KeyurKumar G Patel
Toronto
Summary
DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience automating and managing scalable cloud infrastructures. Skilled in CI/CD pipelines, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible). Proven track record in enhancing system reliability, minimizing downtime, and optimizing software delivery processes.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Align Technology
01.2023 - Current
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines for around five internal projects, resulting in a 25% to 30% faster time to market for software releases than manual deployment methods.
- Knowledge of Spring Boot, REST APIs, and Microservices.
- Built Golden Images (AMIs) and Docker Images through pipeline.
- Saved $23,000 in year by cleaning up and optimizing cloud infrastructure
- Configured Horizontal Pod Autoscaler and Cluster Autoscaler on Kubernetes for resource optimization and autoscaling of Kubernetes.
- Automated CI/CD pipelines to build, test, scan, and deploy container images using GitHub Actions and Jenkins.
- Architected and set up complex CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins, integrating tools such as Artifactory, Vault, and SonarQube to support automated testing, security checks, and deployment.
- Created reusable Terraform modules to standardize and simplify the deployment of complex AWS and Azure infrastructure components, reducing setup time and errors.
- Authored Terraform IaaC solutions for five infrastructure projects, reducing provisioning time by 40%, and ensuring 100% consistency in resource deployment across environments.
- Experience using Tomcat, Nginx, and Apache web servers for deployments and troubleshooting web/apps in Linux environments.
- Devised a comprehensive observability framework combining Prometheus' robust metric gathering with Grafana's insightful dashboards; achieved reduced incident response times by 40% while enhancing team productivity in issue resolution processes.
- Streamlined multi-cloud application deployments with robust Ansible automation strategies, ensuring consistency in configurations while eliminating the three biggest causes of operational downtime frequently encountered during previous releases.
Cloud Engineer
Stericycle
07.2022 - 01.2023
- Performed system administration tasks to maintain the high availability of Azure cloud services.
- Implemented security measures to protect data stored in Azure.
- Assisted with troubleshooting and resolving issues related to external and internal DNS/DHCP systems.
- Provided technical support to customers on Azure cloud-based applications and products.
- Developed new solutions for cloud services to improve the customer experience.
- Implemented conditional access policies, managed technology requests, and maintained service availability.
- Supported the migration of on-premises applications to Azure platforms.
- Managed Azure budgets and optimized costs through resource allocation and usage analysis.
- Automated creation of immutable infrastructure using Terraform.
- Developed and optimized alerting rules and scaling strategies for Kubernetes clusters, ensuring 99.9% uptime and real-time anomaly detection across microservices using Prometheus and Grefana.
- Automated log ingestion pipelines for diverse sources, including application logs, and created user-friendly Kibana dashboards for cross-team troubleshooting and reporting.
AWS Devops Enginner
High Sky IT Solution Pvt. Ltd
05.2019 - 04.2022
- Analyzed existing infrastructure and systems for optimization opportunities.
- Maintained and monitored production environments for high availability, scalability, and performance.
- Collaborated with development teams to ensure application deployments were successful.
- Provided technical guidance on best practices related to DevOps engineering roles.
- Automated server provisioning using configuration management tools such as Ansible and Chef.
- Built and managed a centralized logging system using the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to process and analyze terabytes of logs daily, enabling efficient root cause analysis, and system-wide observability.
- Deployed containerization solutions such as Docker to improve application portability.
- Implemented backup strategies utilizing technologies like EBS snapshots or S3 buckets.
- Analyzed code and corrected errors to optimize output.
- Managed Kubernetes clusters with Helm charts for deploying applications in cloud environments.
- Managed EC2 instances utilizing Launch Configuration, auto-scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, automated the process of provisioning infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation templates and used CloudWatch to create alarms and monitor environments.
- Evaluated Kubernetes for Docker container orchestration. Managed Kubernetes charts using Helm, created reproducible builds of the Kubernetes applications, templatized Kubernetes manifests, provided a set of configuration parameters to customize the deployment, and managed releases of Helm packages.
- Managed GIT repositories for branching, merging, and tagging. Configured GIT with Jenkins and scheduled jobs using POLL SCM option and integrated to automate the code checkout process.
Assistant Systems Engineer
ResMed
04.2016 - 06.2019
- Actively listened to customers, handled concerns quickly, and escalated major issues to the supervisor.
- • Spearheaded the integration of automated user provisioning and de-provisioning processes, which reduced account setup times by 50% and ensured compliance with company security policies for 300+ employees.
- Configured hardware, devices, and software to set up workstations for employees.
- Maintained inventories of cell phones, laptops, and peripheral equipment.
- Thorough knowledge of Active Directory and Office 365.
- Created and maintained technical documentation in Atlassian for infrastructure, build processes, and automation scripts to improve team collaboration.
- Log incidents with JIRA and ServiceNow ticketing systems.
- Managed inventory records for hardware components, such as servers and workstations.
- Administered Linux and Windows servers, performing regular updates, patches, and system health checks to ensure maximum uptime and performance.
Education
Advanced Diploma of Networking Security -
Pacific College of Technology
Sydney, NS03.2014
Bachelor of Computer Science -
Ascent
Vadodara05-2011
Skills
- Linux operating system
- Artifactory
- Kubernetes/Docker
- Terraform
- Ansible
- Test automation
- API development
- Virtualization
- Network configuration
- Version control/Git
- ServiceNow / Jira
- Load Balancers, Reverse Proxies
- Prometheus/Grefana
- Technical Support
- Scripting
- PowerShell/Bash/Python
- CI/CD-Jenkins/GitHub Action
Certification
- ITIL 4 Foundation
- Azure Administrator Associate, Microsoft
- Endpoint Administrator, Microsoft
- Terraform Associate, HashiCorp
Education
Australia,India,India
Contact
Toronto ON
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Align Technology
01.2023 - Current
Cloud Engineer
Stericycle
07.2022 - 01.2023
AWS Devops Enginner
High Sky IT Solution Pvt. Ltd
05.2019 - 04.2022
Assistant Systems Engineer
ResMed
04.2016 - 06.2019
Advanced Diploma of Networking Security -
Pacific College of Technology
Bachelor of Computer Science -
Ascent
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