Summary
About Me
AWS Certified Cloud DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience automating scalable infrastructure across AWS using Docker, Terraform, Snyk and GitHub Actions. Known for container efficiency by reducing Docker image size by 35%, improving deployment speed and reliability. Passionate about cost optimization and security.
Website: karanchugh.ca
work experience
Xentegra Toronto, Ontario
Cloud DevOps Engineer Aug. 2025 – Present
Responsibilites:
● Deployed a real-time GPS tracking system for 100 devices on Amazon ECS, processing live coordinate updates every 15 seconds across 7 microservices
● Implemented event-driven GPS ingestion using Apache ActiveMQ to decouple data ingestion
● Set up CW agent for centralised logging and alerting across all microservices enabling rapid anomaly detection
● Leading Network-as-Code migration of 10,000+ F5 BIG-IP load balancer objects to Citrix NetScaler VPX across 5 regions and 4 environments
● Designed a modular Ansible repo with region and environment-scoped inventories with Ansible Vault-encrypted secrets and reusable roles supporting 10,000+ object deployments
Linkage IT Mississauga, Ontario
DevSecOps Engineer Jan. 2022 – Jul. 2025
Responsibilites:
● Containerized and deployed 10 microservices for a healthcare patient management platform, to AWS ECS using a GitOps config repo strategy with environment-specific configs for dev, stage, and prod
● Built a multi-stage GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline, with ECR push gated on clean scan results, blocking deployments on any critical vulnerability and average runtime of 15 mins.
● Integrated Snyk for SAST and dependency scanning across Spring Boot services, automatically detecting at least 5-10 issues per sprint
● Built a DevSecOps CI/CD platform for automated static code analysis, dependency vulnerability scanning and code quality enforcement by blocking production deployments on critical findings and ensuring only secure, compliant code is shipped
● Served as platform owner for ArgoCD as the GitOps delivery platform, managing sync policies, RBAC, and multi-environment promotion workflows and deployments with full audit trail across all microservices
Fiverr Mississauga, Ontario
Cloud Engineer – Freelance Jan. 2021 – Dec. 2021
Responsibilites:
● Automated end-to-end VDI image pipeline using HashiCorp Packer and GitHub Actions, reducing image build and patch application time from 10 hours to 1.5 hours per cycle, an 85% reduction in build time
● Implemented CIS Level 1 security hardening and baked compliance into all of production AMIs
● Injected secrets via GitHub Secrets, eliminating all hard-coded secrets and reducing exposure risk
Thakar Infotech India
Linux Administrator Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2018
Responsibilites:
● Configured Nginx servers with load balancing to optimize traffic distribution and system performance
● Managed file permissions and ownership using chmod and chown to maintain secure access control
● Configured and maintained firewall rules using iptables to restrict access to only necessary ports and services
certifications
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- AWS Certified AI Practitioner
SKILLS AND INTERESTS
● Containerization: Docker
● Cloud Platform: AWS
● CI/CD: GitHub Actions
● Security: Snyk, SonarQube
● Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
● Version Control: GitHub
● Monitoring: CloudWatch
● Scripting: Bash, Python
Education
Fanshawe College : Graduate Certificate Program
Electronics and Embedded Systems Technology
Chitkara University : Bachelor of Technology
Electronics and Communications Engineering