Hi, my name is
Bijay Pathak
Platform / Site Reliability Engineer
DevSecOps | Kubestronaut | AWS DevOps Professional
Building secure, reliable Kubernetes platforms on AWS, with measurable improvements in cost, performance, and MTTR. I design and operate production Kubernetes platforms, leading migrations, autoscaling, observability, and security hardening. Remote-first, async-friendly, and comfortable collaborating across time zones.
Timezone: UTC+5:45 | EU & US overlap
01. About Me
I'm a Platform / SRE engineer focused on production Kubernetes on AWS. I help teams migrate to EKS, scale efficiently with Karpenter, improve reliability with strong observability and incident practices, and embed security controls using a DevSecOps mindset.
With 7+ years of hands-on experience, I've led platform migrations, built autoscaling infrastructure, reduced MTTR through better observability, and driven cost optimization across cloud environments.
Here are the core technologies and practices I work with:
- Kubernetes (Kubestronaut)
- AWS (EKS, IAM, VPC)
- Terraform + GitOps (ArgoCD)
- Observability (Prometheus / Grafana / Loki)
- Security Hardening (CKS)
- CI/CD Pipelines
02. Experience
Lead Platform / DevOps Engineer
Instant Access Technologies
May 2024 - Present
- Architected and led Kubernetes platform deployment across multi-cloud environments, standardising workload orchestration
- Redesigned CI/CD pipelines with GitOps (ArgoCD), reducing deployment lead time by 70%
- Drove 30% cloud cost reduction through right-sizing, Karpenter autoscaling, and reserved-instance planning
- Established SLO-driven reliability practices and on-call runbooks for production services
- Supported SOC 2, ISO 27001, and HIPAA compliance as part of broader platform security posture
Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
Grepsr
Mar 2023 - May 2024
- Built end-to-end observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana, and Loki, reducing MTTR by 45%
- Designed and maintained EKS-based platform serving production workloads at scale
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and drift detection with Terraform, cutting manual toil by 40%
- Implemented security hardening across clusters, including RBAC, network policies, and image scanning
DevOps Engineer
Genese Solution
Feb 2022 - Mar 2023
- Built and managed AWS infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation for multi-account environments
- Led containerisation adoption with Docker and Kubernetes, migrating legacy workloads to EKS
- Developed CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scanning, and blue-green deployments
- Improved application reliability through load testing, capacity planning, and incident response processes
Cloud Solution Architect
Huawei Cloud
Aug 2021 - Jan 2022
- Architected cloud-native solutions on Huawei Cloud, designing for high availability and fault tolerance
- Designed containerised microservice architectures with Kubernetes for production deployments
- Built automated provisioning and deployment pipelines for customer-facing platforms
- Optimised application performance through caching strategies, CDN configuration, and auto-scaling policies
DevOps Engineer
Genese Solution
Jan 2019 - Apr 2021
- Built foundational AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation and early Terraform adoption
- Pioneered Kubernetes adoption within the team, containerising applications with Docker and K8s
- Established CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, enabling continuous delivery
- Collaborated with development teams on performance tuning, monitoring, and incident triage
03. Certifications
Kubestronaut
All 5 Kubernetes Certifications Completed
Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional
Amazon Web Services
04. Case Studies
ECS/EC2 → EKS Migration
Led a full platform migration from legacy ECS and EC2 workloads to Amazon EKS, re-architecting services for Kubernetes-native orchestration with Helm charts and ArgoCD-driven GitOps.
Karpenter Autoscaling
Replaced Cluster Autoscaler with Karpenter for intelligent, workload-aware node provisioning. Tuned consolidation policies and spot instance strategies to balance cost with reliability.
Observability & MTTR Reduction
Designed a comprehensive observability platform with Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and custom alerting rules. Introduced SLO dashboards and structured on-call rotations with post-incident reviews.
05. Get In Touch
I'm currently open to global remote opportunities in Platform Engineering and SRE. Whether you have a role, a question, or just want to connect — I'd love to hear from you.