Ankush Khandagale
@ankushkhandagale
DevSecOps engineer delivering security, infrastructure, and reliability across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
What I'm looking for
I’m a DevSecOps Engineer with 7+ years of hands-on experience spanning cloud security platform implementation, infrastructure engineering, and site reliability across AWS, Azure, and GCP. My career is anchored in three years inside Lacework, where I managed end-to-end security deployments for 60+ enterprise customers globally, including Fortune 500 clients.
I build CI/CD pipelines, implement compliance frameworks (CIS, HIPAA, SOC2), architect HA/DR infrastructure, and drive cost optimisation—often concurrently and without a team. I’ve also deepened my cross-platform coverage through engagements with Sysdig (runtime security and container observability) and Normalyze (DSPM), strengthening my ability to deliver end-to-end across the full cloud security stack.
I operate across security, infrastructure, and reliability simultaneously, delivering outcomes regardless of tool gaps, ambiguous requirements, or missing playbooks. From observability (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk/ELK) to IAM (cross-account IAM, CloudTrail ingestion, Okta and Azure Active Directory SSO) and incident response runbooks, I focus on turning ad-hoc operations into stable, documented, compliance-aligned systems—because I’m self-taught from a mechanical engineering background and I learn by doing.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
DevSecOps Engineer (MSuite)
Neova Solutions Private Limited
Dec 2025 - Present (3 months)
Embedded as DevSecOps and SRE engineer for MSuite, building observability infrastructure with Datadog and Uptime Robot (APM, uptime monitoring, and alerting). Designed CI/CD pipelines and established security baselines, incident response runbooks, and compliance-aligned documentation for production release processes.
Platform Engineer (NeoSRE)
Neova Solutions Private Limited
Jul 2025 - Nov 2025 (4 months)
Designed and built cloud infrastructure for NeoSRE, an AI-assisted SRE platform, and implemented CI/CD workflows for automated build, test, and deployment. Architected multi-zone HA/DR and deployed Prometheus and Grafana for real-time platform health, latency, and resource visibility.
Azure IAM Engineer (DSPM)
Neova Solutions Private Limited
Apr 2025 - Jun 2025 (2 months)
Diagnosed and fixed a silent authentication failure in the Normalyze DSPM onboarding pipeline caused by Azure service principal token expiry without alerting. Implemented a permanent IAM fix and managed service principal and authentication configurations across the platform.
DevOps Engineer (Sysdig)
Neova Solutions Private Limited
Dec 2024 - Mar 2025 (3 months)
Inherited a multi-cloud AWS/GCP/Azure environment with 100+ Terraform/Terragrunt resources suffering from state divergence due to ungoverned manual changes. Audited drift, reconciled infrastructure against intended configuration, and restored IaC governance without disrupting live environments.
Infrastructure Engineer (NeoAssist)
Neova Solutions Private Limited
Aug 2024 - Nov 2024 (3 months)
Architected and costed AWS infrastructure for NeoAssist, securing internal approval for cloud spend and deploying production infrastructure from zero (EC2, RDS, networking, and security groups). Used Python for AWS resource discovery and cost analysis, implemented cost-efficient Prometheus and Grafana monitoring, and proposed multi-AZ HA/DR architecture.
Customer Success Engineer (Lacework)
Neova Solutions Private Limited
Dec 2020 - Jul 2024 (3 years 7 months)
Owned end-to-end technical relationship for 60+ enterprise customers implementing Lacework CNAPP on AWS, from onboarding through steady-state security operations. Built cross-account IAM and CloudTrail ingestion for secure data flow, reduced AWS spend by consolidating CloudTrail strategies, deployed SSO integrations (Okta and Azure AD), and root-caused CVE detection failures to guide compliance-al
L2 Support Engineer (Mondelez CRM)
StayInFront India Pvt Ltd
Aug 2018 - Sep 2020 (2 years 1 month)
Provided L2 technical support for Mondelez International’s global CRM platform, managing escalations across enterprise users in multiple geographies while maintaining 98% production uptime for critical applications. Used Terraform and CloudFormation for infrastructure-as-code and delivered enterprise platform training for organizations including Infosys, IBM, Accenture, Colgate, and PepsiCo, earni
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NITMS, Nagpur
Bachelor of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering from NITMS, Nagpur (2014). Built cloud security and DevSecOps skills through hands-on professional practice in funded startups and Fortune 500 environments without formal CS training.
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