Prasad Shekhar Naik

shekhar

Bengaluru

Summary

DevOps Engineer with 4 years working on CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes deployments, and AWS infrastructure. Build Jenkins pipelines for Java microservices, manage EKS clusters, and handle production releases. Experience with Docker, Terraform, security scanning tools, and monitoring systems.

Overview

years of professional experience

Certifications

Work History

Associate Consultant

Infosys Ltd

08.2024 - Current

Build and maintain Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for Spring Boot microservices, covering build, test, code quality checks, containerization, and deployments to AWS EKS.
Handle application releases across Dev, UAT, and Production environments, coordinating with the development and QA teams.
Set up GitHub Actions for automated builds triggered on pull request merges.
Follow and enforce Git branching strategies (feature, develop, release) as part of release management.
Deploy and manage applications on Kubernetes using Helm charts, including rolling updates and rollbacks.
Support AWS EKS clusters, monitor pod health, and troubleshoot deployment and runtime issues.
Optimize Docker images using multi-stage builds and lightweight base images.
Integrate security checks, such as SonarQube, Fortify, OWASP ZAP, Trivy, and Black Duck, into CI/CD workflows.
Perform API security scans using 42Crunch on Swagger specifications.
Monitor applications using AWS CloudWatch and Kibana, analyze logs, and resolve production issues.
Actively support production incidents related to failed deployments, pod crashes, and configuration issues.
Managed multiple projects simultaneously while maintaining attention to detail, organization, and adherence to deadlines.
Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to devise effective strategies and action plans for clients businesses.

Associate Engineer

Virtusa

12.2021 - 08.2024

Developed and supported Spring Boot microservices, while also owning build and deployment pipelines.
Built and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines, integrating GitHub, Maven builds, Docker image creation, and deployments to AWS ECS Fargate.
Worked on containerizing applications using Docker, and managing deployments on ECS and EC2.
Deployed and supported services on AWS (ECS, EC2, RDS) with auto-scaling and load balancing.
Integrated Trustly payment gateway APIs with secure authentication and encryption mechanisms.
Actively collaborated with DevOps teams on release planning, deployment troubleshooting, and production support.
Implemented API validation and error-handling frameworks to improve service stability.
Monitored application health and logs, and assisted in resolving production and deployment issues.
Worked in Agile/Scrum teams with shared responsibility for delivery and operational stability.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering - Electronics & Communication

Dr. Ambedkar Institute of Technology

Bengaluru

12.2021

Skills

Languages & Frameworks: Java, Java 8, Spring Boot, Bash Scripting, REST APIs

DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, GitOps, GitHub Actions, Blue-Green Deployments

Cloud Platforms: AWS, EKS, ECS, EC2, S3, ECR, CloudWatch, Route 53, IAM

Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Sysdig

Security Tools: OWASP ZAP, SonarQube, Fortify, Black Duck, 42Crunch, Trivy

PROJECTS

Cafe Management – CI/CD & Kubernetes Project vProfile – CI/CD Pipeline on AWS ECS Cloud Monitoring & Observability Lab

Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Terraform, AWS EKS, Helm

Built CI/CD pipelines to automate build, test, security scans, container image creation, and deployment to AWS EKS
Provisioned EKS cluster and networking using Terraform
Deployed applications on Kubernetes using Helm charts and managed rollouts
Integrated basic security and code quality checks (Trivy, SonarCloud)

Jenkins, Maven, Docker, AWS ECS Fargate

Created Jenkins pipelines for Maven builds, testing, and Docker image creation
Automated image push to Amazon ECR and deployments to ECS Fargate
Practiced deployment automation and release workflows on AWS

Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, AWS EC2

Set up monitoring and logging stack on AWS EC2 instances
Built Grafana dashboards for metrics and log visualization
Implemented basic alerting for system health monitoring

Certification

AWS Certified Developer Associate

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