Kavyesh Shah

Lead DevOps Engineer & Solution Architect

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Who Am I?

I am a Lead DevOps Engineer and Solution Architect with a proven track record of designing, building, and scaling resilient cloud ecosystems. With deep expertise across Azure and AWS, I specialize in architecting highly available multi-cloud infrastructures, orchestrating complex Kubernetes deployments, and forging bulletproof CI/CD pipelines. As an expert in FinOps and Cloud Cost Optimization, I systematically audit, right-size, and govern cloud architectures to maximize ROI—bridging the vital gap between financial accountability and engineering velocity. From migrating massive on-premise workloads to engineering secure multi-tenant SaaS platforms, my focus is always on driving automation, uncompromised security, and profound operational excellence.

Core Expertise

DevOps & Cloud Delivery Leadership

Mastery in leading scalable deployments, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and CI/CD operations on Azure & AWS.

Pre-Sales & Solution Architecture

Extensive contributions toward architecting robust cloud solutions, guiding technological strategies, and navigating pre-sales discussions.

Platform Eng. & Operational Excellence

Building resilient and high-availability systems with Terraform, Helm, and establishing advanced observability (Prometheus, Grafana).

Azure Specialization & Audit

Active contributor to Microsoft's Partner Program — supporting ISSI-INC-led technical audits conducted by Microsoft to validate and achieve advanced delivery specializations in cloud infrastructure and DevOps.

Team Leadership & Mentorship

Fostering a culture of excellence, mentoring teams across complex project lifecycles, and ensuring cross-functional impact.

FinOps & Cost Optimization

Systematically auditing, right-sizing, and governing cloud architectures on Azure & AWS to maximize ROI — from reservation planning to stale resource elimination and hybrid benefit activation.

Professional Experience

Lead DevOps Engineer

Simform

Jan 2022 - Present | Ahmedabad, India

Leading large-scale cloud delivery. Provisioning end-to-end infrastructure using one-click Infra-as-Code pipelines of terraform with AzureDevOps. Architected platform for DR, ensuring strict RPOs and RTOs.

  • Managing .NET Core Microservices via Helm Charts & Azure DevOps CI/CD.
  • Managing comprehensive Azure components (FrontDoor, CDNs, ServiceBus, SQL Server).
  • Operating across complex multi-region AKS deployments.

DevOps Engineer

Simform

Mar 2021 - Jan 2022 | Ahmedabad, India

Spearheaded monitoring and logging implementations across the company's projects utilizing Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK, establishing baseline observability paradigms.

DevOps Engineer

OpenXcell (CMMI Level 3)

Nov 2019 - Mar 2021 | Ahmedabad, India

Managed software deployments, patching, and security on ECS & Kubernetes (Kops) for multiple environments. Implemented rigorous CI/CD structures and APM solutions.

DevOps Engineer & Intern

SRKay Consulting Group

Jan 2018 - Nov 2019 | Surat, India

Engineered Azure provisioning via Terraform and Ansible. Managed 100+ microservices behind application gateways and championed centralized logging stacks.

Case Studies

High Scalability

Auction Platform

End-to-end Infrastructure, CI/CD, and Observability on highly scalable Azure & AWS Kubernetes clusters.

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Multi-Cloud / Hybrid

ITSM Company

Empowering a microservice application on AWS FedRamp and Azure AKS with fortified static security & delivery.

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SaaS

Security Based Company

Multi-Tenant SaaS architecture built extensively on AWS and Terragrunt.

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Migration

Outdoor Advertising

Migrated multi-TB Windows, SQL Server, and complete AD DS from On-Premises to Azure.

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Web3 / Blockchain

Blockchain Service Firm

Managing expansive Blockchain infrastructure across multi-nodes (Miner, BFT, RPC, Wallet) on AWS / K8s.

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High Availability

Startup Ecosystem

Architected Highly Available configurations on Azure encompassing automated provisioning and CI/CD pipelines.

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Healthcare

Healthcare Compliance Setup

Designed and implemented architecture natively compliant with HIPAA requirements on public clouds like AWS.

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SaaS

E-Procurement Service

Maintained complex services for private blockchain solutions with Hyperledger on Docker swarm clusters.

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Email Client

Email Application Suite

Leveraged deep EKS configurations, rigorous data migration across AWS DMS, and Serverless event-driven architecture.

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FinOps / Cost Optimization

Video Streaming Platform

Aggressively optimized billing on a high-traffic AWS on-demand video learning platform.

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FinOps / Azure Assessment

Government Park & Reservation Platform

Azure infrastructure discovery & FinOps assessment uncovering $100K+ in annual cloud savings for a multi-provincial Canadian government platform.

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Certifications