SUNIL KUMAR MIZAR SATISH
DevOps Engineer/Manager
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Results-driven DevOps and SRE Engineering professional with over 14 years of experience in driving project success and fostering team collaboration. Delivered innovative engineering solutions while upholding high quality and efficiency standards. Led cross-functional teams in high-pressure environments to execute complex initiatives and adapt to evolving project demands.
Overview
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1
Certification
15
15
years of professional experience
Work History
Engineering Manager 1
Nextiva
04.2025 - Current
- Implemented GitOps deployments using ArgoCD, cutting deployment effort by approximately 30%.
- Architected end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, reducing deployment time by approximately 40%.
- Managed GCP infrastructure (GKE, IAM, VPC, networking) at scale using Terraform.
- Built a self-service IAM access platform, empowering developers, and reducing ops bottlenecks.
- Designed Datadog dashboards, monitoring strategies, and alerting rules, significantly improving system visibility and reducing MTTR.
- Led incident response and root cause analysis (RCA) cycles, driving measurable improvements in system reliability.
- Led cross-functional teams to implement Agile methodologies, enhancing project delivery efficiency and team collaboration.
- Spearheaded system architecture improvements, resulting in reduced downtime and optimized resource utilization.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Versa Networks
03.2024 - 04.2025
- Led the DevOps effort to design and build a Configuration Management Database (CMDB) portal.
- Managed and optimized GKE clusters, deploying and monitoring production workloads.
- Established an observability stack using Prometheus, Thanos, and Grafana for performance tracking.
- Developed Python automation scripts to streamline cloud operations and reduce manual effort.
- Led the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines, enhancing deployment efficiency and reliability.
- Spearheaded the migration of legacy applications to cloud infrastructure, resulting in improved scalability.
- Implemented infrastructure as code using Terraform, streamlining provisioning and reducing deployment time.
- Developed monitoring solutions with Prometheus and Grafana, increasing system visibility and response times.
DevOps Engineer
MegronTech Pvt Ltd
09.2019 - 03.2024
- Built and maintained robust CI/CD pipelines using GitLab CI/CD for multiple product teams.
- Managed containerized workloads on Kubernetes, ensuring high availability and scalability.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and lifecycle management using Terraform.
- Deployed and maintained monitoring solutions using Prometheus and Grafana.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, resulting in a streamlined deployment process.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, improving resource management efficiency.
- Optimized system performance by monitoring application metrics, enhancing overall reliability.
- Collaborated with development teams to adopt Agile methodologies, fostering improved project delivery.
Technical Lead
Ericsson India Pvt Ltd
09.2016 - 09.2019
- Championed DevOps transformation initiatives, driving cultural and tooling change across engineering
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines that accelerated release cycles significantly
- Introduced Docker and Kubernetes, enabling faster, more reliable deployments
- Managed monitoring infrastructure with Prometheus and Grafana
Senior Software Engineer
HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
04.2014 - 09.2016
- Developed scalable backend services using Java and Spring Boot
- Contributed to system architecture design and performance improvements
- Collaborated across cross-functional teams to deliver features on time
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd
11.2011 - 03.2014
- Engineered enterprise-grade applications with Java technologies to meet user requirements
- Created backend services and integrated UI across multiple product modules to enhance functionality
Education
B.E. - Computer & Information Sciences
Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Institute of Technology
Ranebennur, Haveri, Karnataka, India06-2011
Skills
Cloud: GCP (GKE, IAM, VPC, Cloud Run)
CI/CD pipelines
GitOps deployments
Terraform
Datadog monitoring
Incident response
Certification
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
IMPACT AT A GLANCE
- ~40% Faster Deployments: CI/CD pipeline optimization
- ~30% Less Deployment Effort: GitOps with ArgoCD
- Kubernetes Deployment Resource Capacity Planning
- Monitoring and Alerting improvements
- Reduced MTTR: Datadog proactive monitoring
- cost optimizations
Timeline
Engineering Manager 1
Nextiva
04.2025 - Current
Lead DevOps Engineer
Versa Networks
03.2024 - 04.2025
DevOps Engineer
MegronTech Pvt Ltd
09.2019 - 03.2024
Technical Lead
Ericsson India Pvt Ltd
09.2016 - 09.2019
Senior Software Engineer
HPE (Hewlett Packard Enterprise)
04.2014 - 09.2016
Software Engineer
HCL Technologies Pvt Ltd
11.2011 - 03.2014
B.E. - Computer & Information Sciences
Sri Taralabalu Jagadguru Institute of Technology