Hari Prasad

Sr. DevOps Lead

7503721297 HarrytheDevOpsGuy@gmail.com 11 Years

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)

Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, Groovy, shell script

CI/CD Automation

Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions for Java, Nodejs, etc

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, Lambda

Configuration Management

Ansible, Terraform, Packer

Containerization & Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Karpenter, EKS

Security & Compliance

CIS Linux hardening, vulnerability patching, Vault

Automation & Scripting

Custom tools for automating manual tasks

Monitoring & Logging

Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, Telegraf, CloudWatch

WORK EXPERIENCE

Sr. DevOps Lead

Mar-20 – Present

One97 Communications Limited, Noida

Developed BG Deployer for zero-downtime deployments using Jenkins, AWS ALB/ASG/CloudWatch
Managed infrastructure as Code with Terraform, Ansible, Packer, and AWS
Built golden AMIs with Packer for security patching and Linux hardening
Designed CI/CD pipelines for automated prod/nonprod deployments
Configured Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack for monitoring/logging
Led DevOps team, providing mentorship and support
Managed EKS clusters and CI/CD pipelines as code using ArgoCD/Helm
Developed Lua scripts integrated with Openresty for advanced metrics
Mastered Karpenter for dynamic EKS worker node cost reduction
Built dynamic Linux user management with Ansible Role

aws Kubernetes karpenter groovy Jenkins Packer Prometheus Redis Kafka ELK

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Oct-19 – Mar-20

Ziploan, Delhi

Migrated on-premises apps 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 analysis
Automated app deployments using Jenkins, reducing setup time by 60%
Wrote Ansible roles to automate Linux setup and software installs
Developed Jenkins pipelines using Groovy scripts for seamless CI/CD

aws ELK Docker Docker compose Jenkins ECS

DevOps Engineer

Nov-17 – Oct-19

KiwiTech, Noida

Managed 100+ Linux servers supporting mission-critical applications
Automated deployments with Jenkins and Ansible for consistency
Set up AWS CloudWatch, SNS, and Lambda for monitoring/alerting
Built new infrastructure from scratch for seamless go-live support
Troubleshot high-priority production issues under strict SLAs

AWS Heroku Kibana Zabbix CICD MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB Docker

DevOps Engineer (Linux Administrator)

Dec-15 – Nov-17

Xeliumtech Solutions, Gurugram

Configured VMs to host multiple websites with LAMP stack
Administered GitLab servers, managing repositories/version control
Maintained non-production infrastructure for testing/development
Developed automation scripts to reduce manual tasks
Implemented security best practices (SSL configs, user management)
Created AWS infrastructure using Terraform, Ansible
Written Shell scripts for adhoc tasks on Ubuntu servers
Managed multiple websites on single web servers with nginx

EC2 S3 Terraform Jenkins Shell DevOps Ubuntu Red Hat GitLab Docker Compose

Desktop Support Engineer

Mar-13 – Dec-2015

Dental Council Of India (DCI), Delhi

Supported desktop/laptop users, resolving technical issues
Managed MS SQL Server for smooth Windows app operation
Diagnosed/resolved network connectivity issues
Performed maintenance on Windows/Linux servers
Implemented backup/recovery for SQL Server databases

Linux shell PHP Apache Nginx git MS SQL Windows

SKILLS PROFICIENCY

EXPERT

Terraform Expert

Jenkins Expert

AWS Expert

Kubernetes Expert

ADVANCED

Telegraf Advanced

Redis Advanced

Helm Advanced

ArgoCD Advanced

INTERMEDIATE

Nexus Intermediate

Kafka Intermediate

Helmfile Intermediate

Prometheus Intermediate

PROJECTS

BG Deployer

Shell-based Blue-Green Deployment automation tool for zero-downtime deployments using AWS ALB, ASG, CloudWatch, and Jenkins.

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mCert

Utility to monitor SSL certificate expiration and send alerts via Slack, email, and Telegraf.

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mTracker

Linux user activity monitoring tool that sends real-time notifications via Slack.

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mWatcher

Monitors Linux server health (CPU, Memory, Disk usage) and triggers alerts via Slack or email.

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gCrypt

Git-crypt wrapper for encrypting sensitive files in Git repositories and managing user access securely.

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mStatus

Tool to check SSL certificate status and website availability with instant failure alerts.

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mSend

Utility for sending HTML-formatted emails programmatically via CLI or automation scripts.

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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

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)

LANGUAGES

English Hindi

HOBBIES

Open Source Contributions Home Lab Tinkering Writing Technical Blogs