Professional Experience

My Journey in Cloud & DevOps Engineering

From full-stack development to enterprise cloud infrastructure. A timeline of the roles, responsibilities, and technologies that have shaped my career in systems engineering.

Chapter 01 · Timeline

Milestones That Shaped Me

Sep 2021

B.Tech Computer Science — SKIT Jaipur

Foundation Years

Started my CS degree. Learned programming fundamentals, built first web projects with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React — and fell in love with creating things on screen.

2023

Smart India Hackathon

Team Lead · 8th Place Nationally

Led 'Well Mind Junction' — a mental health monitoring application for children aged 5–18. Handled research, strategy, and the jury presentation. First taste of real product thinking.

Jan 2024

First Freelance Project

Dubai Client · Remote

Delivered a stock prediction web application for a Dubai-based client. React + Tailwind CSS UI increased user engagement by 20%. Integrated Clerk for secure authentication.

Oct 2024

Full Stack Developer · Vcriate

Remote · Oct 2024 – Feb 2025

First professional role. Deployed MERN-stack apps on Hostinger VPS with Nginx, GitHub Actions CI/CD, PM2 uptime management, SSL provisioning, and JWT authentication.

Current

Apr 2025

DevOps Engineer · Celebal Tech

Current Role

Joined the enterprise infrastructure team. Managing HDFC banking operations, multi-cloud architecture across Azure/AWS/GCP, and hardening CI/CD pipelines at scale.

Jul 2025

Graduated — GPA 8.72

B.Tech Computer Science

Completed four years of computer science with top grades and a portfolio spanning full-stack web development, DevOps tooling, and cloud infrastructure engineering.

Chapter 02 · Experience

Where I've Worked

Celebal Tech

Current

DevOps Engineer

  • Managed OS and database patching for HDFC banking production servers — zero downtime maintained across all business-hours operations.
  • Reduced Azure CI/CD pipeline execution time from 10–20 min → 1–3 min for the internal CAM portal.
  • Hardened CT-VISA security: integrated SonarQube, migrated Docker containers to Distroless images, centralised secrets in Azure Key Vault.
  • Provisioned multi-cloud DR (POC): AWS VPCs + EC2 via Terraform, Azure Migrate Appliance for VMware/Hyper-V/Physical server discovery.
  • Configured enterprise network firewalls, CyberArk privileged access, and URL whitelisting for jump servers.
  • Investigated and resolved critical incidents — Quest DB disk utilisation bottlenecks, Zscaler and VDI connectivity failures.
AzureTerraformKubernetesDockerSonarQubeCyberArkAWSGCP

Vcriate

Full Stack Web Developer

  • Deployed and managed web applications on Hostinger VPS — configured Nginx for load balancing and optimised routing.
  • Automated deployments with GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines; ensured high uptime via PM2 process management.
  • Provisioned SSL certificates and implemented JWT authentication for secure MERN-stack API communication.
Node.jsReact.jsNginxGitHub ActionsPM2JWTMongoDB

Freelance

Full Stack Developer

  • Delivered a stock prediction web application for a Dubai-based client, collaborating with a backend developer.
  • Engineered a responsive React + Tailwind CSS interface — increased user engagement by 20%.
  • Integrated Clerk authentication for secure, role-based access control.
React.jsTailwind CSSClerk AuthPython

Chapter 03 · Technical Arsenal

What I Work With

A curated ecosystem of tools and technologies I use daily to architect, build, and scale production systems.

Cloud Platforms

Microsoft AzureAWS EC2 & VPCGoogle Cloud PlatformGKEAzure App ServiceAzure Key VaultAzure MonitorAzure MigrateACRCloudSQL

DevOps & IaC

TerraformAzure DevOpsGitHub ActionsDockerKubernetesDistroless ImagesPodmanVMwareHyper-V

Development

React.jsNext.jsNode.jsExpress.jsPythonBashREST APIsTailwind CSSHTML / CSS

Databases

MongoDBRedisCloudSQLSQL ServerQuest DB

DevSecOps & Security

SonarQubeCyberArkAzure Key VaultJWT AuthenticationSSL / TLSNginx Reverse ProxyNetwork Firewalls

Monitoring & Ops

Azure MonitorLog AnalyticsPM2ZscalerHostinger VPS
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