SJ

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Recent backend, DevOps, cloud, and Kubernetes work

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DevOps Intern

Confidential Startup · IIT Delhi, New Delhi (Hybrid)

Feb 2025 - Jun 2025

Handled infrastructure, Kubernetes operations, and CI/CD workflows with a production mindset around reliability, backups, and security hardening.

  • Managed on-prem Kubernetes and AWS EKS clusters running production workloads.
  • Provisioned infrastructure with Terraform and scripts, then deployed multi-container services with Docker Compose.
  • Integrated Trivy scans into CI/CD pipelines, improving release reliability by roughly 40%.
  • Built backup and restore workflows into the system instead of treating recovery as an afterthought.
  • Hardened infrastructure by closing exposed ports and automating kube-bench CIS checks.

LFX Mentee

Linux Foundation Mentorship - Kyverno · Remote (San Jose, USA org)

Sept 2024 - Nov 2024

Contributed controller-level code to Kyverno, working on Kubernetes policy lifecycle management, cleanup behavior, and reconciliation paths.

  • Implemented deletion propagation and lifecycle strategies in Kyverno CRDs.
  • Enforced cascading cleanup logic to prevent orphaned policy-generated resources.
  • Extended TTL cleanup controllers and tightened reconciliation behavior for complex policies.
  • Shipped production-grade changes through maintainer review in a CNCF Kubernetes project.