EXPERIENCE

Work History

One role, two disciplines — I spent it architecting cloud infrastructure and shipping enterprise cybersecurity software, often in the same sprint.

1.5+

Years Experience

1

Company

2

Key Projects

WORK

DevOps Engineer

NexTechnologies Labs Private Limited·Surat, India·Full-time
Sep 2024 – May 2026

Architected and maintained cloud infrastructure on AWS, managed Kubernetes clusters, and automated deployments — while also building enterprise Windows cybersecurity applications alongside the infrastructure work.

  • Architected and managed AWS infrastructure including EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, CloudFront, and ECR for scalable production environments
  • Designed Kubernetes architecture using Deployments, Pods, Services, ConfigMaps, and ClusterIP networking for containerized applications
  • Reduced Kubernetes pod memory usage by approximately 25% (80Mi to 60Mi) through resource optimization
  • Automated deployments using Helm charts for Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, and multiple platform services
  • Implemented Kubernetes RBAC policies to strengthen cluster security and access management
  • Configured NGINX as a reverse proxy with SSL termination and secure traffic routing
  • Delivered static content at scale using Amazon S3 and CloudFront integrated with Strapi, improving availability and load performance
  • Deployed a production portfolio application on AWS EC2, configuring NGINX reverse proxy, DNS routing, and process management with PM2
  • Built Grafana dashboards and monitored production environments using Prometheus while utilizing AI-assisted troubleshooting workflows
  • Developed Windows desktop cybersecurity applications using C# and WPF, including Fusion VPN and Data Privacy Protection
  • Created production-ready MSI installers using Advanced Installer
  • Resolved production incidents by collaborating with clients across development, testing, deployment, and support teams
AWSKubernetesHelmRBACNginxPrometheusGrafanaC#WPFMSI

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information Technology

2019 – 2024

Veer Narmad South Gujarat University

Surat, Gujarat

Focused on networking, systems design, cloud computing, and software engineering fundamentals.

SKILLS & TOOLS

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS EC2VPCIAMS3CloudFrontECRSSM Parameter StoreTerraform

Containers & Orchestration

KubernetesDockerHelm

CI/CD & Version Control

GitHub ActionsJenkinsArgoCDGit

Monitoring & Systems

PrometheusGrafanaLinuxNginx

Databases & Programming

PostgreSQLRedisGoC#

AI-Assisted DevOps

AI-powered scriptingAutomationTroubleshooting workflows

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