Kushagra Saxena

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer

SRE with 6+ years of experience in managing large‑scale AWS/GCP production environments. Expert in Kubernetes, automation, and GitOps (ArgoCD, Helm), with strong proficiency in CI/CD systems. Skilled in Terraform, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and observability tooling to deliver scalable, fault‑tolerant, and cost‑efficient infrastructure.

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What I'm Doing

DevOps & Automation

Develop, Build, Deploy and Monitor. Workflow Automation, Scripting, Configuration Management.

Security & Monitoring

Access Control, Encryption, Vulnerability Scanning, Compliance, Threat Detection, Incident Response.

Site Reliability

Observability, Load Balancing, Scalability, High Availability and Incident Management.

Training & Mentoring

Training, Resources, Individual Roadmaps, Mentoring.

Professional Experience & Skills

6+ years of experience in Site Reliability Engineering and DevOps

Professional Experience

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Exabeam

03/2024 - Present

Led migration from Looker Classic to Looker Core across Dev/Staging/Prod using Terraform; authored complete provisioning and deployment documentation. Developed custom Kubernetes operators to automate Spanner autoscaling and per-customer Logstash deployments using Helm and ArgoCD. Implemented Falco for runtime security with custom rules and GitOps-based rollout.

Key Achievements

Led migration from Looker Classic to Looker Core across Dev/Staging/Prod using Terraform
Developed custom Kubernetes operators to automate Spanner autoscaling and per-customer Logstash deployments
Implemented Falco for runtime security with custom rules and GitOps-based rollout
Enforced secure networking via Istio and iptables for restricting internet egress
Integrated Sysdig image scanning into GitHub Actions pipelines
Deployed and managed 10+ ClickHouse clusters with GCP Private Connect
Configured Grafana alerts routed to Opsgenie to enhance incident response workflows

Technologies Used

Kubernetes Terraform Helm ArgoCD Falco Istio GCP GitHub Actions Docker Prometheus Grafana ClickHouse MongoDB Sysdig Opsgenie Kustomize Spanner Logstash VPC Private Connect

Member of Technical Staff - 2

VMWare

04/2022 - 12/2023

Automated Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) integration into Tanzu Mission Control (TMC); resolved issues across multi-cloud platforms (AKS, EKS, GKE). Developed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Concourse for end-to-end automation of code promotion and infrastructure provisioning.

Key Achievements

Automated Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) integration into Tanzu Mission Control (TMC)
Developed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Concourse for end-to-end automation
Created a custom Concourse resource to detect code changes and build containers
Built and maintained a test automation framework (Ginkgo, Go) for validating upgrades
Designed automation for syncing container images across registries
Extended the internal test platform to support public cloud clusters (EKS, AKS, GKE)
Automated AWS cost optimizations using API-driven scheduling and tagging strategies

Technologies Used

Tanzu Jenkins Concourse Ginkgo Go AWS Multi-cloud TKG TMC AKS EKS GKE Harbor ECR Harbor API Gateway Cost Optimization Test Automation CI/CD Container Orchestration

Senior Software Engineer

Capgemini

09/2019 - 04/2022

Led development of a scalable test automation framework for Guidewire Insurance Suite (State Farm Insurance), reducing testing time by 8x. Improved PolicyCenter message processing throughput by 11% through queue optimization.

Key Achievements

Led development of a scalable test automation framework for Guidewire Insurance Suite
Improved PolicyCenter message processing throughput by 11% through queue optimization
Optimized backend services by reducing unnecessary DB queries, achieving 35% faster response times
Deployed and managed enterprise apps on AWS Linux servers
Built an automated headless server management system that reduced downtime
Designed tools (e.g., GAnalyzer) to validate Guidewire data models
Led development of an employee management portal (Spring Boot + Angular) with JWT-based access control

Technologies Used

Guidewire Spring Boot Angular AWS Java Test Automation PolicyCenter State Farm JWT REST APIs MySQL PostgreSQL Linux Shell Scripting Performance Tuning Monitoring Alerting Web Development Database Optimization Queue Management

Technical Skills

DevOps & SRE

Kubernetes

95%

Helm & ArgoCD

90%

Kubernetes Operators

90%

AWS

92%

GCP

90%

Terraform

90%

Ansible

85%

CloudFormation

80%

Docker

90%

Istio

85%

CI/CD & GitOps

95%

Jenkins

90%

GitHub Actions

90%

Observability & Security

88%

Prometheus

88%

Grafana

88%

CloudWatch

85%

ELK

85%

Programming & Tools

GoLang

90%

Bash

92%

Python

85%

PostgreSQL

80%

MongoDB

78%

Git

88%

Java

80%

Portfolio

Business Ideas Platform: FullStack AI-Powered App

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Built a full-stack web application using React (frontend), Golang (backend), and Neo4j (graph database) for managing business ideas with user collaboration and like/comments features. Integrated Auth0 for secure user authentication and role-based access control. Leveraged AI tools like Cursor, Claude.ai, and other agents to accelerate development, perform code reviews, and generate boilerplate efficiently. Demonstrated applied experience in AI-assisted development workflows, enhancing productivity and speeding up feature delivery.

React Golang Neo4j Auth0 AI Tools

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RTCM: Remote Traffic Control & Monitoring System

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Designed and developed an IoT-based intelligent traffic control system using Python, Raspberry Pi, and Google Maps Public API. System dynamically adjusted traffic light timing based on real-time traffic data and congestion patterns. Built with a vision to enable choke-point analysis, live visualization, and improved city traffic planning. Demonstrated capabilities in hardware-software integration, real-time data streaming, and crowd-sourced analytics.

Python Raspberry Pi Google Maps API IoT Real-time Data

ExcelSheetMapper

Developed a tool using Apache POI (Java) to automate the extraction and consolidation of data from multiple Excel sheets. Designed logic to intelligently map and merge inputs into a single structured output file. Achieved a 93% reduction in manual copying errors, significantly increasing accuracy and operational throughput. Helped eliminate repetitive work in internal workflows, showcasing potential for enterprise data processing automation.

Java Apache POI Excel Automation Data Processing

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Achievements & Recognition

Awards and recognition for exceptional contributions

Award • 2024

Exabeam Recognition

Received multiple "Pat on the Back" awards for consistent high-impact contributions and ownership of critical SRE initiatives.

SRE Leadership Exabeam

Award • 2022-2023

VMWare Excellence

Received 6+ spot awards for exceptional performance on different products.

VMWare Performance Multi-cloud

Innovation • 2020

Capgemini Innovation

Awarded as winners in solution development under WeSynergize initiative 2020 — Developed a Spring/Angular based web app.

Spring Boot Angular Web Development

Leadership • 2017-2018

GDSC College Lead

Google Developer Student Clubs (07/2017 - 06/2018) — Worked in developing various app solutions for local businesses to connect them to internet and enhance their business.

Google Student Leadership Community

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Education & Certifications

Education

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B.Tech (Hons.) in Computer Science and Engineering
ABES Engineering College, Ghaziabad
07/2015 - 06/2019

Certifications

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Oracle Certified Associate – Java SE 8 Programmer I (1Z0-808)
Secured 92% score

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Email

Kushagra.saxena.3@gmail.com

Location

Delhi, India

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