Saikat Ghosh

Software Engineer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India14 yrs 3 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Over 13 years of experience in Cloud and DevOps.
Expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code.
Proven track record of optimizing production infrastructure.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Cloud and DevOps expert in the SaaS industry.

Contact

Skills

Core Skills

CloudDevopsObservabilitySoftware Development

Other Skills

PythonKubernetesDockerPulumi IaCTerraformLinuxSREPrometheusThanosGrafanaCI/CDAWSAnsibleSystem DesignProblem Solving

About

AWS Certified Software Engineer with over 13 years of industry experience in Public Cloud, Linux-based infrastructure, DevOps, Observability, API architecture, and optimizing mission-critical use cases over production infrastructure. Proven expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, and experienced in implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) solutions using Pulumi, Terraform, and GitOps methodologies.

Experience

14 yrs 3 mos

Total Experience

2 yrs 10 mos

Average Tenure

4 yrs 9 mos

Current Experience

Apple

Software Engineer

Aug 2021 – Present · 4 yrs 9 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid

● Skills : Cloud, Python, Kubernetes, Docker, Pulumi IaC, Terraform, Observability, Linux, SRE
● Developed infrastructure automation framework using Python and Pulumi IaC
● Implemented containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes to orchestrate microservices
architecture.
● Built an Observability platform with Prometheus, Thanos, and Grafana to facilitate monitoring of
application and system metrics at scale, incorporating custom dashboards and alerts.
● Design and Develop CI/CD frameworks for infrastructure provisioning and delivery pipelines
● Utilized AWS cloud services (S3, SQS, SNS, EC2, EKS, IAM, Lambda, RDS, VPC, CloudFormation) to design and implement scalable and resilient solutions.
● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to optimize software delivery pipelines and ensure continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) practices.
● Drive DevSecOps transformation
● Developed automation for infrastructure with the focus on platform reliability and resiliency.
● Build, lead and support IaaS platforms including configurations for RBAC, Security Groups, IAM Roles
etc.
● Designed and implemented scalable cloud architecture, utilizing Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Docker
containers, resulting in a 50% increase in system reliability and a 40% reduction in infrastructure costs.
● Led the migration of legacy on-premise applications to the cloud, successfully completing the project ahead
of schedule and within budget, resulting in improved scalability, flexibility, and cost-efficiency.
● Work with many global teams and communicate effectively, both written and verbal, with technical and
non-technical multi-functional teams
● Acted as the subject matter expert for cloud technologies, providing guidance and mentorship to junior
engineers, conducting technical training sessions, and staying up-to-date with the latest industry trends and best practices.

CloudPythonKubernetesDockerPulumi IaCTerraform+4

Accenture

Lead DevOps Engineer

Oct 2019 – Jul 2021 · 1 yr 9 mos · Kolkata Area, India · On-site

● Skills : AWS, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Ansible, Python, Linux
● Led a team of software engineers in developing and deploying cloud-based applications, resulting in a 25%
reduction in deployment time and a 30% improvement in overall system performance.
● Manage the cloud infrastructure environment through cross technology administration (OS, databases,
virtual networks), execution of scripting and monitoring automations
● Maintaining infrastructure-as-a-code using tools such Terraform and CloudFormation
● Configure & troubleshoot VPC and it’s components, NACL, Security Groups
● Design, implement, configure & create S3, Virtual Private Cloud, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling and
Route53.
● Configure & troubleshoot AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)
● Create & configure Lambda function with Python.
● Configure and troubleshoot AWS Monitoring and logging tools such as Elasticsearch (ELK), Cloud Watch
● Other working skills : Linux OS, Terraform, Ansible
● Configure and administer Kubernetes service on AWS environment (EKS)

AWSKubernetesDockerTerraformAnsiblePython+3

Mass software solutions

2 roles

Lead DevOps Engineer

Promoted

Jul 2016 – Oct 2019 · 3 yrs 3 mos

Leads technical design and development activities, as well as performing development tasks.
Complex Problem solving
System Design
Handle production and staging deployment process.
Proactively identifies, recommends, and implements improvements to the development process.
Mentors less experienced team members.
Responsible for code review of the team members.
Handling Release and Build of Application in AWS Cloud.
Cloud Services (AWS)
Design, implement, configure & create Amazon EC2 instances with or without availability zones
Deploy on Production via Elastic Beanstalk.
Design, implement, configure & create RDS instances with or without availability zones.
Implement & troubleshoot the snapshot for all the instances (EC2 & RDS)
Design, implement, configure & create S3, Virtual Private Cloud, Elastic Load Balancing, Auto Scaling and
Route53.
Hands on experience in AWS Developer Tools: CodeCommit, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CodePipeline.
Estimation of AWS usage costs using various AWS tools.
Configure & troubleshoot Direct Connect/VPC, NACL, security groups.
Configure & troubleshoot AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM).
Provide designs based on the AWS recommended architectural principles and best practices.
Configure and troubleshoot AWS Monitoring and logging tools such as Cloud Watch.
Configure & Troubleshoot Storage Gateway, CloudFront
Create & configure Lambda function.
APM & Infrastructure monitoring with New Relic.
Design and configure websocket server with Socket.io, ECS Fargate & Docker.
Infrastructure automation with CloudFormation on AWS.

AWSSystem DesignProblem SolvingDevOpsCloud

Senior Application Developer

Aug 2013 – Jul 2016 · 2 yrs 11 mos

Provided methodologies for object-oriented software development and efficient database design.
Reviewed user requirements, analyzed, designed, implemented, installed and delivered training for new
applications.
Created and implemented development strategies for impactful projects.
Monitored operation of assigned programs and responded to problems by diagnosing and correcting logic
and coding errors.
Collaborated with Client to ensure proper delivery of business features.
Guided 5-6 members' support team in solving complex issues.
Trained new developers and programmers on company standards for design and review.

Software DevelopmentDatabase DesignProblem Solving

Ilico services ltd.

Application Developer

Apr 2012 – May 2013 · 1 yr 1 mo · Kolkata Area, India

Collaborated with other developers to identify and alleviate the number of bugs in the software.
Designed and developed computer software web applications.
Utilized programming capabilities in PHP, SQL and JavaScript and other libraries as needed.

Techduple

Application Developer

Oct 2011 – Apr 2012 · 6 mos · Kolkata Area, India

Designed, implemented and monitored web pages and sites for continuous improvement in a fast-paced
environment.
Pitched in to assist senior developers when deadlines were pressing and staffing needs were minimal.
Built website interfaces with HTML and CSS.
Provided continued maintenance and development of bug fixes and patch sets for existing web applications.
Utilized programming capabilities in PHP, SQL and JavaScript and other libraries as needed.