AWS Cloud & DevOps Engineer
Resume:
SAGAR AWASTHI
Cloud & DevOps Engineer AWS Terraform Kubernetes
PERSONAL DETAILS
Contact
Delhi, 110092, India
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Nationality
Indian
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Results-oriented Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 7 years of IT experience, including 4+ years of hands-on experience in AWS Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, Cloud-Native Technologies, and Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Skilled in designing, provisioning, automating, and managing secure, scalable, highly available, and resilient AWS infrastructure using Terraform and reusable IaC modules, with hands-on experience across EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, ECS, EKS, ECR, S3, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing (ALB/NLB), CloudFront, Route 53, CloudWatch, Lambda, SNS, and SQS. Proficient in Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS/ECS, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Git, Bitbucket, Ansible, Helm, Linux, Bash, and Python, supporting containerized workloads, CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation, application deployments, and cloud-native platforms.
Experienced in production operations, L2/L3 support, monitoring and observability, troubleshooting, Incident/Change Management, RCA, performance optimization, capacity planning, security, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, and AWS cost optimization, with a strong focus on reliability, scalability, automation, and continuous improvement. Target Roles: AWS Cloud Engineer Cloud Engineer DevOps Engineer Platform Engineer Cloud Infrastructure Engineer EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
AWS Cloud & DevOps Engineer, HCL Technologies, Noida 01/2020 - Present
Roles and Responsibilities
• Managed enterprise-scale hybrid infrastructure across On-Premises and AWS environments, ensuring High Availability (HA), scalability, security, operational stability, and Disaster Recovery (DR) readiness.
• Designed, provisioned, and managed AWS Cloud Infrastructure using Terraform (IaC) and reusable modules across EC2, VPC, IAM, RDS, ECS, EKS, ECR, S3, CloudFront, Route 53, CloudWatch, Lambda, SNS, SQS, and Elastic Load Balancing.
• Provisioned and managed EC2 Auto Scaling Groups (ASG) and Application/Network Load Balancers (ALB/NLB) to support scalability, high availability, fault tolerance, traffic distribution, and workload resilience.
• Managed Amazon RDS environments covering database provisioning, connectivity, security, monitoring, performance optimization, backup/recovery, and high-availability requirements.
• Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Git, and Bitbucket, automating build, deployment, release management, and application delivery across Development, UAT, and Production.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning, application deployment, and configuration management using Terraform and Ansible, enabling standardized, repeatable, and consistent environment deployments.
• Managed production-grade containerized workloads using Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon ECS, and Amazon EKS, including Deployments, Services, Ingress, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Namespaces, resource requests/limits, health probes, rolling updates, scaling, troubleshooting, Kubernetes networking, and service discovery.
• Designed and administered secure AWS VPC architectures using Public/Private Subnets, Route Tables, Security Groups, Network ACLs, Internet/NAT Gateways, Load Balancers, and IAM, following AWS security best practices and Least-Privilege principles.
• Implemented Amazon CloudFront (CDN) with Amazon S3 and Route 53 for secure, highly available, and low-latency content delivery; managed CloudWatch, Dynatrace, and Nagios for monitoring, logging, dashboards, and proactive alerting.
• Administered Linux-based AWS EC2 infrastructure, performing OS administration, patching, package management, troubleshooting, performance tuning, capacity management, and security hardening across production environments.
• Delivered L2/L3 Production Support and collaborated with Development, QA, Application, Security, and Operations teams, handling Incident/Change/Problem Management, RCA, Preventive Maintenance, infrastructure optimization, AWS right-sizing, capacity planning, and cost optimization. Core Tools & Technologies
• AWS: EC2, EBS, VPC, IAM, RDS, S3, ECR, ECS, EKS, Auto Scaling, ALB/NLB, Route 53, CloudFront, CloudWatch, Lambda, SNS, SQS, CloudTrail
• IaC & Automation: Terraform, Terraform Modules, Ansible, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Configuration Management, Deployment Automation
• DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Git, GitLab, Bitbucket, CI/CD, Build & Release Automation
• Containers & Platform: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS/ECS, Helm, Workload Management, Ingress, Services, Scaling, Kubernetes Networking
• Linux & Scripting: RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows Server, Bash, Python, Linux Administration, Troubleshooting, Performance Tuning
• Networking & Security: TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, VPC, Subnets, Route Tables, Security Groups, NACLs, IGW, NAT Gateway, IAM, Least Privilege, Load Balancing
• Monitoring & ITSM: CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Nagios, Logging, Alerting, ServiceNow, Jira, Incident/Change Management, RCA
Key Achievements
• Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and reusable IaC modules, improving deployment standardization and consistency across environments.
• Implemented scalable and highly available AWS architectures using EC2, Auto Scaling, ALB/NLB, RDS, and VPC for resilient application delivery.
• Automated CI/CD and application deployments using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Git, and Bitbucket across Development, UAT, and Production environments.
• Deployed and operated Docker and Kubernetes workloads on Amazon EKS/ECS, supporting scalability, high availability, and cloud-native application delivery.
• Improved infrastructure reliability and efficiency through CloudWatch monitoring, proactive alerting, performance tuning, right-sizing, capacity planning, automation, and AWS cost optimization. Server Administrator (Deployed at HCL Tech), Collabra Technologies, Noida 05/2019 - 01/2020
• Provided day-to-day server administration (Linux & Windows), including user management, patching, backup, and troubleshooting activities.
• Monitored datacenter operations, ensuring uptime, availability, and compliance with ITIL practices.
• Performed routine health checks of servers, storage, and network devices, escalating issues to L2/L3 teams as needed.
• Handled incident management and service requests within defined SLAs, ensuring minimal downtime for business-critical systems.
• Supported hardware lifecycle management, including server provisioning, decommissioning, and asset tracking.
• Collaborated with HCL Tech teams on change management, maintenance windows, and upgrade activities.
• Gained exposure to datacenter best practices like environmental monitoring, physical security, and disaster recovery readiness.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering, Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU), Ghaziabad 07/2015 - 07/2019
Higher Secondary (12th Grade), L.K International School (CBSE Board), Ghaziabad 07/2014 - 07/2015
CERTIFICATIONS
HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate 003 Course - Udemy DevOps Course Completion Certificate
DFS-Support/Administrator Beginner -GEN AI L2
Gremlin Enterprise Chaos Engineering Certified (GECEC) INTERPERSONAL SKILLS
• Cross-functional Collaboration
• Analytical Problem Solving
• Effective Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Documentation & Knowledge Sharing
• Adaptability in Agile Environments
LANGUAGES
English Hindi
HOBBIES
• Reading tech/science content to stay updated on innovations.
• Traveling to explore cultures and broaden perspective.
• Creative expression through poetry and music.
• Attending workshops/seminars on emerging technologies.
• Mentoring and knowledge sharing within professional networks. ACHIVEMENTS
Operational Efficiency and OS Upgrade Projects HCLTech, Noida 06/2025 - 06/2025
Certification of Appreciation - Cloud Operations HCLTech, Noida 12/2022 - 12/2022
PORTFOLIO & SOCIAL LINKS
DevOps Portfolio (Live Projects + Certifications)
• Designed and deployed a responsive DevOps portfolio using HTML/CSS and JavaScript.
• Showcases CI/CD, AWS, and Kubernetes projects with live GitHub integrations
• Live Portfolio: https://coder-ocean.github.io/certificates-portfolio/
• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sagar-awasthi-it-services/
• GitHub: https://github.com/coder-ocean
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