Vedant Gaidhane
DevOps Engineer
Passionate about building automated, scalable, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructures that deliver results.
I thrive on transforming complex, resource-heavy environments into streamlined, high-performance systems.
What I Do
Cloud Cost Optimization
- Reduced AWS bills through strategic automation, audits, and proactive resource management.
- Implemented right-sizing, reserved instances, and automated scheduling to minimize unnecessary spend.
- Delivered cost transparency and usage reporting for stakeholders.
CI/CD Excellence
- Designed and maintained Jenkins pipelines reducing deployment times by 80%.
- Automated build, test, and deployment processes for multiple applications.
- Integrated SonarQube for automated code quality checks.
- Enabled blue-green and rolling deployments for zero downtime.
Infrastructure as Code
- Provisioned reusable AWS infrastructure with Terraform.
- Version-controlled infrastructure for auditability and rollback.
- Enabled rapid environment provisioning for dev, staging, and prod.
- Implemented parameterized modules for reusable deployments.
Containerized Deployments
- Deployed multiple applications on the same server using Docker to ensure isolation and resource efficiency.
- Automated image builds and pushed to private registries.
- Implemented Kubernetes for orchestration in staging environments.
- Secured container images with vulnerability scanning (Trivy).
Application Security with AWS WAF + ALB
- Configured AWS WAF with tailored rules to protect EC2-hosted applications.
- Integrated WAF with Application Load Balancer for advanced traffic filtering.
- Managed EC2 security groups, DNS, and networking for maximum protection.
- Hardened workloads with GuardDuty and SIEM-based threat monitoring.
Serverless Website Hosting
- Hosted static websites using AWS S3 with CloudFront CDN for global reach.
- Integrated Lambda@Edge for serverless processing and caching.
- Optimized cost to achieve near-zero hosting expenses.
Web Server Management
- Configured and optimized Nginx, Apache HTTPD, and Tomcat for production workloads.
- Set up reverse proxies, SSL/TLS certificates, and caching.
- Performed load testing and tuning for high performance.
Monitoring & Observability
- Set up Prometheus for metric collection and Grafana for real-time visualization.
- Integrated CloudWatch for AWS service monitoring and alerting.
- Configured proactive alerts for downtime, latency, and resource spikes.
Security & Compliance
- Implemented IAM best practices with least privilege access control.
- Configured GuardDuty for continuous threat detection.
- Integrated AWS Config for compliance and auditing.
- Performed periodic vulnerability scanning and patching.
Backup & Disaster Recovery
- Implemented automated EBS snapshot policies for critical workloads.
- Set up cross-region S3 replication for disaster recovery.
- Tested recovery procedures to ensure RTO/RPO compliance.
DNS & Networking
- Configured Route 53 for domain management and traffic routing.
- Designed secure VPC architectures with public and private subnets.
- Set up NAT Gateways, Internet Gateways, and proper routing tables.
Logging & Audit Trails
- Centralized logs with CloudWatch Logs and S3 archival.
- Enabled AWS CloudTrail for API activity tracking and security audits.
- Integrated log analysis into SIEM tools for real-time insights.
Automation & Scripting
- Developed Bash and Python scripts to automate routine operational tasks.
- Automated AWS service provisioning and cleanup scripts.
- Used cron jobs and Lambda functions for scheduled maintenance.
Dev/Test Environment Management
- Automated creation of on-demand staging environments for developers.
- Implemented data masking for non-production environments.
- Used spot instances for temporary workloads to save costs.
Performance Optimization
- Optimized database query performance for hosted applications.
- Tuned EC2 instance types and storage for workload needs.
- Implemented CDN caching rules for faster content delivery.