PAVAN G JOSHI
Bengaluru
Summary
I am a seasoned DevOps Lead and Site Reliability Engineer with over 13 years of extensive experience in IT, specializing in DevOps and Cloud platforms for over 8 years. I have a proven track record of managing complex incident responses, optimizing cost-effective cloud infrastructures, and leading high-performing teams to achieve operational excellence. My expertise encompasses AWS, Kubernetes, CI/CD practices, and security compliance.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer & Team Lead
ZETA
11.2022 - Current
- Acted as the primary Incident Commander for critical P0/P1 outages, coordinating cross-functional teams, resulting in ~40% faster recovery times.
- Led root cause analysis and post-incident reviews, implementing actions that reduced recurrence of incidents by ~30%.
- Designed and executed a migration from EC2-based SFTP to SFTP Go with Amazon S3, achieving zero downtime.
- Managed and mentored a team of 10 DevOps engineers, fostering automation and reliability best practices.
- Designed and implemented centralized monitoring and alerting using Prometheus, maintaining high availability of Amazon EKS clusters.
- Planned large-scale traffic handling strategies for IPL Campaign 2024 peak workloads.
- Standardized triage and resolution workflows to improve incident response efficiency.
- Fintech company specializing in digital payments and banking solutions
DevOps Engineer
RUPEEK FINTECH
06.2021 - 10.2022
- Architected and implemented AWS Transit Gateway for secure, scalable connectivity across multi-account AWS environments and on-premises data centers.
- Led Kubernetes application deployments while enforcing PCI DSS security controls and compliance standards, including upgrades, scaling, and incident resolution in production clusters.
- Planned and executed containerization and migration of Java, Node.js, and Python workloads from EC2 to Amazon EKS.
- Designed reusable Terraform modules to provision and manage AWS infrastructure following IAC best practices.
- Administered and secured DevOps platforms, implementing centralized authentication via Active Directory.
- Participated in quarterly patching cycles, server audits, and SOC-driven remediation activities to ensure compliance and security.
- Tracked cloud consumption metrics to identify cost optimization opportunities.
- Fintech firm providing loans and financial solutions
DevOps Engineer
HALODOC
09.2020 - 06.2021
- Designed and enforced IAM-based RBAC across AWS and Kubernetes to ensure least-privilege access.
- Defined role hierarchies, permission boundaries, and service roles aligned with organizational security policies.
- Integrated AWS IAM with Kubernetes RBAC for controlled cluster access across teams.
- Replaced manual infrastructure changes with reusable Terraform modules and automated pipelines.
- Automated Terraform plan and apply workflows with approval gates and state management.
- Maintained traceability of infrastructure changes through Git-based workflows and Terraform state locking.
- Eliminated ad-hoc changes by enforcing Co-driven provisioning and access control updates.
- Healthcare technology company focused on telemedicine and digital health solutions
DevOps Engineer
FREECHARGE
10.2014 - 09.2020
- Contributed to PCI DSS audits by implementing security controls, hardening infrastructure, and supporting evidence collection, ensuring compliance standards were met.
- Led large-scale service migrations to comply with RBI data localization mandates, completing projects within a strict 6-month timeline.
- Played a critical role in executing RBI-mandated payment infrastructure migration at industry scale alongside auditors to verify infrastructure and processes.
- Built and maintained scalable, secure AWS environments, supporting high-availability payment workloads.
- Managed Kubernetes clusters for microservices; migrated legacy apps to Docker, enhancing scalability.
- Enhanced application performance and security by managing traffic routing, SSL termination, and tuning using Nginx.
- Digital payments platform enabling online transactions and services
IT Engineer
WIPRO
09.2012 - 10.2014
- Executed SCCM deployments, endpoint security, and provided enterprise IT support.
- Global information technology, consulting, and business process services company
Education
Bachelor of Computer Application - undefined
Rabindranath Tagore University
01.2020
Diploma - Electronics & Communication Engineering
CB Kolli Polytechnic
01.2012
Skills
- Gmail
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- IAC
- EC2
- S3
- Amazon S3
- Prometheus
- Gateway
- PCI DSS
- Java
- Nodejs
- Python
- Terraform
- Active Directory
- IAM
- Git
- Microservices
- VPC
- RDS
- AWS Services
- Docker
- Ansible
- Nginx
- Proxy
- HAProxy
- TCP
- CDN
- CloudFront
- Akamai
- Caching
- SVN
- GitHub
- Linux
- Unix Shell Scripting
- Ubuntu
- Windows Servers
- SCCM
Certification
- PCI DSS v3.2
- RBI Wallet Compliance
Accomplishments
- Awards & Recognition
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer & Team Lead
ZETA
11.2022 - Current
DevOps Engineer
RUPEEK FINTECH
06.2021 - 10.2022
DevOps Engineer
HALODOC
09.2020 - 06.2021
DevOps Engineer
FREECHARGE
10.2014 - 09.2020
IT Engineer
WIPRO
09.2012 - 10.2014
Bachelor of Computer Application - undefined
Rabindranath Tagore University
Diploma - Electronics & Communication Engineering
CB Kolli Polytechnic