Sachin Vyas
Sydney
Summary
Innovative and security-focused Principal Platform Engineer with over a decade of experience in building secure, scalable, and observable platform infrastructure in cloud-native environments. Demonstrated expertise in DevSecOps, Kubernetes, GitOps, CI/CD automation, multi-tenant governance, and secure access controls. Proven ability to embed security and quality throughout the SDLC using shift-left principles, Zero Trust models, and end-to-end observability. Excels at enabling platform self-service, enforcing compliance, and driving engineering maturity across organizations.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Principal Platform Engineer
Company Name
- Current
- Architected secure, multi-tenant EKS platforms with network isolation and runtime policy enforcement.
- Delivered CI/CD pipelines with MegaLinter, SonarCube, semantic versioning, and Git/JIRA policies.
- Built GitOps pipelines using ArgoCD/Kargo with environment gating and Slack/Teams notifications.
- Implemented distroless container pipelines, custom certificate injection, and secure image validation.
- Integrated Renovate and Argo Rollouts for shift-left security and deployment gating.
- Enabled Vault-based secrets distribution with CyberArk integration.
- Deployed Zero Trust authentication and role-based infrastructure access.
- Enabled distributed observability using OpenTelemetry, Tempo, Loki, and Prometheus.
Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
ANZ Banking Group
02.2019 - 06.2022
- Spearheaded migration efforts to cloud-based infrastructure, resulting in improved scalability and cost savings.
- Implemented security best practices, safeguarding sensitive data and minimizing vulnerabilities.
- Enhanced platform performance by optimizing infrastructure and implementing automation tools.
- Developed custom tools and scripts to automate routine tasks, boosting team productivity.
- Reduced deployment time for applications through efficient configuration management processes.
- Streamlined development workflows by integrating continuous integration and delivery practices.
DevOps Engineer
ANZ Banking Group
08.2015 - 02.2019
- Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.
- Automated manual tasks through scripting languages such as Python or Shell, boosting team productivity levels.
- Maintained version control systems like Git or SVN for seamless collaboration among developers and engineers during project lifecycles.
- Designed and implemented containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes, improving resource utilization and management.
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution.
Release Manager
ANZ Banking Group
09.2013 - 08.2015
- Service Transition and Production Change planning for medium to large scale projects in Payments and Transaction Banking business.
- Maintained version control systems meticulously, ensuring accurate tracking and easy rollback capabilities when necessary.
- Coordinated scheduled releases and updates.
- Coordinated testing efforts across various departments to validate release readiness, ensuring high-quality products before deployment.
- Developed comprehensive release documentation for seamless handoff to support teams, improving end-user satisfaction postlaunch.
- Proactively managed stakeholder expectations throughout the release cycle by providing timely updates on progress and addressing concerns promptly.
Release Manager
HCL Technologies
01.2011 - 09.2013
- Production Release planning and Change Planning for Deutsche Bank's Payments and Cash Management Systems.
- Progressively onboarded applications in "Implementation Gates and Release Governance" framework
- Enhance Release quality and seamless service transition of application changes to production environment
- Negotiated resource allocations among competing projects to optimize overall efficiency without compromising individual deliverables'' quality or timing requirements.
Technical Lead
Mindtree
04.2010 - 12.2010
- Coordinated with cross-department teams like QA, DevOps, and Support to ensure seamless end-to-end software delivery process.
- Led a team of developers to successfully deliver high-quality software projects on time and within budget constraints.
- Enhanced system performance with thorough code reviews, debugging, and optimization techniques.
- Maintained close communication with clients throughout project life cycles for accurate progress reporting and prompt issue resolution.
Senior Software Engineer
Capgemini Technology Services
01.2007 - 04.2010
- Developed scalable applications using agile methodologies for timely project delivery.
- Maintained comprehensive documentation of development work, facilitating knowledge sharing among team members.
- Regularly reviewed peers'' code contributions, offering constructive feedback to enhance overall product quality.
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes.
- Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.
Software Engineer
Lionbridge
01.2006 - 12.2006
- Developed reusable components that significantly reduced development effort on multiple projects.
- Refactored legacy codebases for improved maintainability, paving the way for easier future updates.
- Improved software performance by identifying and resolving bottlenecks in the code.
- Implemented effective debugging strategies, resulting in fewer software defects and increased reliability.
Education
Bachelor of Enginering - Electronic Engineering
Pune University
Pune, India06-2004
Skills
- DevSecOps, Secure CI/CD Pipelines, Shift-Left Security
- Kubernetes Platform Engineering & Multi-Tenant Management
- GitOps Principles (ArgoCD, Kargo) & Helm/Kustomize Deployments
- Observability-as-Code & Monitoring (Grafana, Loki, Tempo, Mimir, Splunk)
- Secrets Management (HashiCorp Vault, CyberArk, External Secrets Operator)
- Certificate Lifecycle & Trust Management (cert-manager, trust-manager)
- Service Mesh Security (Istio, mTLS, OPA-Istio Policies)
- Policy-as-Code (OPA Gatekeeper, Kyverno)
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, CloudFormation, EKS, RDS, EC2, S3, IAM)
- Test Automation (Testkube, SonarCube, OpenTelemetry)
- AI-Driven DevOps (GitHub Copilot, Claude AI, ChatGPT)
Certification
AWS Certified Associate Solution Architect (2018)
Splunk Certified Power User
SAFe 4 Practitioner Certification
Certified Professional Scrum Master
Timeline
Senior DevOps / Platform Engineer
ANZ Banking Group
02.2019 - 06.2022
DevOps Engineer
ANZ Banking Group
08.2015 - 02.2019
Release Manager
ANZ Banking Group
09.2013 - 08.2015
Release Manager
HCL Technologies
01.2011 - 09.2013
Technical Lead
Mindtree
04.2010 - 12.2010
Senior Software Engineer
Capgemini Technology Services
01.2007 - 04.2010
Software Engineer
Lionbridge
01.2006 - 12.2006
Principal Platform Engineer
Company Name
- Current
Bachelor of Enginering - Electronic Engineering
Pune University
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