Pushkar Laulkar

DevOps Engineer ( VMware, AWS, Azure, GCP )

Experienced DevOps Engineer with expertise in virtual infrastructure provisioning, containerization, & cloud technologies.

Skilled in deploying & managing enterprise software, monitoring systems, & implementing automation to optimize IT operations, cutting deployment time from hours to minutes, proactively identifying & resolving infrastructure issues.

Specialized in creating highly available infrastructures & automating complex workflows. Proficient in managing & scaling containerized environments using Kubernetes.

Experience in cross-cloud VM migration, ensuring minimal downtime & data integrity across cloud platforms.

Enforced governance, infrastructure compliance & security standards across Cloud resources.

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  • Primarily responsible for provisioning virtual infrastructure on VMware, AWS, Azure & GCP, further enhancing the process by automating through Terraform & Ansible reducing provisioning time by 60%. Maintained & administered Windows & Linux systems to ensure optimal performance & availability.

  • Deployed & configured various Docker Compose based software solutions, ensuring adherence to organizational policies & integrating Active Directory authentication. Softwares include :-

  • Collaboration & DevOps :- Atlassian Suite ( Confluence, Jira, BitBucket ), Gogs, Jenkins, Sonatype Nexus, YouTrack, Wiki.js.
  • IT Asset Management :- Snipe-IT (White Label Asset Management).
  • Self-Hosted Storage & File Sharing :- Minio, Nextcloud.
  • Networking, Monitoring & Chat :- PowerDNS, Zabbix, RocketChat.
  • Container & Artifact Management :- Harbor.
  • Utilities & Miscellaneous :- Libre SpeedTest, YoPass.

  • Provisioned Kubernetes clusters across Dev, Stage, & Prod environments streamlining containerized workloads, enhance automation, & improve scalability leveraging Helm & ArgoCD. Utilized ingress controllers to route external traffic to applications. Deployed Prometheus & Grafana on the clusters to monitor system metrics, container health, & resource utilization.

  • CI/CD with Jenkins
  • Deployed & managed Jenkins in both Docker & Kubernetes environments, ensuring high availability & scalability.
  • Implemented role-based access control ( RBAC ) to manage & secure user access across multiple teams.
  • Designed & automated Jenkins pipelines ( freestyle & declarative ) for CI/CD workflows, supporting both on-demand & scheduled execution.
  • Integrated with Gogs, Docker & artifact repositories ( Harbor, Sonatype Nexus & JFrog Artifactory ) to streamline build, test, & deployment processes.
  • Optimized pipeline execution through shared libraries, environment-specific configurations, and credential management using Jenkins credentials store.

  • Zabbix & Kubernetes Monitoring
  • Deployed and configured Zabbix agents on 8 Kubernetes clusters across Dev, Stage, & Prod environments, enabling proactive monitoring of 10+ critical applications.
  • Monitored K8s nodes, pods, Docker containers, VMs, & VMware infrastructure, ensuring 99.9% uptime with automated alerts.
  • Set up uptime checks, SSL certificate expiry monitoring with auto-renewal, & auto-discovery for VMware environments, reducing manual intervention by 80%.
  • Configured critical incident alerts via PushOver, improving response time by 30%, leading to faster issue resolution and minimal downtime.

  • Developed automation using Python & Shell scripting by identifying potential use cases.

  • Addressed & resolved issues reported by teams using the above softwares.

  • Regular software, OS updates & patches to keep the systems up to date while minimizing downtime, reducing attack surface.

  • Documented software installation, upgrade procedures, steps to resolve most common & frequent issues.

  • Cross-Cloud VM Migration – AWS to GCP :- Successfully migrated AWS EC2 instances to GCP, ensuring minimal downtime & data integrity.

  • Deployed AWS S3 File Gateway for Backup & DR extending on-premises storage to the cloud, enabling centralized backup. Items include VM Sanpshots, Database exports.

  • Skilled in AWS ( SysOps Administrator Associate, Developer Associate ), Azure ( Certified Azure Administrator ), GCP ( Certified Associate Cloud Engineer ), Linux, Python & Shell Programming.

  • Have good knowledge & troubleshooting experience in Containers technology like Docker ( DCA ), Kubernetes ( CKA ). Worked with CI/CD ( Jenkins, Git, IaC ( Ansible, Terraform ( HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate ) ) ).
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