Available for opportunities

Ridham
Patel

DevOps Engineer specializing in Kubernetes, cloud infrastructure, and CI/CD automation. Building resilient, scalable systems that power production workloads.

ridham@devops ~ zsh
kubectl get nodes NAME      STATUS  ROLES master   Ready   control-plane worker1  Ready   <none> worker2  Ready   <none>   cat ridham.yaml role: DevOps Engineer exp: 1+ year cert: CKA Certified location: Ahmedabad, India status: ✔ available   _
1+
Years Experience
3+
Major Projects
40%
Deployment Efficiency Gain
CKA
CNCF Certified

Technical Skills

Kubernetes

kubeadm Talos Linux Helm kubectl Gateway APIs Cilium Kagent

Linux & Scripting

Linux Administration Bash Scripting Systemd Shell Automation

Containers

Docker Containerd Podman OCI Images

CI/CD Pipelines

Jenkins GitHub Actions Azure DevOps GitOps

Cloud & IaC

AWS Azure Terraform Ansible Proxmox

Observability

Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Ceph BMC/SEL

Web Servers

Nginx Apache Reverse Proxy Load Balancing

Work Experience

DevOps Engineer
Bacancy Technology
 Jun 2024 – Present  · Ahmedabad
  • Leveraged AWS & Azure to provision and manage infrastructure for critical production projects, demonstrating deep cloud infrastructure proficiency.
  • Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm, including node bootstrapping, certificate management, and kubelet configuration.
  • Architected production-grade Kubernetes clusters using kubeadm and Talos Linux across dev/stage/prod environments.
  • Integrated and managed Ceph storage clusters to provide scalable, high-availability persistent storage for Kubernetes workloads.
  • Developed Bash automation scripts to optimize deployment workflows and reduce manual interventions by 40%.
  • Implemented out-of-band telemetry pipelines using Prometheus, Grafana for real-time metrics and ELK Stack for centralized logging & alerting.
  • Designed and deployed containerized microservices on Kubernetes within AWS/Azure cloud platforms.
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines integrated with AWS/Azure for continuous delivery of code changes.
  • Integrated Kubernetes with GitOps workflows for automated resource deployment and management.

Featured Projects

On-Prem AI-Ready Kubernetes Cluster with Observability

Designed and deployed a highly available Kubernetes cluster on bare-metal nodes using Ansible, enabling production-grade orchestration without cloud dependency. Implemented out-of-band telemetry (BMC SOL/SEL logs, Systemd Journal) aggregated via ELK Stack and Prometheus/Grafana. Deployed Kagent for advanced node introspection. Integrated GPT OSS 20B for AI workloads.

Ansible Ceph Prometheus Grafana ELK Stack Talos Kagent GPT OSS 20B
Kubernetes Cluster Provisioning with Talos Linux

Built secure, immutable Kubernetes clusters using Talos Linux and kubeadm on Proxmox VMs. Configured static networking, bootstrapped control-plane nodes, and securely joined worker nodes. Automated cluster creation using Talosctl and custom machine configuration manifests. Integrated Cilium as CNI for advanced networking.

Kubernetes Proxmox Talos Linux Cilium kubeadm Talosctl
Game Server Deployment Platform

Deployed a platform capable of hosting and running multiple game servers (Minecraft, FiveM, etc.) with high availability and scalability. Implemented a master-slave architecture for resource allocation and fault tolerance, with dynamic scaling and NFS-based shared storage for persistent game data.

Kubernetes Nomad GitHub Actions NFS AWS

Achievements & Awards

Certified Kubernetes Administrator
CNCF  ·  2025
Rising Star of the Year
Bacancy Technology  ·  2025
Employee of the Quarter
Bacancy Technology  ·  Q3 2025
Spot Award
Bacancy Technology

My Education

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Bachelor of Engineering – Information Technology
Vishwakarma Government Engineering College, Chankheda, Ahmedabad
May 2020 – May 2024 CGPA: 8.79 / 10

Get In Touch

I'm always open to discussing new opportunities, interesting projects, or just a good conversation about DevOps and cloud-native tech. Feel free to reach out!

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Based in India

Open to remote & hybrid roles worldwide

Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India