DevOps & Infrastructure Engineer

Kunal
Chander

$ cat /etc/kunal/role.conf → DevOps Engineer

Building resilient trading platform infrastructure in the fintech domain. Specializing in Kubernetes, AWS, CI/CD automation, and financial-grade system reliability. I treat infrastructure like code — version-controlled, tested, and deployed with zero surprises.

kunal.chander ~ zsh
whoami --verbose
 
name: Kunal Chander
role: DevOps Engineer
email: kunalchander2001@gmail.com
 
cat focus_areas.txt
 
# Core expertise
Kubernetes / AWS / Docker
Jenkins CI/CD Pipelines
Trading Platform Infrastructure
HashiCorp Vault / Secrets Mgmt
Prometheus / Grafana Observability
 
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Skills & Tech Stack

  • AWS EKS
  • AWS EC2
  • AWS S3
  • AWS IAM
  • AWS SNS / SQS
  • AWS CloudFront
  • AWS Route 53
  • AWS ELB
  • VPC
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Helm
  • cert-manager
  • Jenkins
  • Declarative Pipelines
  • Flutter Build
  • Frontend Deployments
  • Backend Deployments
  • Android AAB/APK
  • Nexus
  • Bash Scripting
  • Microservices Orchestration
  • Prometheus
  • Custom Prometheus Exporters
  • Grafana
  • AlertManager
  • ClickHouse
  • Custom CLI Logging
  • ntfy
  • Google Chat Webhooks
  • Python
  • Bash
  • SQL
  • YAML
  • SQLAlchemy
  • HashiCorp Vault
  • AWS Audit Trail
  • Google OAuth 2.0
  • TOTP / MFA
  • TLS / SSL Certs
  • Kubernetes Secrets
  • DNS Challenge
  • Linux (Ubuntu/RHEL)
  • Network Troubleshooting
  • Netplan
  • Static Routing
  • systemd-networkd
  • Nginx
  • Certbot
  • flock / cron
Proficiency Index
Kubernetes / AWS92%
Jenkins CI/CD90%
Linux / Bash88%
Prometheus / Grafana95%
HashiCorp Vault75%
Python / SQL70%
// devops.lifecycle
TERRAFORM PLAN JENKINS BUILD LINUX RUN DOCKER PACKAGE K8S DEPLOY GRAFANA MONITOR PROMETHEUS ALERT
PLAN BUILD RUN PACKAGE DEPLOY MONITOR ALERT
02 /

Experience

Jul 2024 — Present
Software Engineer (DevOps)
↳ uTrade Solutions, Mohali

Own the infrastructure lifecycle for a high-frequency trading platform serving institutional and retail clients. Architect and maintain Kubernetes clusters on AWS, design Jenkins declarative pipelines for multi-platform builds (Flutter Android, C++ HFT modules), and operate a full observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana, and custom AlertManager webhooks. Deployed analytics infrastructure with Google OAuth + TOTP MFA across 90+ datasets and 4 databases.

Kubernetes AWS EKS Jenkins Docker Prometheus Grafana HashiCorp Vault Flutter CI Terraform Linux
Jan 2024 — Jun 2024
Software Engineer Intern (DevOps)
↳ uTrade Solutions, Mohali

Gained hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines, containerisation, and cloud infrastructure in a fast-paced fintech environment. Contributed to Jenkins pipeline development, Docker-based deployments, and monitoring setup for trading platform services.

Jenkins Docker Kubernetes Linux Bash AWS
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Projects

// PROJECT_01
Grafana Monitoring Dashboards

Built comprehensive Grafana dashboards in a fintech environment covering microservices status, infrastructure health, and website uptime monitoring. Provides real-time visibility across the entire trading platform stack.

Grafana Prometheus Microservices Infra Monitoring
// PROJECT_02
Custom Prometheus Exporters

Designed and built custom Prometheus exporters to capture company-specific trading metrics not available from off-the-shelf exporters. Integrated with AlertManager for real-time fintech-grade alerting pipelines.

Prometheus AlertManager Python ntfy Google Chat
// PROJECT_03
Jenkins CI/CD Pipelines

End-to-end Jenkins declarative pipelines covering mobile builds (Flutter Android .aab/.apk), frontend deployments, and backend service updates. Multi-branch strategy for retail and institutional trading apps in a fintech environment.

Jenkins Flutter Groovy DSL Bash Nexus
// PROJECT_04
Microservices Containerisation & K8s

Containerised fintech microservices with Docker and managed Kubernetes cluster operations on AWS EKS. Wrote custom Bash scripts for microservices orchestration, automated backups, and production automation tasks.

Docker Kubernetes AWS EKS Bash Helm
// PROJECT_05
ClickHouse Logging Infrastructure

Set up a ClickHouse DB cluster for centralised logging with a custom CLI tool for log querying. Replaced Graylog — significantly reduced resource usage and log query times for the production fintech environment.

ClickHouse Custom CLI Bash Linux
// PROJECT_06
HashiCorp Vault Integration

Deployed HashiCorp Vault for secrets management with a custom integration layer that works transparently with existing application code — zero code changes required in the fintech apps. Handles all sensitive credentials and API keys.

HashiCorp Vault Kubernetes Secrets Python Bash
// PROJECT_07
AWS Infrastructure Management

Managed production AWS infrastructure including S3, IAM policies, SNS/SQS messaging, CloudFront CDN, VPCs, EC2 instances, and Audit Trail. Ensured compliance-grade access control for a regulated fintech platform.

AWS S3 AWS IAM SNS / SQS CloudFront VPC
// PROJECT_08
HFT Watchdog & Linux Production Ops

Cron-based watchdog daemon for HFT backtesting servers with flock-based concurrency control. Hands-on Linux network troubleshooting and running critical trading services in a live fintech production environment.

Bash Linux flock / cron Network Ops Jenkins
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Contact

Let's build something reliable together.

Open to discussing DevOps consulting, infrastructure architecture, or full-time opportunities. I respond to every serious inquiry.

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