
Avtar Singh
Verified Expert in Engineering
DevOps Engineer and Database Developer
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Toptal member since September 2, 2022
Avtar has 14+ years of experience in IT and excels in DevOps to build scalable architecture, automate CI/CD pipelines, and create one-click infrastructure. His roles have included technical lead, database architect, and DevOps engineer. Avtar created multi-tenant architecture in AWS that reduced company costs by 40% and reduced infrastructure creation time from three days to mere hours. He has designed Oracle databases, managed backup and restore strategies, and led projects end-to-end.
Portfolio
Experience
- DevOps - 6 years
- Linux - 6 years
- Bash Script - 6 years
- AWS Cloud Architecture - 6 years
- Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 6 years
- Kubernetes - 5 years
- Terraform - 4 years
- Docker - 4 years
Availability
Preferred Environment
Linux, Docker, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Bash Script, GitLab, Argo CD
The most amazing...
...automation I've delivered reduced platform creation time (infrastructure, CI/CD) from three days to three hours within a week.
Work Experience
AWS DevOps Consultant
Bold Metrics Inc. (via Toptal)
- Secured the infrastructure by reducing open endpoints to only required.
- Saved the cost in AWS up to 15% by optimizing AWS resources. Set up a VPN client to ensure 3rd-parties can connect only via VPN using Auth0 SAML integration.
- Helped the data team in optimizing their large dataset loads and extractions.
Senior Technical Architect (Infrastructure)
Finoptsys (Maveric Systems)
- Created multi-tenant architecture in AWS and helped the company reduce costs by up to 40%.
- Reduced the infrastructure creation time from three days to three hours.
- Wrote one-click Terraform code to automate the infrastructure creation and CI/CD pipelines.
Technical Lead (TechOps)
Technical Lead (TechOps)
- Played a major role in migrating the on-premises microservices technical stack to Kubernetes on AWS using Terraform and Helm charts.
- Ensured the production and UAT environments were highly available.
- Contributed to the EFK stack to transfer all types of logs at a centralized location.
- Created and managed microservices using Docker and Docker-compose.
Database Architect and DevOps Engineer
Neva Innovation Labs Pvt. Ltd.
- Managed projects and ensured end-to-end success. Wrote an algorithm to virtually change the orientation of mobile phones in moving vehicles.
- Designed, configured, maintained, and optimized database servers.
- Managed the entire back-end team and setup best practices standards.
Database Architect
Mara Online
- Set up the server, clusters (XtraDB), and master-slave for managing the high load.
- Monitored database health and completed performance tuning.
- Managed AWS infrastructure to ensure applications work without downtime.
Database Administrator
Nuron Softwares Pvt. Ltd.
- Designed and maintained Oracle databases for ERP software.
- Wrote and debugged PL/SQL code (triggers, procedures, packages, etc.).
- Implemented and managed backup and restore strategies (RMAN).
Experience
End-to-end Back-end Automation
Education
Master's Degree in Computer Science
Punjab Technical University - Ludhiana, Punjab
Bachelor's Degree in Mathematics and Computer Science
Punjab College of Technical Education - Ludhiana, Punjab
Certifications
AWS Solutions Architect Associate
AWS
Skills
Tools
Terraform, GitLab, GitLab CI/CD, EFK Stack, Amazon EKS, AWS IAM, Logging, Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Helm, MySQL Performance Tuning, Jira, SaltStack, Nagios, AWS Fargate, Auth0
Languages
Bash Script, Python
Paradigms
Database Design, Microservices Architecture, DevOps
Platforms
Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2
Storage
Elasticsearch, Databases, Oracle DBA, PL/SQL, MongoDB, Datadog, Redshift
Other
Architecture, AWS Cloud Architecture, CI/CD Pipelines, Amazon RDS, Team Leadership, MySQL DBA, Team Management, Oracle Performance Tuning, Scripting, Fintech, Continuous Monitoring, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), GitHub Actions, SDKs, Programming, Grafana 2, TICK Stack, AWS VPN, Single Sign-on (SSO), Cloud Infrastructure, Argo CD
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