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Harindra Manchana

Summary

Experienced DevOps Engineer with around 6 years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust DevOps solutions. Proven track record of streamlining deployment pipelines, automating workflows, and enhancing system reliability. Adept at collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) processes. Strong background in cloud platforms, containerization, and infrastructure as code (IaC). Holds good foundational skills in DevOps practices and tools. Committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Franklar Technologies
01.2024 - Current
  • Participated in agile sprint planning with infrastructure, security, and development teams to gather infrastructure requirements, define provisioning goals, and align DevOps efforts with business needs, improving collaboration and delivery timelines by 40%.
  • Developed scalable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to automate provisioning of AWS resources such as EC2, RDS, VPCs, and S3, reducing configuration drift and ensuring environment consistency across development, staging, and production.
  • Integrated Terraform with Jenkins to build CI/CD pipelines for infrastructure deployment, enabling fully automated provisioning, reducing manual effort by 70%, and cutting deployment times in half through version-controlled, reliable workflows.
  • Deployed ArgoCD to enable GitOps-based deployment for Kubernetes clusters, streamlining declarative infrastructure management, enhancing visibility, and providing safe, automated rollbacks to maintain state consistency across all environments.
  • Strengthened security posture by enforcing AWS IAM policies, automating compliance with AWS Config, and integrating security checks aligned with OWASP Top 10 into CI/CD pipelines to mitigate risks such as misconfiguration and insecure APIs.
  • Collaborated with operations for production troubleshooting and deployment validations, participated in daily scrums to resolve blockers, and continuously refined infrastructure strategies to ensure performance, compliance, and DevOps maturity.

DevOps Engineer

Infosys, India
09.2020 - 12.2022
  • Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD were used to engineer and implement CI/CD pipelines that reduced deployment times by 50%, improved software release effectiveness, and sped up the time to market for new features.
  • Using AWS CloudFormation and Terraform for automated cloud infrastructure provisioning and maintenance, which enhances infrastructure consistency and 40% less manual involvement is required.
  • 35% more scalability and reliability thanks to containerized apps using Docker and controlled deployment with Kubernetes.
  • Increased system uptime by 30% by using Prometheus, Grafana, and AWS CloudWatch to monitor application health and system performance.
  • By utilizing SonarQube for frequent code reviews and applying security best practices, we were able to improve application security and code quality by 25%.
  • By using indexing and query optimization techniques, AWS RDS and MySQL databases were made more performant overall and query execution times were reduced by 20%.

Software Engineer

iPark Info Technologies Pvt Ltd, India
06.2018 - 08.2020
  • Using Kubernetes, containerized apps were deployed and managed, resulting in a 40% increase in scalability and a more robust infrastructure.
  • Using Ansible and Puppet, we optimized server provisioning and configuration management; we reduced setup times by 50% and configuration mistakes by 30%, increasing the total efficiency of deployment.
  • Employing JMeter and Gatling for load testing and performance optimization, we were able to locate and remove bottlenecks and improve application performance by 25%.
  • Using solutions such as Aqua Security and Twistlock, security automation approaches and best practices for container security were implemented, resulting in safe deployment environments and a 35% reduction in vulnerabilities.

Education

Masters - Business Analytics

Sacred Heart University
Fairfield, CT
03.2024

Skills

  • Python, Bash
  • AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Docker, Kubernetes
  • Terraform, YAML
  • Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
  • AWS RDS, MySQL, Azure SQL Database
  • Cloudwatch, Newrelic, ELK Stack
  • DNS, HTTP/HTTPs, VPNs, Firewalls
  • Agile methodologies, Scrum practices like Trello
  • Windows, RedHat Linux, Windows Server
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Linux operating system
  • Monitoring and logging
  • Containerization technologies

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

Franklar Technologies
01.2024 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Infosys, India
09.2020 - 12.2022

Software Engineer

iPark Info Technologies Pvt Ltd, India
06.2018 - 08.2020

Masters - Business Analytics

Sacred Heart University
Harindra Manchana