Nikhil Gupta

About Nikhil Gupta

Accredited as an accomplished technocrat, I bring nearly 11 years of experience in excelling at cloud operations, strategic growth, and team leadership across diverse departments. I\'m adept at leveraging technology, optimizing processes, and fostering innovation to drive operational efficiency, scalable growth, and digital transformation. My strategic vision and entrepreneurial acumen consistently help me achieve industry leadership for the organizations I work with.I bring extensive knowledge in Cloud and DevOps, specializing in supporting and automating critical deployments over large infrastructures. This includes architecting, automating, and optimizing mission-critical deployments in Cloud/AWS environments, alongside leveraging Linux (Red Hat) administration, configuration management, and implementing robust DevOps processes.My proficiency extends to Infrastructure and Reliability, where I focus on enhancing system reliability, performance, and fault tolerance. I excel at reducing operational overhead through automation, leveraging tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and the ELK Stack to gain actionable insights into system health. I also have a strong track record in CI/CD, having extensively worked on pipelines for seamless code deployment, integrating tools like GitLab, Jenkins, and CodePipeline from developer check-in to production.Furthermore, I possess expert skills in AWS, specifically in designing, configuring, and managing Public/Private Cloud infrastructures. My expertise spans a wide array of AWS services, including EC2, Elastic Load Balancers, Auto Scaling, Elastic Container Service (Docker Containers), S3, EKS, CloudFront, and Elastic File System. Complementing this, I excel in Scripting and Automation, with a deep understanding of configuration management tools like Ansible for consistency across infrastructure. I\'m also proficient in writing Shell Scripts, manipulating Scheduled Batch Jobs, performing Log Analysis, and meticulously maintaining documentation for production servers.For more information, please feel free to drop me an email at n••••••••@gmail.com or message me on LinkedIn.

Experience

1. Principal Devops Engineer

   Deutsche Telekom Digital Labs

   Jul 2024 — Present · Gurugram, IN

   Currently, I\'m driving digital transformation by building and leading the IT team responsible for automation and communication systems. A core part of my role involves elevating team capabilities through targeted training and continuous professional development, fostering a high-performing environment where innovation thrives. I oversee the strategic and operational aspects of Support, Cloud, and IT, ensuring a reliable and efficient technology infrastructure. My focus on optimizing performance, resource allocation, and asset utilization directly contributes to enhancing overall organizational productivity.On the technical front, I specialize in deploying 100% scalable, reliable, and highly available microservice applications on AWS Cloud. I\'ve boosted service scalability by 30% through advanced containerization and orchestration technologies, and I ensure network and system security by implementing 100% best-practice security policies and procedures. I\'ve also streamlined operations by 90% through the deployment of applications on Kubernetes (EKS) clusters and created efficient GitLab CI/CD pipelines for seamless integration and deployment.My commitment to security extends to enhancing it by 40% through conducting Docker image signing and verification with Cosign, and enforcing policies and enhancing governance using Kyverno. Furthermore, I\'ve set up an observability stack that improved monitoring and application performance insights by 35%. I actively design and implement containerization strategies with Docker and Kubernetes, significantly improving resource utilization and management. Ultimately, my work focuses on building 100% robust, secure, and observable cloud-native applications.

Education

• Kendriya Vidyalaya

  Higher Secondary, Science

  2006 — 2010

• Uttar Pradesh Technical University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Electronics & Communications Engineering

  2010 — 2014

Skills

• C
• Networking
• Gsm
• C++
• Scada
• Semiconductor Device
• Telecommunications