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.

Career Timeline

2020 - Present | Senior DevOps Lead

One97 Communications Limited (Paytm) | Noida, India

Technologies: AWS, Kubernetes, Karpenter, Jenkins, Packer, Prometheus, ELK, Redis, Kafka, EKS, ArgoCD, Helm, Helmfile, Terraform, Ansible, Docker, OpenResty, Lua, Groovy

Key Achievements:

  • ✅ Developed automated blue-green deployment pipeline achieving zero downtime for production systems, reducing deployment time by 85%
  • ✅ Managed Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, reducing provisioning time by 70% across 500+ instances
  • ✅ Implemented golden AMI strategy with Packer ensuring security compliance, reducing vulnerabilities by 60%
  • ✅ Led team of 8 DevOps engineers maintaining 50+ CI/CD pipelines for prod and non-prod environments
  • ✅ Designed monitoring solutions with Prometheus/Grafana improving system visibility by 80% and reducing incident response time by 50%
  • ✅ Optimized EKS cluster costs by 40% through Karpenter implementation while maintaining performance SLAs
  • ✅ Created OpenResty Lua scripts for advanced request metrics monitoring (5xx, 4xx, 2xx, latency)
  • ✅ Built and implemented dynamic Linux user management with Ansible Role

Impact Metrics:

  • 85% reduction in deployment time
  • 70% reduction in provisioning time
  • 60% reduction in security vulnerabilities
  • 80% improvement in system visibility
  • 50% reduction in incident response time
  • 40% cost optimization
  • 99.9% uptime maintained

2019 - 2020 | Senior DevOps Engineer

Ziploan | Delhi, India

Technologies: AWS, ELK Stack, Docker, ECS, Jenkins, Ansible, Python, ALB, ASG

Key Achievements:

  • ✅ Migrated on-premise infrastructure to AWS, reducing hosting costs by 50%
  • ✅ Implemented blue-green deployment strategy using AWS ALB/ASG and Jenkins for zero-downtime releases
  • ✅ Centralized logging with ELK Stack enabling real-time application monitoring across 20+ applications
  • ✅ Automated deployment processes reducing setup time by 60%
  • ✅ Developed Ansible roles for standardized Linux environment setup
  • ✅ Created Jenkins pipelines using Groovy scripts for seamless CI/CD workflows
  • ✅ Achieved 99.9% uptime through automated deployment processes

Impact Metrics:

  • 50% reduction in hosting costs
  • 60% reduction in setup time
  • 99.9% uptime achieved

2017 - 2019 | DevOps Engineer

KiwiTech | Noida, India

Technologies: AWS, Heroku, Kibana, Zabbix, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Docker, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, CloudWatch, SNS, Lambda

Key Achievements:

  • ✅ Managed 100+ Linux servers supporting mission-critical applications across multiple client projects
  • ✅ Automated deployment processes using Jenkins and Ansible, reducing manual intervention by 90%
  • ✅ Implemented AWS CloudWatch monitoring with SNS/Lambda alerts for proactive issue detection
  • ✅ Built infrastructure from scratch for new client projects ensuring seamless go-live support
  • ✅ Provisioned and maintained AWS infrastructure as code using Terraform
  • ✅ Maintained 99.9% uptime SLA for production systems
  • ✅ Automated infrastructure provisioning, reducing deployment time by 65%

Impact Metrics:

  • 100+ servers managed
  • 90% reduction in manual intervention
  • 65% reduction in deployment time
  • 99.9% uptime SLA maintained

2015 - 2017 | Linux Administrator (DevOps)

Xeliumtech Solutions | Gurugram, India

Technologies: AWS (EC2, S3), Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, Shell Scripting, GitLab, Docker, Docker Compose, LAMP Stack, Nginx, Apache

Key Achievements:

  • ✅ Configured LAMP stack environments for multiple websites and web applications
  • ✅ Managed GitLab repositories and CI/CD pipelines for automated deployments
  • ✅ Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible, reducing setup time by 75%
  • ✅ Created AWS infrastructure (EC2, Security Groups, Key Pairs, S3, ALB) using Terraform and Ansible
  • ✅ Implemented security best practices including SSL configurations and user management
  • ✅ Developed Shell Scripts for system automation, reducing operational overhead by 50%
  • ✅ Managed multiple websites on single web servers with Nginx reverse proxy

Impact Metrics:

  • 75% reduction in setup time
  • 50% reduction in operational overhead

2013 - 2015 | Desktop Support Engineer

Dental Council Of India (DCI) | Delhi, India

Technologies: Linux, Shell Scripting, PHP, Apache, Nginx, Git, MS SQL, Windows, Networking

Key Achievements:

  • ✅ Provided comprehensive IT support including desktop/laptop troubleshooting and Windows/Linux server maintenance
  • ✅ Managed MS SQL Server databases and ensured smooth operation of Windows applications
  • ✅ Implemented backup and recovery strategies for critical SQL Server databases
  • ✅ Diagnosed and resolved network connectivity issues in office systems
  • ✅ Performed regular maintenance and updates on Windows and Linux servers

Technical Skills Evolution

2020 - Present (Current Expertise)

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Packer
CI/CD: Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Groovy
Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, EKS), Kubernetes, Karpenter
Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
Scripting: Shell, Groovy, Python, Lua

2017 - 2019 (Advanced Skills)

Cloud: AWS, Heroku
Monitoring: CloudWatch, Kibana, Zabbix
Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB
CI/CD: Jenkins, Ansible

2015 - 2017 (Foundation Skills)

Cloud: AWS EC2, S3
IaC: Terraform
CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab
Scripting: Shell Scripting

2013 - 2015 (Entry Level)

Web: LAMP Stack, Apache, Nginx
Scripting: Shell Scripting, PHP
Databases: MS SQL

Open Source Projects Timeline

2020 - Present

BG Deployer | Automated Blue-Green Deployment System | View
mCert | SSL Certificate Monitoring Tool | View
JobGenie | YAML-driven Jenkins Job Automation | View

2019 - 2020

mTracker | Linux User Activity Monitoring | View
mWatcher | Server Health Monitoring | View
gCrypt | Git-crypt Wrapper | View
mStatus | SSL Certificate & Website Status Monitor | View
mSend | HTML Email Utility | View

Education Timeline

2014

Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com) | University of Delhi | Delhi, India

2013

Hardware & Networking Certification | IACM Smart Learn Pvt Ltd | Delhi, India

2010

12th Standard | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) | Delhi, India

2008

10th Standard | Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) | Delhi, India

Certifications Timeline

2023

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate | Amazon Web Services

2013

Hardware & Networking Certification | IACM Smart Learn Pvt Ltd

Key Metrics & Impact Summary

  • 11+ years of DevOps engineering experience
  • Led team of 8 DevOps engineers
  • Managed 50+ CI/CD pipelines
  • Managed 100+ Linux servers
  • Reduced deployment time by 85% through automation
  • Reduced infrastructure provisioning time by 70%
  • Optimized cloud costs by 40% through Karpenter
  • Improved system visibility by 80% with monitoring solutions
  • Reduced security vulnerabilities by 60% through golden AMI strategy
  • Maintained 99.9% uptime SLA across multiple organizations
  • Migrated infrastructure reducing hosting costs by 50%
  • Created 8+ open-source automation tools

Languages & Interests

Languages: English (Professional Proficiency) Hindi (Native)      
Interests: Open Source Contributions Developing Linux-based Utilities Writing Technical Blogs Home Lab Experimentation Listening to Music

Last Updated: 2024