Harsha Bhargava

DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and high-availability infrastructure. Expertise in cloud platforms, automation, and modern DevOps practices, with a strong focus on optimizing system performance and ensuring reliability.
Proficient in AWS cloud services, infrastructure provisioning, and container orchestration using Kubernetes (EKS). Hands-on experience in building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, managing distributed systems, and supporting data-driven architectures.
Strong background in LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) and database management, including performance tuning, backup strategies, and high availability for MySQL databases. Experienced in working with streaming platforms like Kafka for real-time data processing.
Well-versed in security hardening and compliance, including implementation of CIS benchmarks, vulnerability management, and system-level security best practices to ensure robust and compliant environments.
Core Skills
Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, EKS, RDS)
Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS)
CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, Git, Terraform, Ansible
Web Stack: LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP)
Databases: MySQL (performance tuning, replication, backups)
Streaming & Messaging: Kafka
Security: CIS Benchmarks, OS hardening, vulnerability management
Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch