Sagar Panda

DevOps & Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

A DevOps engineer focused on cloud infrastructure, automation, and scalable platforms. I enjoy designing resilient systems, improving deployment pipelines, and making software delivery faster and more reliable.

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About Me

I’m a Senior DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience building cloud-native platforms and automating software delivery. My work focuses on creating reliable infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, GitOps, and CI/CD, enabling development teams to ship software faster and with greater confidence.

Over the years, I’ve worked on enterprise-scale microservices migrations, infrastructure automation, deployment optimization, and platform engineering initiatives. I also enjoy documenting what I learn through in-depth tutorials, open-source projects, and practical guides covering cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, observability, and modern DevSecOps practices.

Whether you’re here to explore my projects, read a tutorial, or learn about my professional journey, I hope you find something useful. Here are a few of the tools and technologies I’ve been working with recently:

AWS

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Ansible

Terraform

Docker

Kubernetes

Argo CD

Linux

Apache/Nginx

SonarQube

Prometheus

Grafana

Projects

OTel Labs Platform

Completed

A cloud-native observability platform showcasing GitOps deployments, OpenTelemetry-based telemetry collection, and AI-assisted Kubernetes analysis on Amazon EKS for modern observability practices in microservices environments.

Architecture

Terraform provisions the Amazon EKS cluster and AWS infrastructure. ArgoCD manages the desired state of platform components such as Traefik and the OpenTelemetry Collector, along with application deployments, through GitOps. The OpenTelemetry Collector, running as a DaemonSet, collects application and Kubernetes telemetry (metrics, logs, and traces) and exports it simultaneously to New Relic and Honeycomb, where Claude MCP enables AI-assisted analysis using natural language.

AWS / EKS Terraform ArgoCD Kubernetes

DevSecOps Labs (PyGoat)

In Progress

Cloud-native DevSecOps platform demonstrating automated security across the software delivery lifecycle. The project integrates security into CI/CD, GitOps, Kubernetes, and Infrastructure as Code, combining vulnerability management, runtime protection, and policy enforcement using production-style workflows.

Architecture

GitHub Actions automate secret detection, dependency updates, container image and infrastructure scanning, and application security testing before publishing images to GHCR. Argo CD continuously deploys workloads to Amazon EKS from a dedicated GitOps repository, while DefectDojo centralizes findings from multiple security tools for vulnerability management. Falco provides runtime threat detection within the Kubernetes cluster, and Kyverno enforces Kubernetes security policies to ensure workloads adhere to organizational security standards.

Docker Terraform Kubernetes

Experience

Sr. Software Engineer · Wipro

Nov 2024 - present

I am currently working as a Sr DevOps engineer at Wipro. I am currently working on a project that generates shelf labels for retail stores for Metro Cash and Carry.

Led migration of 30+ microservices to Kubernetes via GitOps workflow with Argo CD, eliminating manual deployments and reducing release risk for a global retail client (Metro AG)
Managed Kubernetes resources (Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets, Ingress) using Helm and Kustomize across dev, staging, and production environments.
Designed GitLab CI pipelines for build, test, deployment, and Semgrep SAST scanning,integrated HashiCorp Vault for secure secrets management across all workloads.
Implemented OpenTelemetry-based distributed tracing and observability, enabling proactive incident detection across microservices.

DevOps Engineer · Valeo

Aug 2023 - Oct 2024

I worked as a DevOps engineer at Valeo, focusing on automotive software development and deployment.

Designed and optimized Jenkins pipelines, reducing build and testing cycle times from days to hours across 10+ concurrent OEM automotive projects.
Automated code quality and security scanning with SonarQube and KlocWork; managed AWS infrastructure using Terraform for repeatable provisioning.
Implemented monitoring and alerting dashboards with Prometheus and Grafana across Development, QA, and Production environments.

DevOps Engineer · Waycool Foods

Jan 2022 - July 2023

I worked as a devops engineer at Waycool foods focusing on web and mobile application operations that help farmers and businesses.

Initiated and established the foundational DevOps process, implementing Jenkins, Docker, SonarQube, and Nexus.
Migrated applications to multi-cloud platforms (AWS/Azure) utilizing web servers (Nginx, Apache) on Linux instances.
Produced a Proof of Concept (POC) for infrastructure deployment using Kubernetes and Terraform.
Secured applications by implementing TLS certificates and eliminated vulnerable SFTP deployment practices.
Improved time-to-market for key applications (IGrade and SunnyBee).

Automation Engineer · Straive

Nov 2019 - Jan 2022

As an Automation engineer at Straive, I automated web app testing.

Automated web application testing using Python, Selenium, and SQL.
Configured CI environment on AWS by setting up Jenkins and SonarQube for automated test suite execution