Vaibhav Shende

DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of experience in CI/CD pipeline development, infrastructure automation, and containerized application orchestration in the banking domain. Proven ability to manage 40+ microservices, execute zero-downtime multi-environment deployments, and maintain high system uptime through proactive monitoring and automation. Complemented by an MBA in Data Science with a track record of building ML models at 92% accuracy.

Adept at Agile/Scrum leadership, Infrastructure as Code, and AI-assisted development workflows.

DevOps Engineer at HCLTech (2021-12 – Present)

• Architected and deployed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Azure DevOps, significantly reducing deployment time and manual effort for banking domain microservices
• Orchestrated 40+ microservices using Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm charts, automating patching, configuration, and deployment across multi-environment infrastructure
• Managed deployments across TST, ACCP, and PROD environments with zero-downtime releases, ensuring production stability and adherence to release schedules
• Enforced Gitflow/Feature Branching strategies across repositories, streamlining parallel development and securing stable production releases
• Managed artifact lifecycle via Nexus Repository, establishing version control and storage policies to guarantee reliable deployment rollbacks
• Scheduled and monitored enterprise cron jobs and database migrations via Universal Automation Controller (UAC), maintaining high pod uptime through proactive troubleshooting
• Implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible, automating AWS resource provisioning and significantly reducing infrastructure setup time
• Established monitoring framework with Prometheus and Grafana, creating dashboards and alerts to proactively identify and resolve infrastructure issues
• Developed RESTful API microservices using Spring Boot with comprehensive test coverage via JUnit and Mockito, maintaining high code quality through SonarQube quality gates
• Integrated E2E test automation using Playwright-based INGenious framework into CI/CD workflows, enabling continuous testing and early defect detection pre-production
• Automated repetitive operational tasks using Shell scripting, boosting overall team productivity
• Led Agile ceremonies as Scrum Master, managing sprint planning, backlog refinement, and capacity planning for cross-functional teams

MBA in Data Science & Business Analytics – Great Lakes Institute of Management (2025-01)

Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical Engineering – GH Raisoni College of Engineering, Nagpur (2018-01)