Hi, I’m Priyanka Burkul, a Cloud DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure as code with Terraform, and running production EKS platforms with GitOps/ArgoCD. I focus on Kubernetes observability with Prometheus and Grafana to improve reliability, and I strive to cut deployment times and optimize cloud costs while working closely with cross-functional teams.

Priyanka Burkul

Hi, I’m Priyanka Burkul, a Cloud DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure as code with Terraform, and running production EKS platforms with GitOps/ArgoCD. I focus on Kubernetes observability with Prometheus and Grafana to improve reliability, and I strive to cut deployment times and optimize cloud costs while working closely with cross-functional teams.

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Hi, I’m Priyanka Burkul, a Cloud DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience building scalable CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure as code with Terraform, and running production EKS platforms with GitOps/ArgoCD.

I focus on Kubernetes observability with Prometheus and Grafana to improve reliability, and I strive to cut deployment times and optimize cloud costs while working closely with cross-functional teams.

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Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Consultant at Bristlecone
April 1, 2022 - July 1, 2025
Deployed Prometheus via Helm charts across AWS EKS clusters for metric collection. Implemented InfluxDB as a time-series store for Prometheus metrics, enabling efficient querying and analysis. Installed Prometheus exporters across 5 applications spanning 10 nodes in 2 AWS EKS clusters; developed 8 Grafana dashboards integrated with 10TB+ logs for data visualization, reducing MTTR by 20% and enabling resolution of 80% more incidents through comprehensive cluster/node/pod monitoring.
Consultant at Capgemini
June 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021
Architected and maintained 16+ Jenkins shared libraries and configurations for the Dealer Management System, enabling fully automated build, test, and deployment pipelines across 100% of microservices. Engineered a unified CI/CD pipeline integrating security, containerization, configuration management, and deployment workflows, resulting in a 20% reduction in time. Embedded SonarQube for 95% code coverage. Led REST API-based integrations across GitLab, SonarQube, Jenkins, and Jira to automate DevOps operations, reducing manual effort and establishing a scalable, self-regulating ecosystem. Deployed and managed three Jenkins build servers, generating over 50 Docker images, optimizing artifact storage and achieving 30% cost savings via automated JFrog cleanup. Led cross-functional teams of 10+ engineers, delivering high-impact projects on schedule with a 100% success rate.
Associate Consultant at Mphasis
July 1, 2018 - July 1, 2019
Consulted user guides and technical manuals to research and implement solutions, achieving a 95% success rate. Implemented a daily follow-up system using Salesforce, resolving 45+ complex client cases monthly, reducing average resolution time by 1 day and lowering escalations by 15%.
Associate Consultant at Wipro
December 1, 2016 - July 1, 2018
Developed performance metrics and testing strategies, boosting efficiency by 10–20% and reducing costs. Led team coordination to meet KPIs, achieving 98% customer satisfaction and increasing productivity by 20%.
Consultant - DevOps/ Site Reliability Engineering at Bristlecone
April 1, 2022 - July 1, 2025
Designed and operated highly available 100+ node AWS EKS clusters across multi-AZ production environments, ensuring 99.9%+ uptime for business-critical microservices. Implemented secure, scalable infrastructure using Terraform with IAM roles, VPC networking, security groups, and autoscaling to support dynamic workloads. Standardized enterprise CI/CD pipelines across microservices by integrating ArgoCD and Helm, enabling controlled, versioned, auditable production releases with zero downtime. Established SLI/SLO definitions and real-time observability using Prometheus and Grafana, reducing MTTR and operational toil. Optimized cloud resource utilization and deployment workflows, cutting deployment time by 20% and reducing cloud costs by 30%. Provided reusable infrastructure modules and self-service deployment capabilities to empower cross-functional engineering teams.
Consultant- Platform /Site Reliability Engineering at Capgemini
June 1, 2019 - December 1, 2021
Led enterprise CI/CD transformation by building 16+ Jenkins shared libraries standardising build/test/deploy pipelines across 100% microservices platforms. Automated infrastructure provisioning and validation using Terraform and Ansible, eliminating configuration drift across dev/QA/staging/production environments. Developed Python-based automation frameworks for release orchestration, environment checks, and deployment governance. Implemented shift-left DevSecOps practices integrating unit, integration, and security testing within CI pipelines, reducing release defects by 30%. Established and monitored DevOps KPIs (deployment frequency, change failure rate, lead time, MTTR), improving release predictability by 25%.

Education

Master of Science in Software Design with Cloud Native Computing at Technological University of Shannon Athlone, Ireland
January 11, 2030 - July 1, 2026
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science at University of Pune, Pune, India
January 11, 2030 - June 1, 2013
MSc in Software Design with Cloud Native Computing at Technological University of Shannon Athlone
January 1, 2025 - January 1, 2026
Bachelor of Engineering, Computer Science at University of Pune
June 1, 2013 - February 12, 2026

Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
NASA Space Apps Hackathon Challenge 2025
January 11, 2030 - January 22, 2026
AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - February 12, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Media & Entertainment, Computers & Electronics