Hari Prasad
Sr. DevOps Lead
CONTACT
SKILLS PROFICIENCY
EXPERT
ADVANCED
INTERMEDIATE
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com)
University of Delhi (DU), Delhi
2014
12th Standard
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi
2010
10th Standard
Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), Delhi
2008
Hardware & Networking Certification
IACM Smart Learn Pvt ltd, Delhi
2013
LANGUAGES
CERTIFICATIONS
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
- Google Professional Cloud Architect
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
AWARDS
- Employee of the Year - Tech Innovations Inc. (2023)
- Best Project Award - National Tech Conference (2022)
- Gold Medal in International Coding Competition (2021)
- Outstanding Academic Achievement Award - University (2020)
- Innovation Excellence Award - Tech Startup Challenge (2019)
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
11+ years of experience in DevOps engineering, specializing in cloud automation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code (IaC). Proficient in tools like Terraform, Ansible, Packer, Kubernetes, Docker, Jenkins, and monitoring stacks (Prometheus, ELK). Skilled in designing scalable, secure, and highly available systems. Strong collaboration skills with a focus on bridging the gap between development and operations.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
Provision, deploy, and manage entire infrastructure as code with Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Groovy and shell script.
CI/CD Automation
Proficient in creating and maintaining automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ArgoCD, and GitHub Actions for Java, Nodejs, php, python etc applications.
Cloud Infrastructure Management
Expertise in managing AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Secrets, Route 53, Lambda, and more.
Configuration Management
Strong experience with Ansible, Terraform, and Packer for automating system configuration, provisioning, and infrastructure management.
Containerization & Orchestration
Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Karpenter and EKS for containerized application deployment and management.
Security & Compliance
Knowledge in security best practices, including CIS Linux hardening, vulnerability patching and managing sensitive data with Vault.
Automation & Scripting
Proficiency in scripting to develop custom tool to automate manual and repeated task.
Monitoring & Logging
Experienced in setting up and managing monitoring/logging systems using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Telegraf, Prometheus Exporters and CloudWatch.
Web & Application Servers
Hands-on experience with Nginx, Apache, Tomcat, OpenResty and Springboot.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Sr. DevOps Lead
Mar-20 – PresentOne97 Communications Limited, Noida
- Developed BG Deployer a fully automated blue-green deployment pipeline with zero downtime using Jenkins, AWS ALB, ASG, and CloudWatch.
- Managed infrastructure as Code, leveraging Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and AWS.
- Built golden AMIs with Packer, ensuring timely security patching and Linux hardening.
- Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines, enabling automated deployments for prod & nonprod.
- Configured Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack for comprehensive monitoring and logging.
- Led a team of DevOps engineers, providing mentorship and support.
- Managed EKS clusters and CI/CD pipelines as code using ArgoCD, Helm, and Helmfile.
- Developed Lua script & Integrated with Openresty get Advanced Requests metrics(5xx,4xx,2xx,latency,etc).
- Mastery in Karpenter for dynamic EKS worker node management to reduce costs.
- Built & implemented dynamic Linux user management with Ansible Role.
Sr. DevOps Engineer
Oct-19 – Mar-20Ziploan, Delhi
- Migrated on-premises applications to AWS, cutting hosting costs by 50%.
- Implemented blue-green deployments with ALB, ASG, and Jenkins.
- Optimized centralized logging with ELK Stack for real-time data analysis.
- Automated Application deployments using Jenkins, reducing setup time by 60%.
- Wrote Ansible roles to automate Linux setup and software installations.
- Developed Jenkins pipelines using Groovy scripts for seamless CI/CD.
DevOps Engineer
Nov-17 – Oct-19KiwiTech, Noida
- Managed 100+ Linux servers supporting mission-critical applications.
- Automated deployments with Jenkins and Ansible for consistency and speed.
- Set up AWS CloudWatch, SNS, and Lambda for monitoring and alerting.
- Built new infrastructure from scratch, ensuring seamless go-live support.
- Troubleshot high-priority production issues under strict SLAs.
DevOps Engineer (Linux Administrator)
Dec-15 – Nov-17Xeliumtech Solutions, Gurugram
- Configured virtual machines to host multiple websites with LAMP stack architecture.
- Administered GitLab servers, managing repositories and version control.
- Maintained non-production infrastructure to support testing and development.
- Developed automation scripts to reduce manual tasks and improve operational efficiency.
- Implemented security best practices such as SSL configurations and user management.
- Created AWS infrastructure (EC2, SG, Keypair, S3, ALB, etc) using Terraform, Ansible.
- Written Shell scripts to perform adhoc task on ubuntu servers.
- Managed Multiple website on Single web servers with nginx.
Desktop Support Engineer
Mar-13 – Dec-2015Dental Council Of India (DCI), Delhi
- Supported desktop and laptop users, resolving technical issues promptly.
- Managed MS SQL Server and ensured smooth operation of Windows applications.
- Diagnosed and resolved network connectivity issues in office systems.
- Performed regular maintenance and updates on Windows and Linux servers to ensure optimal performance.
- Implemented backup and recovery strategies for critical SQL Server databases.