Hari Prasad

Senior DevOps Lead | 11+ Years Experience

Location: Delhi, India	Phone: +91-7503721297	Email: HarrytheDevOpsGuy@gmail.com
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/hari-prasad-verma-19b948154	GitHub: github.com/HarryTheDevOpsGuy	Portfolio: harrythedevopsguy.github.io

Professional Summary

Seasoned DevOps Lead with 11+ years of expertise in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure as code. Proven track record in designing scalable, secure systems on AWS using Terraform, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Ansible. Strong leadership experience in mentoring teams and implementing cost-effective cloud solutions with zero-downtime deployments.

Core Competencies & Technical Skills

Infrastructure as Code (IaC)

Expert Level: Terraform, Ansible, Packer, CloudFormation
Experience: Provisioned and managed 500+ cloud instances using Infrastructure as Code. Reduced provisioning time by 70% through automated Terraform modules. Implemented golden AMI strategy with Packer ensuring security compliance and hardening.

Key Achievements:

Managed Infrastructure as Code using Terraform across 500+ instances
Reduced provisioning time by 70% through automation
Implemented golden AMI strategy reducing security vulnerabilities by 60%

CI/CD Automation

Expert Level: Jenkins, Groovy Scripting, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD
Experience: Designed and maintained 50+ CI/CD pipelines for production and non-production environments. Developed automated blue-green deployment pipeline achieving zero downtime. Created Jenkins pipelines using Groovy scripts for seamless CI/CD workflows.

Key Achievements:

Maintained 50+ CI/CD pipelines for prod and non-prod environments
Developed automated blue-green deployment pipeline reducing deployment time by 85%
Created YAML-driven Jenkins job automation engine (JobGenie)

Cloud Infrastructure Management

Expert Level: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda, Route53, EKS), ECS
Experience: Migrated on-premise infrastructure to AWS reducing hosting costs by 50%. Managed 100+ AWS EC2 instances and RDS databases. Optimized EKS cluster costs by 40% through Karpenter implementation.

Key Achievements:

Migrated infrastructure to AWS reducing hosting costs by 50%
Managed 100+ AWS EC2 instances and RDS databases
Optimized EKS cluster costs by 40% through Karpenter

Containerization & Orchestration

Expert Level: Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Karpenter, Helm, Helmfile, ArgoCD
Experience: Managed EKS clusters and CI/CD pipelines as code using ArgoCD, Helm, and Helmfile. Implemented Karpenter for dynamic EKS worker node management. Containerized applications using Docker and Docker Compose.

Key Achievements:

Managed EKS clusters with ArgoCD, Helm, and Helmfile
Implemented Karpenter for dynamic node provisioning reducing costs by 40%
Containerized applications for scalable deployments

Configuration Management

Expert Level: Ansible, Packer, Terraform
Experience: Developed Ansible roles for standardized Linux environment setup. Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible. Built and implemented dynamic Linux user management with Ansible Role.

Key Achievements:

Developed Ansible roles for standardized Linux environment setup
Automated infrastructure provisioning reducing setup time by 75%
Built dynamic Linux user management system

Monitoring & Observability

Advanced Level: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Telegraf, CloudWatch, Zabbix
Experience: Designed monitoring solutions with Prometheus/Grafana improving system visibility by 80%. Centralized logging with ELK Stack enabling real-time application monitoring. Implemented AWS CloudWatch monitoring with SNS/Lambda alerts.

Key Achievements:

Improved system visibility by 80% with Prometheus/Grafana
Centralized logging with ELK Stack across 20+ applications
Reduced incident response time by 50%

Web Servers & Load Balancing

Expert Level: Nginx, OpenResty, Apache, Tomcat, Springboot, ALB, ASG
Experience: Created OpenResty Lua scripts for advanced request metrics monitoring (5xx, 4xx, 2xx, latency). Managed multiple websites on single web servers with Nginx reverse proxy. Configured LAMP stack environments for multiple websites.

Key Achievements:

Created OpenResty Lua scripts for advanced metrics monitoring
Managed multiple websites with Nginx reverse proxy
Configured LAMP stack environments

Scripting & Automation

Expert Level: Shell Scripting, Groovy, Python, Lua, Bash
Experience: Developed custom automation tools and scripts. Created multiple open-source utilities (BG Deployer, mCert, mTracker, mWatcher, gCrypt). Written Shell scripts to perform ad-hoc tasks on Linux servers.

Key Achievements:

Developed 8+ open-source automation tools
Created Shell scripts reducing operational overhead by 50%
Automated manual tasks through scripting

Security & Compliance

Advanced Level: CIS Hardening, Vault, SSL Certificate Management, Vulnerability Patching
Experience: Implemented security best practices including SSL configurations and user management. Ensured security compliance through golden AMI strategy. Managed secrets using Vault for secrets management.

Key Achievements:

Reduced security vulnerabilities by 60% through golden AMI strategy
Implemented SSL certificate monitoring (mCert tool)
Ensured CIS compliance through hardening

Middleware & Databases

Advanced Level: Redis, Kafka, Nexus | Intermediate Level: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
Experience: Integrated Redis and Kafka for distributed systems. Managed MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB databases. Configured Nexus repository for artifact management.

Professional Experience

Senior DevOps Lead | One97 Communications Limited (Paytm) | Noida, India | March 2020 – Present

Led team of 8 DevOps engineers maintaining 50+ CI/CD pipelines
Developed automated blue-green deployment pipeline achieving zero downtime
Managed Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, reducing provisioning time by 70%
Optimized EKS cluster costs by 40% through Karpenter implementation
Designed monitoring solutions improving system visibility by 80%

Senior DevOps Engineer | Ziploan | Delhi, India | October 2019 – March 2020

Migrated on-premise infrastructure to AWS, reducing hosting costs by 50%
Implemented blue-green deployment strategy using AWS ALB/ASG
Centralized logging with ELK Stack for real-time monitoring

DevOps Engineer | KiwiTech | Noida, India | November 2017 – October 2019

Managed 100+ Linux servers supporting mission-critical applications
Automated deployment processes reducing manual intervention by 90%
Maintained 99.9% uptime SLA for production systems

Linux Administrator (DevOps) | Xeliumtech Solutions | Gurugram, India | December 2015 – November 2017

Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible
Managed GitLab repositories and CI/CD pipelines
Configured LAMP stack environments for multiple websites

Desktop Support Engineer | Dental Council Of India (DCI) | Delhi, India | March 2013 – December 2015

Provided comprehensive IT support and server maintenance
Managed MS SQL Server databases
Implemented backup and recovery strategies

Open Source Projects

BG Deployer	Automated Blue-Green Deployment	View
mCert	SSL Certificate Monitoring	View
mTracker	Linux User Activity Monitoring	View
mWatcher	Server Health Monitoring	View
gCrypt	Git-crypt Wrapper	View
JobGenie	YAML-driven Jenkins Job Automation	View

Education & Certifications

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)	University of Delhi	2014
AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate	Amazon Web Services	2023
Hardware & Networking Certification	IACM Smart Learn Pvt Ltd	2013

Languages: English (Professional Proficiency)

Hindi (Native)

Last Updated: 2024