Nikhil Verma

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India9 yrs 10 mos experience

Highly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 9 years of DevOps experience
Expert in Kubernetes and AWS cloud technologies
Led successful large-scale migrations and performance improvements

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DevOps expert in Fintech and cloud infrastructure optimization.

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Skills

Core Skills

Devops EngineeringContinuous Integration And Continuous Delivery (ci/cd)System Performance Optimization

Other Skills

Amazon Web Services (AWS)AnsibleApacheArgoCDAutomation FrameworksCloud Infrastructure ManagementComputer ScienceDockerElasticsearchGitHigh Availability (HA)JavaJenkinsKubernetesLinux

About

Hello! I am Nikhil Verma, an accomplished DevOps professional with over 9 years of experience in architecting, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure across dynamic environments. My expertise lies in implementing end-to-end DevOps practices, automating infrastructure provisioning, and designing CI/CD pipelines that deliver high-frequency, reliable deployments. I have a strong command over cloud platforms and am skilled at minimizing downtime while accelerating release cycles through intelligent orchestration and robust version control strategies. Throughout my career, I have successfully led large-scale migrations and driven performance improvements through infrastructure as code and container orchestration. I am passionate about fostering collaborative, high-performing teams and have mentored junior engineers to promote a culture of innovation. My forward-thinking approach in observability and monitoring has enabled me to deploy modern frameworks that enhance system health transparency and reduce incident response times. With a total experience of over 9 years, I am proficient in Kubernetes, Docker, and various cloud technologies, and I am committed to delivering scalable, secure, and cost-efficient systems.

Experience

Circles

Staff Software Engineer DevOps

Dec 2024 – Present · 1 yr 3 mos · Bengaluru

Paytm

2 roles

DevOps Manager

Promoted

Oct 2021 – Dec 2024 · 3 yrs 2 mos · India

As a DevOps Manager at Paytm, I led the DevOps team for various projects, including the CI/CD platform for Kubernetes with ArgoCD. I designed and implemented seamless end-to-end deployments, enabling canary deployments with real-time metric monitoring. My role involved collaborating cross-functionally to architect scalable and secure solutions while optimizing AWS cloud infrastructure.
Achievements: I successfully delivered enhanced reliability and minimized downtime through advanced Kubernetes deployment strategies. Additionally, I led the development of ElasticMate, a UI platform for Elasticsearch cluster management, which improved operational workflows and centralized management.

High Availability (HA)ReliabilityComputer ScienceVirtual MachinesRedisElasticsearch+2

Senior DevOps Engineer

Dec 2019 – Nov 2020 · 11 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

During my tenure as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Paytm, I managed CI/CD build pipelines on EC2-based VMs in AWS. I was responsible for infrastructure management and real-time application monitoring, ensuring high availability and performance.
Achievements: I played a key role in optimizing deployment processes and enhancing system reliability, contributing to the overall success of the projects.

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Casaone

Senior DevOps

Nov 2020 – Oct 2021 · 11 mos

In my position as a Senior DevOps Engineer at CasaOne, I managed AWS infrastructure and Kubernetes-hosted applications. I focused on automating Jenkins job creation and ensuring cost optimization while maintaining service resiliency.
Achievements: My contributions led to improved uptime and operational efficiency, allowing the team to deliver services more effectively.

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Halodoc id

DevOps Engineer

Sep 2018 – Aug 2019 · 11 mos · Bangalore

As a DevOps Engineer at Halodoc ID, I managed CI/CD build pipelines and led infrastructure management efforts. My focus was on real-time application monitoring and ensuring operational excellence.
Achievements: I successfully improved the efficiency of deployment processes and enhanced the monitoring capabilities of the applications.

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Devops

Jan 2016 – Sep 2018 · 2 yrs 8 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

Using AWS services like VPC,EC2,S3,ELB,RDS,CloudWatch,AutoScaling etc.
Working on Linux operating system, shell scripting etc.
Setup Nagios and Zabbix for monitoring the infrastructure.
Created proper documentation for newserver setups and existing servers.
Take care of build and release responsibilities including deployment automation using continuous integration concept(Jenkins) for multiple stack like Java, Android and Ios.
Working on Ansible to automate software provisioning and configuration management.
Taking care and working on version control system like Git.
Having Knowledge of Docker for containerization.
Configuration of web servers like Apache and Nginx.
Database Knowledge like authentication and replication using MongoDb and MySQL.
Maintaining DNS records for all the projects.
Setup and configure different tool and application like ElK, SonarQube etc.