Yogesh Garg
Summary
Skilled and results-oriented DevOps Engineer & Cloud Administrator with nearly 4 years of experience in managing cloud infrastructure, automating deployments, and optimizing performance in AWS environments. Proficient in Linux systems, CI/CD pipelines, and key DevOps tools like Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, and Jenkins. Known for driving cost savings, enabling zero-downtime deployments, and ensuring robust monitoring and alerting. Currently pursuing Postgraduate studies, combining academic insight with hands-on expertise to deliver efficient and scalable infrastructure solutions.
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Akmazo Capital | JRNI
09.2023 - Current
- Achieved approximately 30% AWS cost savings through proactive cost optimization strategies, including automated shutdown of non-production environments, rightsizing, and reserved instance planning, resulting in over $350,000 in annual savings.
- Built robust CI/CD pipelines for production and non-production environments, enabling automated deployments across dev, staging, and improved velocity and reliability.
- Designed business-hours-only auto-scheduling pipelines for dev/stage environments to optimize resource usage, contributing further to operational cost reductions.
- Automated routine operational tasks, reducing manual intervention, and ensuring consistency and traceability.
- Spearheaded MySQL 5.7 to 8.0 upgrade with a meticulously planned blue-green deployment strategy, achieving zero downtime and zero data loss across environments.
- Built and managed 100+ Amazon CloudFront distributions, creating reusable, dynamic behaviors by path/region—significantly improving delivery performance and maintainability.
- Managed lifecycle of 50+ SSL/TLS certificates (public and private), implementing auto-renewal and seamless rollouts with zero production impact.
- Implemented and maintained centralized logging (ELK/EFK), monitoring (Prometheus/Grafana/CloudWatch), and alerting systems, ensuring early detection and swift resolution of issues.
- Worked on scalable infrastructure involving container orchestration (EKS/Kubernetes), infrastructure as code (Terraform/CloudFormation), and configuration management (Ansible/Puppet).
- Collaborated cross-functionally with engineering and QA teams to streamline build/deploy processes, improve release cycles, and enhance developer productivity.
DevOps Engineer
Srijan | Material Plus
10.2022 - 09.2023
- Deployed a production-ready WordPress installation on a dedicated VPC network (with 6 subnets -3 public & 3 private) using Terraform code.
- Configured GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment processes for software projects hosted on GitHub repositories.
- Conducted security assessments and implemented security best practices, such as least privilege and encryption, to ensure the security and integrity of the infrastructure and applications.
- Designed and implemented AWS infrastructure using services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and Lambda to support high availability, fault tolerance, and scalable applications.
- Implemented and managed AWS networking services, such as VPC, ELB, and Route 53, to ensure secure and efficient communication between services.
- Configured Kubernetes security using tools such as RBAC, Pod Security Policies, or network policies, to ensure the security and compliance of Kubernetes resources and applications.
- Created custom GitHub Actions workflows using YAML syntax to define the sequence of steps for building, testing, and deploying software.
DevOps Engineer
Zeta Suite
02.2022 - 10.2022
- Set up all main services in AWS and integration.
- Developed a CI/CD for microservices application with rolling deployment. Worked on AWS and leveraged Jenkins to implement CI/CD pipelines.
- Provisioned the infra using Terraform.
- Set up continuous monitoring and logging using Cloudwatch dashboards and created alarms with SNS.
- Facilitated a secure server by using Private Route 53 zone to setup database host in WordPress configuration.
- Participated in on-call rotations to provide 24/7 support for production systems and respond to incidents in a timely manner.
- Used Docker and Kubernetes to manage, scale and update containers for improved automation possibilities.
Education
B.Com(Hons) - Association with KPMG
BML Munjal University
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - MCA
Manipal University
Skills
- AWS (Amazon Web Services)
- Microsoft Azure
- DevOps
- Linux System Administration
- Container Management
- Logging using ELK stack
- Cloud Computing
- SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle)
- CI/CD (Continuous Integration & Continuous Deployment)
- Monitoring using Prometheus Grafana
- Shell Scripting
- Technical Support & Troubleshooting
- Proficient in Linux with comprehensive knowledge of AWS Cloud Service/Provider
- Comprehensive understanding of Source Code Management (Version Control System) using Git
- Working knowledge of Infrastructure as Code using Terraform
- Container orchestration using docker swarm and AWS ECS
- Kubernetes (CKAD)
Certification
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
Accomplishments
- Terraform Associate
- CI/CD Pipeline for a Microservices Application
- Developed a CI/CD for microservices application with rolling deployment
- Worked on AWS and leveraged Jenkins to implement CI/CD pipelines
- Provisioned the infra using Terraform
- Set up continuous monitoring and logging using cloudwatch dashboards and created alarms with SNS
- Production Ready Terraform Deployment
- Deployed a production-ready WordPress installation on a dedicated
- VPC network (with 6 subnets -3 public & 3 private) using Terraform code
- Enabled 3 standalone servers, viz
- MariaDB, Webserver, and a separate
- Bastion server for external SSH access with 3 EC2 instances
- (1 Bastion, 1 Webserver, 1 Database)
- Facilitated a secure server by using Private Route 53 zone to setup database host in WordPress configuration
- ELK and Monitoring stack for Voting Application
- Deployed voting application using docker swarm and setup prometheus grafana stack for monitoring and ELK stack for logging.
Training
- Monitoring and Logging courses
- AWS Certified Solution Architect
- Terraform Associate
- Amazon ECS & Fargate Master Class - Docker on AWS
- CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)
- Linux Foundation Certified System Administrator(LFCSA)
- Kubernetes for Beginners
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Akmazo Capital | JRNI
09.2023 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Srijan | Material Plus
10.2022 - 09.2023
DevOps Engineer
Zeta Suite
02.2022 - 10.2022
B.Com(Hons) - Association with KPMG
BML Munjal University
MASTER OF COMPUTER APPLICATIONS - MCA
Manipal University
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