Amal Raj
Site Reliability Engineer | Platform Engineer | Cloud & DevOps Specialist
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Professional Summary
Results-driven DevOps & SRE Engineer with hands-on experience in designing, automating, and maintaining scalable CI/CD pipelines, containerized environments, and cloud-native infrastructures. Skilled in Git administration, container-based deployments using Docker and Kubernetes, and CI/CD automation using Jenkins and Maven.
Passionate about Site Reliability Engineering practices – improving system reliability, performance, and observability through monitoring, alerting, and automation. Enthusiastic about implementing Infrastructure as Code, error budgets, and blameless postmortems.
Contact Information
Phone: 6386723361
Location: India
Core Technical Skills
Cloud Platforms
AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ELB, Auto Scaling), Google Cloud Platform
Containerization
Docker, Kubernetes, Private Docker Registries, Custom Image Creation
CI/CD Tools
Jenkins, Maven, GitHub, Git Administration, Branching Strategies
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform, Ansible, Configuration Management, Automation Scripts
Monitoring & Observability
Dynatrace, CloudWatch, Logging, Alerting, Performance Optimization
Security & Secrets
HashiCorp Vault, VPC Configuration, Security Groups, Access Management
Current Role: HireAlpha
Site Reliability Engineer | March 2025 - Present
01
Global Collaboration
Working with EMEA region teams and clients on database migrations and platform reliability projects
02
Automation & Orchestration
Automating user provisioning for Staging, QA, and Production databases using Terraform and GitHub
03
Database Management
Developing Python scripts for RDS Proxy management and implementing AWS DMS for table synchronization
04
Application Operations
Executing switchover/failover procedures with Vault integration and Dynatrace monitoring
05
Infrastructure Lifecycle
Managing scaling, decommissioning, and PostgreSQL administration with version-controlled changes
Key Achievements at HireAlpha
Migration Excellence
  • Orchestrated seamless database migrations across multiple environments
  • Implemented automated provisioning reducing manual effort by 80%
  • Developed Python scripts for RDS Proxy creation and management
  • Synchronized tables using AWS DMS with Terraform automation
Reliability & Performance
  • Monitored application performance through Dynatrace integration
  • Executed controlled failover with Vault credential rotation
  • Scaled databases dynamically using Infrastructure as Code
  • Troubleshot Jenkins pipeline failures and DMS setup issues
Content Creation & Community Contribution
Intellipaat Software Solution | August 2024 - February 2025
Technical Writing
Authored expert-level articles on AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS) for Hashnode, covering beginner to advanced topics
Open Source Contributions
Published comprehensive code samples and documentation on GitHub for the global developer community
Educational Platform
Developed personal website featuring AWS tutorials, troubleshooting guides, and project showcases with SEO optimization
HCL Technologies Experience
Software Engineer (DevOps) | February 2022 - March 2024
Infrastructure Design
Designed scalable, highly available infrastructure using AWS services including EC2, S3, EBS, EFS, and Auto Scaling
Network & Security
Configured VPCs and security groups ensuring secure network architecture and access control
Monitoring & Operations
Utilized CloudWatch for resource monitoring, logging, and proactive incident management with automated alarms
Infrastructure Management Expertise
Storage Solutions
  • Administered S3 buckets for secure storage and backup
  • Created EBS volumes for expanded storage capacity
  • Implemented EFS for highly available data storage
  • Managed volume snapshots for backup and recovery
Disaster Recovery
  • Created EC2 backups for disaster recovery
  • Replicated AMIs across regions for restoration
  • Increased database storage capacity (30GB increments)
  • Ensured data durability and availability
Deployment & CI/CD
  • Deployed applications with CloudWatch monitoring
  • Integrated Git for version control
  • Maintained CI/CD pipelines for rapid deployments
  • Troubleshot and debugged infrastructure issues
Education & Certifications
1
IIT Roorkee
Advanced Cloud Computing and DevOps, Computer Science (August 2024 - April 2025)
2
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Technical University
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering (2017 - 2021)
3
GAIL (India) Limited
Internship Experience (June 2019 - July 2019)
Spring Framework
Configuring Beans with Autowiring
Java SE 11 Programmer II
Functional Programming & Streams
DevOps Course
Comprehensive DevOps Training
JUnit Framework
Unit Testing Introduction
Let's Build Something Great Together
Passionate about cloud infrastructure, automation, and site reliability engineering. With expertise spanning AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern DevOps practices, I help organizations build scalable, reliable, and secure systems.
Currently working on cutting-edge database migration projects and platform reliability initiatives in the EMEA region. Always eager to collaborate on challenging infrastructure problems and contribute to the DevOps community.
Get In Touch
Phone: 6386723361
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