Nikhil Kumar Bodige

Cloud/DevOps Engineer with 6+ years designing, automating, and operating cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure. Proficient in Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and in automation with Ansible, delivering CI/CD pipelines on Azure DevOps. Runs containerized workloads on Docker and Docker Swarm with a focus on high availability, scalability, and zero-downtime deployments.

Strong in cloud networking, IAM and security best practices, and observability with CloudWatch, OpenSearch, and the ELK stack. Proven track record in cloud migrations, infrastructure modernization, database upgrades, and production reliability in Agile teams.

Cloud Engineer (promoted from DevOps Engineer) - CentralSquare Technologies - Remote, Canada

(2021-05 - 2026-01)

• Designed, provisioned, and maintained enterprise AWS and Azure infrastructure with Terraform, enabling repeatable IaC deployments across Dev, QA, and Production.
• Refactored Terraform modules supporting 20+ environments, cutting configuration duplication and simplifying infrastructure management.
• Led enterprise-wide Ubuntu OS and Docker Swarm platform upgrades with minimal production downtime, improving stability, security compliance, and maintainability.
• Led PostgreSQL adoption and Terraform-based provisioning, replacing legacy database platforms and improving deployment consistency.
• Led SQL Server 2022 migration and standardization across enterprise environments, improving supportability and long-term consistency.
• Drove AWS cost optimization by removing unused resources and scheduling non-production workloads through automated tag-based policies.
• Separated development and production repositories to improve governance and release safety.
• Served as primary cloud operations engineer for production: resolved critical incidents, partnered with Engineering and Product, and kept platform availability high.
• Owned documentation, testing, deployment validation, and operational handoff for production infrastructure upgrades.
• Key project – Infrastructure modernization: reusable Terraform modules, safer environment governance, and PostgreSQL adoption, from testing and rollout through production handoff.
• Key project – AWS platform modernization: replaced legacy Ubuntu/Docker Swarm nodes using a new AMI and Terraform-provisioned nodes, migrating services and fixing overlay networking and load-balancer registration.

DevOps Engineer - TickSmith Corp - Montréal, QC

(2019-04 - 2021-05)

• Engineered and automated AWS infrastructure with Terraform and CloudFormation for repeatable, Infrastructure-as-Code deployments.
• Designed and maintained automated CI/CD pipelines with Git, reducing deployment time and improving release reliability.
• Designed serverless solutions with AWS Lambda, S3, and event-driven workflows to automate operational processes.
• Containerized enterprise applications with Docker and ran production workloads on Kubernetes and Docker Swarm.
• Automated infrastructure and operations with Python (Boto3), Ansible, and Shell, eliminating manual deployment tasks.
• Secured AWS environments through IAM, VPC networking, CloudWatch monitoring, and automated backup and storage policies.
• Supported mission-critical production through monitoring, incident response, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.

Master of Science - Computer Science - Lakehead University

Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering - Malla Reddy Engineering College