Hardik Paliwal

Experience

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  TCS

  May 2021 - Jun 2024

  System Engineer

  As a System Engineer with over 3+ years of experience in the IT industry, I bring a diverse skill set and hands-on expertise in implementing Openshift, Kubernetes, and various DevOps tools. My experience extends to both Internet-connected and disconnected environments, including Bare metal Servers such as IDRAC and Blade servers.I have successfully supported multiple projects, contributing to the implementation and troubleshooting of DevOps tools like Jenkins, Github, Prometheus, Grafana, among others. My proficiency encompasses the entire lifecycle, from designing low-level and high-level architectures for Middleware Components to development, monitoring, and day-to-day operations.In terms of skills, I possess expertise in Openshift, DevOps, Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Github, ArgoCD, Tekton, Jenkins, Nginx, Designing, and Development. My knowledge extends beyond theory, with practical experience in implementing Kubernetes and Openshift clusters on diverse platforms, including AWS, GCP, Azure, and bare metal.Furthermore, I have hands-on experience with additional tools such as Appdynamics, Elasticsearch, Elk Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Fluentd, Kibana, Logstash, Prometheus, Redis, and more. My proficiency in automation extends to Ansible, where I've written Playbooks for various environments.In the realm of Infrastructure as Code, I've worked with OpenStack and Terraform, implementing OpenStack with Undercloud and Overcloud configurations. This involved dealing with various components such as Storage, Networks, and Virtualization tools like Hypervisor, Hyper-V, KVM, and others.My repertoire also includes a foundational knowledge of Java, where I've utilized it to write APIs for interacting with S3 storage. In addition, I've specifically worked with Dell S3 storage, contributing to the seamless migration of object storage from CAS to S3 within Dell's infrastructure. Show less

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  HCLTech

  Jul 2024 - now

  Technical Lead