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Palash Sorte

Pune

Summary

Cloud and DevOps professional with over 7 years of experience in designing and managing scalable cloud-native infrastructures on AWS and Azure. Proficient in infrastructure as code using Terraform and developing CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins. Skilled in containerization with Docker and Kubernetes, and experienced in advanced monitoring with CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, and Grafana. Expertise in automation scripting with Python, Bash, and Shell, alongside strong management of Linux and Windows environments.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Sr. DevOps Engineer

APPLIED CLOUD COMPUTING
Pune
01.2022 - Current
  • Designed and automated multi-environment infrastructure on AWS and Azure using Terraform, leveraging services like EKS, EC2, ALB, WAF, and CloudFront across DEV to DR stages—enhancing scalability, security, and operational efficiency, resulting in 40% faster deployments, and a 25% reduction in cloud costs.
  • Established Virtual Private Clouds (VPCs), and expertly configured Private and Public Subnets, Route Tables, NAT Gateway, Internet Gateway, VPC Peering, and Site-to-Site (S2S) VPN for seamless network architecture.
  • Designed and managed highly available Kubernetes clusters, automating application scaling on AWS, resulting in a 50% reduction in deployment time and a 30% cost saving.
  • Implemented Horizontal Pod AutoScaling (HPA), boosting application availability by 40% under peak traffic conditions.
  • Creating a Docker image using a Docker file for each microservice with JAVA, NodeJS, Python, and DotNet applications
  • Implemented CI/CD with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, automating deployment processes and achieving a 50% reduction in deployment time.
  • Developed Python/Bash scripts to automate tasks, leading to a 40% reduction in manual workload.
  • Integrated Python-based Lambda functions with CloudWatch and SNS for real-time alerts, enabling proactive infrastructure monitoring
  • Developed Python scripts leveraging Boto3 to manage cloud resources and Pandas to clean, transform, and visualize structured data.
  • Built real-time dashboards with Grafana, CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor—boosting visibility and cutting incident response time by 64%.
  • Established proactive alerts for AWS services including EC2, RDS, EKS pods restart/failure, WAF, IAM, VPC, and Auto Scaling to ensure timely response and issue resolution
  • Managed ECR repositories for efficient storage of Docker images, ensuring maintained proper version
  • Enhanced IAM user management security through MFA implementation, access key rotation, password policy enforcement, & assignment of policies to groups and roles. Achieved a remarkable 90% reduction in critical incidents.
  • Conducted security audits, and implemented security enhancements to reduce critical incidents.
  • Worked closely with developers to identify and resolve microservices issues, including log analysis, build error debugging, and access troubleshooting, resulting in improved deployment reliability.
  • Implemented the backup policies with retention periods, such as daily, weekly, and yearly, resulting in a 50% reduction in new setup EC2 time.
  • Spearheaded cost optimization initiatives across cloud infrastructure by identifying cost-saving opportunities, enhancing resource utilization, and implementing automated server start-stop schedules, leading to a significant reduction in cloud expenditure.
  • Facilitated team collaboration and communication via Teams, which improved task coordination by 65%.
  • Generated cost estimates for new projects and services on AWS, utilizing the AWS calculator for various resources, such as EC2, RDS, etc.
  • Acted as a team leader in the project and provided tasks and guidance to juniors

DevOps Engineer

EDINNO TECH LAB
Noida
07.2021 - 12.2021
  • Led the administration of key AWS services (EC2, S3, Route 53, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch), ensuring continuous cloud operations, and enhancing service reliability by 15%.
  • Engineered CI/CD pipelines and integrated tools like Jenkins and Bitbucket, reducing deployment time by 20%, and streamlining release cycles.
  • Provisioned and optimized Linux servers on AWS with LAMP, MongoDB, Node, PM2, and web servers, boosting server performance by 40%.
  • Executed SSL installations on Linux servers, and implemented IP whitelisting to strengthen security.

Jr. DevOps Engineer

SMARTCOOKIE REWARDS
Pune
09.2019 - 07.2021
  • Efficiently managed core AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, Route 53, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch), optimizing performance, and driving a 20% increase in service reliability.
  • Led the installation, configuration, and management of RDS MySQL instances, ensuring reliable connectivity and improving database efficiency by 15%.
  • Monitored production systems and resolved issues proactively, achieving a 25% decrease in downtime and improving overall system uptime.
  • Implemented and configured Linux servers, utilizing RPM and YUM installation for package management, contributing to a 30% improvement in server efficiency.
  • Applied expertise in IAM, managing AWS permissions, roles, policies, MFA authentication, and user permissions, enhancing overall security, and achieving a 20% decrease in unauthorized access incidents.
  • Architected VPCs and deployed EC2 instances with optimized subnets, gateways, and routing—enhancing network architecture and cutting network-related issues by 25%.

Technical Support Engineer

SCRUM SYSTEMS
Pune
05.2018 - 07.2019
  • Handled 5–6 support tickets daily, offering first-level technical assistance for AWS infrastructure issues, and deployment pipelines.
  • Monitored EC2 instances, RDS, and CloudWatch dashboards for performance anomalies.
  • Performed routine health checks and log reviews to support proactive issue detection.
  • Escalated critical issues to L2/L3 teams, with detailed incident documentation.
  • Documented runbooks for common troubleshooting procedures, and improved first-response resolution rate.
  • Assisted in deploying code to staging and production environments using Jenkins and GitHub Actions under supervision.
  • Monitored system performance, addressing issues related to memory, CPU, and disk utilization, to ensure optimal functionality.
  • Conducted service restarts and verified basic configurations during downtime or maintenance windows.

Education

N+, CCNA, MCSA, LINUX (SA1&SA2) - Professional courses

SEED Infotech Ltd.
Pune
04-2018

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Electronics

Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering
Chandrapur
07.2017

Skills

  • AWS services: VPC, EC2, EKS, IAM, S3, RDS, Route 53, SNS, ACM, CloudFront, ECR, Auto Scaling, ELB, API Gateway
  • Azure services: VM, Load Balancer, AKS, Blob Storage, Azure Functions, VNet
  • Security services: Prisma scanning, WAF, Security Hub, GuardDuty, Secrets Manager, KMS
  • Monitoring tools: Grafana, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, and Azure Monitor
  • DevOps tools: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Ansible, Jenkins, Terraform, GitHub Actions, Git, and JIRA
  • Scripting languages: Python, Bash, and Shell
  • Web servers: Apache, Tomcat
  • Operating systems: CentOS, Ubuntu

Websites

Certification

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

Timeline

Sr. DevOps Engineer

APPLIED CLOUD COMPUTING
01.2022 - Current

DevOps Engineer

EDINNO TECH LAB
07.2021 - 12.2021

Jr. DevOps Engineer

SMARTCOOKIE REWARDS
09.2019 - 07.2021

Technical Support Engineer

SCRUM SYSTEMS
05.2018 - 07.2019

N+, CCNA, MCSA, LINUX (SA1&SA2) - Professional courses

SEED Infotech Ltd.

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) - Electronics

Rajiv Gandhi College of Engineering

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