Raj Pathare
Software Engineer @ IDFC FIRST Bank | Ex-Jio
- Role
- Software Engineer at IDFC FIRST Bank
- Location
- Mumbai, MH, IN
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Raj Pathare
Software Engineer at IDFC FIRST Bank, specializing in DevOps, cloud infrastructure, and platform engineering for mission-critical banking systems.I started my journey with web and Android development during my Bachelor’s in Information Technology from Dr. D.Y. Patil University, and later explored game development using Unity. Over time, I transitioned into DevOps, where I enjoy solving problems around system reliability, automation, and scalability.I also build tools and automation using Node.js, Python, and C# when needed.Outside of work, I enjoy gaming and exploring how complex systems are designed and built.Portfolio: rajpathare.com/about
Experience
Software Engineer
May 2022 — Present · Navi Mumbai, IN
Focused on building and scaling secure, highly available cloud infrastructure and internal platforms for mission-critical banking systems at IDFC FIRST Bank, leveraging AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GoCD, and automation frameworks.• Architected and provisioned scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform, enabling resilient multi-region deployments and Disaster Recovery for critical workloads.• Spearheaded automation of Disaster Recovery (DR) workflows using Ansible across on-prem databases and application stacks, significantly improving failover reliability and reducing operational overhead.• Designed and built a centralized Certificate Lifecycle Management (CLM) platform adopted across teams, enabling self-service certificate discovery, issuance, rotation, and deployment.• Developed a custom C#-based ADCS agent and integrated CLM with AWS ACM, ServiceNow, and Kubernetes, enabling event-driven certificate deployment and eliminating manual certificate operations.• Built and standardized CI/CD pipelines using GoCD along with VSM-based deployment frameworks, improving deployment consistency and accelerating release cycles across teams.• Developed reusable Helm charts and standardized Kubernetes deployment patterns for core platform components, improving scalability and operational consistency.• Implemented secure secrets management by integrating HashiCorp Vault with AWS Secrets Manager, ensuring centralized, auditable, and compliant handling of sensitive data.• Drove cost and performance optimizations through initiatives such as NAT Gateway to Transit Gateway migration, and Karpenter-based dynamic scaling for EKS workloads, while contributing to platforms built on ThoughtMachine Vault used by leading global banks.
Education
Vasant Vihar High School & Junior College, Thane
SSC
2002 — 2013
NKTT College, Thane
HSC, Science
2013 — 2015
Udacity
Intel® Edge AI for IoT Developers Nanodegree
DY Patil University
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Technology
2015 — 2019
University of Mumbai
Bachelor of Engineering - BE, Information Technology
2015 — 2019
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