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SONI PALARIYA

Bangalore, India/Open To Relocate Dubai

Summary

Senior Cloud, DevOps & Platform Engineer with 7+ years of experience delivering enterprise-scale AWS platforms across multi-account and multi-region environments. Strong expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD automation, security compliance, and cost optimization, with a proven track record of building highly available, production-grade cloud solutions in regulated environments. Experienced in collaborating with global stakeholders and owning products end-to-end.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Cloud/Platform Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI)
03.2023 - Current
  • Owned and led the product end-to-end, acting as the technical lead for a serverless deployment product used across the organization, from architecture design to production support.
  • Designed and delivered a self-service serverless deployment platform, enabling secure, standardized plugin deployments across 1000+ AWS accounts.
  • Led and mentored a small platform engineering team, guiding design decisions, code reviews, best practices, and ensuring high delivery standards.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and CI/CD pipelines using Terraform, Python, Docker and GitHub Actions, reducing deployment effort by ~90% and significantly improving release reliability.
  • Built a developer self-service portal for plugin deployment, onboarding/offboarding, secrets validation, logging, and dry-run execution, improving developer productivity and reducing platform dependency.
  • Designed and implemented RESTful APIs to support install/uninstall workflows, platform integrations, and operational visibility across environments.
  • Implemented enterprise-grade observability using Datadog dashboards, logs, alerts, and build notifications, improving platform visibility.
  • Built an automated API testing and validation framework using AWS Step Functions, reducing test execution time by ~80% and improving deployment confidence.
  • Velero-based Kubernetes workload migration and multi-region deployment enablement for high availability.
  • Strengthened security and compliance posture into CI/CD pipelines, enforcing infrastructure standards and reducing security risks.
  • Collaborated closely with UI, platform, security and leadership stakeholders, contributing to architecture documentation, PI planning, roadmap definition, and technical hiring decisions.
  • Tech Stack: AWS Serverless, Terraform, Helm, Python, GitHub Actions, Docker, Datadog, Backstage

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

T-Systems ICT India Pvt Ltd
11.2021 - 03.2023
  • Automated and managed AWS and Kubernetes platforms using Terraform, Helm and GitLab CI/CD, ensuring scalable and reliable infrastructure.
  • Deployed and operated high-availability containerized microservices across multiple environments.
  • Delivered cloud cost optimization initiatives by automating cleanup of unused AWS resources, reducing ongoing monthly cloud spend.
  • Built serverless automation and data-processing solutions using AWS Lambda, EFS and Athena to support operational workloads.
  • Designed enterprise monitoring and incident response workflows using Dynatrace, MONACO (Monitoring as Code), and PagerDuty, improving system reliability and response times.
  • Tech Stack: AWS, Terraform, CloudFormation, Python (Boto3), Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, EFK, Dynatrace, MONACO, PagerDuty, Linux, Jira, Confluence.

Senior System Engineer

Infosys Limited
02.2019 - 11.2021
  • Automated application deployments, configuration management, and infrastructure operations using Ansible, Ansible Tower, and Jenkins CI/CD pipelines.
  • Automated AWS provisioning and operational workflows using Python (Boto3), accelerating environment setup and consistency.
  • Improved monitoring, logging, and troubleshooting, enhancing system reliability.
  • Supported AWS cloud infrastructure for enterprise workloads.
  • Tech Stack: AWS, Ansible, Ansible Tower, Jenkins, Git, Bitbucket, SVN, Maven, Docker, Nexus, Python (Boto3), Shell, Linux, Windows IIS, MySQL.

Education

B.tech - ECE

Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology
Uttarakhand
05.2017

Skills

  • Cloud Technology: Amazon Web Services (AWS)- Serverless, Compute, Storage Observability, Orchestration, Networking, Security, Cost Optimization, AI
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Configuration: Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible
  • Cloud APIs & Integrations: API Gateway(REST APIs), Boto3, Eventbridge, Lambda
  • CI/CD & DevOps: GitHub Actions, Gitlab, Jenkins, AWS CodeBuild
  • Programming & Scripting: Python, Shell(basic)
  • Observability & Monitoring: Datadog, Dynatrace, CloudWatch
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm Charts
  • Security & Compliance: IAM, KMS, Secrets Manager, TFsec, Checkov, Kics, OctoSec, AWS Config, Security Hub, Kyverno, Security best practices in Platform and CI/CD
  • Cost Optimization: AWS Budgets, Infracost, Power BI Cost Reporting
  • Agile Practices & Tools: Agile & SAFe methodologies, Jira, ServiceNow, Confluence
  • AIOps & AI Integration: AI/ML Fundamentals, Generative AI (AWS Q, Bedrock), Prompt Engineering, GitHub Copilot, Chatbots

Certification

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (Cert id: LF-33ixom4vz2 )
  • AWS Certified Solution Architect-Associate (Validation no: 26627DJJM44Q6WB )
  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate (Validation no: 6309c70c57b8428985af713109bdba4d )
  • AWS Certified AI Practitioner (Validation no: 6309c70c57b8428985af713109bdba4d )
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (Cred.ID: AWS01745861)
  • Hashicorp Certified Terraform Associate (Cert id: 399100a5-0115-4aa1-ba74-137afe3bf868)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamental (AZ-900) (Cred.ID: H522-2664)

Accomplishments

  • Awarded Quarterly Excellence Pinnacle Award for exhibiting E2E Ownership, Mercedes Benz (2025)
  • Star rookie of the quarter Award for extraordinary performance, Infosys (2020).
  • People's choice Award and Insta Award, Infosys (2021).

Additional Information

Nationality: Indian
Visa Status: Open to Employer Sponsorship
Relocation: Open to Dubai / UAE


Timeline

Senior Cloud/Platform Engineer

Mercedes-Benz Research and Development India (MBRDI)
03.2023 - Current

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

T-Systems ICT India Pvt Ltd
11.2021 - 03.2023

Senior System Engineer

Infosys Limited
02.2019 - 11.2021

B.tech - ECE

Bipin Tripathi Kumaon Institute of Technology

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