Kinjal Thakkar
Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Hi, I'm Kinjal Thakkar
Sr. DevSecOps EngineerDedicated to building secure, scalable, and high-performance cloud infrastructure.
Experienced in DevOps, cloud security, and CI/CD automation to optimize deployments and enhance system reliability.
If something's broken, you know who's on it.
About Me
I am a Sr. DevSecOps Engineer with 3 years of experience in designing, securing, and deploying scalable cloud solutions. My expertise includes MEAN/MERN stack deployments, Bitbucket Pipelines, and automating DevOps workflows using Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
I specialize in implementing secure DevOps practices, ensuring compliance, and enhancing security in CI/CD pipelines. With hands-on experience in AWS services, CI/CD automation, and monitoring solutions like CloudWatch and Grafana, I focus on building robust and efficient cloud infrastructures.
Additionally, I am a HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate, passionate about streamlining cloud operations with security at the core.
DevOps Toolset
Cloud
AWS
Orchestration
ECS Docker
Observability
Grafana Splunk
ELK Prometheus
IaC
Terraform
CloudFormation
CI/CD
Bitbucket Gitlab
Security
Trivy
SonarQube WAF
Work Experience
Senior DevSecOps Engineer
Tech Alchemy
Joined as a DevSecOps Engineer, focused on security, automation, and cloud infrastructure. Promoted to Senior DevSecOps Engineer after completing one year.
- • Managed end-to-end DevOps, covering infrastructure provisioning, CI/CD, containerization, security, monitoring, support, and cost optimization
- • Worked on 10+ projects, ensuring scalable and efficient infrastructure
- • Deployed and managed MEAN/MERN stack applications across various environments
- • Implemented monorepo CI/CD pipelines using Nx for efficient code management
- • Explored and integrated DevOps security tools like Trivy, GlitchTip, and SonarQube
- • Configured and optimized hosting platforms, including Vercel, AWS Amplify, S3, and CloudFront
- • Managed high-traffic systems, handling massive incoming traffic loads
- • Assisted in load testing infrastructure to auto-scale and sustain ~50K users per minute
- • Optimized costs through strategic infrastructure planning and resource management
- • Conducted multiple POCs to enhance workflows and drive technology adoption
Senior Software Engineer
Persistent Systems
Started as a fresher, gained hands-on experience in DevOps, automation, and cloud infrastructure, and was promoted to a Senior position within 2.5 years.
- • Worked on 3 projects, each introducing new tools and learnings
- • Project 1: Extensive Terraform with GitLab CI/CD, provisioning EC2 with userdata scripts for Postgres, SQL, Hadoop, etc., and React frontend hosting
- • Project 2: Focused on monitoring—built Grafana dashboards, wrote PromQL queries, and explored Splunk & Datadog
- • Project 3: Automated infrastructure deployment with Terraform & AWS CodeBuild, developed Bash scripts and Lambda functions
Certifications
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Microsoft
AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
Microsoft
Let's Work Together
I'm always interested in new opportunities and exciting projects. Let's connect and discuss how we can work together.