Devops Engineer
About Candidate
Introduction:
The candidate is an IT professional with 15 years of experience specializing in Platform Engineering, Cloud DevOps, and Infrastructure Automation. They have extensive expertise in Kubernetes, Red Hat OpenShift, and container orchestration, including installation, migration, and troubleshooting. They have hands-on experience with GitOps tools like ArgoCD and Helm for deployment automation and CI/CD pipeline management using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and GitLab. Skilled in infrastructure as code (IaC) with Terraform and Ansible, they have provisioned and managed cloud resources across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Their experience includes implementing monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and OpenTelemetry. They have worked on platform services such as Kafka Connect, PostgreSQL, and Airflow in Kubernetes environments and managed secure storage and secret management with HashiCorp Vault. The candidate has expertise in RHEL server hardening, automated patching, and compliance audits using OpenSCAP. They have also led cloud migration initiatives and platform modernization, improving deployment efficiency and security. With strong experience in release management and disaster recovery strategies, they have supported production environments, optimizing performance and reliability. Additionally, they are certified in Kubernetes (CKA, CKAD, CKS), AWS, Azure, OpenShift, Docker, and Red Hat, demonstrating their deep technical knowledge. Their experience spans banking, financial services, and energy domains, and they actively mentor teams on best practices in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and automation.
Responsibilities:
- Designed, deployed, and managed Kubernetes and Red Hat OpenShift clusters for high-availability applications.
- Implemented GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Helm for automated application deployments.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and GitLab.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration using Terraform and Ansible.
- Managed cloud environments across AWS, Azure, and GCP, optimizing cost and performance.
- Implemented monitoring and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and OpenTelemetry.
- Administered platform services like Kafka Connect, PostgreSQL, and Apache Airflow in Kubernetes environments.
- Secured storage and secrets management using HashiCorp Vault, ensuring compliance with security policies.
- Conducted RHEL server hardening, automated patching, and compliance audits with OpenSCAP.
- Led cloud migration initiatives, modernizing legacy applications to cloud-native architectures.
- Developed and enforced security best practices, including role-based access control (RBAC) and policy enforcement.
- Designed and implemented disaster recovery and business continuity strategies for critical applications.
- Optimized release management processes, reducing deployment time and improving reliability.
- Provided technical leadership and mentorship to DevOps and platform engineering teams.
- Troubleshot and resolved complex production issues related to infrastructure, networking, and application performance.
- Conducted performance tuning and optimization of containerized workloads and cloud services.
- Collaborated with development teams to implement best practices for microservices deployment and scaling.
- Automated compliance reporting and governance frameworks to meet industry regulations.
- Researched and integrated emerging technologies to enhance DevOps and cloud automation strategies.