Pankaj Thapliyal
New Delhi
Summary
Lead DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of experience in designing and deploying scalable AWS cloud infrastructures. Achieved 50% reduction in downtime and 25% increase in system performance through automation, leading to 60% decrease in manual efforts. Enhanced team productivity by 40% through proven leadership skills, while optimizing large-scale infrastructure management with expertise in CI/CD pipelines and AWS services. Proficient in security management and cost optimization strategies, ensuring efficient and secure operations.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Associate Technical Lead
Appinventiv Technlogies Pvt Ltd
Noida
04.2022 - Current
- Designed and implemented a highly scalable and secure cloud infrastructure, reducing downtime by 50% and improving system performance by 25%
- Installed and upgraded Kubernetes clusters using tools like kubeadm, eksctl, or managed services (EKS).
- Managed cluster configuration, API server access, and control-plane components.
- Created and maintained namespaces, resource quotas, and limit ranges for multi-tenant clusters.
- Managed RBAC by creating roles, cluster roles, role bindings, and service accounts.
- Configured and maintained ConfigMaps and Secrets for application configuration.
- Deployed and managed workloads using Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, and Jobs.
- Performed rolling updates, rollbacks, and handled pod restarts with zero or minimal downtime.
- Monitored cluster health, node status, and pod lifecycle issues.
- Troubleshot pod failures, CrashLoopBackOff, ImagePullBackOff, and networking issues.
- Managed node scaling, cordon, drain, and uncordon during maintenance activities.
- Integrated HPA and cluster autoscaler for auto-scaling workloads.
- Configured ingress controllers and managed ingress rules for traffic routing.
- Managed persistent storage using PVs, PVCs, and storage classes.
- Implemented network policies to control pod-to-pod and namespace-level communication.
- Collected logs and metrics using Prometheus, Grafana, and centralized logging tools.
- Performed cluster security hardening and followed Kubernetes best practices.
- Backed up and restored cluster resources and etcd (where applicable).
- Supported CI/CD integrations with Kubernetes for automated deployments.
- Architected and implemented a disaster recovery (DR) solution with 5-minute RTO and RPO, ensuring high business continuity
- Developed and maintained automation scripts for deployment, monitoring, and maintenance, reducing manual effort by 60% and improving system reliability by 30%
- Led end-to-end migration of DEV, QA, UAT, and Production environments from on-premises to AWS using Amazon EKS, ECR, and Docker, significantly streamlining deployment workflows
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, enabling consistent and repeatable provisioning across all environments
- Automated configuration management with Ansible, improving efficiency in software deployment and server configuration management
- Designed and established CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD, automating build, test, and deployment processes to reduce manual intervention and increase release reliability
- Deployed Kubernetes applications using Helm and implemented Argo CD for GitOps-based continuous delivery
- Integrated centralized monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki, enabling proactive incident detection and faster response times
- Optimized cloud costs using AWS Reserved Instances and Spot.io, reducing infrastructure costs during non-peak hours while maintaining scalability
- Mentored and led a team of 5 senior DevOps engineers, improving team productivity by 40% and reducing production issues by 15%
Senior DevOps Engineer
Appinventiv Technlogies Pvt Ltd
Noida
04.2019 - 03.2022
- Designed cloud infrastructure and architecture diagrams; configured Amazon EKS clusters using eksctl
- Implemented monitoring and alerting to ensure high availability, performance, and system reliability
- Integrated Amazon MSK for message streaming and implemented Spot.io for cloud cost optimization
- Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins Master Slave Architecture, reducing release time by 70% and improving code quality by 40%
- Deployed and managed Kubernetes workloads using Helm
- Designed and implemented backup and disaster recovery strategies, reducing data loss by 90% and improving availability by 20%
- Collaborated with development teams, AWS support, and vendors to deliver scalable solutions, increasing customer satisfaction by 30% and reducing support tickets by 25%
AWS Cloud Engineer
Appinventiv Technlogies Pvt Ltd
Noida
01.2018 - 03.2019
- Spearheaded the end-to-end design and deployment of the Moxy App infrastructure using Nginx, Node.js, Kafka, ElastiCache, CloudFront, WebSocket, AWS DevOps services, serverless architecture, and ECS clusters
- Played a key role in establishing CI/CD pipelines, configuring serverless components and EC2 instances, and implementing robust security controls
- Designed system architecture and integrated centralized monitoring and alerting solutions to ensure operational efficiency and reliability
- Implemented comprehensive security policies and compliance procedures, eliminating security incidents and improving compliance with industry standards by 50%
- Researched and evaluated emerging technologies to enhance DevOps processes, achieving a 20% reduction in operational costs and a 15% improvement in team efficiency
- Directed and contributed to critical DevOps initiatives, improving project success rates by 25% and increasing team morale by 10%
Linux Administrator
Site Learning Of India
NEW DELHI
02.2017 - 12.2017
- Installed, configured, and maintained Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) across physical and virtual environments
- Managed user accounts, groups, permissions, and sudo access
- Performed system monitoring, performance tuning, and capacity planning to ensure optimal server operations
- Handled patching, upgrades, and security updates of Linux systems
- Configured and maintained critical services: SSH, Apache/Nginx, FTP, DNS, NFS, Samba
- Implemented security best practices, including firewalls (iptables/firewalld), SELinux, and access control policies
- Managed disk partitions, LVM, file systems, and storage mounting
- Automated routine administrative tasks using Bash scripting
- Troubleshot system, network, and application-level issues
- Monitored logs using journalctl, rsyslog, and log rotation strategies
- Managed backups, restores, and disaster recovery procedures
- Configured cron jobs for scheduled tasks and system maintenance
- Ensured system hardening and compliance with organizational standards
- Collaborated with SRE and application teams for deployments, troubleshooting, and operational support
Education
Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Application, Computer Engineering
Indira Gandhi National Open University
06.2015
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS services including EKS, VPC, IAM, EC2, Lambda, S3, API Gateway, RDS, CloudFront, and WAF
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform and Ansible for automated and repeatable infrastructure provisioning
- CI/CD & Deployment: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, Argo Rollouts, AWS CodePipeline, and AWS CodeBuild
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker and Kubernetes (EKS, Kubeadm, Minikube) with Helm for package management
- Service Mesh & Networking: Istio, Kubernetes Ingress, ALB, NLB, Auto Scaling Groups (ASG)
- Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Datadog, New Relic, and Site24x7
- Security & Compliance: SonarQube, Veracode, Dockle, OWASP practices, WAF, IAM, DevSecOps, and Zero Trust security model
- Scripting & Automation: Python, Shell, Bash scripting, and AWS CLI
- Version Control & Collaboration: Git, GitHub, GitLab, JIRA, and Confluence
- Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and ScyllaDB
- Artifact and image management: AWS CodeArtifact and Amazon ECR
- AI-assisted Development & Ops: ChatGPT, Cursor, GitHub Copilot (code generation, troubleshooting, automation scripts)
Certification
AWS Certified DevOps Professional
Languages
- Bash
- Python
Languages
English
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Accomplishments
Star Performer of the Quarter 2023
Timeline
Associate Technical Lead
Appinventiv Technlogies Pvt Ltd
04.2022 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer
Appinventiv Technlogies Pvt Ltd
04.2019 - 03.2022
AWS Cloud Engineer
Appinventiv Technlogies Pvt Ltd
01.2018 - 03.2019
Linux Administrator
Site Learning Of India
02.2017 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Computer Applications - Computer Application, Computer Engineering
Indira Gandhi National Open University