Prashast Naithani

Software Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India6 yrs 7 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Expert in building and optimizing Kubernetes platforms.
Strong background in cloud-native tooling and automation.
Proven experience in enterprise-level cloud solutions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Kubernetes and Cloud Infrastructure expert specializing in enterprise SaaS solutions.

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Skills

Core Skills

KubernetesCloud Computing

Other Skills

AVI/Load BalancingAmazon VPCAnsibleAntreaBashCSI storageCluster APIComputer NetworkingDatabasesDevOpsDocker ProductsELK stackGrafanaHA clustersHarbor

About

Platform Engineer with hands-on experience building, operating, and supporting Kubernetes platforms in enterprise environments. Currently working as a Tanzu Kubernetes Platform Engineer, supporting VMware Tanzu ecosystems including TKG, vSphere with Tanzu (VKS), Tanzu Mission Control, Harbor, Velero, Antrea, AVI/Load Balancing, and Cluster API. Experienced in managing Kubernetes control planes, Supervisor and workload clusters, cloud-native storage, networking, and platform services on vSphere. Design, operate, and optimize Kubernetes platforms to ensure stable, scalable, and production-ready environments. Previously worked as a Cloud Solutions Engineer at Nokia, designing and operating Kubernetes and OpenStack-based private clouds, implementing HA clusters, ingress, CSI storage, monitoring, and observability stacks. Strong background in Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, VMware, automation, and cloud-native tooling, with a passion for platform reliability, scalability, and continuous improvement.

Experience

Vmware

Tanzu Kubernetes Platform Engineer

Dec 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 3 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

As a Tanzu Kubernetes Platform Engineer, I troubleshoot and resolve complex issues across VMware’s Kubernetes ecosystem, including:
Core Platforms: Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG), vSphere with Tanzu (VKS), Tanzu Mission Control (TMC)
Ecosystem Components: Harbor registry, Velero, Pinniped, Antrea CNI, Tanzu packages, Cluster-API
Infrastructure & Services: vSphere Supervisor clusters, Kubernetes workload clusters, certificate rotations, cloud native storage, load-balancer services (AVI), Supervisor services, Tanzu CLI, Kubernetes control plane (etcd, API server)
Additional Contributions:
Deliver training sessions to engineers on Kubernetes-based products.
Responsible for building and maintaining lab automation and infrastructure for support team helping customers with VMware's k8s based products.

KubernetesTanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG)vSphere with Tanzu (VKS)Tanzu Mission Control (TMC)HarborVelero+7

Nokia

Cloud Solutions Engineer

Aug 2021 – Dec 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Designed, deployed, and maintained Kubernetes and OpenStack-based private cloud environments for enterprise customers.
Implemented highly available Kubernetes clusters with HA control planes, integrated ingress controllers, persistent storage (CSI), and monitoring stacks.
Managed cluster lifecycle operations — scaling, upgrades, certificate management, and troubleshooting API server and etcd-related issues.
Integrated Kubernetes clusters with logging (ELK stack) and monitoring solutions (Prometheus, Grafana, Zabbix) for proactive issue detection.
Troubleshot application-level failures, networking issues (CNI/Calico/Flannel), and node resource bottlenecks in multi-tenant Kubernetes environments.
Hands-on experience with OpenStack services such as Neutron, Nova, Cinder, and Horizon for virtualized infrastructure provisioning.

KubernetesOpenStackHA clustersingress controllersCSI storagemonitoring stacks+5