Brijesh Prajapati, Developer in Ashburn, VA, United States
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Brijesh Prajapati

Verified Expert  in Engineering

DevOps Engineer and Software Developer

Ashburn, VA, United States

Toptal member since December 12, 2024

Bio

Brijesh is a senior DevOps engineer specializing in designing and implementing advanced cloud solutions that drive innovation in the telecommunications industry. With over six years of hands-on DevOps experience, he has successfully built resilient, scalable pipelines leveraging cutting-edge technologies, including AWS, Terraform, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes. Brijesh is dedicated to delivering high-quality solutions that optimize performance and drive organizational growth.

Portfolio

Amdocs
Amazon, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Amazon EKS, DevOps...
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Voice over LTE (VoLTE), Long-term Evolution (LTE), Linux...

Experience

  • Linux - 13 years
  • AWS IAM - 6 years
  • Docker - 6 years
  • Terraform - 6 years
  • Kubernetes - 6 years
  • Amazon - 6 years
  • Jenkins - 5 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Windows, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, Jenkins, Amazon

The most amazing...

...solutions I've built leveraging AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes are scalable pipelines that boosted deployment efficiency by 30% and system performance by 40%.

Work Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

2018 - 2024
Amdocs
  • Automated the deployment of Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS) clusters with Terraform, optimizing resource provisioning for a new product launch, improving deployment speed by 60%, and ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and near-zero downtime during peak usage.
  • Optimized inter-service communication (ISC) by fine-tuning resource constraints, implementing Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA), and refining network policies, resulting in a 40% reduction in pod restarts, 99.9% application availability, and a significantly enhanced overall user experience.
  • Implemented an automated blue/green deployment strategy using Helm charts and canary testing, leading to a 90% reduction in deployment errors and eliminating downtime, ensuring continuous service delivery.
Technologies: Amazon, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Amazon EKS, DevOps, CI/CD Pipelines

Radio-frequency (RF) Engineer

2015 - 2018
Amdocs
  • Managed the radio-frequency team to enhance VoLTE call quality by 30% and reduce call drop rates by 25% within one month by coordinating cross-functional teams, implementing a new testing framework, and facilitating weekly progress meetings.
  • Executed comprehensive 5G feature trials encompassing advanced technologies such as 256QAM in DL, EN-DC mobility, NR mobility, carrier aggregation with NR, DL/UL leg switching, and SCG failure handling.
  • Conducted in-depth analysis of network KPIs and proactively resolved performance issues to ensure optimal network operations on a daily basis.
Technologies: Voice over LTE (VoLTE), Long-term Evolution (LTE), Linux, Open-source Software (OSS), 5G, 4G, 3G, UMTS, Scripting

Experience

Scalable Cloud Infrastructure Setup with AWS

I deployed an EKS cluster with autoscaling node groups, ensuring seamless application scalability and high availability. By automating infrastructure provisioning with Terraform, I achieved consistency and repeatability across multiple environments, including UAT and PROD.

To enhance security, I configured IAM roles and policies that enforce least-privilege access, safeguarding team members and applications. I also integrated Prometheus and Grafana for application and infrastructure monitoring, providing actionable insights for performance improvements.

I designed and implemented a scalable, secure, cost-effective cloud infrastructure using AWS services, ensuring optimal performance and fault tolerance in the production environment. This included utilizing Amazon S3 for object storage, Amazon EC2 for compute instances, and a load balancer for high availability and failover support.

Through continuous monitoring and optimization of cloud resources, I reduced monthly cloud spend by 15% using cost-analysis tools. Additionally, I enhanced CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, enabling fully automated application builds, testing, and deployments.

Cloud Infrastructure as Code (Iac) with Terraform

I designed and implemented IaC for multi-tier applications hosted on AWS. Using Terraform, I automated the provisioning of AWS resources, including EC2 instances, S3 storage, load balancers, RDS, and Lambda functions, significantly improving efficiency and scalability.

I enhanced security by implementing IAM policies, role-based access controls, and encryption strategies to protect sensitive data. As a result, I reduced deployment times by 50% while maintaining consistency and reliability across development, staging, and production environments.

Education

2007 - 2008

Master's Degree in Electrical Engineering

University of Bridgeport - Bridgeport, CT, USA

2002 - 2006

Bachelor's Degree in Electronics and Communication

Gujarat University - Gujarat, India

Certifications

SEPTEMBER 2022 - SEPTEMBER 2025

Certified Kubernetes Application Developer

Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

APRIL 2021 - APRIL 2024

AWS Solutions Architect – Associate

Amazon Web Services

FEBRUARY 2021 - OCTOBER 2023

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002)

HashiCorp

Skills

Tools

Terraform, AWS IAM, Amazon EKS, Jenkins, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon CloudWatch

Platforms

Kubernetes, Amazon, Docker, Linux, Windows, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Amazon EC2, AWS Lambda

Languages

Python 3

Paradigms

DevOps

Storage

Amazon S3 (AWS S3)

Other

Telecom Equipment & Solutions, Programming, CI/CD Pipelines, Voice over LTE (VoLTE), Long-term Evolution (LTE), Open-source Software (OSS), 5G, 4G, 3G, UMTS, Scripting, Load Balancers, Terraform Cloud

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