Gokul Gopikumar

About Gokul Gopikumar

DevOps Engineer with a passion for bridging the gap between development and operations. My focus is on automating workflows, AIOps (using AI practices to automate and more productive), optimizing infrastructure, and ensuring seamless deployments. With experience in tools like Jenkins, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Github, etc, I aim to deliver scalable and efficient solutions that enhance business outcomes.

Experience

1. Senior Devops Engineer

   UST

   Aug 2025 — Present · Toronto, ON, CA

   Developer - DevOps Engineering• Executed production deployments in alignment with client schedules for seamless rollouts.• Managed Amazon EKS, Apigee, NiFi, and Redis infrastructure ensuring high availability andcompliance.• Performed EKS version upgrades using terraform and AMI rehydration to meet performanceand security benchmarks.• Applied and validated security patches across systems to maintain platform stability.• Developed and enhanced CI/CD automation scripts, reducing manual effort and deploymenttime.• Monitoring Infrastructure and applications using Splunk and Datadog.• Implemented and fine-tuned autoscaling solutions using Karpenter, HPA, and KEDA tooptimize cluster performance and cost efficiency.• Provided on-call support for critical production incidents, performing triage, RCA, and SWATsupport.• Implemented containerization of Spring Boot and React applications using Docker, enablingconsistent environments and simplified deployment.• Helm upgrades for Istio, NGINX, Prometheus, Karpenter.

Education

• Providence College of Engineering

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

  2017 — 2021