Results-driven DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 7+ years of experience in architecting, automating, and optimizing mission-critical deployments in multi-cloud environments. Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure automation, containerization, and DevSecOps practices. Adept at leveraging tools like GitLab CI/CD, AWS, Azure, Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, Hemlm, Terraform, Ansible, Ansible and more to enhance deployment reliability, scalability, and operational efficiency. Strong focus on aligning technology with business objectives, ensuring security, cost optimization, high availability (HA), and performance tuning. AI enthusiast with hands-on experience integrating LLMs and Vector Databases for intelligent DevOps solutions.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Applied Systems
Chicago
02.2022 - Current
Designed and optimized GitLab CI/CD pipelines, reducing build times by 40% through advanced features like multi-stage builds, dynamic job configurations, and matrix execution
Standardized GitLab project settings organization-wide using GPC (GitLab Project Configurator), improving compliance and enhancing security consistency across projects
Managed GitLab Runners on Windows & Kubernetes, optimizing CI/CD workflows and reducing deployment failures by 30%
Designed and implemented highly scalable and fault-tolerant architectures on AWS using EC2, Auto Scaling Groups, and Elastic Load Balancing, achieving 99.99% uptime for production environments
Designed and implemented disaster recovery solutions leveraging AWS Backup, S3 versioning, and Cross-Region Replication, reducing recovery time by 50% during critical incidents
Deployed containerized applications using ECS and EKS, leveraging AWS Secrets Manager for secure access to sensitive data
Migrated from Kubernetes External Secrets (KES) to External Secrets Operator (ESO), improving secret management efficiency and aligning with compliance standards without disruptions
Successfully upgraded Istio service mesh across production environments, enhancing network security and reliability
Modularized Terraform configurations, creating reusable templates for multiple environments, reducing deployment time by 25%
Migrated and configured Terraform Cloud (TFC) workspaces, improving infrastructure management
Actively led hiring efforts, participating in panel interviews to onboard skilled resources for DevOps projects
DevOps Engineer
Paramount Commerce
Toronto
07.2021 - 02.2022
Built and maintained Azure EPAC policies and initiatives, automating diagnostic settings for critical resource types (e.g., AKS nodes, DBs, VMs) and enabling seamless security log forwarding to Log Analytics Workspace and Event Hubs
Automated infrastructure setup using Terraform and Ansible, enabling seamless provisioning of VMSS, Nginx gateways, and dependencies with a single 'terraform apply', reducing setup time by 60%
Implemented Nginx Ingress Controller as a reverse proxy, replacing Traefik with zero downtime and enhancing security configurations
Optimized costs by 50% through Artifactory cleanup, automating unused artifact removal using plugins and labels
Established GitOps workflows using ArgoCD and Helm, reducing deployment errors by 30% and improving CI/CD efficiency
Refactored ArgoCD monolithic repositories, reducing pipeline latency by 40% and upgrading the system without downtime
Documented all processes for audit compliance (e.g., PCF audits), reducing audit preparation time by 25%
Maintained high availability and disaster recovery standards for cloud infrastructure, achieving 99.9% uptime across environments
Cloud Engineer
Capco
Toronto
11.2019 - 06.2021
Migrated builds from Jenkins to Bitbucket Pipelines, reducing build times by 35% and standardizing CI/CD workflows
Designed and tested Azure-based cloud architecture in collaboration with cross-functional teams, increasing system scalability by 30%
Created and managed Kubernetes operators on AKS clusters, reorganizing namespaces and implementing resource quotas
Customized and deployed Helm charts for management and streamlining application deployments across environments
Onboarded and implemented Velero as a Kubernetes backup tool, ensuring disaster recovery for namespace-level resources and persistent volumes, improving recovery times by 40%
DevOps Engineer
AdrimTech
Toronto
09.2018 - 10.2019
Implemented Jenkins pipelines with static code scanning tools like Veracode and publishing secure Docker images, improving code quality and reducing vulnerabilities by 60%
Configured and maintained centralized logging systems using FluentD and LogDNA, improving log analysis efficiency by 25%
Established backup and disaster recovery plans using N2WS, securing critical AWS resources and reducing recovery time by 50%
Education
Master’s - Computer Science
Southern Arkansas University
05.2024
Post-graduation - Big Data Science and Informatics
Lambton College
12.2018
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communications Engineering
AI Powered CI/CD Code Fixer, https://github.com/prudhvidevops123?tab=repositories, Built an AI-powered CI/CD failure diagnosis system that analyzes GitLab job failures using self-hosted opensource LLMs and provides automatic code fixes.
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Applied Systems
02.2022 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Paramount Commerce
07.2021 - 02.2022
Cloud Engineer
Capco
11.2019 - 06.2021
DevOps Engineer
AdrimTech
09.2018 - 10.2019
Master’s - Computer Science
Southern Arkansas University
Post-graduation - Big Data Science and Informatics
Lambton College
Bachelor of Technology - Electronics and Communications Engineering