Ayush Shah

Lead DevOps Engineer

Confidentials • Full time

Dec 2020 - Present • 5 yrs 9 mos

Currently working as a Lead DevOps Engineer (since Jan 2025), promoted from Sr. DevOps Engineer (2023–24) and DevOps Engineer (2021–22) — a track record built on consistent delivery across client engagements. Certifications: AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator – Associate Datadog Certified Fundamentals What I bring: CI/CD & Automation — Built end-to-end pipelines with GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, and ArgoCD, reducing deployment time and manual errors across production systems. Infrastructure as Code — Designed AWS environments from scratch with Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK (Python), including a microservices platform for an automobile marketplace and a Terraform-based rebuild for a gardening advisory platform. Microservices & Containers — Architected Docker/Kubernetes (EKS) systems, including a sports club/tournament platform with security hardening (Security Hub, Network Firewall) on a cost-conscious budget. Monitoring & Reliability — Implemented CloudWatch, Datadog, and Grafana observability for proactive issue detection. Scaled Email Infrastructure — Built auto-scaling AWS systems for a marketing platform handling email delivery and open/click/unsubscribe tracking (Mailgun, SES, API Gateway, RDS) at scale. Highlights: Promoted twice internally based on delivery quality Delivered across 4+ domains: marketing tech, e-commerce, advisory platforms, event management Security-first approach on every project (SonarCloud, Security Hub, IAM least-privilege) I focus on what clients actually care about: reliability, availability, and cost-efficiency — with clear communication on trade-offs so you make informed decisions.