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Hritik Munde

DevOps & Platform Engineer

Platform engineer specializing in cloud-native infrastructure, GitOps, and DevSecOps. Building self-service IDPs, zero-trust CI/CD pipelines, and production-grade observability platforms across AWS, Azure, and Kubernetes.

Resume

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01.Technical Arsenal

CI/CD & GitOps

GitHub ActionsJenkinsGitLab CICircleCIArgoCDAzure DevOpsProgressive Delivery

Containers & Orchestration

DockerKubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE)HelmKustomizeMicroservicesMulti-cluster management

Cloud & IaC

AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS)AzureGCPTerraformCrossplaneAnsible

Observability & Reliability

PrometheusGrafanaLokiOpenTelemetryDatadogDynatraceIstio Service MeshSLO/Error Budgeting

Security & DevSecOps

OPA GatekeeperCosignSBOM (Syft)TrivySnykLitmus ChaosHashiCorp Vault

Deployment Strategies

Blue-GreenCanaryRolling UpdatesAutomated RollbacksSelf-Healing Infrastructure

Languages & Scripting

Python (Django, FastAPI)GoJavaTypeScriptBash/ShellSQL

Networking & Security

NginxTraefikFirewallsIAMVPNSSL/TLS

Databases & Storage

PostgreSQLMongoDBRedisEtcdS3

02.Featured Deployments

Shipyard IDP — Internal Developer Platform

A self-service Internal Developer Platform built on Backstage that reduces cloud-native service provisioning from 3-day tickets to under 3 minutes, with full GitOps automation and observability.

▹Backstage scaffolding templates auto-provision GitHub repos, Actions CI/CD pipelines, and AWS RDS databases via Crossplane on every developer request.

▹ArgoCD App of Apps GitOps pattern for zero-touch Kubernetes deployments across microservices.

▹Full observability via Prometheus ServiceMonitors and Grafana dashboards.

BackstageCrossplaneArgoCDTerraformKubernetesPrometheus

Zero-Trust CI/CD Supply Chain Pipeline

A hardened software supply chain pipeline that blocks 100% of unverified images from production Kubernetes using policy enforcement, image signing, and automated vulnerability scanning.

▹OPA Gatekeeper admission policies reject unsigned or unregistered container images at deploy time.

▹SBOMs generated with Syft and images signed with Cosign per build for supply chain integrity.

▹Trivy vulnerability scanning integrated into GitHub Actions to surface critical CVEs before merge.

GitHub ActionsCosignSyftOPA GatekeeperTrivyKubernetes

Self-Healing Kubernetes Platform

An automated remediation platform that detects failures and rolls back to healthy releases without human intervention, validated under real failure conditions.

▹Prometheus detects error rate threshold breaches, AlertManager fires a webhook, and ArgoCD automatically rolls back to the last healthy release.

▹Validated under real failure conditions by injecting pod crashes and traffic spikes.

▹Confirmed sub-5-minute automated recovery with tuned SLI alert thresholds.

KubernetesPrometheusAlertManagerArgoCDGrafanaPython

FinOps Governance Agent

An automated cloud cost governance agent that detects spend overruns, identifies cost drivers, and delivers real-time breakdowns to engineering teams via Slack.

▹Python agent detects daily forecast overruns, identifies top cost drivers, and scans for untagged resources.

▹Automated Slack notifications with per-service AWS cost breakdowns.

▹CloudWatch budget alerts and tagging policy enforcement to reduce unplanned cloud spend.

PythonAWS Cost ExplorerBoto3Slack APICloudWatchLambda

GitOps Multi-Environment Pipeline

A structured dev/staging/prod promotion pipeline using ArgoCD ApplicationSets with automated health gates and full Git audit trail across all environments.

▹Code merged to main auto-deploys to dev, passes automated health gates, promotes to staging, then requires manual approval for production.

▹Automatic rollback on failed health checks with Kustomize per-environment overlays.

▹Full Git audit trail for every environment change eliminates manual deployment coordination.

ArgoCDApplicationSetsKustomizeGitHub ActionsKubernetes

LLM Inference Platform

Production-grade LLM serving infrastructure on Kubernetes with autoscaling on request queue depth, GitOps deployment, and full observability across GPU replicas.

▹Built LLM serving with vLLM on Kubernetes with horizontal pod autoscaling on request queue depth.

▹GitOps deployment via ArgoCD with Terraform-provisioned EKS on AWS.

