Shikhar J.

Top Rated Plus | Top 1% on Upwork | Senior Cloud & DevOps Architect Helping startups and enterprises build secure, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructure. If you're looking for someone who can architect your cloud platform, automate deployments, optimize infrastructure costs, or modernize your DevOps workflows, I can help. - What You Can Expect ✔ 100% Client Satisfaction ✔ Enterprise-Grade Solutions ✔ Fast Communication & 24/7 Support ✔ On-Time Delivery ✔ Long-Term Technical Partnership - About Me I'm a Cloud & DevOps Architect with 9+ years of experience designing, automating, and managing production infrastructure across AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Oracle Cloud (OCI). I specialize in building highly available cloud environments, Kubernetes platforms, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), CI/CD automation, cloud migrations, and production monitoring. I've worked with startups, SaaS companies, healthcare platforms, fintech products, and enterprise applications that require reliability, security, and scalability. Whether you're launching a new platform or modernizing existing infrastructure, I focus on reducing deployment time, improving reliability, and lowering operational costs. - Core Expertise - Cloud Platforms • Amazon Web Services (AWS) • Microsoft Azure • Google Cloud Platform (GCP) • Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) - DevOps & Automation • Kubernetes (EKS, GKE) • Docker & Docker Compose • Terraform • Ansible • Helm • CloudFormation • Serverless Architecture - CI/CD • GitHub Actions • GitLab CI/CD • Jenkins • Azure DevOps • CircleCI • AWS CodePipeline - Monitoring & Observability • Prometheus • Grafana • ELK Stack • CloudWatch • New Relic - Infrastructure & Networking • VPC Design • IAM • VPN • Load Balancers • CloudFront CDN • Network Security • Auto Scaling • Disaster Recovery - What I Can Help You With • Cloud Architecture Design • AWS, Azure & GCP Infrastructure • Kubernetes Cluster Deployment & Management • Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Ansible) • Dockerization & Container Orchestration • CI/CD Pipeline Automation • Cloud Migration (On-Premise to Cloud) • Production Support & Infrastructure Optimization • Monitoring, Logging & Alerting • Security Hardening & Cost Optimization • High Availability & Disaster Recovery • Microservices Deployment - Selected Project Experience - Enterprise Cloud Infrastructure Designed and managed scalable AWS and Oracle Cloud environments using ECS, EKS, Docker, Lambda, GitHub Actions, CircleCI, and AWS CodePipeline while implementing automated deployment pipelines and infrastructure monitoring. - Azure DevOps Platform Built enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and Azure Pipelines while deploying containerized workloads with Docker and implementing observability using Prometheus and Grafana. ### Google Cloud DevOps Delivered Kubernetes-based infrastructure on GCP using Terraform, Helm, GitLab CI, Cloud Armor, and automated provisioning for high-availability production environments. - Technical Skills **Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI **Containers: Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Rancher, ECS, EKS **Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation **CI/CD: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, CircleCI **Monitoring: Grafana, Prometheus, ELK, CloudWatch, New Relic **Languages: Python, Bash, Go, JavaScript, SQL, Java, PHP **Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis, DynamoDB, Aurora, Elasticsearch --- ## Why Clients Hire Me • Strong DevOps and Cloud Architecture expertise • Clean, secure, and production-ready deployments • Excellent communication throughout the project • Fast turnaround without compromising quality • Proven experience supporting mission-critical applications • Focus on scalability, automation, and long-term maintainability Let's discuss your infrastructure, DevOps challenges, or cloud migration goals. I'm happy to help architect a solution that is reliable, scalable, and ready for growth.