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Hari Prasad

Hari Prasad

Sr. DevOps Lead

11 Years Experience
7503721297
HarrytheDevOpsGuy@gmail.com

CONTACT

linkedin.com/in/hari-prasad
github.com/HarryTheDevOpsGuy
harrythedevopsguy.github.io

SKILLS PROFICIENCY

EXPERT

Terraform Expert
Jenkins Expert
AWS Expert
Kubernetes Expert
Ansible Expert
Nginx Expert
OpenResty Expert
Shell Scripting Expert
Packer Expert

ADVANCED

Telegraf Advanced
Redis Advanced
Helm Advanced
ArgoCD Advanced
Karpenter Advanced
ELK Stack Advanced
Groovy Advanced

INTERMEDIATE

Nexus Intermediate
Kafka Intermediate
Helmfile Intermediate
Prometheus Intermediate
Grafana Intermediate
Python Intermediate
GitHub Actions 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

English Hindi

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 – Present

One97 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.
aws Kubernetes karpenter groovy scripting Mastery in Jenkins Packer Promethues Redis Kafka ELK

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Oct-19 – Mar-20

Ziploan, 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.
aws ELK Docker Docker compose Mastery in 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 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.
AWS Heroku Kibana Zabbix Master in CICD MySQL PostGreSQL MongoDB Docker

DevOps Engineer (Linux Administrator)

Dec-15 – Nov-17

Xeliumtech 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.
EC2 S3 Terraform Jenkins Master in Shell scripting DevOps Ubuntu Red Hat GitLab Docker Docker Compose

Desktop Support Engineer

Mar-13 – Dec-2015

Dental 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.
Linux shell scripting PHP Apache Nginx git MS SQL Windows

HOBBIES

Open Source Contributions Home Lab Tinkering Writing Technical Blogs

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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References available upon request

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