Gaurav Kumar
Bangalore
Summary
Versatile software engineer with 6 years of experience spanning DevOps(~4years), frontend(~1.5years), and exposure to backend development(~0.5years). Proven success in streamlining deployments and ensuring high system reliability. Adept at designing scalable systems and bridging the gap between development and operations for faster delivery and better performance.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Software Development Engineer 2 DevOps
Ninjacart
Bangalore
07.2019 - Current
- Implemented enterprise-grade DevOps infrastructure from ground up, introducing containerization with Docker and Kubernetes orchestration, reducing deployment time from 1 hours to 15 minutes.
- Designed and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Bitbucket Pipelines, implementing Argo CD for Kubernetes deployments, achieving 98% deployment success rate.
- Executed multi-cloud infrastructure provisioning across AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud, and Hetzner using Terraform and Ansible, managing 200+ cloud resources.
- Built comprehensive observability platform using Grafana, Prometheus, and Uptime Kuma, reducing mean time to detection (MTTD) by 65% and improving system reliability to 95% uptime.
- Developed automated compliance and security audit scripts using Python and Bash, ensuring 100% compliance with security standards and reducing manual audit time by 90%.
- Configured secure service mesh architecture using APISIX, Nginx reverse proxy, Pritunl VPN, and HashiCorp Vault/Consul, enhancing system security and reducing security incidents by 75%.
- Worked on Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS) and macOS for development, automation, and debugging. Supported 180+ microservices in production with 24/7 on-call support and multi-channel incident alerting.
- Developed and maintained internal dashboards used by MDC, CC, and in-house teams using AngularJS, Angular 8+, JavaScript, Html, Css.
Intern
Bharti Airtel Pvt. Ltd.
Bangalore
06.2018 - 08.2018
- Observed daily operations of DBA teams managing high-availability database systems.
- Documented DBA workflows for internal team references.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science and Engineering
BMS College of Engineering
Bangalore05.2019
Skills
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Hetzner
- OCI
- Kafka
- ArgoCD
- Ansible
- Istio
- Sonarqube
- Grafana
- BitBucket
- Python
- Shell scripting
- Git
- Redash
- Angular
- Javascript
- Html
- CSS
Accomplishments
- Awarded with Maverick Award for Cloud Cost Optimization from Ninjacart
- Architecting with Google Kubernetes Engine Certification
Languages
- English, Full Professional Proficiency
- Hindi, Full Professional Proficiency
Timeline
Software Development Engineer 2 DevOps
Ninjacart
07.2019 - Current
Intern
Bharti Airtel Pvt. Ltd.
06.2018 - 08.2018
Bachelor of Engineering - Information Science and Engineering
BMS College of Engineering