Akash Dubey
DevOps and Linux Engineer with hands-on experience deploying, operating, and automating large-scale blockchain node infrastructure.
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DevOps and Linux Engineer with hands-on experience deploying, operating, and automating large-scale blockchain node infrastructure. Skilled in maintaining high uptime, performing upgrades, implementing monitoring, and ensuring reliable production operations across multiple blockchain networks.
Experience
Blockchain SRE at Infstones (2026-03 – 2026-06)
- Ensured high availability of 30+ validator and operator nodes through proactive monitoring, incident response, and operational automation.
- Investigated and resolved synchronization, networking and service-level incidents across distributed blockchain infrastructure.
- Enhanced observability and reliability by developing monitoring, alerting and automated recovery tooling using Bash scripting.
DevOps Engineer / Linux Engineer at RapidNode (2024-03 – 2026-02)
- Deployed and operated 60+ blockchain nodes across Ethereum, Cosmos-based chains, and Solana, managing full node lifecycle including syncing, snapshots, pruning, upgrades, and rollback procedures on production infrastructure.
- Ran and maintained production RPC, validator, and non-validator nodes, handling peer connectivity, sync issues, performance tuning, configuration management, and safe upgrade coordination to minimize downtime and slashing risk.
- Automated node provisioning, upgrades, recovery, and service restarts using Bash, reducing manual intervention and deployment risk.
- Implemented node-level monitoring and alerting for sync status, resource utilization, and service health, enabling faster incident detection and recovery.
Core Maintainer at ALG (2024-02 – Present)
- Maintain and enhance ALG (Arka Linux GUI), a graphical installer for Arch Linux, focused on simplifying installation workflows and improving usability, stability, and accessibility for new users.
- Contribute regularly to feature development, bug fixes, refactoring, and user-experience improvements across core components.
- Collaborate with maintainers and the community to review changes, address user-reported issues, and ensure reliable releases.
Education
Bachelor of Technology in Artificial Intelligence & Data Science – Thakur College of Engineering and Technology (2020-07 – 2024-07)
