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ARUN kumar DASE

@arunkumardase

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Principal DevSecOps and AI Platform Architect transforming secure multi-cloud platforms with AIOps.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead AI-enabled DevSecOps and platform engineering for secure multi-cloud environments—building Kubernetes/GitOps delivery, governed GenAI/LLMOps, and cloud security automation—while partnering with executives to drive modernization and operational excellence.

I’m a Senior DevSecOps, Platform Engineering & AI Infrastructure Architect with 15+ years of experience delivering secure multi-cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, GCP and OCI. Over the past three years, I’ve focused on AI-enabled Platform Engineering, AIOps, LLMOps, GitOps, Kubernetes, cloud security automation, and enterprise observability.

In my current role as Principal DevSecOps & AI Platform Architect, I lead enterprise Kubernetes platform engineering across Oracle Cloud (OKE), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) and Amazon EKS. I design GitOps-based deployment pipelines using ArgoCD, Helm, GitLab CI/CD, Terraform, Terragrunt and Atlantis, while integrating AI-assisted CI/CD and AI-driven operations to improve reliability and incident response.

As an AVP / Head of Technology and Sr. Director experience, I’ve driven DevSecOps strategy, executive-level technology governance, and shift-left security practices across large-scale fintech and digital platforms. I’ve also implemented GenAI and LLM governance (prompt injection detection, PII monitoring, content moderation, hallucination monitoring) and established LLM observability with Datadog, helping teams turn AI adoption into secure, governed, measurable platform outcomes.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Multicloud DevSecOps Solutions Architect

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ZestAI

May 2023 - Present (3 years 2 months)

Led platform engineering and DevSecOps initiatives for enterprise fintech applications across multi-cloud environments. Architected Kubernetes platform operations and GitOps deployment pipelines and drove AI-enabled DevSecOps using Bedrock/Kiro and AI observability/governance.

AVP - Head of Technology

Mpokket

Jan 2023 - May 2023 (4 months)

Led enterprise infrastructure, platform engineering, DevSecOps, cloud operations, and related SRE/DBA functions for a large-scale fintech platform. Managed and mentored senior engineering leadership and defined DevSecOps strategy with security-by-design and shift-left practices.

Platform Engineering DevSecOps Cloud Security Security By Design Cloud Governance Operational Excellence Engineering Leadership Observability SRE DBA Cross Functional Collaboration

DevSecOps Lead Architect

Verse Innovation Pvt. Ltd.

Aug 2020 - Dec 2022 (2 years 4 months)

Led DevSecOps and platform engineering for a large digital content platform supporting Kubernetes workloads. Architected secure cloud platforms across AWS and Azure and drove large-scale migration and infrastructure modernization using infrastructure-as-code and CI/CD automation.

DevSecOps Platform Engineering AWS Microsoft Azure Kubernetes Microservices Containerization Infrastructure as Code CI CD Automation Cloud Governance Monitoring Observability Incident Management Cloud Modernization

DevSecOps Lead and Specialist

Golden Scent Perfumes & Cosmetics

Jan 2020 - May 2020 (4 months)

Continued DevSecOps, cloud architecture, and platform engineering for Golden Scent’s e-commerce platform with high transaction volume. Drove secure cloud operations and reliability improvements through CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and cloud security best practices.

DevSecOps Cloud Architecture AWS CI CD Infrastructure as Code Cloud Best Practices Cloud Operations Docker Amazon ECS

DevSecOps Lead and Specialist

Mena Energy DMCC

Nov 2018 - Dec 2019 (1 year 1 month)

Led DevSecOps, cloud architecture, and platform engineering for multiple enterprise digital products. Designed secure AWS architecture, CI/CD pipelines, and data lake architectures supporting analytics workloads.

DevSecOps Cloud Architecture AWS CI CD GitHub CircleCi Docker Amazon ECS Data Lake Amazon S3 Amazon EMR Kafka Amazon Kinesis Infrastructure as Code Cloud Operations

DevOps Technical Lead

Tricon Infotech Pvt. Ltd.

Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 (11 months)

Led DevOps and cloud infrastructure teams delivering cloud transformation programs for global customers. Architected cloud-native infrastructure and automation frameworks and introduced modern DevOps technologies across engineering teams.

DevOps Cloud Infrastructure Cloud Native Infrastructure Automation Framework Terraform Vault Consul Google Cloud Platform Infrastructure as Code Amazon CloudFront

Sr. DevOps Engineer

Supermarket Groceries Supplies Pvt. Ltd.

Jan 2017 - Dec 2017 (11 months)

Supported AWS-hosted cloud infrastructure and production platforms for an online grocery platform. Led infrastructure migration and improved CI/CD reliability by modernizing Jenkins and automating deployment workflows for production services.

AWS Jenkins Solr Aerospike New Relic Release Automation Production Stability Workflows

Sr. Cloud Automation Engineer

REAN Cloud LLC

Nov 2015 - Jan 2017 (1 year 2 months)

Delivered enterprise cloud automation solutions for SAP Labs within hybrid cloud environments. Designed reusable automation cookbooks and workflows using Chef and Ruby to standardize infrastructure provisioning and reduce manual implementation effort.

Infrastructure Automation Chef Ruby Hybrid & Cloud Reusable Automation Cookbooks

AWS Cloud Support Engineer

Microland Ltd.

Jan 2012 - Nov 2015 (3 years 10 months)

Worked as a Unix Administrator and progressed into AWS cloud support engineering for enterprise production environments. Led incident response through the AWS Cloud Operations IRT and managed Linux/UNIX systems with monitoring, change management, and production support.