Sonal Kumar Singh

About Me

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Certified DevOps Engineer specializing in Kubernetes orchestration, GitOps implementation, and DevSecOps practices. Passionate about building scalable cloud-native solutions that deliver measurable improvements in deployment speed, infrastructure costs, and system reliability.

Key Achievements

Reduced deployment times by 90% through CI/CD optimizations
Achieved 25% infrastructure cost savings via Kubernetes optimizations
Migrated 50+ ETL jobs to AWS EKS with 30% runtime improvement
Implemented security gates blocking 15+ vulnerable builds

Core Skills

AWS & Azure

Kubernetes

Terraform

CI/CD Pipelines

DevSecOps

Monitoring

Technical Skills

Cloud & DevOps

AWS (EKS, EC2, S3) 90%

Azure (AKS, VMs) 85%

Kubernetes 88%

Terraform 85%

Development

Python 85%

Bash 90%

SQL 80%

Git 95%

CI/CD & Automation

Azure DevOps 92%

GitHub Actions 88%

Docker 90%

ArgoCD 85%

Monitoring & Security

Prometheus/Grafana 85%

ELK Stack 82%

Trivy 80%

SonarQube 78%

Professional Experience

Kubernetes Migration & Cost Optimization

HCLTech

Jan 2024 - Present

Migrated 50+ ETL jobs to AWS EKS, reducing runtime by 30%
Achieved 25% cost savings through spot instance configuration
Deployed centralized monitoring reducing MTTR from 4hrs to 2hrs
Ensured zero downtime during cutover process
Documented rollout process for other teams

CI/CD Pipeline Overhaul

HCLTech

Nov 2022 - Dec 2023

Reduced deployment time from 2hrs to 10mins with Azure DevOps
Blocked 15+ vulnerable builds with Trivy and SonarQube scans
Implemented ArgoCD reducing manual errors by 40%
Analyzed memory leaks using Grafana dashboards
Automated log retention cutting storage costs by 20%

Featured Projects

Cruddur - Micro-Blogging Platform

An ephemeral micro-blogging platform featuring containerized Flask backend, hybrid database model, and secure authentication with zero-downtime CI/CD pipeline.

Key Achievements:

70% faster release cycles with CodePipeline/CodeBuild
Hybrid database model (PostgreSQL + DynamoDB)
Secure auth with Cognito + Lambda authorizers
React SPA hosted on S3

Technologies:

Flask Docker PostgreSQL DynamoDB AWS Lambda React CodePipeline

SpringBoot Pet Clinic - DevSecOps Pipeline

End-to-end DevSecOps pipeline for Java SpringBoot application with comprehensive security scanning and multi-cloud deployments.

Key Achievements:

70% reduction in vulnerabilities with SAST/DAST scanning
Automated multi-registry deployments (JFrog, ACR, S3)
Self-hosted Azure DevOps agents on AWS EC2
Integrated SonarQube, OWASP ZAP, and Trivy

Technologies:

Azure DevOps SonarQube OWASP ZAP Trivy AWS EC2 Azure ACI JFrog

LLM Deployment Project

Deployment pipeline for Large Language Models with optimized inference and monitoring.

Key Features:

Containerized LLM deployment
Optimized inference endpoints
Performance monitoring
Scalable architecture

Technologies:

Docker Kubernetes Prometheus Grafana Python

Terraforming Swarm - Voting App

End-to-end deployment of Docker Voting App on AWS using Terraform, Packer, Ansible and Azure DevOps Pipelines.

Key Features:

Custom AMI creation with Packer
Infrastructure provisioning with Terraform
Docker Swarm cluster orchestration
Automated deployment via Azure DevOps
Configuration management with Ansible

Technologies:

Terraform Packer Ansible Docker Swarm Azure DevOps AWS EC2

Certifications

DevOps Engineer Expert

Microsoft Certified (AZ-400)

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Azure Administrator Associate

Microsoft Certified

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Associate Cloud Engineer

Google Cloud Certified

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