Senior DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Consultant

Freelance & Agency Contracts
Jun 2026 – Aug 2026
  • Provided independent DevOps and cloud platform consulting for agencies and enterprise clients, architecting scalable cloud-native solutions on AWS and Hetzner Cloud.
  • Built modular Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) blueprints for automated Kubernetes cluster provisioning, edge load balancing, and private network isolation.
  • Streamlined CI/CD deployment pipelines, containerized legacy applications, and implemented comprehensive observability stacks (Grafana, Loki, Prometheus).
AWS Hetzner Cloud Terraform Kubernetes Grafana & Loki GitLab CI

DevOps & Cloud Platform Engineer

Kotak Mahindra Bank – Mumbai, India
Sep 2022 – May 2026
  • Owned and designed scalable AWS cloud infrastructure across compute, storage, networking, and Kubernetes platforms for production-critical banking systems.
  • Defined infrastructure architecture and partnered with engineering and security teams to drive technical decisions and ensure production readiness.
  • Built and optimized CI/CD pipelines enabling reliable, automated builds, testing, and deployments across environments.
  • Developed reusable Terraform modules and implemented Crossplane-based provisioning (XRDs & compositions) to standardize infrastructure via Kubernetes-native APIs.
  • Designed unified service delivery workflows using KRO (Kube Resource Orchestrator), enabling consistent and declarative platform provisioning aligned with platform engineering principles.
  • Designed and implemented end-to-end observability (metrics, logs, tracing) using OpenTelemetry, Grafana, and ELK, enabling proactive issue detection.
  • Embedded zero-trust security practices using OIDC, Vault, and workload identity (SPIFFE/SPIRE).
  • Managed multi-cluster Kubernetes environments using GitOps (Argo CD) for scalable and resilient deployments.
  • Built and owned an Internal Developer Platform (Backstage) enabling self-service infrastructure provisioning and standardized deployment workflows.
AWS EKS Terraform Crossplane & KRO Backstage IDP Argo CD Vault & SPIFFE OpenTelemetry & ELK

Senior DevOps Engineer

CloudCover (Ollion) – Pune, India
Jul 2022 – Sep 2022
  • Led cloud migration and infrastructure optimization initiatives across AWS and GCP environments.
  • Designed automated deployment pipelines improving release efficiency and reliability.
  • Migrated distributed systems (Solr clusters), enhancing scalability, performance, and system resilience.
AWS GCP Solr Clusters Terraform

Lead DevOps Engineer

Openxcell – Ahmedabad, India
Dec 2020 – Jul 2022
  • Designed and operated high-performance CI/CD pipelines supporting 100+ daily builds and deployments.
  • Led migration from monolithic architectures to Kubernetes-based microservices platforms.
  • Implemented autoscaling and capacity planning strategies to optimize performance and cloud costs.
  • Built secure infrastructure using identity federation (OIDC) and automated access control mechanisms.
  • Developed observability and alerting systems for proactive monitoring and faster incident resolution.
Kubernetes AWS Docker OIDC Auth Prometheus

DevOps Engineer

AddWeb Solution – Ahmedabad, India
Apr 2019 – Nov 2020
  • Managed AWS infrastructure and containerized microservices deployments using AWS ECS and Terraform.
  • Built CI/CD pipelines to enable continuous integration, automated testing, and zero-downtime delivery.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployment workflows, improving operational efficiency and consistency.
AWS ECS Terraform Docker CI/CD

Earlier Technical Experience

Linux & Infrastructure Engineering
Prior to 2019
  • Managed Linux server environments (Ubuntu/RHEL), Nginx web servers, and MySQL database clusters.
  • Wrote automated Bash and Python scripts for server health checks, backup automation, and system administration.
  • Configured core network protocols, DNS management, and SSL certificate lifecycles.
Linux Admin Bash Scripting Nginx & MySQL