Kshitij Hatwar
Building resilient cloud infrastructure, scalable Kubernetes platforms, and production-grade automation.
Results-driven Kubernetes Administrator with 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, and managing production cloud infrastructure. Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) and AWS Solutions Architect.
About
I'm a Kubernetes Administrator & DevOps Engineer currently working at Yotta Data Center, where I design, deploy, and manage production cloud infrastructure at scale.
My core strengths lie in Kubernetes orchestration, AWS cloud services, CI/CD pipeline automation, and infrastructure as code with Terraform and Ansible.
I hold the Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), AWS Solutions Architect – Associate, and ITIL 4 Foundation certifications, demonstrating my commitment to both technical excellence and operational best practices.
I'm passionate about building systems that are resilient, scalable, and maintainable — systems that teams can rely on for 99.9%+ uptime.
Skills
Cloud & Infrastructure
DevOps & Automation
Systems & OS
Monitoring & Tools
Experience
Kubernetes Administrator
@ Yotta Data CenterProjects
Small-Scale LLM Training on Kubernetes
Designed and implemented a Kubernetes-based platform to run small-scale LLM training workloads using GPU scheduling, distributed training techniques, and automated resource management.
Large-Scale Monitoring with VictoriaMetrics & Grafana
Designed and implemented enterprise-grade monitoring infrastructure handling millions of metrics from 50+ nodes with custom alerting and dashboards.
HA Kubernetes Cluster Upgrade
Executed zero-downtime upgrades across HA Kubernetes clusters, including etcd, control plane, and worker node rolling updates.
Certifications
Certified Kubernetes Administrator
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
Demonstrates proficiency in Kubernetes cluster administration, including installation, configuration, and management of production-grade clusters.
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
Amazon Web Services
Validates expertise in designing distributed systems and deploying scalable, highly available applications on AWS infrastructure.
ITIL 4 Foundation
Axelos
Foundational understanding of IT service management best practices, enabling efficient service delivery and continuous improvement.
Writing
ETCD Quorum in Kubernetes
In Kubernetes, etcd is the key-value store that holds the entire cluster state. To ensure consistency and reliability, etcd uses the Raft consensus algorithm, which relies on quorum.
Affinity and Anti-Affinity Rules in Kubernetes
In Kubernetes, affinity and anti-affinity rules are used to control how pods are scheduled onto the nodes or collocated with other pods based on selectors and labels. These are powerful scheduling features that lets us define rules about where pods should or should not be placed.
Role of CNI in Kubernetes
Kubernetes itself does not implement networking on it’s own. It delegates that to CNI plugins.
Contact
Let's work together
I'm always interested in discussing new opportunities, challenging projects, or just chatting about cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes. Feel free to reach out!