Technical Skills
Cloud, IaC & Configuration Management
AWS
Azure
Nutanix
Terraform
Ansible
Containers, CI/CD & GitOps
Kubernetes
GitLab
GitHub Actions
Jenkins
FluxCD
ArgoCD
Monitoring and Observability
ELK Stack
Prometheus
Grafana
OpenTelemetry
Jaeger
OS & Scripting
Linux
Python
Bash
Security & Policy
Istio
HashiCorp Vault
Work Experience
Network Techlab (India) Limited
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
July 2023 - Present
- Managed 32-node, 6-cluster Kubernetes footprint (EKS/NKP) supporting ~40 microservices across hybrid cloud.
- Implemented GitOps with FluxCD for cluster bootstrapping and infrastructure controllers deployment.
- Secured secrets management using HashiCorp Vault and External Secrets Operator.
- Built centralized observability stack (ELK, Prometheus, Thanos, Grafana, Jaeger), reducing downtime by ~60%.
- Optimized autoscalers and resource quotas, cutting infrastructure costs by ~35%.
- Implemented DR strategies with Velero, lowering RTO by 50%.
- Automated CI/CD with ArgoCD and progressive delivery strategies, improving release velocity by ~40%.
- Developed Terraform modules with CI validation to prevent configuration drift.
Certifications
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
October 2025
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