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vishal
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devops engineer · builder · writer

~3.5 years building cloud infrastructure, ci/cd systems, and platform engineering. pune-based, nomad-curious, startup-minded.

awskubernetesterraformdevopssreplatform engpython
experience3.5 years
current roledevops engineer
companysms-magic
aws accounts6 managed
bloghashnode
statusopen to work
current location
pune → kashmir
india circuit · remote-first · available globally

work

selected projects

full resume →
01
ecs fargate migration
migrated 40+ microservices across 6 aws accounts from ec2 to ecs fargate. django, websocket, celery stacks. zero downtime, full compliance.
aws ecsterraformdocker
02
gitlab ce v12 → v18 upgrade
22 version steps, 2 os upgrades, ~40 hours, zero data loss. documented publicly with every post-upgrade issue resolved and explained.
gitlabaws ec2devops
03
eks + argocd + airflow platform
full kubernetes platform with gitops via argocd, apache airflow for orchestration, prometheus + grafana observability stack.
eksargocdairflow
04
terraform shared library
reusable terraform module library adopted by 4 projects. cut infra provisioning time 40%, enforced compliance guardrails across all environments.
terraformiacaws

blog

from the blog

all posts on hashnode →
gitlab ce: v12.1.6 to v18.5.2 — the complete upgrade story

22 version jumps, 2 os upgrades, every issue documented. the guide that didn't exist anywhere else.

read on hashnode →
ecs fargate migration: 40 microservices, 6 accounts, zero downtime

the war story behind migrating a multi-account django/websocket stack to ecs fargate.

coming soon →
building a terraform shared library teams actually use

how to design reusable modules that your teams will actually adopt instead of fork-and-forget.

coming soon →
the sap btp learning path for an aws devops engineer

80% skill transfer, 20% new paradigm. how to pivot from aws to sap btp with what you already know.

coming soon →

open source

on github

github.com/vishalrath0d →
terraform-aws-modules

shared terraform modules for multi-account aws setups with compliance guardrails built in.

hcl · terraform
gitlab-upgrade-guide

step-by-step scripts and notes for gitlab ce major version upgrades. all edge cases documented.

shell · markdown
ecs-fargate-django

reference architecture for django + celery + websocket on ecs fargate with rds and redis.

python · terraform · docker

contact

let's connect

open to remote devops/sre roles, consulting, and interesting conversations.