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Hari Prasad

Hari Prasad

Senior DevOps Lead
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Seasoned DevOps Lead with 12+ years of expertise in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and infrastructure as code. Proven track record in desi...

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About Me

Who I Am

Seasoned DevOps Lead with 12+ 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 in mentoring teams and implementing cost-effective cloud solutions.

Location

Delhi, India

Experience

12+ Years

My Philosophy

I believe in infrastructure as code, immutable deployments, and observability-driven development. My approach combines rigorous automation with pragmatic solutions tailored to business needs.

Speed & Efficiency

Optimized pipelines and infrastructure for rapid delivery

Security First

Built-in security from infrastructure to deployment

Technical Skills

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform, Ansible, Packer

CI/CD Automation

Jenkins, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, EKS

Containerization

Docker, Containerd, Docker Compose

Security & Compliance

CIS hardening, Vault, Qualys

Monitoring & Logging

Prometheus, Grafana, ELK

Scripting & Automation

Shell, Groovy, Python, Lua

Web Servers

Nginx, Apache, OpenResty

Configuration Mgmt

Ansible, Packer

Middleware & App Stack

Kafka, Redis, Springboot, Nexus, Tomcat, Nodejs

Kubernetes Mgmt

EKS, Karpenter, ArgoCD, Helm, Helmfile

Expert

Terraform Jenkins AWS Kubernetes Ansible Packer Nginx OpenResty Shell Scripting

Advanced

Telegraf Redis Helm ArgoCD ELK Karpenter Groovy

Intermediate

Nexus Kafka Helmfile Prometheus Grafana Python GitHub Actions

Professional Journey

Senior DevOps Lead

19 Mar 2020 – Present

One97 Communications Limited (Paytm) • Noida, India

Karpenter OpenResty Lua Redis Kafka EKS ArgoCD Helm Helmfile Packer Prometheus Grafana Groovy
  • Developed automated blue-green deployment pipeline achieving zero downtime for production systems
  • Managed Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, reducing provisioning time by 70%
  • Implemented golden AMI strategy with Packer ensuring security compliance and hardening
  • Led team of DevOps engineers in maintaining 50+ CI/CD pipelines for prod and non-prod environments
  • Designed monitoring solutions with Prometheus/Grafana improving system visibility by 80%
  • Optimized EKS cluster costs by 40% through Karpenter implementation
  • Created OpenResty Lua scripts for advanced request metrics monitoring

Senior DevOps Engineer

14 Oct 2019 – 17 Mar 2020

Ziploan • Delhi, India

ECS ELK Python
  • Migrated on-premise infrastructure to AWS reducing hosting costs by 50% while implementing blue-green deployment strategy using AWS ALB/ASG and centralized logging with ELK Stack for real-time monitoring.

DevOps Engineer

15 Nov 2017 – 16 Oct 2019

KiwiTech • Noida, India

Heroku Kibana Zabbix MySQL PostgreSQL MongoDB
  • Managed 100+ AWS EC2 instances and RDS databases across multiple client projects while implementing full CI/CD automation pipeline using Jenkins and Ansible for seamless deployments.
  • Provisioned and maintained AWS infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, ensuring scalable and repeatable deployment processes with 99.9% uptime SLA

Linux Administrator (DevOps)

29 Dec 2015 – 13 Nov 2017

Xeliumtech Solutions • Gurugram, India

Ansible Jenkins AWS Terraform Shell script DevOps Linux Git
  • Configured LAMP stack environments, managed GitLab repositories with CI/CD pipelines, and automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible.
  • Implemented security best practices including SSL certificates and user management while developing Shell Scripts for system automation.

Desktop Support Engineer

19 Mar 2013 – 2 Sep 2015

Dental Council Of India (DCI) • Delhi, India

Linux Shell scripting PHP Apache Nginx Git MS SQL Windows Networking
  • Provided comprehensive IT support including desktop/laptop troubleshooting, Windows/Linux server maintenance, database backup implementation, and network connectivity resolution

Featured Projects

BG Deployer

Automated blue-green deployment for zero-downtime AWS releases

AWS Blue-Green
View Project

mCert

SSL certificate monitoring with Slack/email alerts & Telegram

SSL Telegram
View Project

mTracker

Real-time Linux user activity monitoring with Slack notifications

Linux Monitoring
View Project

mWatcher

Server health monitoring for CPU, memory, disk with alerting

Health Alerts
View Project

gCrypt

Git-crypt wrapper for secure file encryption & access management

Security Git-crypt
View Project

JobGenie

YAML-driven Jenkins job automation engine for GitOps-native CI/CD pipeline management

Jenkins JobDSL YAML GitOps CI/CD Automation
View Project

Education & Certifications

Education

B.Com

University of Delhi

2014

12th Standard

CBSE Board

2010

10th Standard

CBSE Board

2008

Certifications

Hardware & Networking Certification

IACM Smart Learn Pvt Ltd

2013

Languages

English
Hindi

Hobbies & Interests

Listening to Music Developing linux based utilities Writing Technical Blogs

Why Hire Me?

  • Automation Expert

    Automated infrastructure, CI/CD, and cloud ops for efficiency and reliability.

  • Security-First

    DevSecOps best practices at every layer, from infra to deployment.

  • Cloud Native

    Kubernetes, AWS, and cloud-native patterns for scalable, resilient systems.

  • Proven Leadership

    Led cross-functional teams to deliver complex projects on time and within budget.

  • Continuous Learner

    Always up-to-date with the latest in DevOps, cloud, and automation.

Contact & Connect

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Delhi, India