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Harshitha P S

I build systems —
in the cloud,
and within.

7+ years building resilient cloud platforms that scale. A daily practice that grounds me. Writing as a way to reflect, express, and stay connected to life's experiences.

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Harshitha P S
Senior Cloud Platform Engineer· DevOps· Platform Engineering· Terraform· Kubernetes· CI/CD· Cloud Native· Distributed Systems· Observability· AWS· Azure· GCP· MLOps· Cloud Architecture· Automation· Yoga Practice· Breathwork· Meditation· Mindfulness· Conscious Living· Poetry· Senior Cloud Platform Engineer· DevOps· Platform Engineering· Terraform· Kubernetes· CI/CD· Cloud Native· Distributed Systems· Observability· AWS· Azure· GCP· MLOps· Cloud Architecture· Automation· Yoga Practice· Breathwork· Meditation· Mindfulness· Conscious Living· Poetry·

Work Experience

7+ years building cloud infrastructure and developer platforms that keep production running — reliably, scalably, and quietly.

SEP 2024 – JAN 2026
Senior Cloud / DevOps Engineer
SatSure Analytics India Pvt. Ltd. — Bengaluru, India

Led cloud infrastructure and platform engineering initiatives for internal products and international enterprise clients, building scalable, secure, and developer-friendly cloud platforms across AWS and Kubernetes ecosystems. Focused on infrastructure standardization, platform architecture, automation, governance, cost optimization, and internal developer experience.

  • Built and standardized 20+ reusable Terraform modules and infrastructure CI/CD pipelines, reducing deployment time by over 95% while improving governance, consistency, and traceability across environments.
  • Achieved 40% cloud cost optimization through AWS Control Tower governance, standardized provisioning practices, and large-scale management of 62 imported AWS accounts
  • Developed organization-wide platform engineering solutions including Helm-based EKS deployment modules, centralized secrets management, and CI/CD workflows adopted across Data Science, Engineering, and Geospatial teams.
  • Designed and implemented an internal developer platform using Backstage, enabling self-service infrastructure, service ownership, and improved developer productivity through centralized platform visibility and automation.
OCT 2022 – MAY 2024
DevOps Engineer
Pixxel Space India Pvt. Ltd. — Bengaluru, India

Cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and platform engineering for Pixxel's hyperspectral data and geospatial platforms on AWS. Focused on scalable IaC, CI/CD automation, cloud security, observability, and multi-account platform architecture supporting globally distributed products and internal engineering teams.

  • Developed 10+ reusable, production-grade Terraform modules with automated IaC deployment pipelines, enabling scalable infrastructure provisioning across multiple AWS accounts and environments.
  • Built and maintained organisation-wide CI/CD systems for platform services and microservices, supporting the hyperspectral platform through beta testing with 100+ global customers.
  • Implemented secure cloud infrastructure practices including 100+ AWS IAM policies, HashiCorp Vault secrets management, custom GitHub Actions, and role-based access controls across highly interconnected services.
  • Contributed to platform reliability and observability including OpenTelemetry collectors, Grafana, Mimir, Loki, Slack alerting, and multi-cloud client data exchange architecture with stringent access governance.
OCT 2020 – MAY 2022
Software Engineer
Utthunga Technologies Pvt. Ltd. — Bengaluru, India

Industrial IoT, monitoring, and cloud deployment solutions for enterprise clients across AWS and Azure. Focused on analytics dashboards, real-time monitoring systems, deployment automation, and DevOps support for production-grade client applications.

  • Designed and developed monitoring and analytics dashboards with real-time KPIs, data ingestion pipelines, and visualisation systems for industrial and enterprise client projects.
  • Built and enhanced OEE and OEE Loss analytics solutions, enabling real-time operational insights and supporting timely feature delivery for production environments.
  • Automated application deployment workflows using Docker, Jenkins, Bash, CI/CD pipelines, and EKS, improving deployment efficiency and operational reliability.
  • Supported deployment, monitoring, and maintenance of critical high-profile client projects across AWS and Azure, contributing to scalable and stable production operations.
JUN 2018 – APR 2020
Associate Project Engineer
Hi-Pro Tech Projects Pvt. Ltd. — Bengaluru, India

Industrial automation and manufacturing control systems — delivering end-to-end automation solutions for factory environments. Focused on PLC/HMI programming, system design, on-site deployment, and hardware integration.

  • Designed and implemented industrial automation systems tailored to manufacturing requirements, improving operational efficiency and reducing manual intervention across factory processes.
  • Deployed Automatic Feeding and Retrieval Systems for manufacturing clients across Karnataka, managing end-to-end implementation, on-site integration, testing, and commissioning.
  • Developed and integrated PLC/HMI-based automation solutions involving sensors, motors, pneumatic systems, and mechanical fixtures for reliable factory operations.

Skills & Technologies

The tools I reach for every day — and the ones I reach for when those break.

Cloud Platforms
AWS Azure GCP
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform Ansible
Containers & Orchestration
Kubernetes Docker Helm EKS AKS GKE
CI / CD
GitHub Actions GitLab CI Jenkins ArgoCD Bitbucket Pipelines
Secrets Management
Hashicorp Vault Infisical AWS Secrets Manager Azure Key Vault Consul Templating
Monitoring & Observability
Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry Mimir Loki Tempo Datadog
Version Control
GitHub GitLab Bitbucket SVN
IDP
Backstage Port Hashicorp Waypoint
OS Environments
Linux macOS Windows
Scripting & Languages
Python Bash Go YAML
Databases
PostgreSQL MySQL TimescaleDB
System Performance Optimization & Reliability

SLO/SLA ownership, load testing, chaos engineering, auto-scaling strategies, and post-incident analysis to keep systems fast and stable under pressure.

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Cost Efficiency

Cloud spend analysis, resource right-sizing, spot instance strategies, and FinOps practices to optimise infrastructure costs without compromising reliability.

Words I've Left

Tech deep-dives, reflections on practice, and the occasional poem.

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Let's Connect

Whether it's a cloud project, a collaboration, or just a conversation about yoga and distributed systems — I'm always happy to hear from you.