KV Abhishek Neelakandan
Open to work4 years experienceDevSecOps / SRE Engineer
DevSecOps | SRE Engineer
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31 skillsWork Experience
Senior Software Engineer - DevOps
Nucleus Software
- Leading Hoshin Kanri-driven initiative to standardize CI/CD pipeline templates and build automation scripts across all Product Implementation Projects.
- Reduced deployment time by 50% by redesigning Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD pipelines with parallelized stages, integrated SonarQube quality gates, and Trivy container vulnerability scanning.
- Delivered on-site DevOps engagements in Vietnam and Mumbai, leading release governance workshops, product upgrade playbooks, and SAML-based SSO integration for tier-1 banking customers.
- Sustained 99% uptime SLAs across customer environments through proactive incident response, structured RCA processes, and post-deployment reviews.
- Accelerated mean-time-to-detect (MTTD) by 40% by implementing a unified observability stack (Prometheus + Grafana dashboards + ELK log aggregation).
- Implemented Kubernetes-based container orchestration (AWS EKS) to standardize deployment patterns across customer environments.
- Authored Jenkins Shared Libraries (Groovy DSL) that standardized pipeline logic across 10+ product modules.
- Integrated Trivy into CI pipelines with policy-as-code gates, blocking high/critical CVEs from reaching production.
Projects
Production-pattern DevSecOps CI/CD Pipeline
View Project- Developed an enterprise-grade DevSecOps CI/CD pipeline using Jenkins Shared Libraries, integrating SonarQube, Trivy (Image, Filesystem, IaC), SBOM (SPDX/CycloneDX), FOSS license scanning, and supply-chain security gates.
Micro-service orchestration with build-in observability and CIS compliance using Helm
View Project- Developed a cloud-native Kubernetes platform leveraging Helm charts, ELK-based centralized logging, and CIS-compliant containerization to deliver secure, observable, and scalable microservice deployments.
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Achievements
Stellar Award, Nucleus Software
Orchestrated the rapid 90-day go-live of Deem Finance by streamlining and automating the delivery pipeline.
TechGig Award, Nucleus Software
Architected and deployed a continuous delivery platform for FinnOne Neo®, slashing deployment times by 50%.
Spot Award, Nucleus Software
Drove the POC and full-scale implementation of SAML-based authentication for Mahindra Finance’s digital transformation.
About Details
Professional Bio
DevSecOps/SRE practitioner with 4 years delivering secure, high-availability platform and infrastructure for regulated fintech environments. Cut deployment cycle times by 50% across 5+ banking customers. Led 90-day go-live of a production lending platform with zero post-launch P1 incidents.
M.Tech in Communication Systems
Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham (2020 - 2022)