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🌈 About Me

I’m Pratik Lahamge, a DevOps Engineer at Finastra with over 4 years of experience in Application support and DevOps support. I have a proven track record in managing global application services, troubleshooting, and implementing DevOps strategies. My passion lies in enhancing system reliability and driving efficiency in IT operations.

💼 Experience

System Engineer (DevOps) — Finastra, India (April 2025– Present)

Project: Finastra (GPP&P2G_(Payments)

Roles & Responsibilities: -

• Lead ARO to AKS (Azure Red Hat OpenShift to Azure Kubernetes Service) migration activities, including YAML file creation, configuration management, and deployment automation
• Create and maintain Azure configuration files, resolve Azure issues, and set up environments for multiple stages (Dev, QA, Prod).
• Execute application deployments, AKS cluster upgrades, and repointing activities to ensure high availability and minimal downtime.
• Manage environment startup/shutdown activities, disaster recovery (DR) operations, and failover testing for business continuity.
• Troubleshoot AKS clusters, pods, and services for deployment, network, or runtime issues.
• Manage Kubernetes pod creation, scaling, monitoring, and SSO (Single Sign-On) configurations.
• Handle whitelisting activities for IPs, domains, and firewall rules to enable secure access and integration between applications and environments.
• Execute and monitor Jenkins pipelines for CI/CD processes—including build validation, deployment automation, and post-deployment checks.
• Use Prometheus and Grafana for system and application performance monitoring, alerting, and dashboard visualization.
• Use WinSCP for secure file transfers, configuration management, and system log validation between on-premises and cloud environments.
• Develop and maintain shell scripts for automation, log cleanup, system health checks, and environment setup.