# 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

Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, CI/CD Pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Monitoring Tools (Prometheus, ELK Stack), Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure), Container Orchestration, Test Infrastructure, Observability, Bash Scripting, Python, Linux, GitOps, ArgoCD, OpenTelemetry, AI-Powered Quality Gates, LLM Deployment Testing, Helm, Grafana

## 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