Ravindra Prasad
Sr DevOps Manager
Bangalore
Summary
DevOps/Platform Engineering Architect and Technical Evangelist with 19+ years delivering enterprise-scale platforms and digital transformations. Hands-on in Python (NumPy, Pandas, Matplotlib) for reliability/capacity analytics; expert in Kubernetes/Helm and GitOps at scale. Administered Argo CD for 700+ applications with app-of-apps, multi-tenant RBAC, and policy guardrails, achieving 99.95% SLOs, MTTR ↓40–60%, and deployment frequency ↑3–10x. Built and governed observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, OpenTelemetry) and platform governance (OPA/Gatekeeper, secrets/IAM). Designed and operated large-scale Kafka-based event platforms and cloud-native foundations with Terraform/IaC and CI/CD. Champion Agile+DevOps craftsmanship, mentoring teams and optimizing reliability, velocity, and cost (15–25% savings via FinOps). Targeting Senior/Principal DevOps, Platform Engineering Lead, or DevOps Architect roles.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
2
2
Languages
Work History
Sr DevOps Manager
Transunion
Bangalore , Karnataka
08.2021 - Current
- Operating 50+ EKS clusters (AWS+GCP) across DEV/UAT/PROD with GitOps; 700 apps via Argo CD; sustained 99.95% SLOs and reduced MTTR by 40–60%
- Security hardening via Bottlerocket migration on worker nodes and curated base images; reduced critical/high CVE exposure by 60–80% and shrank patch windows from weeks to hours
- FinOps: $500/month immediate AWS bill reduction through rightsizing and image/compute optimizations; runway to scale savings across 50 clusters into multi-$K/month
- Operated and optimized 50+ EKS clusters across AWS and GCP spanning DEV/UAT/PROD; standardized GitOps with Argo CD for 700 applications, sustaining 99.95% SLOs and improving MTTR by 40–60%.
- Migrated Kubernetes worker nodes to Bottlerocket and curated base images; reduced critical/high CVE exposure by 60–80%, eliminated OS drift, and cut patch cycles from weeks to hours via immutable updates.
- Delivered FinOps improvements with rightsizing, pod density tuning, and storage tiering; achieved $500/month immediate AWS savings and set autoscaling/policy baselines to expand into multi-$K monthly optimizations across 50 clusters.
- Built Terraform-based EKS landing zones and reusable modules; reduced environment provisioning from weeks to 1–2 days and lowered change failure rate by ~30% through policy-as-code and automated rollbacks.
- Implemented unified observability with OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK; defined SLIs/SLOs, alert hygiene, and runbooks that reduced false alerts by ~35% and accelerated detection/recovery by 40–60%.
- Established compliance-by-design: SAST/DAST/SCA, IAM/secrets hardening, OPA/Gatekeeper admission controls, SBOM scanning (Syft/Trivy); improved audit readiness and image governance for 700 apps across 50 clusters.
- Led a 12–15 engineer DevOps/platform team; hiring, mentoring, OKRs, incident/postmortem governance, and cross-functional steering with product and security.
- Built observability accelerators for 50+ EKS clusters and 700 apps: authored and productionized custom Prometheus exporters/integrations including Prom2Teams, Event Exporter, Certificate Exporter, CSR Exporter, and Elastic Exporter to standardize metrics and actionable alerting across DEV/UAT/PROD.
- Implemented deep datastore monitoring for MongoDB and Redis (replication lag, cache hit ratio, memory/evictions, latency p95/p99, slow ops); delivered golden dashboards and SLO-aligned alerts that preempt capacity and performance incidents.
- Engineered an enterprise alerting framework with 400+ Prometheus rules mapped to SLIs/SLOs and runbooks; reduced false alerts by ~30–40% and improved detection/recovery times by 40–60%, stabilizing on-call operations.
- Integrated Alertmanager with Microsoft Teams via Prom2Teams, enabling severity-based routing, deduplication, inhibition, silences, and maintenance windows; improved triage quality and reduced alert fatigue.
- Automated certificate hygiene using certificate/CSR exporters (expiry windows, issuance failures, trust chain validation); eliminated certificate-related outages and cut renewal toil through proactive alerting and ownership tagging.
Solution Architect (DevOps)
Accenture
Bangalore , Karnataka
02.2019 - 08.2021
- Architected Kubernetes platforms and GitOps pipelines for regulated clients; improved deployment frequency 3–5x and achieved 99.9% availability with automated rollbacks and policy-as-code.
- Standardized Terraform landing zones across AWS/Azure; cut environment provisioning to 1–2 days and improved change lead time by 60–70%.
- Instituted secure SDLC and image governance (private registry, curated base images, SBOM scanning); reduced critical CVEs by ~50% in 90 days and accelerated SOC2/ISO/PCI audit readiness.
- Implemented observability (Prometheus/Grafana, ELK) with SLIs/SLOs and incident playbooks; reduced false positives by ~30% and improved MTTR by ~40%.
- Ran architecture workshops with client stakeholders; aligned platform roadmaps with business OKRs and accelerated modernization by 2 quarters.
- Managed 10–15 engineers; established golden paths, quality gates, and runbooks that improved predictability and onboarding speed.
Sr. System Administrator
Wipro Limited
01.2017 - 01.2019
- Partnered with multidisciplinary teams to implement tailored IT solutions aligning with organizational objectives.
- Completed reports detailing network and systems performance and downtime issues.
- Resolved issues and escalated problems with knowledgeable support and quality service.
- Minimized downtime through proactive monitoring and prompt resolution of issues.
- Improved end-user satisfaction by providing responsive technical support and addressing concerns efficiently.
- Enhanced vendor partnerships to optimize procurement strategies.
Sr. System Administrator (
SK Vedainfo Pvt Ltd. Offrole Infosys
01.2016 - 12.2017
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design and deploy customized IT solutions, meeting specific organizational needs.
- Completed reports detailing network and systems performance and downtime issues.
- Reduced downtime with proactive system monitoring and timely issue resolution.
Sr. Linux Administrator
Unique Infoways Pvt Ltd
09.2013 - 03.2015
System Administrator
Sai Infosystem (India) Ltd
01.2012 - 09.2013
Linux Administrator
Pearson Education Services
10.2010 - 06.2011
Associate Customer Engineer
HCL Infosystems Ltd
10.2006 - 10.2010
Education
B-Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Rajasthan University
Diploma - CS Engg
Govt Polytechnic Kashipur
RoorkeeSkills
EKS Clusters
undefinedAccomplishments
- Achieved my products deployed through Argo effectively helping .
- Recently migrated 200+ all our applications and ELK pipelines to Kubernetes without any downtime to the clients.
- Awarded by the management for all above achievements along with other products lifecycle managements
Timeline
Sr DevOps Manager
Transunion
08.2021 - Current
Solution Architect (DevOps)
Accenture
02.2019 - 08.2021
Sr. System Administrator
Wipro Limited
01.2017 - 01.2019
Sr. System Administrator (
SK Vedainfo Pvt Ltd. Offrole Infosys
01.2016 - 12.2017
Sr. Linux Administrator
Unique Infoways Pvt Ltd
09.2013 - 03.2015
System Administrator
Sai Infosystem (India) Ltd
01.2012 - 09.2013
Linux Administrator
Pearson Education Services
10.2010 - 06.2011
Associate Customer Engineer
HCL Infosystems Ltd
10.2006 - 10.2010
B-Tech - Computer Science & Engineering
Rajasthan University
Diploma - CS Engg
Govt Polytechnic Kashipur