Akhil Sahdev

DevOps Engineer

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India11 yrs experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over a decade of experience in cloud-native infrastructure.
Expertise in DevOps, MLOps, and DevSecOps.
Proven track record in architecting secure, scalable systems.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DevOps expert specializing in cloud infrastructure for SaaS and Fintech industries.

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Skills

Core Skills

DevopsCloud Infrastructure

Other Skills

AWSAzureKubernetesTerraformCI/CDInfrastructure securityAgile MethodologiesAzure DevOpsGitAWS EKSArgoCDFluxCDPrometheusAlertmanagerChef

About

As a Senior Consultant at Equal Experts, I bring over a decade of experience in designing secure, scalable, and automated cloud-native infrastructure. My work focuses on leveraging AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, and Terraform to architect resilient systems that empower organizations to innovate and grow. By collaborating with cross-functional teams, I’ve enabled seamless migrations, optimized CI/CD pipelines, and implemented robust security practice. My passion lies in advancing capabilities in DevOps, MLOps, and DevSecOps, where I support distributed workloads and embed security automation into every layer of the development lifecycle. With a commitment to delivering governed and observable systems, I aim to build platforms that integrate seamlessly with AI-driven workloads while driving faster, safer, and smarter outcomes for teams and organizations.

Experience

11 yrs

Total Experience

3 yrs 8 mos

Average Tenure

3 yrs 10 mos

Current Experience

Equal experts

Senior Consultant

Aug 2022 – Present · 3 yrs 10 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Architected secure, cloud-native infrastructure on Azure and AWS; led end-to-end 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗿𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀.
Designed and deployed 𝗖𝗜/𝗖𝗗 𝗽𝗶𝗽𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 with Azure DevOps for microservices across App Services and Function Apps.
Implemented 𝗜𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗮𝘀-𝗖𝗼𝗱𝗲 (Terraform) with reusable modules, policy checks (rego/conftest), and shared registries.
Enabled customer-managed encryption (CMK) in Azure with automated key rotation and compliance controls.
Set up 𝗔𝗪𝗦-𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 including 𝘚𝘌𝘚, 𝘋𝘺𝘯𝘢𝘮𝘰𝘋𝘉, 𝘈𝘗𝘐 𝘎𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘸𝘢𝘺, 𝘓𝘢𝘮𝘣𝘥𝘢, 𝘈𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘳𝘢 𝘗𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘨𝘳𝘦𝘚𝘘𝘓, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵, 𝘚𝘕𝘚, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩, 𝘊𝘭𝘰𝘶𝘥𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘝𝘗𝘕 𝘵𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘴.
Collaborated with Security, Network, and Software Engineering teams to define and implement cloud controls, security paradigms, policy checklists, and compliance frameworks.
Worked closely with platform and engineering teams to establish and drive 𝗦𝗟𝗢𝘀, observability tooling, and cloud compliance practices.
Coached and promoted best Agile practices across multiple teams, enabling improved planning, estimation, and delivery velocity.
Currently expanding into 𝗠𝗟𝗢𝗽𝘀 and 𝗔𝗜 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿e — experimenting with secure ML deployment patterns and integrating model observability tools into existing CI/CD flows.

AWSAzureKubernetesTerraformCI/CDInfrastructure security+3

Paytm

Senior DevOps Engineer

Jul 2021 – Aug 2022 · 1 yr 1 mo · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Engineered 𝐆𝐢𝐭𝐎𝐩𝐬-𝐛𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐝 CI/CD pipelines using 𝐴𝑟𝑔𝑜𝐶𝐷 and 𝐹𝑙𝑢𝑥𝐶𝐷 on AWS EKS, enabling seamless and scalable deployment of microservices.
Designed and implemented a high-availability observability stack using 𝑃𝑟𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑢𝑠, 𝐴𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑡𝑚𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟, 𝑇ℎ𝑎𝑛𝑜𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑔𝑟𝑎𝑓 to support real-time metrics ingestion, alerting, and long-term retention.
Improved incident response by handling 𝐨𝐧-𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 issues and establishing a structured RCA (root cause analysis) process to reduce alert fatigue and eliminate recurring incidents.
Streamlined developer collaboration by resolving environment and tooling concerns raised by multiple dev teams, introducing automation to minimize back-and-forth with DevOps.
Mentored junior engineers, conducting pair programming sessions and thorough code reviews to instil best practices in 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐚𝐬-𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 and deployment workflows.
Provisioned secure, testable infrastructure using 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦, 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 (𝐎𝐏𝐀/𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐨), incorporating policy-as-code and automated validations.
Eliminated the need for bastion hosts by implementing secure access through 𝐴𝑊𝑆 𝑆𝑦𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑠 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 𝑆𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑔𝑒𝑟 and designing IAM-based access controls.
Contributed to 𝐌𝐋𝐎𝐩𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬, deploying pipelines with Kubeflow on EKS and integrating them into CI/CD systems for model deployment and retraining workflows.
Managed and tuned 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝐃𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, including Kafka clusters, AWS EMR pipelines, and custom automation scripts to handle scale and reliability.
Led 𝐀𝐠𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 across DevOps and engineering teams—facilitating sprint planning, lookahead planning, cross-team coordination, retrospectives, and velocity-based estimation.

GitAWS EKSArgoCDFluxCDPrometheusAlertmanager+3

Thoughtworks

2 roles

DevOps Consultant

Promoted

Dec 2015 – Feb 2020 · 4 yrs 2 mos

𝗟𝗲𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗱𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻 and deployment for 7+ enterprise-scale projects, using Chef, Terraform, and Kubernetes to deliver scalable and maintainable environments.
𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗰𝘆 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 by refactoring Chef cookbooks into modular, reusable components—significantly reducing technical debt and increasing provisioning speed.
𝗔𝘂𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗔𝗪𝗦 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 using Terraform, integrating with CI/CD pipelines to streamline delivery workflows and reduce manual intervention.
𝗜𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝗳𝗿𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗰𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲-𝗮𝘀-𝗰𝗼𝗱𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲𝘀 across teams to eliminate repetitive, error-prone operations and establish consistent provisioning standards.
𝗘𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘂𝗱 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗺𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀, guiding the transition from on-premises environments to AWS with minimal disruption and application refactoring.
𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗳𝗶𝗴𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗘𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗰𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗪𝗦 to support centralized metrics collection, observability, and improved system visibility.

ChefTerraformKubernetesDevOpsCloud Infrastructure