Rikesh Patel
SRE/ DevOps/ Kubernetes/ AWS Engineer
- Role
- Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Kubernetes Engineer Aws Cloud Engineer) at Bloomberg
- Location
- Edison, NJ, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Rikesh Patel
Senior Site Reliability Engineer | Kubernetes | DevOps | Cloud Architect With over a decade of experience driving cloud-native transformations and building resilient, scalable infrastructure, I specialize in empowering teams through automation, observability, and platform engineering excellence. Currently at Bloomberg LP, I lead Kubernetes infrastructure automation and SRE initiatives—designing zero-downtime upgrade strategies, implementing proactive monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana, and optimizing EKS clusters using Terraform and Helm. My background spans AWS, Azure, and OpenStack, where I\'ve led complex cloud migrations, optimized CI/CD pipelines, and established DevSecOps practices to improve agility, security, and system reliability. Previously at Walmart, I transformed CI/CD frameworks, migrated legacy systems to containerized environments, and automated infrastructure provisioning at scale, all while reducing latency and operational costs. Core Expertise: Kubernetes Administration & Automation (EKS/AKS) Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation) DevOps & CI/CD (Jenkins, Argo CD, GitOps, CodePipeline) Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, OpenStack) Observability (Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch) Messaging & APIs (Kafka, RabbitMQ, REST) Microservices Security (Istio, RBAC, IAM, Cert Manager) I’m passionate about building platforms that enable developer velocity, reduce toil, and support reliable, scalable systems. Whether mentoring engineers, writing internal tooling, or optimizing distributed systems, I focus on delivering solutions that are secure, efficient, and production-ready. M.S. Electrical Engineering – NYU CKA | AWS DevOps Engineer | Azure DevOps Engineer Let’s connect and share insights on Kubernetes, cloud automation, and SRE best practices!
Experience
Senior Site Reliability Engineer (Kubernetes Engineer Aws Cloud Engineer)
Jan 2022 — Present · NY, US
Education
Visvesvaraya Technological University
Bachelor's Degree
2007 — 2011
New York University - Polytechnic School of Engineering
Master's Degree
2012 — 2014
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