Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Professional Experience
GitHub
Declaration
Timeline
Generic
VARGHESE KURIAN

VARGHESE KURIAN

Lead DevOps Specialist
Vapi,GJ

Summary

DevOps Consultant with over 3.5 years of experience specializing in optimizing infrastructure, automating software deployments, and managing CI/CD pipelines. Skilled in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, Nomad, Consul, Ansible, Jenkins, and Terraform. Proven track record of monitoring project performance and resolving issues efficiently. Committed to upholding best security practices and staying current with emerging DevOps trends to collaborate effectively within teams.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Languages

Work History

Lead DevOps Specialist (Apple)

OpsTree Solutions
02.2025 - Current
  • Worked on microservices deployment across multiple data centers using Nomad.
  • Developed Ansible roles for 2K+ On-Prem servers, to manage applications and resolve issues
  • Deployed service mesh using Consul Connect, service discovery and health checks.
  • Implemented access control lists using HaProxy.
  • Working with puppet for configuration management on host.
  • Working on internal tools domain mapping, secret management, tracking on-prem server.

Senior DevOps Specialist (Apple)

OpsTree Solutions
08.2023 - 01.2025
  • Worked on multi-env Terraform code to manage infra on AWS.
  • Collaboration with application team understanding their requirement and provisioning the infrastructure.
  • Working on Datadog for configuring and managing the APIM.
  • Working on internal tools domain mapping, secret management, tracking on-Prem server.
  • Used Splunk for log querying and troubleshooting of applications.

DevSecops Specialist (Jupiter Money)

OpsTree Solutions
08.2022 - 08.2023
  • Deployed SIEM tool coralogix for centralized monitoring and logging.
  • Implemented AWS-native security services like Guard Duty, Inspector, and WAF to continuously monitor and remediate threats across cloud infrastructure.
  • Managed secrets and keys using AWS Secrets Manager and Hashi Corp Vault, ensuring secure access to critical services.
  • Implemented IAM least-privilege policies, SCPs, and automated role-based access control across multi-account AWS architecture using Terraform.

Junior DevOps Specialist (Hubilo)

OpsTree Solutions
06.2022 - 08.2022
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning on AWS using Terraform.
  • Worked on Terraform workspaces to manage several environments such as development UAT, release and production.
  • Used Bash and Python to automate tasks such as encrypting EBS volumes backing AMIs and scheduling Lambda functions for routine AWS tasks.
  • Used Kube-bench tool to scan Kubernetes clusters for compliance with CIS Benchmarks.
  • Created quality gates in SonarQube dashboard and enforced them in the pipelines for code quality checks.
  • Worked on migration from Jenkins based CI/CD to Jenkins for CI and ArgoCD for streamlined CD.
  • Implemented Canary deployment using ArgoCD on various environments.
  • Created hosted zones and DNS records in Route53 for routing.
  • Worked on Packer to create custom AMIs.

Lead Ansible Trainer

MyGurukulam powered by Opstree
02.2022 - Current
  • Working as Lead Ansible trainer for Ninja program managed by mygurukulam initiative.
  • Improving and evolving student experiences with continues feedback and retrospective meetings with other team members, while guiding and helping team members to improve on their session's topics.
  • Maintaining quality session and user experience while effectively working with other team members.

Opstree Central Team

OpsTree Solutions
02.2022 - Current
  • As part of the central team I have worked on multiple projects at the same time.
  • Created and Deployed ELK stack for real-time application logging and APM.
  • Worked on Terraform workspaces to manage several environments such as dev, rvw, stg, prd.
  • Managed the infrastructure, which includes uptime, seamless deployment and daily adhoc operations.
  • Managed microservices based containerized architecture.
  • Created Dockerfile for application containerization.
  • Configured Jenkins as CI and ArgoCD for deployment on Kubernetes.
  • Implemented Canary deployment using ArgoCD on various environments.
  • Worked on Packer to create custom AMIs.
  • Reduce docker image build time via docker builtkit.

Alice Engineering works
04.2019 - 02.2022
  • Handling production team of 40, with optimized production run for target of 78% efficiency of shop floor.
  • Responsible for scheduling the production plan and deploying duties at lower level.
  • Provide for alternatives in critical production lines to achieve assured quality results.
  • Responsible for controlling production resources and review the same monthly and present it to top management.
  • Preplan the weekly production lines after production plan release and monitor actual production output.
  • Responsible for maintaining 5S system and KAIZEN implementation.

Education

BE - Mechanical Engineer

GTU University
01.2013 - 01.2017

Skills

Leading teams

Professional Experience

  • Opstree Solutions (Feb 2022 - present)
  • Alice Engineering Works ( April 2019 - Feb 2022)

GitHub

https://github.com/varghese161

Declaration

I hereby declare that all the information provided above is true and authentic. 


Mr. Varghese Kurian



Timeline

Lead DevOps Specialist (Apple)

OpsTree Solutions
02.2025 - Current

Senior DevOps Specialist (Apple)

OpsTree Solutions
08.2023 - 01.2025

DevSecops Specialist (Jupiter Money)

OpsTree Solutions
08.2022 - 08.2023

Junior DevOps Specialist (Hubilo)

OpsTree Solutions
06.2022 - 08.2022

Lead Ansible Trainer

MyGurukulam powered by Opstree
02.2022 - Current

Opstree Central Team

OpsTree Solutions
02.2022 - Current

Alice Engineering works
04.2019 - 02.2022

BE - Mechanical Engineer

GTU University
01.2013 - 01.2017
VARGHESE KURIANLead DevOps Specialist