AKSHAY BARAPATRE

Worked as a DevOps Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing scalable cloud infrastructure and deployment workflows. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, reducing deployment time by approximately 40% and increasing release frequency from weekly cycles to multiple deployments per day. Managed AWS cloud infrastructure including EC2, S3, IAM, and VPC to support production systems serving thousands of users with high availability. Containerized applications using Docker and orchestrated them using Kubernetes, improving resource utilization by around 30% and enabling efficient scaling. Automated infrastructure provisioning and operational tasks using Bash scripting, reducing manual effort by 50% and minimizing deployment errors. Monitored system performance and availability using tools like CloudWatch, maintaining 99.9% uptime and ensuring rapid incident response. Led and mentored a team of 3 DevOps engineers, driving best practices in automation, deployment, and system reliability. Collaborated with development and QA teams to streamline build and release cycles, significantly improving delivery speed. Played a key role in deploying and managing critical government projects on NGC and NIC infrastructure, ensuring compliance, security, and high reliability standards. Implemented robust security practices including IAM-based access control and secure CI/CD pipelines to safeguard infrastructure and data.