Nikhil Chaudhary
Greater Noida
Summary
- DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience in architecting cloud-native solutions, automating infrastructure, and building scalable platforms from scratch.
- Extensive hands-on experience with Docker-based containerization and Kubernetes orchestration on AWS EKS, including deployment strategies, scaling, and cluster operations.
- Deep knowledge of the AWS ecosystem—EKS, ECS, EC2, Lambda, ECR, IAM, RDS, SQS, SNS—focused on high availability, security, and performance optimization.
- Designed and maintained end-to-end monitoring and logging pipelines using AWS OpenSearch, Kibana, Grafana, and CloudWatch for proactive incident detection and analysis.
- Continuously evaluates and integrates modern DevOps tools and practices to improve deployment velocity, system resilience, and operational efficiency.
- Managed Cloudflare Zero Trust, including network tunnels (Cloudflare Tunnel) and access policies, to securely control internal application and network access.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Delta6Labs Fintech Pvt. Ltd
08.2024 - Current
- Managed cloud infrastructure and application deployments using Bitbucket CI/CD, Terraform, Helm, and Kustomize.
- Designed and built multiple AWS EKS clusters using Terraform and Kops, integrated with ECR and Route 53.
- Implemented GitOps workflows using Argo CD, enabling automated sync, rollbacks, validation hooks, and zero-downtime deployments.
- Set up Prometheus and Grafana for real-time monitoring of infrastructure, Kubernetes workloads, and services.
- Developed reusable Terraform modules for VPC, NAT Gateway, S3, and RDS provisioning.
- Implemented centralized Kubernetes logging using the EFK stack (Elasticsearch/OpenSearch, Fluent Bit, Fluentd, Kibana).
- Deployed Fluent Bit and Fluentd for scalable, high-throughput log processing.
- Built and maintained Cloudflare controller integrations for dynamic Argo Tunnel configuration and secure access.
- Enabled and optimized EC2 detailed monitoring for performance and cost insights.
- Managed and operated blockchain infrastructure, including node deployments on Kubernetes, monitoring blockchain services, ensuring high availability, and maintaining secure, resilient environments.
- Actively managing and supporting multiple EKS clusters across environments.
DevOps Engineer
TechAhead Software Pvt. Ltd
05.2018 - 07.2024
- Managed AWS EC2 infrastructure and Application/Network Load Balancers, ensuring high availability and scalability with detailed monitoring.
- Automated deployments across AWS Lambda and Amazon ECS using GitLab Runners and GitHub Actions.
- Designed and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for multiple backend and frontend applications, including build, test, and deployment stages.
- Integrated JUnit testing and SonarQube code quality checks into CI pipelines to enforce coding standards and improve release quality.
- Collaborated with architecture teams to implement infrastructure designs aligned with business needs, while supporting application and network troubleshooting.
Junior DevOps Engineer
Internet Technologies Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 04.2018
- Assisted with managing AWS EC2 instances, security groups, and load balancers to support application deployments.
- Supported infrastructure monitoring and basic troubleshooting to maintain application availability and stability.
Education
B. Tech - CS
Gautam Budha Technical University
Uttar Pradesh01.2012
Skills
- Cloud platforms: AWS (EKS, ECS, EC2, ECR, S3, Lambda, Fargate, IAM, CloudFormation) and Azure (VMs, storage, functions, app services)
- Containers and orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS/ECS, Kubernetes-based orchestration
- CI/CD and automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitHub Workflows, GitLab CI, Bitbucket
- Infrastructure as code and GitOps: Terraform, CloudFormation, Argo CD, GitHub, GitLab
- Monitoring and observability: CloudWatch, Grafana, Kibana, AWS OpenSearch, and Sentry
- Blockchain infrastructure: validator and RPC nodes, secure key management, monitoring, performance tuning, high availability
Certification
AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02)
Projects Summary
Bitdelta
Blockchain-based Cryptocurrency Exchange
- Architected and managed AWS infrastructure using EKS, ECS, ECR, RDS, S3, CloudFront, and ELB to support exchange operations.
- Implemented Bitbucket CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments across services.
- Integrated Cloudflare Zero Trust for secure internal access and service exposure.
- Established monitoring and logging using Grafana, OpenSearch, and CloudWatch to ensure system reliability.
Blockchain-based Cryptocurrency Exchange
- Designed a scalable cloud architecture on AWS, including container orchestration with EKS/ECS and data storage using RDS and S3.
- Built and maintained secure deployment workflows with Bitbucket CI/CD and ECR.
- Managed backend service quality through code reviews and infrastructure best practices.
- Improved observability by configuring CloudWatch metrics, Grafana dashboards, and OpenSearch logs.
Blockchain-based Digital Asset Trading Platform
- Led the end-to-end cloud platform design, covering networking, databases, and containerized services on AWS.
- Operated production workloads using EKS, ECS, CloudFront, ELB, and RDS with high availability in mind.
- Enforced secure access controls via Cloudflare Zero Trust for internal tools and APIs.
- Monitored performance and system health using Grafana, OpenSearch, and CloudWatch, supporting mission-critical blockchain workloads.
Timeline
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Delta6Labs Fintech Pvt. Ltd
08.2024 - Current
DevOps Engineer
TechAhead Software Pvt. Ltd
05.2018 - 07.2024
Junior DevOps Engineer
Internet Technologies Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 04.2018
B. Tech - CS
Gautam Budha Technical University