Rishikesh Sonawane
Open to work4 years experienceDevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer specialized in CI/CD, IaC, and cloud services management.
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18 skillsWork Experience
Software Engineer II — Platform Engineering
Zendesk
- Architected hybrid Amazon ECR distribution strategy combining Cross-Region Replication and Pull-Through Cache across 7 global AWS regions, reducing multi-region storage and data transfer costs by 90%+ and generating $163,884 in annualized infrastructure savings
- Engineered self-hosted GitHub Actions runner platform on AWS EC2 with Auto Scaling Groups, Launch Templates, Packer-built custom AMIs, and Terraform — enabling 500+ concurrent runner instances and ensuring zero-downtime CI/ CD operations
- Slashed container image pull latency from 7–8 minutes to 2–3 minutes across all non-primary AWS regions, accelerating CI/CD pipeline execution by 2–3× for 2,000+ engineers — saving 5+ minutes per pipeline run
- Integrated CI/CD platform with Kubernetes workloads by optimizing container image distribution to K8s clusters across 7 AWS regions, improving deployment performance for microservices-based applications
- Designed workload-aware autoscaling strategies for CI runner fleets using event-driven autoscaling controllers, optimizing EC2 compute utilization and reducing idle infrastructure costs
- Automated cloud infrastructure provisioning through Terraform and Atlantis-driven GitOps workflows, managing 1,000+ AWS resources and eliminating manual deployment errors
- Managed GitHub Enterprise Cloud governance for 2,000+ engineers — overseeing repository administration, access controls, workflow policies, GitHub Apps/webhooks integrations, and enterprise secrets management
- Built comprehensive Datadog observability platform — dashboards, monitors, SLOs, and alerting systems tracking CI/CD queue latency, runner capacity, infrastructure health, and pipeline failure rates — reducing MTTR by 40%
- Managed on-call incident response for CI/CD platform, GitHub Enterprise, and cloud infrastructure, resolving 50+ critical incidents with thorough root cause analysis and post-mortem documentation
- Led migration of multi-region ECR architecture from Cross-Region Replication to hybrid Pull-Through Cache model, reducing storage and data transfer costs by 90%+ while maintaining disaster recovery guarantees
- Led supply chain security initiative implementing GitHub Actions third-party action allowlisting policies, strengthening CI/ CD pipeline security across the engineering organization
Software Engineer — Platform Engineering
Persistent Systems (Zendesk Engagement)
- Built and maintained internal Bash automation CLI adopted by 2,000+ engineers across 50+ teams, reducing developer environment setup and onboarding from ~1 week to under 20 minutes — a 98% reduction in onboarding time
- Designed reusable GitHub Actions composite actions and reusable workflows, standardizing CI/CD practices across the engineering organization and improving deployment consistency
- Developed self-hosted GitHub Actions runner infrastructure on AWS EC2, overseeing capacity planning, scaling, and lifecycle operations for enterprise CI/CD workloads
- Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning with Terraform (EC2, IAM roles/policies, ECR repositories, VPC components) and managed infrastructure changes through GitOps workflows
- Implemented Datadog monitoring and alerting covering CI/CD pipeline health, runner availability, and infrastructure metrics — achieving 99.9% CI/CD platform uptime
- Administered GitHub Enterprise Cloud for 2,000+ developers by managing repository lifecycle, team permissions, branch protection rules, and implementing org-level CI/CD policies
- Resolved 100+ CI/CD pipeline and cloud infrastructure incidents, performing root cause analysis and implementing preventative measures to reduce recurrence
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams (Security, Compute, Engineering Productivity) to design automation solutions that reduced manual operations by 60%
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Achievements
Annual Cost Savings
$163,884 Annual Cost Savings, architected ECR optimization strategy reducing AWS infrastructure and data transfer costs by over 90% across 7 regions.
CI/CD Performance Gain
2–3× CI/CD Performance Gain, reduced container image pull latency from 7–8 minutes to 2–3 minutes globally.
Developer Onboarding Reduction
98% Developer Onboarding Reduction, built Bash automation CLI slashing onboarding from 1 week to under 20 minutes.
Enterprise CI/CD Platform
Engineered self-hosted GitHub Actions runner infrastructure handling over 10,000 pipeline executions per month at 99.9% uptime.
Platform Reliability
Reduced MTTR by 40% through Datadog observability, proactive alerting, and incident response automation.
Multi-Region Disaster Recovery
Designed DR strategy for container image distribution across 7 AWS regions ensuring failover readiness.
About Details
Professional Bio
Innovative DevOps engineer specialized in CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), and cloud services management. Proven ability to enhance collaboration, solve complex problems, and adapt to changing environments, ensuring seamless integration of development and operations.
Bachelor of Engineering in Electronics & Telecommunications
Savitribai Phule Pune University ( - 2022)