Sandeep Atwal
@sandeepatwal
Lead DevOps Consultant specializing in secure AWS Kubernetes platforms, Infrastructure as Code, and zero-downtime CI/CD.
United KingdomWhat I'm looking for
I’m a Lead DevOps Consultant with 15 years’ experience delivering large-scale DevOps and cloud platform engineering transformations across UK Government programmes and regulated environments. I specialize in AWS infrastructure to AWS migration, Kubernetes-based platform engineering, and Infrastructure as Code, helping teams build, test, and release containerised workloads with strong governance.
I’ve built and operated AWS-based Kubernetes platforms supporting thousands of CI/CD, DevSecOps, and release workflows across resilient, multi-cluster environments. I lead the architecture and automation behind continuous delivery and deployment—using Terraform, Helm, and Kubernetes-native testing—and I embed security controls like Vault PKI TLS automation, hardened images, non-root execution, vulnerability scanning, and encryption at rest with AWS KMS.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Led cloud platform engineering and DevOps enablement for UK Government programmes, including large-scale public-sector migrations from on-premise services to AWS. Built secure, Kubernetes-based, cloud-native platforms with CI/CD and DevSecOps controls.
Senior DevOps Consultant
The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ
Aug 2013 - Dec 2015 (2 years 4 months)
Led DevOps transformation for the EMEA Systems Office, introducing Infrastructure as Code and Continuous Delivery practices to modernise enterprise banking build, deployment, and release processes.
Enabled DevOps practices for Home Retail Group by implementing CI/CD tooling and environment automation to support Java application delivery on AIX. Architected Chef-driven infrastructure automation and engineered CI/CD pipelines for Java deployments.
Provided middleware engineering and CI/CD automation across DWP programmes supporting enterprise Java platforms. Administered and optimised middleware estates and supported production release and incident activities.
Owned Solaris Zones-based environment engineering, monitoring, and configuration governance across multiple DWP programmes. Built and maintained platform availability and supported critical environment operations for production and releases.
Worked on build and deployment processes for enterprise Java applications, including automating J2EE builds and deployments and supporting build and release activities for development teams.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
King’s College London
Bachelor of Science (BSc), Computer Science
2005 - 2009
Grade: First-Class Honours
Earned a BSc in Computer Science (First-Class Honours), including a one-year industrial placement with Accenture and Barclays.
Isleworth & Syon School
A-Levels, Computing, Economics, and Mathematics
2003 - 2005
Completed A-Levels with subjects including Computing, Economics, and Mathematics.
Tech stack
Software and tools used professionally
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
SonarQube
Kubernetes
Docker Compose
Kubecost
Cloudflare
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
Azure Pipelines
Liquibase
MySQL
PostgreSQL
Gmail
.NET
Redis
Terraform
Gradle
Java
Perl
HAProxy
Fluentd
Loki
Kafka
Grafana
Prometheus
OpenTelemetry
StatsD
Zabbix
Sysdig
Nagios
Ubuntu
CentOS
Linux
Windows
Oracle Solaris
AppDynamics
Falco
Ansible
Keycloak
OAuth2
sso
NGINX
JBoss
containerd
Atlantis
Apache ActiveMQ
SQL
TeamCity
AWS KMS
MinIO
Cilium
Trivy
ArgoCD
Terragrunt
Hubble
Dynatrace
Harbor
Bash
K3s
Checkov
Karpenter
Make
Middleware
Kustomize
KEDA
Strimzi
Availability
Location
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Job categories
Skills
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