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Vikas Verma

Senior Software Engineer

About Me

I am a Full-Stack Ruby on Rails Developer with 7+ years of experience, specializing in Kubernetes, cloud computing, and scalable architecture. As a Kubestronaut, I’ve earned multiple certifications, including KCNA, KCSA, CKAD, CKA, and CSA, which culminated in this recognition in July 2024. These achievements, combined with hands-on experience, underscore my deep expertise in Kubernetes—from deploying and managing applications to automating DevOps workflows.
I have built and deployed production applications from the ground up, led DevOps automation, and contributed to the Ruby community with over 20k+ downloads for my Ruby gems. My work reflects a strong commitment to building scalable, secure, and cloud-native infrastructures.

Work Experience

2022 - Present
Aircall

Senior Software Engineer

  • Optimized CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment times by 50%.
  • Planned and decommissioned two legacy microservices reducing cloud cost.
  • Migrated the database adapter from ROM (Ruby Object Mapper) to ActiveRecord, enhancing performance and readability.
  • Contributed to refactoring a monolithic application into a more modular architecture, facilitating a smoother transition to microservices. This enhanced the system's scalability, maintainability, and allowed for more independent service deployments.
2020 - 2022
RisingsunTech

Founding Member @Godly

  • Led a small team to build and manage the entire backend infrastructure.
  • Designed scalable microservices architecture using Docker, Kubernetes and Helm.
  • Implemented cost-effective image handling using serverless image handler on AWS.
  • Implemented a cost-effective solution for live streaming by leveraging NGINX modules, which optimized resource usage and significantly reduced infrastructure costs.
  • Led the upgrade of a legacy application from Rails 3 to Rails 6, ensuring improved performance and stability. Additionally, migrated the deployment infrastructure from SSH-based Capistrano on VMs to CI/CD pipelines using CircleCI, deploying to a modern Kubernetes cluster, which streamlined deployments and enhanced scalability.
2017 - 2020
Partech (formerly Punchh)

Software Engineer

  • Upgraded Ruby on Rails from version 4 to 5, improving application stability and performance.
  • Upgraded Ruby version.
  • Implemented Backend Apis for mobile and managed admin dashboard.
  • Developed and published two Ruby gems, contributing to the Ruby community with over 20,000 downloads, enhancing functionality and efficiency for developers.
  • Contributed to Rails Framework.

Tech Stack

    Ruby On Rails Ruby Golang Kubernetes Continuous Integration Continuous Delivery Docker HTML/CSS Javascript Sidekiq Redis AWS

Certifications

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
    Earned in 2024
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
    Earned in 2024
  • Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist (CKS)
    Earned in 2022
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
    Earned in 2022
  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate
    Earned in 2022
  • Kubernetes and Cloud Native Associate (KCNA)
    Earned in 2024
  • Kubernetes and Cloud Security Associate (KCSA)
    Earned in 2024

Projects

Serverless Image Handler

Implemented a cost-effective and scalable serverless image processing solution using AWS Serverless Image Handler. Leveraged Amazon S3, AWS Lambda, and Amazon CloudFront to dynamically process, optimize, and serve images in real-time, reducing operational overhead and improving application performance.

CNCF - KubeArmor: Support for OpenShift (Mentorship)

As part of the CNCF mentorship program, I contributed to KubeArmor, a cloud-native runtime security enforcement system that restricts behaviors such as process execution, file access, and networking operations for containers and nodes (VMs) at the system level. My project focused on supporting KubeArmor on OpenShift. This involved conducting compatibility analysis, identifying limitations, and performing tests on OpenShift to ensure smooth integration.

Ruby Gems

Developed and published two Ruby gems, contributing to the Ruby community with over 20,000 downloads, enhancing functionality and efficiency for developers.

Education

  • BTech in Electrical & Electronics Engineering
    Birla Institute of Technology, Mesra
    2012 - 2016

Languages

  • English
  • Hindi