Shajal Pandey

About Shajal Pandey

I am a seasoned DevOps Specialist with over 7.5 years of comprehensive experience in cloud engineering, infrastructure automation, and scalable architecture design. My expertise lies in leveraging cloud platforms such as GCP and AWS, along with Kubernetes orchestration, to drive operational excellence across diverse industry verticals. Currently, I am spearheading cloud infrastructure reliability initiatives as a Senior Infrastructure Associate at Publicis Sapient, where I focus on optimizing deployment workflows through advanced CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks. Throughout my career, I have demonstrated a proven track record of accelerating deployment cycles by automating infrastructure provisioning, which has significantly improved speed, accuracy, and system resilience. I am passionate about fostering a culture of innovation and continuous learning, mentoring junior engineers, and promoting best practices in cloud-native solutions and microservices security. My core competencies include Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps Automation, and Cloud Security & Compliance.🧰 Core SkillsCloud Platforms: GCP, AWSIaC & Automation: Terraform, Crossplane, CloudFormationCI/CD & GitOps: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Harness, Azure DevOps, Cloud BuildContainers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Istio Service MeshSecurity & DevSecOps: Vault, Snyk, Trivy, GitLeaks, SonarQube, TruffleHog, VPC Service Controls, Security Command CenterMonitoring & Logging: Stackdriver, Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, New RelicScripting: Bash, Python (foundation) Let’s connect if you\'re working on cloud-native systems, infrastructure automation, or just love discussing DevOps and platform engineering. Open to global relocation and always excited for what’s next!

Experience

1. Senior Associate Infrastructure L2 - Cloud & Devops

   Publicis Sapient

   Nov 2023 — Present · Mumbai, IN

   Automated GCP infrastructure provisioning using GitHub Actions, Terraform Cloud (VCS workflows), and OIDC; provisioned compute (Compute Engine), networking (VPC, subnets, firewalls), databases (CloudSQL, Memorystore), and data services (BigQuery, Dataflow, Dataplex Catalog).Implemented infrastructure testing using Chef InSpec, Terraform unit tests, and Python BDD; containerized tests with multi-stage Docker builds and enforced standards via Hadolint.Deployed microservices on GKE using Helm and Harness CI/CD; integrated Istio for secure (mTLS) service communication and Vault & RBAC for centralized secret management & access control in Kubernetes.Strengthened security posture through VPC Service Controls, IAM policy hardening, and integration of DevSecOps tools including SonarQube, Snyk, Trivy, GitLeaks, and TruffleHog.Achieved 60% reduction in deployment time and improved environment consistency through full pipeline automation and infrastructure governance.

Education

• Mgm College Of Engineering & Technology

  Electronics and Telecommunications