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SAURABH KUMAR

Gurgaon,Haryana

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Engineering manager/Devops Architect

Pluang by PG Berjangka
Gurugram
03.2022 - Current
  • Lead a diverse team of infrastructure engineers, security experts, and IT auditors
  • Provided mentorship and guidance, cultivating a culture of continuous learning and growth
  • Implemented DevSecOps practices throughout the software development lifecycle to prioritize security at every stage, from design to deployment
  • Developed and implemented Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery (BCP/DR) plans
  • Established a cold DR site for critical systems, including databases, Kafka, applications, and backend services, optimizing resource utilization
  • Built a distributed performance testing framework using Kubernetes and K6 to enhance stress and load testing capabilities
  • Lead a team of nine engineers, fostering professional growth through individualized mentorship and regular one-on-one sessions
  • Performed regular security assessments, including penetration testing, to identify and address vulnerabilities
  • Partnered with external experts for in-depth security reviews
  • Utilized Argo CD to manage multi-cluster deployments, enhancing the resilience and efficiency of the deployment process
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning for AWS and GCP using Terraform, and streamlined operational tasks such as monitoring and alerting with Grafana and Opsgenie
  • Implemented a SIEM solution using open-source Wazuh on Kubernetes to monitor and detect security threats across Akamai, cloud and server environments
  • Guaranteed adherence to industry regulations and standards
  • Managed IT audits, producing comprehensive reports and driving corrective actions
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to integrate security into business operations
  • Bridged the gap between technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Defined clear KPIs for team members aligned with company objectives and individual development goals.

Lead DevSecops Engineering

Pluang by PG Berjangka
Gurugram
01.2021 - 02.2022
  • Successfully migrated our entire production-grade infrastructure from one region to another
  • Decoupled and transitioned our environment from one AWS account to another, enhancing security and resource management
  • Ensured minimal downtime and maintained system integrity throughout the process
  • Integrated Cloudflare WAF and CDN solutions to enhance infrastructure protection and seamlessly migrate all domains to Cloudflare, minimizing system risk and ensuring zero downtime
  • Migrated our EFK (Elasticsearch, Kibana, and Fluentd) stack to a more scalable architecture by incorporating Kafka and Fluent-bit, enhancing logging traffic handling and creating a resilient, horizontally scalable system tailored to our business needs
  • Onboarded and configured Falcon CrowdStrike EDR solution across company-wide laptops and servers to protect against malware
  • Developed an automated system to quarantine resources based on severity and integrated it with incident management processes
  • Implemented various security tools such as Trufflehog, Nessus, AWS Config, and CSPM solutions to enhance organizational security and mitigate risks
  • Integrated Trivy into CI/CD pipelines to automate Docker image vulnerability scanning, ensuring secure and compliant deployments
  • Established security gates to fail builds with critical vulnerabilities and worked closely with development teams for remediation and updates
  • Established and managed a bug bounty program and Vulnerability Disclosure Policy (VDP) using YesWeHack, enhancing organizational security through coordinated vulnerability reporting and incentivized researcher engagement
  • Individual Contributor to Platform Team Leader: seamless expansion of DevOps and security team from 1 to 10 members, ensuring smooth transition without business impact, and eventually assumed leadership of the entire platform team.

Site Reliability Engineer

Pluang by PG Berjangka
Gurugram
07.2020 - 12.2020
  • Established the entire infrastructure from scratch, including cloud setup, CI/CD pipelines, and monitoring/alerting systems
  • As the first member in DevOps, played a pivotal role in shaping and implementing foundational technologies to drive operational excellence
  • Successfully migrated monolithic systems to microservices architecture, leveraging expertise in design and implementation to create scalable and resilient infrastructure solutions
  • Individual Contributor in Kubernetes and MongoDB Migration: Independently migrated Kubernetes from a single master to a multi-master setup and transitioned self-hosted MongoDB clusters to MongoDB Atlas cloud, ensuring enhanced scalability and reliability
  • Individual Contributor with Strong Problem-Solving Skills: Resolved diverse production issues, ensuring they never recurred, and maintained system stability and reliability through proactive troubleshooting and preventive measures.

Devops Engineer

Variyas Labs
Noida
06.2017 - 06.2020
  • Re Architected and migrated the entire CI/CD setup from Bamboo to Jenkins, enhancing efficiency and scalability
  • Implemented comprehensive alerting and approval processes to ensure robust and secure deployment workflows
  • Implemented extensive automation using Ansible for VMware management, user management, and configuration management
  • Streamlined day-to-day operations, improving efficiency and consistency across the infrastructure
  • Onboarded and integrated Puppet for centralized configuration management, ensuring all required changes are up-to-date across the infrastructure
  • Enhanced consistency and compliance by managing configurations from a single control point
  • Successfully migrated physical data centers to AWS and GCP for multiple clients, enhancing resilience and robustness
  • Leveraged cloud infrastructure to improve scalability, availability, and disaster recovery capabilities
  • Cloud Infrastructure Migration Specialist: Successfully migrated a fintech customer's cloud infrastructure from Alibaba to GCP using Terraform, including Kubernetes and CI/CD systems, ensuring enhanced performance and scalability
  • Migrated a supply chain startup's monolithic application to microservices architecture using OpenShift, enhancing scalability and deployment efficiency
  • Set up and configured Cacti monitoring tools to monitor network devices, customized reporting mechanisms with custom plugins, and migrated the setup to high availability using F5 Load Balancer
  • Jboss ESB Fuse Middleware Development: Developed and deployed applications using Java and Apache Camel on Jboss ESB Fuse middleware, ensuring seamless integration and robust performance
  • High Availability System Deployment: Implemented highly available systems using Corosync Pacemaker clusters, deploying Puppet-managed Apache servers and NGINX instances for seamless operations.

Software Engineer

Keen & Able Computers Private Limited
Noida
12.2016 - 05.2017
  • Developed a custom monitoring tool by creating multiple Python APIs to calculate and report system metrics
  • Enhanced system performance visibility and reliability through tailored monitoring solutions.

Skills

  • Design optimization
  • Architecture

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

UPTU
06.2009 - 07.2013

Summary

I have over nine years of hands-on experience in DevOps and security, with expertise in cloud-native architectures and automation. I've built and led teams to solve complex scalability challenges, having designed and implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) frameworks using tools like Terraform, AWS, GCP, Docker, and Kubernetes. My experience includes orchestrating multi-cluster deployments with Argo CD, improving deployment resilience, and enhancing security through solutions such as EDR, CSPM, and Secure CI/CD pipelines. I've also led initiatives for monitoring and observability using Grafana and automated operational tasks for efficiency.

Timeline

Engineering manager/Devops Architect

Pluang by PG Berjangka
03.2022 - Current

Lead DevSecops Engineering

Pluang by PG Berjangka
01.2021 - 02.2022

Site Reliability Engineer

Pluang by PG Berjangka
07.2020 - 12.2020

Devops Engineer

Variyas Labs
06.2017 - 06.2020

Software Engineer

Keen & Able Computers Private Limited
12.2016 - 05.2017

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

UPTU
06.2009 - 07.2013

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