VINOD BALAKRISHNA
DevOps Engineer
AWS · Kubernetes · Terraform · GitOps · Observability · FinOps
Professional Summary
DevOps Engineer with 10+ years of experience building, automating, and operating cloud-native infrastructure across AWS, Kubernetes, VMware, and hybrid environments. Experienced in designing scalable infrastructure, implementing GitOps workflows, automating cloud operations, and improving platform reliability for enterprise healthcare applications.
Proven track record managing 8 AWS EKS clusters across 4 environments, supporting 40–50 applications, enabling 20+ engineers, and driving approximately 30% cloud cost optimization through automation and FinOps initiatives. Strong expertise in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, Infrastructure as Code, Observability, and Production Operations.
Career Highlights
10+
Years across DevOps, Cloud Infrastructure & Automation
8
Amazon EKS Clusters Managed (Dev, Stage, Val, Prod)
40-50
Applications & Microservices Maintained in Production
~30%
Infrastructure Cost Reduction Achieved via FinOps
Core Competencies & Technical Skills
Cloud Platforms
AWS (EKS, EC2, VPC, IAM, S3)
Tencent Cloud
VMware
AWS Outposts
Container Platforms
Kubernetes
Amazon EKS
Docker
Docker Compose
Helm
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform
Terragrunt
Terratest
Ansible
CI/CD & GitOps
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD
ArgoCD
Jenkins
CircleCI
Monitoring & Observability
Prometheus
Grafana
Loki
CloudWatch
ELK Stack
New Relic
Languages & Scripting
Python
Bash / Shell
Go
SQL
DevOps & Platform Practices
GitOps
Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
FinOps Cost Optimization
Incident Management & RCA
Cloud Migration
Infrastructure Automation
Professional Experience
DevOps Engineer
Philips — Bangalore, India
- Designed, built, and operated cloud-native application platforms on AWS supporting mission-critical enterprise healthcare applications.
- Managed 8 Amazon EKS clusters hosting 40+ applications across development, staging, validation, and production environments.
- Led end-to-end migration of applications and deployment pipelines from Cloud Foundry to Kubernetes.
- Established GitOps deployment practices using ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI with zero-downtime rollouts.
- Implemented production observability stacks using Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and AWS CloudWatch for real-time alerting and metrics.
- Delivered approximately 30% infrastructure cost reduction through optimization, right-sizing, Spot instances, and FinOps automation.
DevOps Engineer
Qualitest — Bangalore, India
- Built automated infrastructure testing frameworks using Terraform and Terratest to validate cloud configurations before deployment.
- Automated CI/CD validation workflows and administered hybrid VMware and Linux enterprise environments.
- Integrated automated security checks and code quality gates into deployment pipelines.
DevOps / QA Engineer
Plank Labs — Bangalore, India
- Managed AWS cloud infrastructure, EC2 fleet provisioning, and automated CI/CD deployment pipelines.
- Spearheaded performance testing initiatives, load profiling, and cloud infrastructure cost optimization efforts.
Associate Software Engineer
Accenture — Bangalore, India
- Automated functional testing, test orchestration, and operational automation routines.
- Integrated continuous integration pipelines and participated in production support and release management activities.
Certifications
DevOps Engineering on AWS
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Gen AI Ninja White Belt Foundation
Philips
GitOps Certified for Argo
Codefresh
Git Tutorials
Great Learning
Google Analytics for Beginners
Google Analytics Academy
Tricentis Certified Professional Level 1 & 2
Tricentis
Agile Certification
Agile Methodologies
Education
Bachelor of Computer Applications (BCA)
Mangalore University (SDM College Ujire)