Gagan Talreja

DevOps Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India5 yrs 7 mos experience

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Key Highlights

Expert in AWS cloud infrastructure and automation.
Proven track record in optimizing CI/CD pipelines.
Strong experience in multi-cloud environments.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a DevOps and SRE expert in SaaS and Infrastructure domains.

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Skills

Core Skills

TerraformCi/cdKubernetesAwsQuality EngineeringWeb DevelopmentData Analysis

Other Skills

Github ActionsContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)Google Cloud Platform (GCP)BashAmazon Web Services (AWS)JenkinsREST APIsTroubleshootingPython (Programming Language)ElasticsearchAnsiblePostgreSQLLinuxMongoDBWindows Server

About

A passionate DevOps and Site Reliability Engineer with deep expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure, automation, and scalable system design. I have led the development and optimization of robust, high-availability environments on Amazon Web Services (AWS)—delivering resilient solutions that ensure seamless deployments and operational excellence. In addition, I am also experienced with Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and bring a strong background in multi-cloud scenarios. My experience includes implementing CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure provisioning, and orchestrating containerized workloads with Kubernetes. I prioritize bridging the gap between development and operations by fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement. Troubleshooting, system optimization, and delivering innovative automation solutions are central to my approach. I thrive in dynamic environments where technology and process intersect, consistently ensuring reliable and efficient infrastructure to empower engineering teams and support business growth. Always eager to learn, adapt, and advance DevOps and SRE best practices, I am committed to enabling teams to innovate rapidly while maintaining high reliability and scalability.

Experience

5 yrs 7 mos

Total Experience

1 yr 10 mos

Average Tenure

2 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

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2 roles

Senior Developer I, Infrastructure

Jan 2026 – Present · 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Developer II, Infrastructure

Aug 2023 – Jan 2026 · 2 yrs 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

Designed end-to-end pipeline for cloning infrastructure across environments, including data, using GKE backups and restore.
Designed and implemented a process for using self-hosted runners for GitHub Actions using Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes.
Achieved significant cost reduction and enabled parallel execution of multiple pipelines through self-hosted runners
Worked to improve CI pipeline on AWS on Jenkins. Also assisted some junior developers with creating scripts for resource deletion and cost control on AWS.
Implemented developer QoL automations (e.g auto upmerge, pr-labelling) that saved a lot of redundant manual effort for the team.
Optimized cloud costs by automating resource scaling, reducing infrastructure expenses by
25%.
Working towards optimizing AWS EKS autoscaling using Karpenter.
Worked on implementation of GMP based monitoring stack on AWS EKS based infrastructure.
Handling customer deployments.
Enhanced deployment process of AWS infrastructure using bash and Python scripts.
Developed a new infrastructure deployment process with Terraform, resulting in a 2x reduction in deployment time.
Implemented GitHub Actions workflow for one-click Terraform codebase usage.

TerraformGithub ActionsContinuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD)KubernetesGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)Bash+2

Innovaccer

Site Reliability Engineer

Sep 2021 – Aug 2023 · 1 yr 11 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · On-site

Worked towards developing a pipeline for end to end deployment of cloud resources and Innovaccer applications in one click.
Working towards improving the oneclick pipeline code in Terraform and making it more robust and readable. Eventually, this helped in making the pipeline 3x faster.
Created automation scripts in Python for obtaining usage of different resources on AWS to estimate and reduce cloud costs.
Worked with a dedicated team to develop an infrastructure installer for deploying services on cloud using Python and Terraform.
Worked on creating automation scripts for deploying and monitoring security tools.
Worked on automating migration of data between cloud data resources like RDS, Elasticsearch and AWS S3.
Worked closely with customer and incident management teams to resolve production incidents and provide detailed RCAs.

TerraformREST APIsTroubleshootingPython (Programming Language)ElasticsearchAnsible+7

Commvault

Development Intern

Jan 2021 – Sep 2021 · 8 mos · Bengaluru, Karnataka, India · Remote

Responsible for analysing features deeply and reporting any possible bugs or fixes. Also, created scripts for automating test cases.

Quality EngineeringWindows ServerPython (Programming Language)VMWare ESXi

Mindhug

Technology Intern

May 2020 – Jul 2020 · 2 mos · New Delhi, Delhi, India · Remote

Developed a platform that can help people get knowledge and help with mental health issues. The platform was built on Flask. PostgreSQL was used as the primary database. The platform is deployed on the Google Cloud Platform.

JavaScriptFlaskGoogle Cloud Platform (GCP)jQueryPostgreSQLWeb Development

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Web Developer

Feb 2020 – Jan 2021 · 11 mos · Gurugram, Haryana, India · Remote

Developed a dashboard that will be used by the admin to assign social media platforms to the content provided by their clients. AWS S3 was used to store images and MongoDB was used as the primary database. The frontend was created using HTML, CSS, JS and Bootstrap and the backend was developed in Flask.

HTML CSSFlaskAmazon Web Services (AWS)jQueryDjangoWeb Development

Radio mirchi

Data Analysis Intern

Nov 2018 – Mar 2019 · 4 mos · Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India · Remote

During this internship, me and my team were successfully able to create a visualization tool for FCT Analysis and Song Analysis. The tool was a desktop application created in Python.

Plotly.jsPython (Programming Language)Data Analysis