harsha

Senior Dev Ops Engineer

I'm a DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer with 15+ years of experience delivering scalable, secure cloud infrastructure across AWS and GCP. I've led platform engineering efforts for top organizations like HSBC, HMRC, and Mastercard — automating deployments with Terraform, running production workloads on EKS and GKE, and enabling observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.

Recently, I’ve developed and deployed AI-powered tools like MLC LLM assistants to streamline release ops, and implemented zero-downtime Kubernetes rollouts using Helm and GitOps. My security-first approach includes hands-on use of GCP Armor, AWS WAF, and SAST tooling like SonarQube and Nexus IQ.

I’m now looking to apply my expertise in the crypto and Web3 space — contributing to blockchain infrastructure, smart contract CI/CD, and decentralized platform reliability. I'm especially interested in roles where I can blend automation, security, and AI to support fast-moving DeFi, Layer-2, or AI-in-crypto startups.


Experience: 11 years

Yearly salary: $120,000

Hourly rate: $70

Nationality: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom

Residency: 🇬🇧 United Kingdom


Experience

DevOps Engineer
TEKsystems
2024 - 2024
Conducted a Proof of Concept (POC) for Google Cloud Build, assessing its feasibility, scalability, and alignment with organizational requirements as a potential replacement for Jenkins.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Paystream Max Ltd
2022 - 2024
Led the design and maintenance of CI/CD pipelines, deploying over 100 applications using Helm charts with Docker and Kubernetes, ensuring high-quality and timely product updates.
Lead DevOps Engineer
TEKsystems
2021 - 2022
Architected and implemented Ernst & Young’s (E&Y) Tax Reporting Solution (EY First) and CTDM applications on Google Cloud Platform (GCP).
Infrastructure Engineer
TEKsystems
2020 - 2021
Provided core support to the Release Engineering team by managing and maintaining development tools, streamlining workflows for developers and engineers.
Manager Technology
Vioah Solutions
2020 - 2020
Designed and implemented a comprehensive CI/CD system with multiple component pipelines using Jenkins, supporting weekly releases and out-of-cycle deployments based on evolving business needs.
DevOps Engineer
Vioah Solutions
2019 - 2020
Designed and deployed JupyterHub for the Digital iHub (RBWM) team, supporting collaborative data science and ML workflows.
IT SRE Lead
Alfresco
2015 - 2019
Designed, deployed, and maintained high-availability, scalable enterprise applications across AWS, GCP, and Rackspace.
Infrastructure Linux Administrator
Telappliant
2013 - 2015
Managed Linux systems, VMware environments, data centres, and vendor relationships to ensure infrastructure reliability.
Linux Consultant
Telefonica (02 Mobile)
2012 - 2013
Customer Support
Sainsbury’s
2010 - 2012

Skills

aws
devops
gcp
infrastructure
english