Senior DevOps Engineer - AWS Terraform EKS CI/CD

Harsh Khare

Senior DevOps Engineer AWS Terraform Kubernetes Docker CI/CD Jenkins GitHub Actions DevSecOps Cloud Security

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Senior DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience building and operating AWS cloud infrastructure at production scale. Specialist in Terraform, Kubernetes/Amazon EKS, Docker, and CI/CD automation across Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, and ArgoCD. Proven record of migrating legacy workloads to cloud-native services, embedding DevSecOps controls into delivery pipelines, and reducing cloud spend through FinOps practices. Experienced in 24x7 production operations, incident response, performance troubleshooting, and mentoring engineering teams.

CORE EXPERTISE

AWS: EC2, EKS, ECS, Fargate, ECR, RDS, S3, VPC, ALB/NLB, Auto Scaling, API Gateway, Route 53, CloudFront, WAF, IAM, Lambda, SQS/SNS, CloudWatch, AWS Backup

Kubernetes & Containers: Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Docker, Cluster Architecture, Deployments, Pods, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Namespaces, HPA, Karpenter, ALB Ingress Controller, Container Troubleshooting IaC & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, Bash, Python, Reusable Modules, Remote State, Infrastructure as Code CI/CD & GitOps: Git, Jenkins, Bamboo, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Bitbucket Pipelines, AWS CodeBuild, AWS CodePipeline, ArgoCD, GitOps

Security & Monitoring: IAM, WAF, Security Groups, NACLs, CloudTrail, Secrets Manager, Trivy, SonarQube, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, New Relic, Observability, Cloud Security, Incident Troubleshooting, Performance Optimization Systems & FinOps: Linux, System Administration, Network Troubleshooting, Performance Tuning, Cloud Cost Optimization, Resource Optimization, Infrastructure Utilization

AI-Assisted DevOps: ChatGPT, GitHub Copilot, Claude — scripting, troubleshooting, log analysis, and technical documentation WORK EXPERIENCE

Senior DevOps Engineer Kritikal Solution Pvt. Ltd. Jun 2025 – Present

• Architected GitHub Actions CI/CD workflows across 50+ application repositories, covering code validation, Docker builds, security scanning, ECR image publishing, and environment-gated deployments.

• Embedded DevSecOps quality and security checks using Trivy and SonarQube into delivery pipelines, identifying container and code vulnerabilities during build stages before production deployment.

• Standardized multi-environment AWS infrastructure across five environments (DEV/QA/STG/UAT/PROD) using reusable Terraform modules and remote state, eliminating configuration drift between environments.

• Designed and implemented Bamboo CI/CD pipelines for automated build, testing, artifact management, and application deployment across multiple environments.

• Hardened internet-facing applications through AWS IAM, Security Groups, and WAF rate limiting, IP filtering, and geo-blocking.

• Migrated source code repositories from Bitbucket to GitHub, updating repository integrations, webhooks, credentials, and CI/CD pipeline configurations to ensure seamless delivery.

• Operated production Amazon EKS workloads spanning 5 production clusters and 50+ microservices, managing Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Namespaces, and Ingress while tuning AWS ALB Ingress Controller, HPA, and Karpenter to sustain 99.95% uptime.

• Migrated EC2-hosted workloads to EKS/ECS, reducing instance footprint and improving deployment consistency across environments.

• Instrumented service health and performance monitoring with CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, and New Relic; configured AWS Backup for RDS and business-critical resources with environment-specific retention policies; mentored 3 junior engineers on Terraform, Kubernetes, and CI/CD practices.

• Troubleshot and resolved production CI/CD pipeline failures, diagnosing issues across build processes, dependencies, credentials, deployment stages, and infrastructure integrations to restore release operations. Freelance DevOps Engineer Remote Jun 2024 – May 2025

• Delivered end-to-end AWS infrastructure and deployment solutions for 50+ client applications running in production.

• Provisioned compute, networking, security, and application resources through Terraform, giving each client repeatable, version-controlled environments.

