HRITIK RANJAN
Junior DevOps Engineer | AWS · Linux · Docker · Kubernetes · CI/CD · Git
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
DevOps Intern at Staqu Technologies with 1.5+ years of overall industry experience — 1 year as a QA Engineer and 8 months in Network/Information Security.
Hands-on with AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, ALB, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch), Linux, Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Git/GitHub and CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Jenkins), proven through real multi-tier projects and a technical blog with 35+ posts. Strong troubleshooting, release validation and API-testing background from QA, plus solid networking and security fundamentals from InfoSec.
Seeking a Junior DevOps Engineer / DevOps Trainee role.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Cloud (AWS): EC2, S3, IAM, VPC & Subnets, ALB, Auto Scaling, Security Groups, Route 53, CloudWatch, SNS, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeDeploy, CloudFormation, AWS CLI
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline/CodeBuild/CodeDeploy, build & deployment automation
Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Dockerfiles, Docker Compose, Kubernetes (Pods, Deployments, Services, ConfigMaps, Secrets)
Linux & Scripting: Ubuntu, Kali Linux, Linux CLI, Bash/Shell scripting, file permissions, processes, package management, troubleshooting
Version Control: Git, GitHub — branching, merging, pull/push workflows, repository management
Networking & Security: TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/HTTPS, routing, Nginx (reverse proxy), Nmap, Nessus, Burp Suite, Wireshark, OWASP basics
Config & Data: YAML, JSON, REST APIs, SQL/MySQL, Python (basic)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Working with the DevOps team on deployment, configuration and troubleshooting of containerized applications on Linux servers using Docker and Kubernetes.
- Applying Git/GitHub, CI/CD and AWS cloud practices from hands-on projects to day-to-day DevOps tasks.
- Collaborated with developers and product teams in Agile release cycles, performing release validation, regression testing and environment-level troubleshooting for enterprise web applications.
- Tested REST APIs with Postman and validated backend/application data using SQL — strengthening debugging and issue-isolation skills relevant to CI/CD pipeline validation.
- Worked across Hiring Portal, NxSAM (asset, network, API and application security modules) and ODM (financial workflows), validating configurations, integrations and release readiness.
- Performed vulnerability assessment and penetration testing using Nessus, Burp Suite and Nmap on Metasploitable2, Kioptrix, Sunset Lab and Noontide lab environments.
- Built practical Linux, networking and security foundations (ports, services, HTTP/HTTPS) directly applicable to DevSecOps and cloud environments.
- Worked with Active Directory and PowerShell to identify/resolve system vulnerabilities; configured Windows Autopilot deployments and endpoint management.
PROJECTS
- AWS Multi-AZ VPC Blueprint (GitHub): Built a highly-available 2-AZ VPC (public/private subnets, IGW, per-AZ NAT Gateways); deployed a web app on private EC2 instances via an Auto Scaling Group and Bastion Host, and exposed it securely through an Application Load Balancer with Target Group health checks.
- DevOps Learning Tracker – Docker & Kubernetes (Docker | Kubernetes): Built a 3-tier Flask + MySQL + Nginx (reverse proxy) app and deployed it on both Docker Compose (bridge networking, persistent named volume, MySQL healthcheck with depends_on service_healthy, .env-based credentials, non-root app container and per-service memory limits) and Kubernetes.
- SteganoVault – Docker & Kubernetes (Docker | Kubernetes): Containerized a Flask + MySQL + Nginx microservices steganography application (hides secret messages inside images, text, PDF, DOCX, audio and video files) with Docker Compose, then deployed the same stack on Kubernetes.
- Static Portfolio Website – CI/CD Deployment to AWS S3 via GitHub Actions (GitHub): Built a CI/CD pipeline that auto-deploys a static portfolio (HTML/CSS/JS) to an Amazon S3 static-hosting bucket on every push — configured AWS IAM permissions, GitHub Actions workflow, GitHub Secrets and AWS CLI-based deployment.
TECHNICAL WRITING & COMMUNITY
Author, DevOps Journey by Hritik — 35+ published articles (Hashnode) on AWS, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes and CI/CD, including deep dives on CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CloudWatch, S3, CloudFormation and VPC/networking, several with hands-on demos and interview-prep notes. Read the blog ↗
EDUCATION
ACHIEVEMENTS
- 2nd Position – Tech Sampath 2024 (Prototype Model & Photography Competitions)
- 3rd Position – Techno Vision 2022 (Prototype Model Competition, Software)