DevOps Engineer / Kubernetes Administrator

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.

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About

3+
Years Experience
Yotta Data Center
Current Role
Multiple
Production Clusters
CKA, AWS SAA
Certifications

I'm a Kubernetes Administrator 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

AWSCloud MigrationHPC/AI InfrastructureNetworkingVPCRoute53

DevOps & Automation

KubernetesEKSDockerJenkins CI/CDAnsibleTerraformHelm

Systems & OS

Linux (RedHat, Ubuntu)Windows ServerShell ScriptingPython

Monitoring & Tools

ZabbixVictoriaMetricsGrafanaGitNginxHAProxy

Experience

Kubernetes Administrator

@ Yotta Data Center
July 2022 — PresentMumbai, India
Managing production Kubernetes clusters supporting critical business workloads
Executed multi-master HA upgrades with zero downtime across environments
Implemented Helm-based deployments for standardized application rollouts
Built comprehensive monitoring infrastructure with Zabbix and VictoriaMetrics
Automated configuration management across 50+ servers using Ansible
Designed and implemented ETCD backup & disaster recovery procedures
Led security remediation efforts reducing vulnerabilities by 40%
Optimized cluster resource utilization resulting in 25% cost reduction
KubernetesAWSTerraformAnsibleJenkinsDockerHelmZabbix

Projects

Small-Scale LLM Training on Kubernetes

Deployed and orchestrated LLM training workloads on Kubernetes clusters with GPU scheduling, distributed training, and automated resource management.

Impact: Enabled ML teams to train models 3x faster with optimized resource allocation
KubernetesGPU SchedulingPyTorchHelmNVIDIA

Large-Scale Monitoring with VictoriaMetrics & Grafana

Designed and implemented enterprise-grade monitoring infrastructure handling millions of metrics from 100+ nodes with custom alerting and dashboards.

Impact: Achieved 99.9% monitoring uptime with sub-second query response times
VictoriaMetricsGrafanaPrometheusAlertmanager

Multi-Master Kubernetes Cluster Upgrade

Executed zero-downtime upgrades across multi-master HA Kubernetes clusters, including etcd, control plane, and worker node rolling updates.

Impact: Zero service interruption during 15+ major version upgrades
KubernetesetcdHAProxyAnsiblekubeadm

ETCD Backup & Restore System

Built automated ETCD backup system with encrypted offsite storage, point-in-time recovery, and disaster recovery runbooks for critical clusters.

Impact: RPO of 1 hour and RTO of 30 minutes for disaster scenarios
etcdShell ScriptingAWS S3CronGPG

Certifications

CKA

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Cloud Native Computing Foundation

Demonstrates proficiency in Kubernetes cluster administration, including installation, configuration, and management of production-grade clusters.

AWS SAA

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

Validates expertise in designing distributed systems and deploying scalable, highly available applications on AWS infrastructure.

ITIL

ITIL 4 Foundation

Axelos

Foundational understanding of IT service management best practices, enabling efficient service delivery and continuous improvement.

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!

Location

Mumbai, India