Rakesh Morkar

About Rakesh Morkar

Hi, I’m Rakesh Morkar, a passionate DevOps/DevSecOps Engineer experience in platform automation, optimizing cloud infrastructures, and accelerating platform delivery cycles. With a strong foundation Application Support, IT and Telecom, I specialize in building Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, automating complex deployments, and leveraging cloud services to create scalable and reliable solutions.I thrive on transforming manual processes into efficient automated workflows, using tools like Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Bamboo, Bitbucket, Power BI, ServiceNow, JIRA, Git/GitHub, Splunk, Artifactory and Ansible. My goal is to help organizations enhance productivity by delivering high-quality, mission-critical software with speed and precision. Key Expertise: Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure Automation & IaC: Terraform, Ansible CI/CD: Jenkin, Bamboo Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes Monitoring & Logging: Splunk, Grafana, CloudWatch Version Control & SCM: Git, GIT HUB, GitBash Scripting & Automation: Shell Scripting, Task Automation, PythonI’m committed to continuous improvement, and I\'m always eager to learn and explore new technologies that drive innovation in the DevOps space. Let’s connect! Feel free to DM me here

Experience

1. Senior System Engineer

   Infosys

   Sep 2021 — Present · Pune, IN

   Working and collaborating on a Westpac project “DevOps Banking environment”. Built CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins/Bamboo for continuous integration and continuous deployment. Created Dockerfiles for containerizing applications and enabling deployment through Docker. Conducted resource allocation and utilization analysis, leading to the optimization of container resource limits and requests. This resulted in a 15% reduction in infrastructure costs while maintaining optimal application performance Streamlined the CI/CD pipeline for Java-based applications using Maven, resulting in a 20% reduction in build and deployment times. Integrated tools across CI/CD stages including Nginx, SonarQube for code quality, and security checks. Managed source code with Git, GitLab, Bit Bucket and GitHub, resolving merge conflicts and managing branches and permissions to maintain organized development workflows Implemented proactive monitoring and alerting using Splunk and Grafana, reducing system downtime by 15%. Provisioning AZURE cloud infrastructure using Terraform and configuring them using Ansible. Experience setting multi region and multi cloud terraform projects and well versed using terraform workspaces. Integrated security analysis tools such as Health check Dependency Check for vulnerability scanning Demonstrated excellent problem-solving skills by automating routine server maintenance tasks, freeing up valuable team resources for strategic projects. Managed and maintained Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability and scalability for containerized applications. Implemented rolling updates and automatic scaling to accommodate increased workloads during peak usage periods.

Education

• Savitribai Phule Pune University

  Bachelor of Engineering - BE

  2016 — 2021