SATISH KUMAR PANDA
DevOps Enginner
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Summary
Skilled Lead DevOps / DevSecOps Engineer with 3+ years in designing secure CI/CD pipelines and hybrid cloud infrastructure. Integrated security toolchains into GitLab CI, enhancing security while optimizing delivery speed. Expertise in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and monitoring tools like Prometheus and ELK Stack. Knowledgeable in phishing detection AI infrastructure and malware sandbox environments.
Overview
6
6
Certifications
4
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead DevOps Engineer
EkVayu Pvt. Ltd.
01.2025 - Current
- Architected a 7-stage DevSecOps pipeline (Lint → SAST/SCA → Secret Scan → Security → Build → Image Scan → Deploy → Smoke Test) on self-hosted GitLab for phishing detection microservices (Django + React/TypeScript), enabling automated security gating on every commit.
- Integrated SonarQube with custom Quality Gates, Trivy CVE scanning, Gitleaks secret detection, Semgrep, Bandit, Checkov, RetireJS, and OWASP ZAP into CI/CD pipelines — reducing critical vulnerabilities reaching production by over 80%.
- Deployed and managed AWS infrastructure including VPC, EC2, RDS Multi-AZ, ECS Fargate, Lambda, S3, IAM, CloudWatch, and ELB using Terraform and Ansible, achieving repeatable infrastructure-as-code deployments across environments.
- Built full-stack observability platform: Prometheus + cAdvisor + Node Exporter + MySQL Exporter → Grafana dashboards with Alertmanager for a 32+ container Docker server, reducing MTTR by enabling proactive alerting.
- Configured ELK Stack 8.13 (Filebeat → Logstash → Elasticsearch → Kibana + Metricbeat) with Grafana/Loki/Promtail log aggregation — providing unified logging and metrics for all services.
- Implemented MySQL primary-replica replication over Tailscale VPN between on-premises servers, with Django connection pooling (CONN_MAX_AGE, CONN_HEALTH_CHECKS) eliminating Server Has Gone Away error (2006) failures in production.
- Managed Docker Swarm clusters with Keepalived Virtual IP failover and NGINX for SSL termination, load balancing, and backend health checks, achieving high-availability for on-premises services.
- Deployed and maintained CAPE malware sandbox with behavioral false-positive tuning, reducing analyst noise from Windows system process signatures.
- Led the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, streamlining software deployment processes and reducing release times.
- Spearheaded cloud infrastructure management, optimizing resource allocation and enhancing system reliability.
- Implemented automated monitoring solutions, improving system performance visibility and accelerating incident response times.
- Collaborated with development teams to refine deployment processes, ensuring best practices and reducing errors.
- Conducted regular system audits and performance tuning, resulting in increased application efficiency and stability.
- Mentored junior engineers on DevOps practices, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and knowledge sharing.
- Streamlined code deployment processes, significantly shortening path from development to production.
- Improved project visibility and tracking with implementation of comprehensive dashboards and reporting tools.
- Orchestrated continuous integration and delivery pipelines for faster software releases, improving release efficiency.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless application development and deployment cycles.
- Streamlined deployment processes, significantly reducing deployment times and enhancing team productivity.
- Facilitated team training sessions on latest DevOps practices, elevating team skill levels and productivity.
- Reduced operational costs by optimizing cloud resource utilization and implementing cost-effective solutions.
- Automated routine tasks, freeing up team members to focus on more complex issues and innovation.
- Implemented containerization using Docker, leading to improved application scalability and manageability.
- Enhanced system reliability with proactive monitoring and troubleshooting of network issues.
- Fostered culture of collaboration and knowledge sharing among development and operations teams, boosting overall project success.
- Improved system security by developing and enforcing strict security protocols and guidelines.
- Provided 24/7 on-call support for critical systems, ensuring high availability and rapid issue resolution.
- Spearheaded the implementation of CI/CD pipelines, enhancing deployment frequency and reliability.
- Optimized cloud infrastructure by automating provisioning and configuration management, reducing downtime.
- Led cross-functional teams in adopting Agile methodologies, improving project delivery timelines and collaboration.
- Developed monitoring and alerting systems that proactively identified issues, reducing incident response time.
DevOps Engineer
MarlinBlue Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
07.2022 - 12.2024
- Established and managed Jenkins-focused CI/CD pipelines associated with GitLab, accelerating application delivery throughout diverse microservice repositories.
- Optimized provisioning and configuration management for over 50 servers utilizing Ansible playbooks, drastically reducing manual setup time while ensuring environment uniformity.
- Automated provisioning and configuration management of 50+ servers using Ansible playbooks, ensuring environment consistency and significantly reducing setup time.
- Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, RDS) following security best practices such as least-privilege IAM and encrypted storage.
- Monitored application and infrastructure health using Prometheus and Grafana, setting up dashboards and alerting rules for proactive incident detection.
- Delivered secure microservices infrastructure with Blue-Green deployments, enhancing deployment success rates and minimizing rollback time.
- Automated deployment processes using Jenkins and Docker, enhancing efficiency and reducing downtime.
- Implemented continuous integration and delivery pipelines, streamlining development workflows and improving release cycles.
- Optimized server configurations and monitoring tools to ensure system stability and performance improvements.
- Collaborated with development teams to refine application architecture, resulting in improved scalability and resource management.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Biju Patnaik University of Technology
Odisha01-2021
Skills
DevSecOps tools
Cloud infrastructure management
DevSecOps pipeline architecture
CI/CD automation
Container orchestration
Infrastructure automation
Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, ECS, cAdvisor, Keepalived
Monitoring tools
Certification
AWS Training Certificate — Saidemy Institute, Hyderabad
Timeline
Lead DevOps Engineer
EkVayu Pvt. Ltd.
01.2025 - Current
DevOps Engineer
MarlinBlue Technologies Pvt. Ltd.
07.2022 - 12.2024
Bachelor of Technology - Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Biju Patnaik University of Technology