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Gandhi Narayanan S

Bengaluru

Summary

Experienced Senior DevOps Engineer specializing in Kubernetes management, infrastructure as code, and automation scripting. Proven expertise in optimizing CI/CD pipelines and provisioning resources across multi-cloud environments. Skilled in designing scalable solutions for complex IT infrastructures, and leading cross-functional teams to improve operational efficiency. Strong background in leveraging automation tools to streamline processes, enhance system reliability, and ensure security compliance. Adept at collaborating with development, QA, security, and operations teams to drive software delivery effectiveness. Highly motivated, adaptable, and able to work independently while quickly mastering new technologies. Highly-motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior DevOps Engineer

Informatica
Bengaluru
08.2022 - Current
  • Architected and managed large-scale Kubernetes infrastructure (500+ clusters), including automated node pool provisioning, autoscaling, network security configurations, service account and secret management, and observability integrations using Prometheus, Alertmanager, and Grafana.
  • Led migration of VMSS-based Consul deployments to Kubernetes across 200+ Azure clusters, driving improved scalability, resilience, and operational efficiency.
  • Executed security patching and vulnerability mitigation for critical infrastructure components; managed certificate lifecycle including renewals and Kubernetes ingress certificate rotations for Vault, Consul, Mailwrapper, and Stackrox services.
  • Designed and implemented SSH Certificate Authority (SSHCA) to enable secure, scalable access management across CloudTrust services including Panopta and Chef.
  • Built, optimized, and maintained Harness CI/CD pipelines for automated AWS instance creation, multi-cloud resource provisioning, Panopta proxy rotations, IAM role management, and secure secret handling.
  • Developed and maintained Helm charts and Kubernetes YAML manifests for deployment automation, enabling consistent, scalable service configuration across clusters.
  • Applied encoding and decoding techniques to securely manage sensitive data and secrets within Kubernetes environments and automation workflows.
  • Performed zero-downtime Chef AMI rotations and backend upgrades (version 3.1.1) across AWS and Azure, ensuring high availability and validated health post-deployment.
  • Spearheaded onboarding and configuration of management plane services (Chef, Jenkins, Consul, Sendmail, Panopta proxies) across nine AWS, Azure, and GCP regions, integrating monitoring and updating documentation.
  • Developed robust automation scripts and CLI tools for cloud resource tagging, unused resource cleanup, Cloudability API key extraction, and enhanced Consul backups across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Engineered Terraform infrastructure as code modules for Panopta proxy provisioning, resource tagging, and efficient deployment management.
  • Extensive experience using Git for version control including branch management, pull requests, code reviews, and CI/CD pipeline integration to support seamless deployments.
  • Provided On-call support for Kubernetes, Vault, Panopta, and Grafana alerts; led incident management war rooms and cross-team collaborations to resolve critical production issues.
  • Troubleshot Kubernetes pods, DaemonSets, Horizontal Pod Autoscalers (HPA), and node-level challenges; deployed automated root disk cleanup scripts via cronjobs to maintain node health.
  • Automated persistent volume resizing and migrated Azure Pod Identity to Workload Identity with namespace isolation, enhancing Kubernetes security posture.
  • Participated in multi-cloud disaster recovery drills to validate business continuity and authored comprehensive operational runbooks and wiki documentation.
  • Advocated for cloud cost optimization through rigorous unused resource identification and systematic decommissioning under approval workflows.
  • Coordinated Azure Chef application gateway migration (V1 to V2) including testing, knowledge transfer, and decommissioning legacy systems.
  • Implemented continuous Prisma Cloud security patch upgrades across cloud environments to ensure compliance and vulnerability protection.
  • Conducted Panopta to Fortinet migration pilot tests and delivered SSHCA training demos to internal teams.

NOC Analyst - Linux Sytems

VentureSoft Client Arista Networks
Bengaluru
06.2020 - 08.2022
  • Launched Amazon EC2 instances on AWS (Linux/Ubuntu) tailored for specific applications.
  • Configured alarms and notifications for EC2 instances utilizing CloudWatch.
  • Designed, implemented, and maintained AWS infrastructure within a managed service environment.
  • Implemented Jenkins for continuous integration, including job setup and deployment configuration.
  • Provided analytics and forecasts for cloud capacity, troubleshooting, and uptime analysis.
  • Created a new pipeline using AWS DevOps services and deployed to Kubernetes orchestration platform.
  • Configured EC2 instances, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, and AMIs for optimal performance.
  • Utilized Docker to manage deployments across application servers by writing manifests and modules.

NOC Engineer

iPass India Pvt. Ltd
Bengaluru
09.2017 - 05.2020
  • Managed and monitored AWS EC2 instances across Availability Zones.
  • Configured Route53 and managed necessary port assignments.
  • Administered user and group accounts, including creation, modification, and deletion.
  • Provided IAM functionalities to enhance user access management.
  • Delivered production support for cloud-based organization operations.
  • Conducted L1 and L2 support in staging and production environments.
  • Created and deployed virtual machines in lab environment based on requests.
  • Troubleshot server performance issues using various monitoring tools.

Education

Bachelor of Engg - Computer Science

Sri Revana Siddeshwara Institute of Technology
Bengaluru
07-2017

Skills

  • Multi-cloud Experience (AWS, AZURE, GCP and OCI)
  • Incident management
  • Kubernetes management
  • Infrastructure as code
  • Automation scripting
  • Disaster recovery planning
  • Harness Design
  • SSHCA
  • PROMETHUES
  • PANOPTA
  • Alertmanager
  • Terraform
  • Shell
  • Vault
  • Consul
  • OpsGenie
  • Jira
  • Chef
  • Cross-team collaboration
  • Performance monitoring
  • Problem solving
  • Configuration management
  • Infrastructure automation
  • Cloud computing expertise
  • Security best practices
  • Terraform infrastructure
  • CI/CD pipeline automation
  • Time management
  • Analytical thinking
  • Effective communication

Certification

Redhat certified System Admin and certified System Engineer

Websites

Timeline

Senior DevOps Engineer

Informatica
08.2022 - Current

NOC Analyst - Linux Sytems

VentureSoft Client Arista Networks
06.2020 - 08.2022

NOC Engineer

iPass India Pvt. Ltd
09.2017 - 05.2020

Bachelor of Engg - Computer Science

Sri Revana Siddeshwara Institute of Technology

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