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AI-Augmented DevOps Engineer

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Building resilient infrastructure with Kubernetes, AWS, and AI-assisted automation — where every deploy is zero-downtime and every alert is intelligent.

Pratham Sharma
Open to remote opportunities worldwide
0 Years Experience
0 Bank Deployments
0 CVEs Remediated
0 Build Reduction

The AI-Augmented Approach

Redefining Cloud Operations through Intelligence.

DevOps Engineer with 2+ years of production experience in regulated fintech and banking environments. I specialize in delivering high-availability infrastructure where zero downtime isn't just a goal—it's a requirement.

As an AI-Augmented DevOps Engineer, I don't just use tools; I integrate intelligence. From building certificate expiry monitoring using AI-assisted Python scripting to leveraging LLMs for VAPT remediation and Terraform generation, I treat AI as a core component of the modern DevOps stack.

My journey spans from architecting Kubernetes clusters for major banking clients to hardening production environments and optimizing CI/CD pipelines. I own infrastructure end-to-end, from the first line of Terraform to the final incident response.

Beyond infrastructure, I bring a security-first mindset — having authored full PCI-DSS compliance documentation covering IAM, OS hardening, database security, and infrastructure controls. I also build developer tools: a Dockerfile generator powered by local LLMs, shell automation scripts written with AI assistance, and prompt engineering techniques (zero-shot, chain-of-thought) applied directly to DevOps problem-solving.

Kathmandu, Nepal
sharmapratham220@gmail.com
+977 9867849363

Education

B.Tech in CSE

Kalinga Institute of Industrial Technology (KIIT) | CGPA: 8.97

Technical Arsenal

Mastering the modern DevOps stack with a focus on scale and security.

Container & Orchestration

Kubernetes K3s Docker Helm containerd HAProxy NFS MinIO
Kubernetes90%
Docker92%
Helm82%
K3s78%

Cloud & IaC

AWS EC2 / VPC / S3 AWS IAM AWS ALB AWS CloudWatch AWS Auto Scaling Terraform Ansible CloudFormation
AWS (Core)85%
Terraform88%
Ansible80%

Monitoring & Ops

Prometheus Grafana Loki Alertmanager Node Exporter Blackbox Exporter ELK Stack Kafka
Prometheus87%
Grafana85%
Loki78%

Security & Networking

VAPT Remediation SSL/TLS SonarQube Wazuh Kubeaudit Trivy PCI-DSS Compliance CIS Benchmarks AppArmor PAM LUKS Encryption OpenSCAP
VAPT / Hardening85%
PCI-DSS / CIS82%
Trivy / SonarQube80%

CI/CD & Registry

Jenkins ArgoCD GitLab CI JFrog Artifactory Harbor Nexus
Jenkins88%
ArgoCD82%
JFrog Artifactory85%

Scripting & OS

Bash Shell Scripting Python Linux (RHEL) Ubuntu Oracle Linux Git
Bash Scripting88%
Python80%
Linux (RHEL)90%

Databases

PostgreSQL HA PgPool Redis Kafka MinIO
PostgreSQL HA82%
Redis75%
MinIO78%

AI & Intelligence

AWS Bedrock Python Automation Agents LLM-assisted Terraform AI Incident Triage Paramiko SSH Scripting Prompt Engineering Zero-Shot / Chain-of-Thought Local LLM Integration
Prompt Engineering85%
AWS Bedrock78%
AI Automation82%

Featured Deployments

Production-grade solutions designed for performance and reliability.

AI-Augmented

Artifactory Automation

Streamlined binary management with AI-assisted configuration scripting across 10+ fintech microservices, resulting in a 40% reduction in build times.

JFrog Python AI-Scripting
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AI-Augmented

K8s Certs Monitoring

Built an agentless monitoring system using AI-optimized Python and Paramiko SSH to automate cluster-wide certificate checks and Google Chat alerting.

Kubernetes Python Automation
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AI-Augmented

AWS Bedrock Summarizer

Direct implementation of Cloud-native AI using AWS Bedrock to process and summarize complex data, showcasing LLM integration in cloud workflows.

AWS Bedrock LLM Serverless
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Blue-Green Deployment

Implemented advanced zero-downtime deployment strategies on Kubernetes using Blue-Green and Rolling update patterns for high-availability apps.

Kubernetes ArgoCD DevOps
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AWS Three-Tier Architecture

Architected a production-ready three-tier AWS environment including VPC, NAT gateways, Auto Scaling groups, and NGINX load balancing.

AWS Networking VPC
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Corporate CI/CD Pipeline

Full enterprise-grade pipeline for boardgame microservices using Jenkins, Docker, and AWS, focusing on security and reproducibility.

