Shikha Priyedarshi
DevOps Enthusiast
Summary
10+ years of experience in DevOps, Cloud Architecture, and CI/CD automation, with expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, and infrastructure-as-code. Proven track record of reducing deployment times by 70%, cutting cloud costs by 20%, and enhancing system reliability through automation and security best practices.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Specialist
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2022 - Current
- Designed, deployed, and managed highly available Kubernetes clusters (EKS, onprem) using kubeadm
- Implemented node auto-scaling (CA) and resource quotas for efficient cluster utilization.
- Integrated Secrets Management (Vault)
- Debugged pod crashes, OOMKills and persistent volume failures.
- Conducted cluster upgrades (kubeadm) with minimal downtime.
- Optimized resource requests/limits (HPA) for cost efficiency
- Designed modular CI/CD pipelines using Groovy to make builds and deployments more reusable and easier to maintain
- Introduced dynamic build agents in Jenkins pipelines using JNLP
- Analyzed resource utilization vs requirement across the services as part of AWS cost optimization
- Pipeline Optimization: Redesigned Jenkins CI/CD workflows, saving 200+ engineering hours/month.
- Security Integration: Implemented code scanning in pipelines, catching 80% of vulnerabilities early.
- Developer Enablement: Introduced Terraform automation, cutting environment setup time from 2 hrs. → 30 mins.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnered with development, QA, and operations teams to refine DevOps practices, ensuring smooth integration and deployment
Senior DevOps Engineer
Cuelogic Technologies
12.2020 - 03.2022
- Company Overview: (LTI)
- AWS Automation: Automated EC2 scaling with AUTOSCALING, eliminating 90% of manual tasks.
- Orchestration: Implemented container deployment strategies, managed deployments across the environment.
- Secured clusters by enforcing network policies, RBAC
- Incident Management: Reduced P1 ticket resolution time by 50% via well documented runbooks.
- (LTI)
Associate Software Engineer
Extreme Networks
03.2019 - 10.2020
- Kubernetes Migrated legacy applications to Kubernetes, improving scalability and deployment speed.
- Led CI/CD Implementation in the product
- Collaborated with Dev/QA teams to troubleshoot production issues, conduct root cause analysis (RCA), and implement preventive measures.
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Kronos Solutions
12.2017 - 02.2019
- Implemented Ansible playbooks to standardize deployments, reducing errors by 75%.
- Led team initiatives to develop support roadmaps for critical applications
- Skilled in troubleshooting application issues and performance tuning Systems.
- Contributed to building CI/CD pipeline for faster product release.
Analyst
HCL Technologies
06.2015 - 12.2017
- Linux Administration: Resolved 100+ performance issues (CPU, memory, disk).
- Automation: Reduced user management tasks by 60% via Bash scripts.
Education
B.Tech - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Biju Patnaik University Of Technology
Bhubaneshwar05-2014
Skills
- AWS
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Helm
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Jenkins
- GitHub Actions
Accomplishments
- CI/CD Optimization, Reduced Jenkins pipeline runtime from 45 mins → 12 mins (73% faster) through parallelization and caching.
- Cost Savings, Achieved 40% reduction in AWS costs via Terraform-driven resource optimization and correct instance strategy.
Certification
- CNCF Certified Kubestronaut
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- Hashi Corp Certified Terraform Associate
Timeline
DevOps Specialist
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
03.2022 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer
Cuelogic Technologies
12.2020 - 03.2022
Associate Software Engineer
Extreme Networks
03.2019 - 10.2020
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Kronos Solutions
12.2017 - 02.2019
Analyst
HCL Technologies
06.2015 - 12.2017
B.Tech - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
Biju Patnaik University Of Technology
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