Manjunatha NS
Bengaluru
Summary
Accomplished DevSecOps leader with a proven track record at Zscaler, driving transformative DevOps culture and tool migrations. Expert in CI/CD automation and cloud infrastructure, leveraging AWS and Docker. Skilled in team leadership, enhancing operational efficiency by 30%. Adept at implementing security tools like Snyk, ensuring robust pipeline security.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. Staff Engineer - DevSecOps
Zscaler
Bengaluru
05.2019 - Current
- I started as the first DevSecOps Engineer at Zscaler and successfully introduced a DevOps culture across the organisation. I implemented several new tools and migrated or upgraded legacy tools to modern technologies, ensuring enhanced security within the pipelines.
- Led successful DevSecOps transformations, creating high-performing teams.
- Delivered strategic migrations to modern toolchains, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Technologies used: GitLab, GitHub, BitBucket, Bamboo,Jenkins, Subversion, Sonarqube, Coverity, Blackduck, Snyk, Jira, Confluence, AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes.
Associate Consultant
Infosys
Bangaluru
01.2019 - 05.2019
- Helped organisations adopt and optimise DevOps practices to improve software delivery.
- Worked with development and operations teams to implement DevOps tools and workflows.
- Streamlined processes to reduce deployment time, errors, and to improve efficiency.
Software Engineer
NuWare
Bengaluru
11.2015 - 01.2019
- Optimised build, release infrastructure, and processes to enhance software delivery efficiency.
- Administered version control systems (SVN and Git), overseeing branching, merging, and repository updates.
- Established and sustained CI/CD pipelines employing Jenkins and Control-M for automation.
- Utilised Docker for containerisation to guarantee consistent and efficient deployments.
- Developed automation scripts in Shell, Perl, and Bash to enhance build, release, and workflow processes.
- Maintained codebase integrity by implementing validation rules, managing branches, and conducting tests.
- Deployed tools and processes to enhance code quality and assess code coverage.
- Collaborated with teams to oversee release activities, and address issues effectively.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer science and engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University
2014
Skills
- CI/CD and Automation: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Bamboo, Terraform and Ansible
- Version Control & Repositories: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, SVN
- Scripting and Programming: Shell Scripting and Python
- Security Tools: Sonarqube,Coverity, BlackDuck and Snyk
- Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, Linux, Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Container orchestration: Kubernetes and Docker
- Project and Issue Tracking: Jira
- Other Tools: Nexus, Artifactory, SonarQube, Terraform, Ansible
- Leadership qualities
Certification
I have completed certifications in Kubernetes, AWS Certified Solutions Architect, and Terraform through Udemy.
PGP in AI & ML -Great Lakes + UT Austin (Pursuing), Expected 2026
Accomplishments
- Introduced DevOps practices across Zscaler to improve collaboration, automation, and workflows.
- Upgraded legacy tools and enhanced pipeline security using modern technologies.
- Migrated teams from shared lab machines to AWS with ephemeral environments (Spot Instances, Kubernetes), reducing failures and improving development/testing speed.
- Led the migration of 12 years of legacy code from Subversion to Bitbucket without impacting productivity, increasing developer efficiency and secure coding.
- Implemented a unified “One Platform” by consolidating Jenkins, Bamboo, Nexus, Bitbucket, SVN, and GitHub into GitLab.
- Received multiple Bravo awards for impactful contributions and excellence.
Timeline
Sr. Staff Engineer - DevSecOps
Zscaler
05.2019 - Current
Associate Consultant
Infosys
01.2019 - 05.2019
Software Engineer
NuWare
11.2015 - 01.2019
Bachelor of Engineering - Computer science and engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University