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Akshay Nikhade

Pune

Summary

Accomplished Senior DevOps Engineer at Atlas Copco India Pvt Ltd, specializing in Azure and Kubernetes. Expert in designing secure AKS clusters and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, enhancing operational efficiency. Proven ability to integrate cloud security best practices while fostering team collaboration and innovation in DevOps automation.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior DevOps Engineer

Atlas Copco India Pvt Ltd
Pune
09.2023 - Current
  • Leading DevOps and platform engineering activities for the Airtec DevOps Team supporting enterprise AKS environments.
  • Designed and managed secure AKS clusters with focus on scalability, reliability, governance, and operational efficiency.
  • Built and optimized enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Jenkins for automated multi-environment deployments.
  • Implemented Kubernetes ingress, private networking, and internal load balancing strategies for secure AKS environments.
  • Worked extensively on Jenkins dynamic agents running on AKS to improve scalability and reduce infrastructure overhead.
  • Integrated cloud security best practices including RBAC, Service Principals, vulnerability scanning, and secure authentication.
  • Implemented Webhook Relay solutions to securely connect internal enterprise systems and Jenkins integrations.
  • Worked on AKS upgrades, cluster governance, backup strategies, monitoring, and troubleshooting production deployments.
  • Contributed to innovation initiatives around Kubernetes automation and AI-assisted DevOps operations.

DevOps Engineer

Globant India Pvt Ltd
Pune
10.2020 - 07.2023
  • Managed AKS deployments, CI/CD automation, and Terraform-based infrastructure provisioning.
  • Implemented KEDA autoscaling, Docker image security scanning, and Azure WAF integrations.

Azure Consultant

T-Systems India Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 10.2020
  • Designed Azure Lighthouse-based multi-tenant cloud solutions and governance frameworks.

Software Engineer

Axis AI
10.2015 - 06.2019
  • Automated Azure deployments and managed Windows applications and infrastructure.

Education

MCA -

IMCC
Pune

BCA -

Modern College
Pune

Skills

  • Azure
  • AKS
  • Kubernetes
  • Azure DevOps
  • Jenkins
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • CI/CD
  • Cloud Security
  • PowerShell
  • Ansible
  • GitHub
  • WAF
  • RBAC
  • Infrastructure as Code
  • Monitoring & Logging

Certification

  • AZ-104: Azure Administrator
  • AZ-400: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert
  • AZ-500: Azure Security Engineer Associate

Timeline

Senior DevOps Engineer

Atlas Copco India Pvt Ltd
09.2023 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Globant India Pvt Ltd
10.2020 - 07.2023

Azure Consultant

T-Systems India Pvt Ltd
07.2019 - 10.2020

Software Engineer

Axis AI
10.2015 - 06.2019

MCA -

IMCC

BCA -

Modern College
Akshay Nikhade