TAWKEER BHAT

I’m a Cloud & DevSecOps Engineer with 1+ year of hands-on experience delivering CI/CD automation, GitOps workflows, and cloud-native deployment pipelines. I focus on secure, repeatable delivery—bringing vulnerability assessment, governance, and incident-response readiness into everyday engineering.

In my recent role, I designed and maintained GitLab CI/CD pipelines using Kaniko, Docker, and BuildKit to automate container builds and deployments, including secure Minikube + BuildKit workflows. I also led migrations from GitLab self-managed to SaaS, handling CI/CD variable migration, runner integration, and container registry moves across multiple microservices.

I integrated SAST, DAST, and IaC scanning into CI/CD and used Snyk for vulnerability management—assigning remediation tickets with defined SLAs and reducing vulnerabilities by 80%. I implemented security compliance and governance through IAM authorization policies and automated notifications tied to scan triggers.

I actively support Kubernetes deployment automation and upgrades across GKE/EKS while automating cloud infrastructure workflows using GitOps and Infrastructure as Code. I enjoy troubleshooting CI/CD and Kubernetes delivery failures, collaborating with development teams in Agile SDLC, and using AI-assisted tooling and prompt engineering for continuous improvement and better technical documentation.