Hi, I'm Shubham Nimkar
Building Scalable Cloud Infrastructure
DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of end-to-end ownership across CI/CD pipeline engineering, cloud infrastructure, site reliability, and platform automation. Sole DevOps owner at a fast-scaling SaaS startup — managing 10 AWS accounts, 16 Jenkins pipelines, 22+ database clusters, and a self-built Internal Developer Platform. Daily user of AI/LLM tools to accelerate debugging, log analysis, and system engineering decisions.
About Me
My Engineering Philosophy
I thrive on bridging the gap between software development and systems operations. With a focus on reliability, cost efficiency, and automation, I design infrastructure that allows developers to deploy with confidence and zero friction.
My hands-on experience at Waybeyond involves managing production clusters on AWS, automating deployments with Jenkins, and troubleshooting complex incidents. I believe in writing modular Infrastructure-as-Code and establishing robust monitoring to catch issues before they affect users.
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Experience: 2.6 Years (DevOps)
Location: Pune, India (Open to Remote)
Primary Cloud: AWS (EC2, VPC, S3, RDS)
Core Tools: Docker, Jenkins, Nginx
Uptime: 99.9% Personal Availability
Interactive DevOps Lifecycle
Click on any phase below to explore my workflow, automation processes, and technical stack.
Source Stage
Managing secure code repositories, structured branching workflows (GitFlow), pull requests, and automated trigger hooks for integration pipelines.
Tools & Technologies
Technical Stack
A specialized toolkit focused on cloud automation, pipeline speed, security, and high reliability systems.
Cloud Platforms
Container & Orchestration
CI/CD & DevOps Tools
Infrastructure & Configuration
Databases & Storage
AI & Platform Engineering
SRE & Practices
Enterprise Collaboration
Featured Projects
Practical architectures designed for zero-downtime, scalable growth, and cost-efficient cloud resource management.
Phabricator → Gitea Migration Automation
Engineered two-phase browser automation scripting to scrape project metadata and replay-create repositories, tasks, and users on Gitea with zero data loss.
Internal Developer Platform (IDP)
Self-designed and built a secure operational dashboard with deployment tracking, uptime checks, SSL monitoring, and AI-assisted log analysis.
AWS AI for Bharat Hackathon Prototype
Built a small-business financial assistant utilizing Amazon Bedrock generative AI, serverless Lambda workflows, and OCR text processing.
MongoDB Atlas & System Reliability Automation
Automated custom backup verification, replication lag checks, and spike detection alerts for 22+ distributed database clusters.
TraceAlyzer Log Parser
A full-stack, Dockerized log parsing and visualization app supporting Nginx, Docker, Syslog, Kernel, and JSON logs — built with the MERN stack and MongoDB Atlas.
Work History
Professional journey scaling infrastructures, tuning performance, and establishing stable operational practices.
DevOps Engineer
Waybeyond
Serving as sole DevOps owner at a fast-scaling SaaS startup, managing 10 AWS accounts, 16 Jenkins pipelines, and over 22 database clusters.
Core Contributions
- ▹Designed and implemented 16 Jenkins Declarative Pipelines, reducing release lead times by 60% with zero manual intervention
- ▹Standardized organization-wide pipeline conventions, branching strategies, and added SonarQube & container scanning checks
- ▹Led Phabricator to Gitea platform migration by engineering a custom two-phase browser automation script via Playwright
- ▹Managed 10 AWS accounts (3 internal + 7 client) covering EC2, IAM, VPC, RDS, S3, Secrets Manager, and CloudWatch supporting 30+ instances
- ▹Optimized AWS cloud infrastructure spend by 68% (from ₹50-60K to ₹16-17K monthly) via reserved instances and rightsizing
- ▹Designed and executed cross-account migrations and built hybrid cloud infrastructure moving select services on-premise
- ▹Defined SRE targets (RPO ~24h, RTO <=1h) and built full observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch alerts
- ▹Self-initiated and built a secure Dockerized Internal Developer Platform (IDP) featuring LLM-powered log analysis modules
- ▹Served as an external tech contractor for EY (Ernst & Young) consulting on application deployment and infrastructure choices
- ▹Onboarded and mentored junior interns, and led complete Google Workspace to Microsoft 365 migration for 35 users (1.5 TB data)
Operations Associate
Awign
Managed operations, field coordination, and workflow execution.
Core Contributions
- ▹Coordinated cross-functional workflows and managed field operations
- ▹Developed process management standards and operational discipline that laid the groundwork for transition to automation-first engineering
Education
Academic foundations in systems administration, high-performance architectures, and systems engineering.
PG-Diploma in HPC & Systems Administration
C-DAC Pune
Specialized in High Performance Computing networks, Linux system architecture, cluster setup, and shell automation scripts.
B.E. — Electronics & Telecommunications
Sinhgad Institute of Technology, Pune
Foundation in microprocessor architectures, embedded operating systems, computing networks, and electronics engineering.
Credentials & Awards
Certifications and technical recognition validated by cloud providers and engineering firms.
AWS AI for Bharat Hackathon Participant
AWS & Hack2skill
AWS Cloud Essentials
Amazon Web Services
AWS Compute
Amazon Web Services
AWS Cloud Quest: Cloud Practitioner
Amazon Web Services
Wow Awards (2x) for Infrastructure Contribution
Waybeyond
Technical Writing
Sharing guides, migration logs, and standard DevOps practices on Medium and technical publications.
How I Self-Hosted Gitea on AWS with EC2 + RDS PostgreSQL
A complete setup guide covering infrastructure, Docker Compose deployment, backups, and disaster recovery for self-hosting Gitea — your own private GitHub on AWS.
Deploying Beszel: A Lightweight Container-Based Monitoring Setup for Servers
Testing Beszel as a simpler alternative to Prometheus + Grafana for multi-server monitoring — deployed via Docker Compose with a clean agent-hub architecture.
The Definitive Guide to SSL, TLS, and HTTPS: How the Secure Web Works
A deep-dive into SSL, TLS, and HTTPS — covering the TLS handshake, chain of trust, SNI, HSTS, certificate types, and why HTTPS is now faster than plain HTTP.
🚀 Deploying a MERN Stack App Using Docker & AWS Elastic Beanstalk
A comprehensive guide to deploying MERN applications using Docker containers and AWS Elastic Beanstalk for scalable, production-ready infrastructure.
Deploying PostgreSQL and PGAdmin Using Docker Compose
Step-by-step tutorial on deploying PostgreSQL database and PGAdmin web interface using Docker Compose for local development and testing.
🚀 Blue-Green vs. Canary Deployment in Kubernetes
In-depth comparison of Blue-Green and Canary deployment strategies in Kubernetes to help you choose the right release strategy for your applications.
Hands-On Kubernetes: Deploying a MongoDB and Express App on Minikube
Practical hands-on tutorial for deploying MongoDB and Express.js applications on Kubernetes using Minikube for local development.
How to Set Up and Use Private Docker Registry with Authentication & Web UI
A step-by-step guide to setting up a private Docker registry on Ubuntu with Nginx reverse proxy, htpasswd authentication, SSL, and a Portainer Web UI.
Mastering Nginx — Part 2: Caching, Security & Monitoring
Advanced Nginx configurations covering caching strategies, security hardening, and monitoring best practices for production environments.
Mastering Nginx — Part 1: Getting Started with Nginx
Complete beginner's guide to Nginx covering installation, basic configuration, reverse proxy setup, and load balancing fundamentals.
Connect Console
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Communication SLA
Response SLA: 24 hours.
All communication payloads are processed securely. I look forward to building together.