Lead DevOps / Cloud Platform Engineer US Bank
Architected secure and highly available Azure infrastructure using VNets, NSGs, Application Gateway, load balancers, and RBAC for production services. Managed AKS and Charmed Kubernetes clusters across Azure, on-premises, and hybrid environments, including upgrades, patching, scaling, and operational support.
Automated application and infrastructure delivery with Azure DevOps YAML, Terraform, Helm, ARM templates, and approval gates. Implemented GitOps workflows through Argo CD and version-controlled Kubernetes manifests, reducing configuration drift and improving release consistency.
Established observability with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, Grafana, and Dynatrace. Strengthened Kubernetes security through RBAC, Key Vault, Harbor controls, image scanning, namespace isolation, and protected pipeline variables; resolved critical incidents involving ingress, DNS, worker nodes, Ceph storage, persistent volumes, networking, and failed deployments.