Rajesh Rayani

About Rajesh Rayani

I am a Senior OpenShift & Kubernetes Engineer with over 4 years of experience designing, deploying, and operating large-scale enterprise platforms. I have a proven track record of supporting mission-critical workloads for top-tier banking clients, ensuring 99.9% platform availability across Production, DR, and NDR environments.I specialize in the full lifecycle of container orchestration, from initial cluster installation and security hardening to advanced GitOps automation and serverless architectures. Top Technical Expertise• Enterprise Scale: Managed clusters with 240+ nodes, performing day-2 operations and zero-downtime upgrades.• Security & Compliance: Expert in hardening environments using RBAC, SCCs, mTLS, and Red Hat Advanced Cluster Security (ACS).• GitOps & Automation: Building robust CI/CD pipelines using ArgoCD, Tekton, and Jenkins to accelerate delivery.• Observability: Designing deep-visibility dashboards in Prometheus, Grafana, and Dynatrace for proactive incident response.• Resiliency: Implementing backup, restore, and migration strategies using the OADP Operator alongside pod disruption budgets. Core Technology Stack• Platforms: Red Hat OpenShift 4.x, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, and GCP.• Tools: Helm, Terraform, Ansible, Istio Service Mesh, and Knative Serverless.• Identity: Secure integration using OAuth, LDAP, OIDC, and Red Hat SSO. Immediate AvailabilityI am currently serving my notice period and am available for new Senior OpenShift, Kubernetes, or Platform Engineering opportunities starting March 2026.Key Certifications:• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)• AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional• Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Automation & Integration (EX380)• Red Hat Certified Specialist in Security: Containers and OpenShift

Experience

1. Software Development Engineer ll (Openshift)

   F5

   Mar 2026 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   Working on Openshift and Kuberntes Cluster deployments

Education

• Hindustan University

  Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science

  2017 — 2021