SSSouvik Sarkhel
@souviksarkhel
Experienced Software Development Engineer II specializing in DevOps and SRE.
IndiaWhat I'm looking for
I am a seasoned Software Development Engineer II with over 10 years of experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), and Cloud technologies. My journey has taken me through significant roles at leading companies like Disney+ Hotstar and Informatica, where I have successfully driven reliability, automation, and scalability across large-scale platforms. I have a proven track record of building end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure with Terraform, and integrating DevSecOps practices to enhance system reliability.
Throughout my career, I have achieved remarkable results, such as a 50% cost savings for metrics collection and a 20% decrease in incident volume through automation and process refinement. My expertise in observability solutions, including ELK and Grafana, has enabled me to optimize operational efficiency and improve incident response times significantly. I am passionate about leveraging my skills in Big Data ecosystems and cloud technologies to deliver innovative solutions that drive business success.
Experience
Work history, roles, and key accomplishments
Software Development Engineer II
Disney+ Hotstar
Aug 2021 - Present (4 years 1 month)
Conducted scrum meetings, backlog grooming, sprint planning, and retrospective meetings for a 5-member team. Achieved 50% cost savings for metrics collection using OpenTelemetry Collector and reduced incident volume by 20% through automation and process refinement.
Lead Engineer
Informatica
Mar 2021 - Present (4 years 6 months)
Reduced deployment failures by 25% using automated gates in Jenkins, E2E tests, and Canary verification. Decreased microservice onboarding time from days to minutes by creating Golden pipelines in Jenkins for CI and Spinnaker for CD.
Senior Software Engineer
Informatica
Jul 2018 - Present (7 years 2 months)
Built CI/CD pipelines from scratch using Jenkins and Spinnaker, utilizing Helm3 for microservices deployment and implementing Canary Deployments and Istio custom gateway deployment. Developed DevSecOps pipelines for static scanning using Veracode and Blackduck.
Technical Lead
Nokia
Mar 2017 - Present (8 years 6 months)
Worked as a DevOps Engineer with open-source technologies and Big Data distributions like CDH and HDP in bare-metal and containerized environments. Deployed CDH distribution on bare metal and containerized environments, implementing Kerberization/TLS and service discovery.
Senior Systems Engineer
Infosys Limited
Jan 2015 - Present (10 years 8 months)
Primarily worked as an AWS Developer, involved with Python, Docker, Big Data technologies, and configuration management tools like Chef and AWS CloudFormation. Installed and distributed services in a cluster with custom services in Apache Ambari and implemented continuous monitoring.
Education
Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework
West Bengal University of Technology
Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science
2010 - 2014
Studied Computer Science at West Bengal University of Technology. Completed the program between 2010 and 2014, gaining foundational knowledge in the field.
Availability
Location
IndiaAuthorized to work in
Job categories
Skills
Interested in hiring Souvik?
You can contact Souvik and 90k+ other talented remote workers on Himalayas.
Message SouvikFind your dream job
Sign up now and join over 100,000 remote workers who receive personalized job alerts, curated job matches, and more for free!
