Arshad Qureshi

About Arshad Qureshi

As a DevOps engineer, I am passionate about bridging the gap between development and operations teams to enable efficient and reliable software delivery. With a strong background in both software development and systems administration, I have a unique understanding of the entire software development life cycle.My expertise lies in automating deployment processes, building continuous integration and delivery pipelines, monitoring system performance and reliability, and implementing infrastructure as code. I am well-versed in a variety of DevOps tools and technologies, including Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Gitlab, AWS, and more.I thrive in dynamic and fast-paced environments where collaboration and communication are essential. I am always seeking new ways to improve software delivery processes, increase efficiency, and reduce costs.If you’re looking for a DevOps engineer who can help your organization achieve faster and more reliable software delivery, I’d love to connect with you on LinkedIn.

Experience

1. Senior Executive - Devsecops Engineer

   Asian Paints

   Nov 2024 — Present

   Designed and implemented DevOps and DevSecOps frameworks leveraging open-source tools, enabling secure, automated, and scalable CI/CD pipelines across 25+ applications.• Owned and administered production CI/CD and DevSecOps platforms including Jenkins, GitLab, Fortify, Nexus, Ansible, Prometheus, and Grafana, managing user access, job stability, integrations, backups, and operational reliability.• Led production upgrades of Jenkins, GitLab Community Edition, and Java, resolving plugin and dependency incompatibilities, UI issues, and post-upgrade failures through structured validation and recovery steps, resulting in a 40% reduction in job failures and 35% improvement in CI/CD platform stability.• Enabled and standardized Kubernetes (AWS-EKS)-based deployments, integrating GitLab CI/CD pipelines with GitOps-driven delivery using Argo CD to ensure consistent, auditable, and automated releases across applications.• Led onboarding and integration of Fortify SAST, DAST, and SCA into existing CI/CD pipelines, optimizing scan stages, managing false positives, and collaborating with development teams to remediate valid findings—resulting in a 60% reduction in security vulnerabilities without impacting pipeline performance or developer productivity.• Automated application deployments and server configuration using Ansible playbooks, handling package installation,service configuration, environment setup, and post-deployment validation to ensure consistent and repeatable releases.

Education

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of computer application, Information Technology

  2015 — 2019