Pavan Rathod

DevOps Engineer with specializing in production-grade AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code. Experienced in designing scalable multi-AZ architectures, implementing Karpenter-based autoscaling with Spot optimization, and building secure CI/CD systems. Strong focus on reliability, cost optimization, and automation-driven cloud operations.

Mobilesentrix (Global supplier of cell phone repair and replacement parts)

• Developed and deployed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins on Kubernetes with dynamic agents,automating infrastructure provisioning and application delivery.
• Implemented blue/green deployment strategy for ECS services using CodeDeploy, with CloudWatch-based rollback mechanisms ensuring zero-downtime releases.
• Applied least privilege IAM policies, securing access to AWS services including Lambda, ECS, and EC2 through scoped, role-specific permissions.
• Designed secure VPC architecture using private subnets, endpoint isolation, Secrets Manager, and KMS-based encryption for sensitive data.
• Built an end-to-end monitoring stack using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch to track service health, CI/CD performance, and cluster metrics.

KodaCars (DevOps-Driven Infrastructure Modernization for Vehicle Slot Booking Platform)

• Built a secure, multi-environment AWS infrastructure using modular Terraform, integrating S3 and DynamoDB for remote state management and state locking.
• Automated provisioning pipelines in Jenkins, incorporating terraform plan previews, manual approval gates, and GitOps-style IaC workflows.
• Designed and baked custom hardened Linux AMIs using Packer and Ansible, aligned to CIS benchmarks with SSH lockdown, UFW policies, and audit logging.
• Enhanced system observability and governance with cron-based health checks, drift detection, and Terraform plan diffs on pull requests.
• Scaled Jenkins with shared libraries, secure credential handling via SSM Parameter Store, and folder-based RBAC for multi-team access control.