Pankaj Kumar Prasad

About Pankaj Kumar Prasad

Hi, I’m Pankaj Kumar Prasad — a passionate AWS certified DevOps Engineer with 4.8+ years of experience in automation, cloud optimization, and accelerating software delivery. With a strong background in Application Support, IT, I specialize in building CI/CD pipelines, automating complex deployments, and leveraging cloud platforms to deliver scalable, reliable solutions.I thrive on transforming manual processes into streamlined, automated workflows using tools like Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and Ansible — helping organizations ship high-quality, mission-critical software faster and more securely. Core Expertise Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure Automation & IaC: Terraform, Ansible CI/CD: Jenkins, Github Action, ArgoCD Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch Version Control: Git, GitHub Scripting: Shell, PythonI’m committed to continuous learning and love exploring new technologies that push the boundaries of efficiency, reliability, and security in DevOps.

Experience

1. Devops Engineer

   Tata Consultancy Services

   Jul 2021 — Present

   Streamlined the CI/CD pipeline for Java-based applications using Gradle, resulting in a 20% reduction in build and deployment times? Designed and implemented end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins/Github Action and ArgoCD, automating application builds, testing, and deployments across environments? Provisioned AWS infrastructure using Terraform, including EC2, RDS, VPCs, IAM roles, and security groups? Managed Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS, including version upgrades, capacity planning, and autoscaling configurations? Engineered highly available Jenkins and GitHub Actions pipelines with automated runner management and secure credential rotation? Implemented GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to automate Kubernetes deployments, syncing application states with Git repositories and managing RBAC and SSO integration for secure access? Implemented AWS cost optimization strategies including rightsizing, auto-scaling and usage monitoring achieving monthly savings close to 30%? Developed a Python/Boto3 automation suite to identify and decommission orphaned AWS resources ichieving a 40% reduction in monthly storage and compute costs? Received commendation for resolving critical AWS VPC issues, resolving peering problems for a development team? Experience working Route53 and hosted zones where I have orchestrated the route53 and ALB integration for custom domain implementation in Kubernetes? Mastered Kubernetes Ingress and Implementation of Kubernetes Ingress for multiple micro services? Setup a terraform remote backend and locking mechanism for the organization using AWS S3 bucket? Experience with terraform remote state management for multiple development teams? Written the Ansible YAML scripts to configure the remote servers? Developed shell scripts for automating node health checks, monitoring CPU,memory, and other critical metrics, ensuring system stability.

Education

• Siksha 'O'​ Anusandhan University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

• St. Mary's High School

  School,

  2014

• Karim City College Jamshedpur

  Intermediate, Science

  2014 — 2016