Prakhar S.

SRE (Site Reliability Engineer)

Hyderabad, Telangana, India3 yrs 2 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in automating and securing high-performance systems.
  • Proven track record in cloud-native architecture and incident management.
  • Led significant projects in fintech and infrastructure automation.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a DevSecOps and Site Reliability Engineer specializing in Fintech and Infrastructure Automation.

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Skills

Core Skills

KubernetesCloud InfrastructureCi/cd OptimizationInfrastructure AutomationSite Reliability EngineeringDevsecopsData Analysis

Other Skills

GitOpsSecurity FrameworkConfluenceSveltosTerraformDatadogInfrastructure as CodeObservabilityAWSMonitoringAutomationCI/CDDatabase ManagementCassandraKafka

About

DevSecOps & Site Reliability Engineer with 4 years of experience in automating, securing, optimizing high-performance systems. Specialize in infrastructure automation, cloud-native architecture, incident management, and designing highly scalable, resilient systems with security embedded at every layer. Backed by a solid foundation in cloud infrastructure, on-premise systems, container orchestration, networking, security principles, and clean, scalable code—I’ve built and maintained systems that are resilient, efficient, and secure by design. I’ve contributed to leading organizations like National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI), Slice (Slice Small Finance Bank Limited ) , Shell Recharge Solution (NewMotion ,Greenlots) and startups like Urbint—delivering secure, reliable systems that drive innovation and scale. I thrive in fast-paced environments and enjoy solving complex challenges that demand both stability and agility. Senior SRE/DevSecOps (Apple | Slice(NESFB) | Urbint | Shell | NPCI)

Experience

3 yrs 2 mos
Total Experience
1 yr 1 mo
Average Tenure
11 mos
Current Experience

Apple

Site Reliability Engineer

Jun 2025Present · 11 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Slice

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

May 2025Jun 2025 · 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · On-site

  • As a Senior SRE at Slice, a leading Fintech company that transitioned into a regulated digital bank after acquiring North East Small Finance Bank (NESFB), I contributed to enhancing the reliability, security, and scalability of its cloud infrastructure, with a focus on secure deployment practices and compliance requirements in the financial environment.
  • Key Contributions:
  • Spearheaded the Implementation of a Sveltos POC: Led the end-to-end implementation of a Proof of Concept (POC) for Sveltos, a Kubernetes-native cluster management tool, to demonstrate its scalability and operational efficiency.
  • Cluster Configuration & Deployment: Configured and deployed both local agent and centralized approaches, ensuring seamless cluster management and scalability in multi-cluster environments.
  • GitOps Pipeline Integration: Integrated a GitOps pipeline into the Sveltos workflow to automate cluster management processes, enabling continuous deployment and ensuring alignment with DevOps best practices.
  • Security Framework Enhancement: Provided a robust security framework by leveraging token-based authentication for secure communication across clusters, safeguarding sensitive operations and enhancing system integrity.
  • Documentation & Knowledge Sharing: Delivered a comprehensive presentation to the team, outlining the technical implementation, challenges faced, and solutions provided. Documented the entire process on Confluence to enable future scalability and ease of understanding for cross-functional teams.
KubernetesGitOpsSecurity FrameworkConfluenceSveltosCloud Infrastructure

Urbint

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Aug 2024Jan 2025 · 5 mos · Bengaluru · Remote

  • As a Senior SRE at Urbint, I was responsible for ensuring the reliability, scalability, and performance of our infrastructure. I focused on optimizing deployment pipelines, automating infrastructure using IaC, and enhancing observability—while always keeping cost-efficiency top of mind.
  • Key Contributions:
  • CI/CD Optimization: Migrated 15+ applications from Codefresh to GitHub Actions, improving deployment speed and reducing CI/CD operational costs.
  • Observability Cost Reduction: Implemented a log rehydration solution using Vector and Datadog, offloading long-term logs to Google Cloud Storage, resulting in substantial savings on observability subscriptions.
  • Infrastructure as Code: Built and maintained Terraform configurations to manage cloud infrastructure, ensure resource consistency, and enable scalable, automated provisioning.
CI/CD OptimizationTerraformDatadogInfrastructure as CodeObservabilityInfrastructure Automation

Shell recharge solutions

Site Reliability Engineer 2

Jun 2024Aug 2024 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Hybrid

  • As a Site Reliability Engineer 2 at Shell, I took the lead on ensuring 24/7 uptime and peak performance for Volt 360 — Shell’s dynamic pricing engine. In a high-stakes, high-demand environment, I combined smart automation with real-time monitoring to keep mission-critical systems running smoothly. My work not only boosted infrastructure reliability but also helped minimize downtime and optimize operations where every second mattered.
AWSTerraformKubernetesMonitoringAutomationCloud Infrastructure+1

National payments corporation of india (npci)

2 roles

Senior Associate DevSecOps

Promoted

Jul 2021May 2023 · 1 yr 10 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

  • As a Senior DevSecOps Engineer, I was responsible for securing, scaling, and optimizing core payment platforms like NACH, BASE, UPI, and UDIR. Focused on automating deployments, improving system reliability, and ensuring compliance in high-availability environments handling millions of transactions daily.
  • Led data center migration initiatives for critical payment services.
  • Managed large-scale database environments supporting real-time financial transactions.
  • Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines to streamline deployments and reduce manual efforts.
  • Deployed and maintained Kubernetes clusters to support containerized application workloads.
  • Configured reverse proxies and load balancers to enable high availability and traffic failover.
  • Integrated monitoring and alerting tools to enhance observability and incident response.
  • Provided production-level support and ensured consistent uptime for key services.
CI/CDKubernetesAWSDatabase ManagementMonitoringDevSecOps+1

Associate (DevSecOps)

Jul 2021Jul 2022 · 1 yr · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

CassandraKafkaPostgreSQLNagiosAWS

Tealfeed

Intern

May 2020Jul 2020 · 2 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote

  • Developed a custom Data Monitoring and Analysation Tool aimed at improving observability, proactive alerting, and system health analysis across distributed environments.
PythonPostgreSQL

Education

UPES

Bachelor of Technology - BTech — Computer Science

Jan 2017Jan 2021

Army public School ,Faizabad

Higher Secondary Certificate (12th Grade) — Science - PCM

Jan 2016Jan 2017

Army Public School (APS) Faizabad

Secondary School Certificate (10th Grade)

Mar 2014Mar 2015

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