Chirag Bhardwaj

About Chirag Bhardwaj

If I were to describe myself using a single word, it would be \"Explorer\"I\'m currently exploring all the possible ins and outs of the Cloud technology particularly AWS and Azure from the last 5+ years.The work that I do mostly revolves around setting up the Infrastructure in cloud, managing Docker and Kubernetes based applications, automating Continuous Integration and Deployments, automating tasks involving Infrastructure provisioning and maintenance, migrating Applications and Databases to Cloud, etc.I have experience in working with tools and services like AWS Elastic Kubernetes Services, AWS API Gateway, AWS RDS, Docker, Terraform, Azure Bicep, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure App Services, Azure Application Gateway, Azure Key Vault, RabbitMQ, Maven, Linux Servers, Python and Shell Scripting, etc.I also have REST APIs Development experience with Python Django Framework and Node.js Express Framework.I have worked with agile practices such as Scaled Agile Framework and Kanban Framework.The domains that I have experience with are Pharmaceuticals, Finance and Payments.

Experience

1. Infrastructure Consultant

   Thoughtworks

   Jun 2024 — Present

   Led the end-to-end migration of the EKS service mesh from AWS App Mesh to Istio using a blue-green deployment strategy, ensuring zero-downtime cutover across environments- Engineered and administered production-grade AWS EKS Kubernetes clusters across multiple environments, serving as the foundation for containerized application deployments at scale- Drove EKS cluster migrations across environments as a key contributor, coordinating cross-team efforts and ensuring continuity of critical workloads throughout the transition- Orchestrated and managed AWS cloud infrastructure for e-commerce domain teams, maintaining operational stability, high availability, and optimal performance at scale- Strengthened cloud security posture by deploying AWS WAF, architecting advanced AWS networking configurations, and embedding security best practices across the infrastructure lifecycle- Integrated end-to-end secrets management and vulnerability scanning tools — including Trivy and Checkmarx — into GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines, significantly improving supply chain security- Designed and deployed a centralized NVD database caching solution, drastically reducing build runtimes and GitHub Actions runner costs for vulnerability scanning across hundreds of repositories- Implemented infrastructure testing at multiple layers — unit, static analysis, compliance, and integration — using Terratest, OPA, and LocalStack, improving infrastructure reliability and release confidence- Deployed and managed highly available AWS ElastiCache cluster, boosting application performance and cache reliability across multiple domain services- Established comprehensive observability coverage by implementing monitoring, alerting, and alarming systems using Datadog, enabling proactive incident response- Spearheaded the full automation of GitHub ecosystem migrations across numerous repositories using Python and the GitHub API, eliminating manual overhead and accelerating delivery.

Education

• University of Mumbai

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering

  2017 — 2021