Laxmikant Swain | DevOps Engineer

About Me

Skilled Information Technology Specialist and DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience optimizing deployment processes, managing cloud migrations, and enabling faster, reliable software delivery. Skilled in bridging development and operations to ensure high availability, scalability, and operational efficiency.

Core Skills

☁️ Cloud: AWS, GCP, Azure, Alibaba Cloud

⚙️ CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Bitbucket

🐳 Containers: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, OpenShift

📜 IaC: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, ARM/Bicep

📊 Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, CloudWatch, Checkmk

🔐 DevSecOps: SonarQube, Trivy, OWASP ZAP, Acunetix

🛠️ Tools: Argo CD, Nexus, SVN, Git

💻 Scripting: Bash, Python, PowerShell

📚 Databases: MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis

Professional Experience

System IT Engineer – Al Mansoor Enterprises LLC (Abu Dhabi, UAE)

Oct 2025 – Jan 2026

Apply patches, updates, and security fixes to servers and network devices.
Manage, monitor, and maintain servers, networks, and IT infrastructure for optimal performance.
Resolve issues from Jira ticketing platform.
Maintain documentation for systems, processes, network diagrams, and configurations.

Infra Engineer – FederNova LLC (Dubai, UAE)

Jan 2025 – Sep 2025

Managed SQL backups, OS patching, Docker deployments to AWS ECR.
Implemented monitoring with Prometheus, Grafana, Alertmanager, and Loki.
Worked with Microsoft 365 (Defender, Exchange, Intune, Autopilot).
Configured OpenShift, VPNs, VoIP systems, and ERP software on RDP servers.

Cloud DevOps Engineer – Niveus Solutions (New Delhi, India)

Sep 2023 – Jan 2025

Implemented vulnerability scanning (SonarQube, Trivy, OWASP ZAP, Acunetix).
Built CI/CD pipelines for PHP, Java, and JavaScript applications.
Worked with AWS EKS, GCP, and Azure DevOps for microservices.
Integrated RBAC, Keycloak, OIDC, and API gateways for security.

Cloud DevOps Engineer – Edneed Technology (Noida, India)

Apr 2022 – Jun 2023

Designed microservices on AWS EC2 and EKS.
Managed MongoDB backups for Dev/QA/Prod environments.
Applied Site Reliability Engineering principles.

Cloud DevOps Engineer – Mantra Technologies (Hyderabad, India)

Mar 2021 – Feb 2022

Built CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions.
Automated testing with Pytest and integrated Flutter apps.

Cloud Engineer – PBSD Associates (Odisha, India)

Jan 2015 – Jan 2017

Managed VMware ESXi servers and GoDaddy DNS.
Deployed WordPress, Joomla, and Drupal websites.

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