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Rahul Sharma ( Immediate Joiner )

Bangalore

Summary

Strategic Senior DevOps/SRE with 10 years of experience in architecting and migrating high-scale infrastructure. Expertise includes Cloud-Native ecosystems, Kubernetes orchestration, Terraform automation, and hybrid-cloud networking. Skilled in troubleshooting, CI/CD pipeline automation, and incident leadership. Focused on enhancing collaboration between development and operations teams for efficient project execution.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
4
4
Certifications

Work History

Sr. Production Engineer (DevOps/SRE)

Yahoo Inc.
05.2022 - 04.2026
  • CI/CD Automation: Engineered and automated end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Screwdriver and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment lead time by 60%.
  • Led end-to-end migration of "Metroplex" suite from legacy on-premise data centers to AWS EKS, achieving 30% reduction in overhead.
  • Resolved high-severity Terraform state corruptions through manual state surgery and mitigated EKS pod crashes by correcting misconfigured ResourceLimits and OOMKills.
  • Participated in 24/7 rotational shift for TnV engine. Led "Bridge Calls" for Sev-1 outages and authored detailed post-mortems (RCAs) to analyze incidents.

Cloud Support Engineer 2 (DevOps/K8s Specialist)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
08.2021 - 04.2022
  • Premium Customer Support: Resolved critical production-down issues for AWS enterprise customers via phone, chat, and email, enhancing system uptime for EKS and ECS.
  • EKS SME Troubleshooting: Provided expert troubleshooting for complex VPC CNI conflicts, IAM-to-K8s (RBAC) failures, and Persistent Volume (EBS/EFS) mounting issues, improving incident resolution speed.
  • Deployment Automation: Guided enterprise clients in automating CI/CD workflows and container image promotion strategies using AWS native tools and Jenkins, streamlining deployment processes.

DevOps Engineer

American Express
11.2019 - 07.2021
  • CI/CD Pipeline Setup: Designed and automated CI/CD pipelines for OpenShift PaaS using Jenkins and GitLab CI, integrating automated security scanning and compliance gates to enhance deployment reliability.
  • Container & Pipeline Troubleshooting: Resolved Jenkins pipeline failures and debugged OpenShift pod startup issues (ImagePullBackOff), maintaining 99.9% application availability.
  • Implemented automated deployment pipelines using Jenkins and Docker.
  • Managed cloud infrastructure on AWS to ensure high availability.
  • Collaborated with development teams to streamline CI/CD processes.

DevOps Engineer

DXC Technology
04.2019 - 10.2019
  • Spearheaded containerization of legacy monoliths with Docker, orchestrating deployment on K8s (EKS/AKS) clusters to enhance scalability and reliability.
  • Authored complex Helm Charts and manifests to standardize deployment processes across multi-cloud environments, facilitating consistent application management.
  • Implemented automated deployment pipelines using Jenkins and Git.
  • Managed cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure platforms.
  • Collaborated with development teams to improve application performance.

Site Reliability Engineer (Contract)

Adobe Systems
10.2018 - 02.2019
  • Managed server patching (Ansible) and Nagios-based monitoring for high-availability nodes, ensuring system reliability through effective AMOTT ticket resolution.
  • Handled real-time infrastructure alerts, maintaining service up-time for Adobe's internal engineering platforms during critical incidents.
  • Maintained high availability of systems through proactive monitoring and incident response.
  • Designed automation scripts to streamline deployment processes and reduce downtime.
  • Collaborated with development teams to ensure smooth application releases and updates.

DevOps Engineer (Contract)

Enclouden
05.2018 - 11.2018
  • Configured and managed OpenStack clustered environments to ensure reliable orchestration using Nova, Cinder, and Heat.
  • Implemented and optimized Docker Swarm for orchestrating internal services and managing containerized workloads effectively.
  • Automated deployment processes using CI/CD tools for efficient software delivery.
  • Managed cloud infrastructure to ensure system reliability and performance.
  • Collaborated with development teams to improve application deployment strategies.

Linux / DevOps Engineer

Censhare AG
New Delhi
01.2016 - 07.2016
  • Managed Red Hat/Ubuntu administration, resolved DNS issues (BIND), and optimized web servers (Apache/Nginx) for high-availability environments.
  • Automated routine system maintenance and log rotation tasks through Bash script development.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for efficient software delivery.
  • Managed cloud infrastructure using AWS and Docker for scalable applications.
  • Automated deployment processes through scripting and configuration management tools.

Linux Administrator

Sysinfocom Private Limited
Chandigarh
11.2014 - 01.2016
  • Managed core Linux infrastructure, user permissions, and server hardening to enhance system security and reliability.
  • Deployed and scaled web applications on AWS (EC2, VPC, RDS) while managing LAMP stack environments to support high availability and performance.
  • Administered Linux servers, ensuring optimal performance and uptime.
  • Configured network protocols and services for secure data transmission.
  • Monitored system logs for identifying and resolving potential issues.

Education

B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering

Kurukshetra University
08-2014

Skills

  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • AWS EKS
  • AWS ECS
  • OpenShift
  • Terraform
  • CloudFormation
  • Ansible
  • Python
  • Shell Scripting
  • Bash
  • AWS WAF
  • Route 53
  • Chronosphere
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • PagerDuty
  • CloudWatch
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab CI
  • Git
  • GitHub
  • Linux
  • Ubuntu
  • CentOS

Personal Information

Marital Status: Married

Technical Core

Kubernetes (CKA), Docker Swarm, Docker, AWS EKS/ECS, OpenShift, Helm, Terraform (Advanced), CloudFormation (CFN), Ansible, Python (Automation/Logic), Shell Scripting (Bash), VPC Peering, PrivateLink (VPC Endpoints), AWS WAF, Route53, Chronosphere, Prometheus, Grafana, PagerDuty, CloudWatch, Screwdriver, Jenkins, GitLab CI, Git/GitHub, Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu, CentOS)

Certification

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator

Timeline

Sr. Production Engineer (DevOps/SRE)

Yahoo Inc.
05.2022 - 04.2026

Cloud Support Engineer 2 (DevOps/K8s Specialist)

Amazon Web Services (AWS)
08.2021 - 04.2022

DevOps Engineer

American Express
11.2019 - 07.2021

DevOps Engineer

DXC Technology
04.2019 - 10.2019

Site Reliability Engineer (Contract)

Adobe Systems
10.2018 - 02.2019

DevOps Engineer (Contract)

Enclouden
05.2018 - 11.2018

Linux / DevOps Engineer

Censhare AG
01.2016 - 07.2016

Linux Administrator

Sysinfocom Private Limited
11.2014 - 01.2016

B.Tech - Computer Science Engineering

Kurukshetra University
Rahul Sharma ( Immediate Joiner )