PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Motivated and skilled DevOps Engineer with 5 years of experience designing and managing scalable cloud infrastructures, having improved software delivery speed by 30% through automation and CI/CD pipeline optimizations using AWS, Jenkins, Terraform, and Ansible. Successfully enhanced system security and reliability by integrating containerization and monitoring solutions, reducing incident detection time by 40% and cutting manual provisioning efforts by 60%. Passionate about leveraging industry best practices to drive operational excellence and foster innovation within dynamic teams.

I thrive at the intersection of cloud infrastructure, automation, and software delivery excellence. My journey has fueled a passion for building robust solutions—accelerating development cycles and optimizing operations through industry-leading tools and methods.

- Specialized in architecting and managing scalable, reliable cloud environments using AWS, Azure, Terraform, and Ansible, enabling both high availability and performance.

- Led enterprise containerization initiatives with Docker, orchestrating seamless deployments through Kubernetes for agility and uptime.

- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Terraform, driving a 30% boost in code release speed and bridging gaps between development and operations teams.

- Integrated monitoring solutions (Zabbix, Prometheus, Grafana) to proactively manage performance, cutting incident detection time by 40% and strengthening system security.

- Reduced manual provisioning by 60% through relentless automation, freeing teams to focus on innovation.

Throughout my career, I’ve built a deep appreciation for process improvement and continuous learning—consistently adopting best practices to advance reliability and efficiency. Lately, I've been diving into emerging trends like generative AI, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and Large Language Models (LLMs) to supercharge DevOps automations. It's exciting to explore how these technologies can generate code, predict incidents, and optimize pipelines—I'm actively applying them in my current role to boost efficiency and tackle complex challenges more intelligently. I’m committed to fostering team collaboration and innovation, leveraging technology to transform obstacles into opportunities for growth.

Currently seeking a dynamic environment where these skills and mindsets will empower the next era of operational excellence and cloud-native advancement.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Assistant Manager - DevOps – NCDEX e Markets Ltd.

Accelerated software delivery by designing and optimizing CI/CD pipelines, reducing release cycles by 30% through automation and improved workflow orchestration.

Successfully migrated AWS infrastructure from AL2 to AL2023, ensuring a seamless transition with zero critical downtime by conducting thorough application testing and phased rollouts.

Improved system security and uptime by automating server patching using Ansible, integrating vulnerability scans, compliance checks, and deployment workflows across cloud and on-premises environments.

Enhanced reliability and observability by introducing real-time log monitoring and integrating tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Zabbix, which reduced mean-time-to-detect (MTTD) incidents by 40%.

Streamlined cross-functional operations by managing AWS and Azure cloud environments, achieving 99.9% service availability while optimizing infrastructure costs by nearly 20% through right-sizing and resource tagging.

Championed DevSecOps practices by collaborating with development, operations, and security teams to implement containerization via Docker and Kubernetes, making deployments more consistent and scalable.

Advanced Infrastructure as Code adoption by driving automation efforts with Terraform and Ansible, cutting manual provisioning efforts by 60% and ensuring compliance with organizational standards.

March 2024 – Present

DevOps Engineer – Tecogis

Designed and maintained efficient CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins and Git, which streamlined deployments and reduced release times by up to 40% allowing teams to focus more on innovation rather than manual processes.

Automated cloud infrastructure management with AWS, Azure, Terraform, and Ansible, enabling scalable environments that handled increased workloads without downtime, ultimately cutting operational costs and improving system reliability.

Containerized applications via Docker and orchestrated them with Kubernetes, ensuring consistent and reliable rollouts across development stages, which minimized errors and accelerated feature delivery for multiple projects.

Set up comprehensive monitoring systems using Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK stack, proactively identifying and resolving issues before they impacted users, leading to higher uptime and fewer production incidents.

Strengthened security protocols through regular vulnerability scans and best-practice implementations, reducing potential risks and ensuring compliance, which protected sensitive data and built trust in our infrastructure.

Provisioned scalable AWS resources including EC2 instances, Auto Scaling groups, Elastic Load Balancing, and CloudFormation templates, supporting growing user demands while optimizing resource efficiency and performance.

Architected secure VPC setups with custom subnets, route tables, NAT gateways, and VPN connections, creating isolated networks that enhanced data privacy and prevented unauthorized access in a multi-tenant environment.

October 2021 – March 2024

DevOps Intern – Nitor Infotech

Collaborated with the development team to design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Docker, which accelerated deployment cycles by 30%, enabling faster delivery of features and updates.

Created and maintained monitoring dashboards with Prometheus and Grafana, allowing the team to proactively detect and resolve issues, supporting a reliable 99.9% uptime for test servers during the internship.

Assisted in deploying and managing cloud infrastructure by leveraging Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS/Azure services, contributing to efficient resource utilization and environment scalability.

Supported the optimization of build and release workflows, resulting in smoother and faster software deployments that improved overall project turnaround.

Configured AWS services such as EC2 and S3 and worked with cross-functional teams to automate backup processes, enhancing system scalability and resilience in a cloud environment.

December 2020 – September 2021

CONTACT ME

If you would like to get in touch, feel free to reach out via email or connect with me on LinkedIn!

Email: [email protected]

LinkedIn: Nikhil Bamane