Dhruv Chavda

DevOps Engineer

Porbandar, Gujarat, India5 yrs 9 mos experience

Key Highlights

CKA Certified DevOps/SRE Engineer with 3+ years experience.
Expert in Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS cloud services.
Implemented cost-saving strategies saving over $50,000 annually.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DevOps Engineer with expertise in Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

DevopsKubernetesCloud Infrastructure

Other Skills

AWSAmazon Web Services (AWS)AutomationBashChaos EngineeringChaos TestingCloudflareClusterComputer ScienceContainer ShippingContainerizationContinuous Integration (CI)Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Cost Savings StrategiesDigitalOcean

About

CKA Certified DevOps/SRE Engineer with over 3 years of hands-on experience in Kubernetes, Docker, and AWS cloud services. I specialize in Istio, Kubernetes Operators, workflow optimizations, and implementing cost-saving strategies. An adaptable team player who tackles challenges, takes ownership, and is dedicated to delivering practical and effective solutions.

Experience

Zzazz

DevOps Engineer

Feb 2025 – Present · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

Mindtickle

3 roles

Senior Software Development Engineer

Promoted

Feb 2024 – Feb 2025 · 1 yr

Isolated Sandbox Testing
End-to-end implemented a whole new Testing Concept based on Shift Left Testing principles, achieving
40% reduction in error rates for Kubernetes native applications before deployment.
Used Kubernetes Operators and Istio Reliability Features to develop this solution from scratch;
plans are in place to open-source it.
DevOps Help-Desk:
Created a portal to effectively manage and track dev on-call requests on Category Type Item pillars.
Serving 400+ requests per month using JIRA Service Management and Slack integrations

KubernetesIstioJIRA Service ManagementSlackDevOps

Software Development Engineer

Jul 2022 – Feb 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos

Implemented Istio service mesh and its reliability features on cluster(s) with over 500 microservices
Chaos Testing Enhancements:
Engineered an in-house Chaos Testing mechanism leveraging K8s Operators and Istio Fault
Injection capabilities to dynamically inject faults on live cluster(s) across 50+ microservices.
Deployed AWS Fault Injection Stimulator, to conduct comprehensive infra-level fault injections
for testing resiliency on cluster(s) with over 150 nodes.
Cost Saving Initiatives:
Created scripts to optimize EC2 machines and delete redundant EBS volumes, incurring annual savings
of over 50,000$
Also deprecated 6+ dev tracks and their low-hanging infra resources and unify them into a single
dev track, saving and reusing more resources

IstioKubernetesChaos TestingAWSDevOps

Software Development Engineer Intern

Jan 2022 – Jun 2022 · 5 mos

Developed and executed scripts for migrating 1000+ repositories from GitHub to GitLab across
various languages and modules, including detailed process and validation scripts, saving around $40,000
annually.
Slack Workflows and Automations
Created a Slack Workflow to automate the pre-steps for Production Escalations to ensure better
uniformity. This process automatically integrates with JIRA for improved data collection, creates a
Slack channel for the incident, leverages PagerDuty to notify stakeholders (and add them to the
channel), and utilizes Google Meet for unified connectivity.
Developed a custom Slackbot to automate access management and streamline common developer tasks;
cut manual workload by 30% and saved the team 50+ hours monthly