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Amit K. — Senior DevOps Engineer | Platform Engineer | SRE from Spain

Amit K.

Senior DevOps Engineer | Platform Engineer | SRE

Spain 6+ years
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Amit K. is an experienced DevOps Tech Lead and Senior Platform Engineer based in Barcelona, Spain. With over 8 years in building and operating cloud platforms, Amit has demonstrated expertise across AWS, Azure, and GCP environments. At Tikal Knowledge Ltd., Amit leads engagements to set cloud architecture direction, enforcing engineering standards and improving developer experiences. He has architected and managed multi-cluster Kubernetes platforms, promoting self-service workflows and reusable delivery patterns. At Mytheresa, he enhanced e-commerce platform reliability, managing the migration of legacy workloads to Amazon EKS and improving CI/CD pipelines. His tenure at Hexagon Technologies involved ensuring service reliability and scalability in hybrid environments. Amit holds certifications in Platform Engineering, Terraform, and AWS, and is recognized as a Terragrunt Ambassador. His technical acumen spans infrastructure as code, CI/CD automation, and site reliability engineering, making substantial contributions to operational efficiency and innovation.

Experience

  • DevOps Tech Lead / Platform Engineer

    Tikal Knowledge Ltd. · 2022 — Present
    Direct platform engineering and DevOps projects for both startups and enterprises, focusing on cloud architecture, engineering standards, infrastructure automation, and enhancements to developer experiences. Developed internal developer platforms utilizing Port.io, Crossplane, and GitOps, resulting in self-service workflows and established golden paths for infrastructure provisioning. Established platform standards and created reusable delivery patterns that were embraced by engineering teams, enhancing the consistency and operability of new services. Designed multi-cluster Kubernetes platforms across EKS, AKS, and GKE, managing migrations from VMs and Cloud Run to Kubernetes along with the lifecycle of over 15 production clusters. Launched ephemeral review environments, facilitating rapid provisioning

  • Senior DevOps Engineer / SRE

    Mytheresa · 2021 — 2022
    Ensured platform reliability and managed production operations for a high-volume e-commerce platform. Transitioned over 20 legacy Amazon EC2 workloads to Amazon EKS, facilitating the adoption of containerization and standardizing deployments of microservices. Established standardized Helm charts and Kubernetes deployment practices, which included HPA and VPA autoscaling for improved operability. Implemented blue-green and canary deployment methods using ArgoCD to allow for secure zero-downtime releases during peak business periods. Updated CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions while incorporating Trivy and Snyk for security scans, resulting in an increase in release frequency. Strengthened EKS environments by applying network policies, RBAC, AWS Secrets Manager, and

  • Site Reliability Engineer

    Hexagon Technologies · 2020 — 2021
    Maintained reliability, scalability, and performance of essential services across hybrid AWS and on-premises infrastructure. Managed production Kubernetes clusters with an emphasis on secure deployments, horizontal scaling, rolling upgrades, and cluster hardening measures. Developed monitoring and alerting solutions using Prometheus and Grafana, which improved incident response times and service visibility. Optimized Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for over 10 microservices to enhance automation in deployment processes. Engaged in on-call rotations and incident response, crafting runbooks and standard operating procedures for common operational challenges. Employed Terraform for standardized infrastructure provisioning, minimizing manual configurations within hybrid setups.

  • IT Infrastructure Manager

    ESN Global Media Ltd. · 2017 — 2020
    Advanced from IT Specialist to IT Infrastructure Manager, overseeing infrastructure and end-user technology for a workforce of over 200 global employees. Supervised AWS infrastructure, VMware virtualization, administration of Windows and Linux servers, Active Directory management, networking tasks, and enterprise storage systems. Initiated early cloud migration projects to AWS that led to reduced infrastructure costs while enhancing scalability and service availability. Streamlined operational processes through automation using PowerShell and Bash, cutting down manual infrastructure efforts.

Skills & Expertise

DevOps EngineerWorkday HCM

Education

  • Diploma in IT Infrastructures, Networking, Cloud, and Information Security
    Technion - Israel Institute of Technology · — — 2018