▹Implemented deployment health gates and automated rollback triggers.

vLLMKubernetesArgoCDPrometheusGrafanaTerraformGitHub Actions

Automated Honeypot Farm

A Kubernetes-native honeypot deployment system designed to capture and analyze automated network attacks using multiple personas (Web Server, Edge Router, Domain Controller).

▹Deployed on AWS EKS using Terraform for Infrastructure as Code.

▹Implemented centralized logging and visualization with Loki, Promtail, and Grafana.

▹Secured with NetworkPolicies and AWS Security Groups for strict isolation.

KubernetesAWS EKSTerraformGrafana/LokiCowrie

Distributed Logging & Alerting

A lightweight, real-time logging pipeline for Kubernetes that captures error logs via Fluent Bit, bridges them to an Etcd cluster, and triggers alerts.

▹Built custom Go microservices (Bridge & Watcher) for log processing and alerting.

▹Utilized Fluent Bit for efficient, low-overhead log forwarding and filtering.

▹Leveraged Etcd for consistent, distributed storage of alert states.

GoKubernetesEtcdFluent BitDistributed Systems

Library Catalog Monolith

A full-stack Spring Boot application demonstrating modern DevOps practices including containerization, CI/CD, and cloud deployment.

▹Containerized Java Spring Boot application using Docker.

▹Implemented secure role-based authentication and CRUD operations.

▹Automated build and test pipelines via GitHub Actions.

Java Spring BootDockerCI/CDRenderPostgreSQL

Scalable Thumbnail Generator

A production-style, cloud-native system for parallel image processing using Kubernetes HPA and custom metrics.

▹Architected a scalable pipeline with Flask, Celery, and Redis for asynchronous task processing.

▹Implemented Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) based on custom Redis queue depth metrics.

▹Provisioned AWS EKS infrastructure using Terraform.

Kubernetes HPATerraformAWS EKSPython/CeleryRedis

03.Career & Certifications

Work History

Graduate Teaching Assistant (Part-time)

Indiana University, Dept. of Computer Science

Aug 2025 - Present

Bloomington, IN

▹Spearheaded a self-service Linux sandbox environment for 100+ students using automated shell scripts and network isolation, reducing setup overhead for instructors by 20 hours per week.
▹Engineered an automated grading pipeline using Shell scripts and Autograder to validate code submissions, creating a CI/CD-like feedback loop that reduced grading turnaround time by 40%.

DevOps Engineer — Infrastructure Platform

UST

Jul 2022 - Jul 2024

Pune, India

▹Cut delivery cycles 93% (4hrs to 15min) for 40+ microservices via ArgoCD/Jenkins/Helm GitOps; implemented Blue-Green/Canary for zero-downtime upgrades for a Tier-1 US telecom.
▹Reduced MTTR 50% (under 90min) via Prometheus/Grafana/Loki stack; utilized Istio Service Mesh for traffic management and SLI/SLO dashboards to catch 80% of issues before user impact.
▹Eliminated 90% configuration drift across 200+ K8s nodes via Ansible/Terraform provisioning; reduced server setup time from hours to 30 minutes.
▹Engineered automated DR runbooks, achieving an 87% RTO improvement (4hrs to 30min) and ensuring 100% compliance during quarterly security and enterprise audits.
▹Architected migration to Azure (AKS), leveraging HPA and Cluster Autoscalers to handle 30% peak traffic surges without manual intervention.
▹Led shift-left security integration of Trivy/SonarQube into CI/CD pipelines, reducing production vulnerabilities by 40% across all cloud-native and microservice environments.

Software Engineer Intern

Tata Motors

Aug 2021 - May 2022

Pune, India

▹Engineered 3+ production-level Python scripts to automate recurring operational workflows, resulting in a 60% reduction in manual toil for the engineering team.
▹Collaborated with the core engineering team to optimize SQL queries and backend API endpoints, improving internal dashboard load times by 25%.

Certifications

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

Red Hat

Issued 2022

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003)

HashiCorp

Issued 2023

Education

Indiana University Bloomington

Master of Science in Computer Science

Aug 2024 - May 2026

GPA: 3.9/4. Focusing on Cloud Computing, Distributed Systems, and Network Security.

MIT Academy of Engineering, Pune

Bachelor of Technology in Computer Engineering

Aug 2018 - May 2022

GPA: 3.65/4. Specialized in Software Development, Database Management, and Network Security.

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