Jenkins Docker Cloud
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Terraform Multi-Env State Lock

Engineered a robust multi-environment Terraform setup with remote state locking using S3 and DynamoDB, preventing race conditions across teams and ensuring infrastructure consistency.

Terraform AWS IaC State Management
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Ansible Compliance Automation

Built an automated compliance enforcement pipeline using Ansible playbooks to audit and remediate Linux server configurations against CIS benchmarks across production fleets.

Ansible Linux Security Compliance
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PCI-DSS Compliance Framework

Authored a comprehensive PCI-DSS compliance checklist covering IAM controls, OS hardening (CIS Benchmarks, AppArmor, PAM), database security, and infrastructure controls. Implemented OpenSCAP scanning, LUKS encryption, TLS 1.2+ enforcement, and automated account lockout policies across production banking environments.

PCI-DSS CIS Benchmarks OpenSCAP Linux Hardening AppArmor
📄 Internal Production Documentation
AI-Augmented

Dockerfile Generator (Local LLM)

Built a Dockerfile generator powered by locally-running LLMs — takes application type and requirements as input and outputs production-ready, hardened Dockerfiles. Demonstrates practical AI tool-building applied directly to DevOps workflows.

Local LLM Python Prompt Engineering Docker
🔒 Private Project

Work Journey

Building and scaling infrastructure for the fintech sector.

DevOps Engineer

Dec 2024 – Present
Citytech Group Ltd Full-time · Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Architected and deployed production-grade Kubernetes clusters (Vanilla K8s, K3s) for 5 banking clients on RHEL — managed full lifecycle including upgrades, certificate renewal, and resource optimization.
  • Led infrastructure migration from Ubuntu to RHEL (Oracle Linux) across all banking client environments — ensuring compatibility, security hardening, and zero production downtime during cutover.
  • Built complete observability stack: Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, Alertmanager, Node Exporter, Blackbox Exporter — configured dashboards and alert rules for transaction-critical services.
  • Implemented JFrog Artifactory across 10+ fintech microservices — achieved 40% CI build time reduction with fully air-gapped, immutable versioning (dev → staging → prod).
  • Conducted VAPT remediation of 30+ critical CVEs across Oracle Linux — reduced attack surface by 75% using targeted hardening scripts generated with LLM assistance.
  • Built hardened OpenJDK 17 Docker images using jlink minimal JREs + non-root execution — 70% vulnerability reduction, 75% image size reduction — deployed to Harbor.
  • Developed agentless K8s certificate expiry monitoring using Python + Paramiko SSH — Jenkins-scheduled daily execution with Google Chat alerting.
  • Led 5 zero-downtime live bank production deployments — coordinated DB backups, secret rotation, image versioning, smoke testing, and rollback strategies.
  • Analyzed 6-node K8s cluster memory pressure (82%) using Prometheus — implemented resource limits and OOM alerts.
  • Authored PCI-DSS compliance documentation: CIS Benchmarks, AppArmor, PAM lockout, LUKS encryption, TLS enforcement, and OpenSCAP scanning.
  • Owned production incident response for 5 banking clients — average resolution under 2 hours.

DevOps Trainee

Feb 2024 – Jul 2024
UNIIT Internship · Kathmandu, Nepal
  • Built three-tier AWS architecture: VPC, public/private subnets, NAT gateway, autoscaling groups, NGINX load balancing — reduced simulated deployment time by 25%.
  • Implemented blue-green and rolling deployment strategies on Kubernetes for zero-downtime release management.
  • Built serverless application on AWS Lambda with automated CI/CD pipeline via Jenkins.
  • Wrote shell scripts using AI assistance to automate repetitive infrastructure tasks — early foundation of AI-augmented DevOps workflow.

Certs & Milestones

Validated expertise and academic contributions.

AWS Certified Solutions Architect

Associate Level

AWS Cloud Technical Essentials

Coursera · Amazon Web Services

📖 Published Author

"The Role of Computer Vision in Smart Agriculture"

Co-authored a peer-reviewed book chapter published in The Future of Smart Agriculture by Nova Science Publishers. The chapter explores how computer vision technologies—including crop monitoring, weed detection, precision irrigation, and yield estimation—are revolutionizing modern farming. It demonstrates how AI-driven image analysis enables farmers to make data-driven decisions, reduce resource waste, and significantly improve crop yields and sustainability.

COMPEX Scholarship

Embassy of India Awardee

Best Speaker Award

Nobel Model United Nations (NMUN)

CKA — Certified Kubernetes Administrator

⏳ In Progress · Target: June 2026

Let's Connect

Open to remote opportunities worldwide. Let's build something that never goes down.

Let's Build Future-Proof Infrastructure.

I am currently open to remote opportunities worldwide. Whether you're looking for Kubernetes expertise, AWS migration, or AI-driven automation—let's connect.