• Built CI/CD pipelines automating builds, Docker containerization, and application releases.

• Implemented container orchestration, monitoring, and deployment practices across client environments, improving application reliability and reducing manual operational effort. DevOps Engineer Ailoitte Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Oct 2022 – May 2024

• Reduced monthly AWS spend by approximately 20% through FinOps practices — eliminating idle resources, right-sizing compute and container allocations, and improving overall infrastructure utilization.

• Migrated on-premises servers to AWS cloud-native services, retiring legacy hardware and cutting operational overhead for 20+ applications.

• Scaled ECS/Fargate workloads covering task definitions, services, health checks, autoscaling, and deployment troubleshooting; standardized container image management across Docker and Amazon ECR.

• Operated production Amazon EKS clusters for 50+ containerized workloads, tuning namespaces, services, and resource allocation to improve scheduling efficiency and sustain high availability.

• Codified AWS infrastructure changes in Terraform with environment-specific configurations and reusable components, replacing manual console changes.

• Diagnosed production performance and availability issues using CloudWatch and application monitoring tooling. DevOps Engineer Squareboat Solution Pvt. Ltd. Nov 2021 – Oct 2022

• Automated CI/CD delivery for Node.js and React applications with AWS CodeBuild and CodePipeline, covering builds, Docker image creation, security scanning, Amazon ECR publishing, and deployment workflows.

• Provisioned EC2, ECS, EKS, Auto Scaling, ALB/NLB, RDS, S3, and VPC resources through reusable Terraform modules; administered Terraform remote state in Amazon S3, including workspaces, variables, and state recovery.

• Reduced Docker image sizes and container startup times through multi-stage builds and layer optimization.

• Deployed and troubleshot Kubernetes/EKS workloads spanning Pods, Services, Namespaces, and Ingress. DevOps Engineer Cedcoss Technologies Pvt. Ltd. Feb 2018 – Oct 2021

• Engineered AWS networking foundations — VPCs, public/private subnets, route tables, NAT Gateway, Internet Gateway, Security Groups, NACLs, ALB/NLB, and Route 53 — for secure application connectivity.

• Provisioned and maintained AWS resources across development and production environments using Terraform.

• Built and maintained Jenkins and GitLab CI pipelines automating application builds, testing, and deployments across multiple environments.

• Administered Linux systems and resolved infrastructure, networking, deployment, availability, resource, and performance issues across Docker and Kubernetes environments.

KEY PROJECTS

Openfactorgroup – ROVA Kritikal Solution Pvt. Ltd.

• Architected production-ready AWS EKS infrastructure using Terraform, Karpenter, and ALB Ingress Controller, improving scalability and resource utilization by 25–30% for microservices workloads.

• Implemented AWS WAF, IAM, and Kubernetes security controls, reducing exposure to unauthorized and malicious traffic by approximately 30% across internet-facing applications.

• Automated application delivery with Jenkins and ArgoCD GitOps deployments, reducing release time by 30% and enabling zero-downtime production releases.

LINKOMED Ailoitte Technologies Pvt. Ltd.

• Designed and deployed scalable AWS infrastructure using private ECS, ALB, API Gateway, Amplify, and S3, sustaining 99.9% availability under growing application load.

• Automated Docker deployments through GitLab CI/GitHub Actions and Amazon ECR, reducing manual deployment effort by 40% and improving release consistency.

• Tuned ECS autoscaling, ALB load balancing, and S3 storage classes, improving application performance while reducing infrastructure and storage costs by 20%.

TrustedTruck Sale Freelance

• Designed and configured AWS infrastructure on EC2 and Amazon RDS, including Windows Server with IIS for application hosting and deployment.

• Configured Cloudflare for DNS, traffic routing, and application security alongside AWS networking and access controls.

• Owned production infrastructure end to end — server configuration, database connectivity, security, deployment setup, monitoring, and troubleshooting.

EDUCATION

MCA (Part-time), Institute of Integral Technology, Lucknow — 2022 B.Com (Commerce), Avadh University — 2018

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