Nishant Mishra
Staff Engineer - DevOps
Bengaluru
Summary
Dynamic technology leader with 11+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, and SRE across Gaming, FinTech, E-commerce, and Healthcare. Expertise in cloud automation, infrastructure modernization, observability, and high-availability systems, with a proven track record of aligning platform delivery with business goals to optimize performance and drive growth.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
Work History
Staff Engineer - Platform Engineering
Junglee Games
Bengaluru
01.2024 - Current
- Spearheading generative-AI adoption at Junglee Games, architecting scalable solutions for SDLC acceleration, legal review automation, and HR workflow management.
- Owned the platform architecture and engineering roadmap for the Poker B2B project, scaling a multi-tenant, EU-compliant platform across multiple partners while driving operational excellence.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform IaC (VPCs, EKS, MSK, RDS), cutting setup effort by 80%, and using Firefly/Driftctl for drift and asset management.
- Built an automated code review process (Ox Security + SonarQube) with real-time scans and centralized dashboards, and established CIS-based security frameworks, leveraging Trivy, DefectDojo, and related tools.
- Built an observability platform with OpenTelemetry, routing metrics, traces to New Relic, and logs to Coralogix, standardizing dashboards and SLOs to halve MTTR.
- Defining and executing a strategic six-month platform roadmap, aligning with business OKRs, streamlining delivery, and incorporating governance models and SRE practices.
- Managed and mentored over 10 DevOps engineers, driving appraisals, reporting, and performance, while fostering a high-performance culture.
Sr. System Developer
Zeta (Directi)
08.2021 - 01.2024
- Architected scalable, highly available data platforms and engineered pipelines (Airflow, Trino, Presto, NiFi) for efficient ingestion, transformation, and processing.
- Automated deployment and maintenance of high-performance data platform services, including EFK stack, MSK, YugabyteDB, Trino, Amazon Redshift, and RDS, ensuring scalability and reliability.
- Led secure image lifecycle management, building and deploying CIS-compliant hardened AMIs for EKS clusters and EC2 instances using Packer, Qualys, and Jenkins.
- Specialized in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform, automating provisioning and scaling of complex, high-availability AWS infrastructure.
- Executed cloud cost optimization strategies, improving ROI through efficient resource allocation and cloud-native cost management tools.
DevOps Consultant
T-Systems
12.2020 - 08.2021
- Collaborated with clients and Microsoft Azure to define requirements and design a Hub-and-Spoke network topology.
- Led the design and deployment of Daimler’s Azure cloud infrastructure, ensuring secure, scalable, and HA network segmentation.
- Engineered a core Hub VNet with multiple Spoke VNets to optimize traffic flow, isolation, and resource access.
- Deployed critical Azure components (VMs, Load Balancers, Firewalls) to strengthen security and streamline communication.
- Automated Hub-and-Spoke deployments with Terraform IaC, ensuring consistency and repeatability.
Sr Software Engineer
Jio Platforms Ltd
07.2017 - 12.2020
- Built and managed middleware infrastructure on AWS using Terraform, ensuring scalability and high availability.
- Developed High-Level Architecture for middleware infrastructure in on-premises data centers.
- Configured Kafka clusters in high-availability mode for fault-tolerant messaging and streaming.
- Implemented robust application logging and monitoring services using ELK Stack and Prometheus.
Software Engineer
HCL
08.2014 - 07.2017
- Led end-to-end middleware integration development and infrastructure creation projects.
- Designed, developed, and implemented middleware solutions using TIBCO and Axway product suites with MySQL databases.
- Authored interface requirement documents, specifications, and system requirements to ensure alignment with business needs.
- Resolved incidents and service requests within SLA timelines, ensuring operational efficiency.
Education
MBA - Senior Management Program -
IIM Ahmedabad
04-2026
B.Tech - Computer Science
RTU
04-2014
Skills
Cloud & Infra: AWS(EKS, MSK, RDS, VPC etc), CI/CD, Terraform, Crossplane, Terragrunt, Jenkins, Driftctl, Firefly, Helm, ArgoCD
Observability: OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, New Relic, Coralogix
Security: Trivy, SonarQube, Qualys, DefectDojo, IAM, Wiz, OxSecurity, Orca etc
Leadership: Team leadership (10 engineers), OKR planning, stakeholder alignment, and appraisal cycles
Timeline
Staff Engineer - Platform Engineering
Junglee Games
01.2024 - Current
Sr. System Developer
Zeta (Directi)
08.2021 - 01.2024
DevOps Consultant
T-Systems
12.2020 - 08.2021
Sr Software Engineer
Jio Platforms Ltd
07.2017 - 12.2020
Software Engineer
HCL
08.2014 - 07.2017
MBA - Senior Management Program -
IIM Ahmedabad
B.Tech - Computer Science
RTU