Harish Kumar
DevOps Engineer with QA Focus · 6 years experience
Bangalore, Karnataka
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Professional Summary
- Skilled DevOps Engineer with 6 years of experience bridging development, operations, and QA for seamless software delivery
- Proficient in provisioning test infrastructure and managing containerized test runners using Docker and Kubernetes
- Experienced in integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous quality assurance
- Knowledgeable in maintaining environment parity across development, staging, and production
- Adept at monitoring CI runs, optimizing resource usage, and improving pipeline efficiency
- Familiar with observability tools and implementing monitoring for test environments
- Collaborative professional working with QA and development teams on infrastructure needs
- Strong problem-solver for scaling test environments and handling high-volume testing
Technical Skills
Work Experience
DevOps Engineer with QA Focus
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6 years of experience as a DevOps Engineer with QA focus at tech companies in Bangalore. Specialized in test infrastructure, CI/CD integration, and environment management for scalable testing.
Responsibilities
- Provision and manage test infrastructure using containerization technologies
- Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines for continuous validation
- Maintain environment parity across development, testing, and production
- Monitor CI runs and optimize resource usage for efficient testing
- Implement observability and monitoring for test environments
- Collaborate with QA teams on infrastructure requirements and scaling
- Automate test environment setup and teardown processes
- Troubleshoot infrastructure issues and ensure high availability
- Implement GitOps testing (ArgoCD), AI-powered quality gates with ML-based test selection, OpenTelemetry observability, and automated LLM deployment validation in Kubernetes-native CI/CD pipelines
Project Experience
Containerized Test Runners for E2E Testing
Provisioned and managed containerized test runners using Kubernetes, enabling parallel E2E testing across multiple environments and reducing test execution time by 40%. Technologies: Kubernetes, Docker, GitHub Actions, Monitoring Tools.
CI/CD Pipeline Optimization
Integrated comprehensive test suites into CI/CD pipelines, implementing automated testing for code merges and deployments, improving release quality and speed. Technologies: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Infrastructure as Code, Cloud Platforms.
Environment Parity Management
Developed solutions for maintaining consistent test environments across dev, staging, and prod, ensuring reliable testing and reducing environment-related defects. Technologies: Terraform, Kubernetes, Monitoring Tools, Bash Scripting.
GitOps Test Pipeline and AI Quality Gates
Implemented GitOps-driven test pipeline using ArgoCD for automated Kubernetes deployment validation, combined with AI-powered quality gates that use ML-based risk scoring to select critical tests. Integrated OpenTelemetry distributed traces for end-to-end test observability and LLM microservice deployment smoke tests. Technologies: ArgoCD, GitOps, OpenTelemetry, ML-based Quality Gates, Kubernetes, Helm, GitHub Actions, LLM Deployment Testing.
Education
BE in Computer Science from Bangalore University, Bangalore (2016-2020, 8.3 CGPA)
Certifications
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, Kubernetes Certified Administrator, Docker Certified Associate
Achievements
Optimized CI/CD pipelines reducing build times by 50%; Implemented containerized testing infrastructure for 100+ microservices; Awarded "DevOps Excellence" for infrastructure automation; Led migration to cloud-based test environments