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Gaurav Kumar


Senior Software Engineer with significant experience in DevOps and software development. Possesses a strong skill set in CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud platforms, along with hands-on experience in Python and Flutter. Work includes developing automation tools. Holds multiple certifications, underscoring expertise and commitment to continuous learning and professional development.Senior Software Engineer with significant experience in DevOps and software development. Possesses a strong skill set in CI/CD, Kubernetes, Terraform, and cloud platforms, along with hands-on experience in Python and Flutter. Work includes developing automation tools. Holds multiple certifications, underscoring expertise and commitment to continuous learning and professional development.

  • Role

    Senior Software Engineer

  • Years of Experience

    4 years

  • Professional Portfolio

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Skillsets

  • Msk
  • EKS
  • Elasticsearch
  • ELK Stack
  • GitLab runners
  • GitOps
  • Grafana
  • Helm 3
  • IAM
  • Kafka
  • Kibana
  • MongoDB
  • EC2
  • MySQL
  • nginx
  • Prometheus
  • Route53
  • S3
  • SonarQube
  • Vault
  • VPC
  • YAML
  • Renovate bot
  • Azure
  • Bash
  • GitLab CI/CD
  • Jenkins
  • Kubernetes
  • OpenShift
  • PostgreSQL
  • PowerShell
  • Python
  • SQL
  • Terraform
  • Python
  • Azure
  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • ArgoCD
  • Checkmarx
  • Defectdojo
  • Dependency-track
  • Docker Swarm

Professional Summary

4Years
  • Jul, 2021 - Present4 yr

    Senior Software Engineer

    Sopra Steria

Applications & Tools Known

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    Git

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    Lua

Work History

4Years

Senior Software Engineer

Sopra Steria
Jul, 2021 - Present4 yr
    Developed 11+ production Helm charts for DevSecOps toolchain, standardizing Kubernetes deployments for 50+ teams and reducing deployment complexity by 60%. Managed AWS environments (EC2, S3, IAM, EKS, VPC) with Terraform IaC and created DevOps-ready templates for 10+ programming languages, reducing project setup time by 80%. Architected enterprise GitLab CI/CD library with 12 configurable stages serving 500+ projects, implementing GitLab Runners and 50+ customizable variables, reducing pipeline setup time by 90%. Deployed applications using Docker Swarm and Kubernetes, integrated Kafka for event-driven architectures, managed comprehensive toolchain (SonarQube, Nexus, Checkmarx, Vault, DefectDojo) with monitoring stack (Prometheus, Grafana). Implemented performance testing (JMeter, Gatling, k6), integrated security scanning into CI/CD pipelines, configured Nginx for load balancing, reducing vulnerabilities by 40%.

Achievements

  • Research paper entitled How to Embark on Machine Learning Using Various Tools accepted at ICDSML-2020

Major Projects

4Projects

Modern Workstation CLI

Jan, 1970 - Jan, 1970
    Python automation tool with YAML configuration supporting multiple package managers, reducing setup time by 70%.

Artifactory Self-service Backend

Jan, 1970 - Jan, 1970
    Flask-based server with PostgreSQL backend for JFrog Artifactory automation, reducing administrative tasks by 50%.

Web Performance Analysis Tool

Jan, 1970 - Jan, 1970
    Desktop application using Selenium and Nginx integration for performance diagnostics, improving efficiency by 40%.

Research Publication: ”How to Embark on Machine Learning Using Various Tools”

Jan, 1970 - Jan, 1970
    Accepted at ICDSML-2020 conference.

Education

  • Bachelor of Computer Science

    Amritsar College of Engineering & Technology (2021)

Certifications

  • Microsoft certified: azure fundamentals

  • Microsoft certified: azure developer associate

  • Microsoft certified: devops engineer expert

  • Hashicorp certified: terraform associate (003)

  • Gitlab certified ci/cd associate

  • Cka: certified kubernetes administrator

  • Infosys certified software programmer