I'm Ashwin Somnath.
Cloud Architect with 6+ years of experience designing resilient, self-healing platforms using Kubernetes, Terraform, and Azure/AWS. I help organizations accelerate release velocity while slashing operating costs.
Engineering Tenets
How I Build Platforms
Infrastructure as Code
Every environment is version-controlled, reproducible, and provisioned using clean, declarative definitions.
Shift-Left Security
Integrating vulnerability scans, static code analyses, and policy compliance directly into active build pipelines.
Automate Everything
Eliminating manual intervention. Engineering self-healing systems and standardized deployment release models.
Deep Observability
Proactive telemetry tracking, full-stack metrics, and data-driven insights to mitigate regressions.
Expertise
Technology Stack
Experience
Work Experience
Site Reliability Engineer
Softensity Inc. | Remote
Lead DevOps Engineer
NexGen Tech Solutions | Noida, IN
Senior DevOps Engineer
Intelliquity Consulting | Pune, IN
Senior Software Engineer
Accenture | Hyderabad, IN
Focus
Key Strengths
Technical Leadership
Driving engineering excellence through mentorship, code reviews, and collaborative design. Fostering a strong cultural emphasis on automation and continuous improvement.
Cost Optimization (FinOps)
Implementing FinOps strategies to minimize cloud expenditure. Utilizing spot instances, automated auto-scaling policies, and regular right-sizing reports.
Resilience Engineering
Designing highly available cloud environments. Implementing Chaos Engineering practices, automated recovery loops, and multi-region failover strategies.
Cloud Migration Strategy
Leading on-premise migrations to cloud native providers (AWS/Azure). Delivering low-downtime cutovers and legacy architecture refactoring.
Notable Work
Case Studies & Impact
Monolith to Microservices Evolution
Legacy monolithic application suffered from brittle deployments and 45-minute build cycles, causing release pipeline bottlenecks.
Designed and implemented containerization workflows using Docker and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Scripted standardized cluster setup modules via Terraform.
- 80% faster provisioning speeds
- 40% reduction in system failures
- Highly scalable, modular cluster design
Zero-Downtime Release Engine
High deployment failure rates caused by manual coordination steps and a lack of integrated quality gates.
Designed robust CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions & Jenkins) featuring automated Blue-Green deployments and Helm charts for risk-free rollbacks.
- 70% drop in deployment incidents
- 99.9% application uptime achieved
- Accelerated engineering feedback cycles by 60%
Fortified DevSecOps Pipeline
Security compliance bottlenecks and exposure risks due to manual secrets handling and code scans.
Integrated automated compliance tests, SAST scanners (SonarQube), and managed Azure Key Vault secrets directly into the deploy cycle.
- Identified security risks reduced by 45%
- Automated vulnerability checks on push
- Zero environment credentials leaked
Open Source
Featured Projects
Auto-Scale-K8s
Python-based controller for monitoring custom application metrics and scaling Azure AKS nodes dynamically.
Azure-Infra-Modules
Production-ready, highly configurable Terraform landing zone configurations (VNET, AKS, ACR, App Gateway).
Log-Sentinel
Lightweight shell utility suites orchestrating backup rotation, secure archival, and S3 Glacier transfers.
Credentials
Certifications
Education
Academics
M.S. in Computer Science
PursuingWoolf University
B.E. in Computer Science
RGPV, Bhopal
Platform Engineering Insights
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