Aswin G
Bangalore, Karnataka
📞 +91 9497464987 | aswingangan02@gmail.com
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Professional Summary
DevOps / Platform Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing, operating, and modernizing scalable AWS infrastructure for data-intensive and business-critical platforms. Strong expertise in Terraform-driven infrastructure as code, Kubernetes (EKS), EMR optimization, CI/CD reliability, cloud security, and cost governance. Proven track record of owning complex infrastructure initiatives end-to-end—delivering $400K+ in annual cloud savings, improving platform performance, and maintaining 100% uptime during peak business periods. Known for pragmatic decision-making, clear tradeoff analysis, and cross-team collaboration.
Certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (Previously Certified)
- Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) – In Progress
Core Competencies
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, EMR, IAM, VPC, EKS, OpenSearch)
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, AWS EKS, Apache Mesos
- CI/CD: Jenkins, Codefresh
- Monitoring: NewRelic, Datadog, CloudWatch, Splunk
- Scripting: Python, Bash, AWS SSM Automation
- Security & Governance: IAM Policies, RBAC, WAF, Signal Sciences
- Cloud Cost Optimization: FinOps, Resource Rightsizing, Usage Audits
Professional Experience
PowerSchool India Pvt. Ltd – Bangalore, India
Cloud Operations Engineer I | Apr 2025 – Present
- Owned critical infrastructure modernization and security initiatives while maintaining platform stability during peak business periods.
- Automated AWS RDS credential rotation using Ansible and Jenkins, improving compliance and reducing manual effort by ~80%.
- Led enterprise-wide CrowdStrike Falcon deployment across 100+ EC2 instances via AWS SSM; partnered with security teams to modernize AMI pipelines and ensure default protection.
- Designed automation POCs for MongoDB patching on EC2 clusters, cutting patch turnaround time by ~60%.
- Drove Jenkins executor migration (CentOS → Amazon Linux 2), resolving dependency conflicts and restoring broken pipelines with zero disruption to development workflows.
- Led end-to-end decommissioning of legacy platforms (Birst Dev/QA/Prod, multiple EMR clusters), using custom automation where Terraform posed operational risk.
Associate Cloud Operations Engineer II | Apr 2022 – Apr 2025
- Optimized EMR ETL workloads, reducing runtimes by ~30% and saving ~$15K annually through cluster sizing and execution tuning.
- Designed and governed reusable Terraform modules, standardizing infrastructure provisioning across environments and reducing setup time by ~70%.
- Drove cloud cost optimization across AWS accounts, eliminating underutilized resources and delivering ~$400K in annual savings.
- Strengthened security posture by implementing and tuning AWS WAF rules, mitigating 500+ malicious requests per month.
- Improved OpenSearch performance by ~40% through resource tuning, shard optimization, and index management.
- Led incident response and RCA for high-priority issues, reducing mean resolution time by ~35%.
- Collaborated closely with Engineering, Analytics, and Security teams to align infrastructure changes with business and compliance needs.
Associate Cloud Operations Engineer I | Jul 2021 – Apr 2022
- Managed AWS environments with 99.9% uptime, focusing on proactive monitoring and efficient resource utilization.
- Automated OS patching and compliance reporting using Terraform and Ansible.
- Expanded observability using CloudWatch, Datadog, and Splunk, increasing issue detection coverage by ~50%.
- Participated in on-call rotations, troubleshooting production alerts and escalating with clear diagnostic context.
Project Highlights
- Implemented Blue-Green deployment strategies using Terraform and ALB routing to enable zero-downtime production releases.
- Configured and operated EKS add-ons including Cluster Autoscaler and ExternalDNS to enable dynamic scaling and simplified DNS management.
- Designed IAM-based access controls for RDS, improving security while reducing credential sprawl.
- Led OpenSearch performance and stability improvements through node sizing, load distribution, and index lifecycle management.
- Decommissioned legacy Redis, RDS, and MongoDB data stores, saving ~$14K annually in unused infrastructure costs.
Education
Indian Institute of Technology Madras (Remote)
Foundational Level in Programming and Data Science | 2021 - 2022
Relevant Coursework: Linux Systems, Cloud Computing, System Architecture
Cochin University of Science and Technology
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering | 2014 – 2018