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Brahma Nishad
AVAILABLE FOR OPPORTUNITIES

Building infrastructure that just runs.

Building scalable infrastructure, automating deployments, securing production environments, and delivering reliable cloud-native platforms.

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About Me

I'm Brahma Nishad, an experienced DevOps Engineer with expertise in Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD, Linux administration, networking, cloud automation, virtualization, security testing, and platform engineering.

Strong understanding of networking fundamentals, infrastructure automation, GitOps workflows, container orchestration, configuration management, and security hardening — grounded in real systems, not just documentation.

Passionate about building scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure while reducing operational complexity through automation, so teams can ship with confidence.

30+
Infra Projects
100+
Automation Scripts
20+
K8s Deployments
99.9%
Uptime Focus
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Technical Skills

A cross-section of networking, platform, and security capabilities used to design and operate production infrastructure.

Networking

RoutingSwitchingVLANInter-VLAN RoutingTrunkingACLNATDHCPDNSTCP/IPOSI ModelVPNFirewall RulespfSenseManaged SwitchesUnmanaged SwitchesSSHRDPPort ForwardingTroubleshootingInfra Design

DevOps

DockerDocker ComposeKubernetesHelmTerraformAnsibleArgoCDGitOpsCI/CD PipelinesJenkinsGitHub ActionsLinuxUbuntuNGINXApacheSystemdCronLoad BalancerReverse ProxySecrets MgmtMonitoringLoggingBlue/GreenRolling UpdatesCanary Deploys

Virtualization

Proxmox VEVirtual MachinesKVMLXCSnapshotsTemplatesHigh AvailabilityStorage MgmtCluster Concepts

Programming

PythonJavaScriptC#BashShell ScriptingYAMLHCLJSONAutomation ScriptsREST APIs

Security

NmapBurp SuiteOWASP Top 10SQL InjectionXSSSecurity TestingReconnaissanceVulnerability AssessmentNetwork SecurityWeb Security

Tools

GitGitHubVS CodeLinux CLIDocker DesktopkubectlTerraform CLIAnsibleArgoCDProxmoxSSHPowerShellBash
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Proficiency Overview

Networking100%
Linux95%
Docker95%
Kubernetes95%
Terraform95%
Ansible95%
Python90%
GitOps95%
Security85%
Automation95%
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Featured Projects

Selected infrastructure and automation work spanning orchestration, provisioning, pipelines, and security.

Enterprise Kubernetes Platform

A production-grade multi-node cluster with automated ingress, TLS, and GitOps-driven deployments.

Multi-node ClusterIngressTLSAuto ScalingMonitoringGitOpsHelmSecrets Mgmt

Infrastructure as Code

Reusable Terraform and Ansible modules that provision and configure environments end to end.

TerraformAnsibleProvisioningAutomationConfig MgmtReusable Modules

Complete CI/CD Pipeline

End-to-end pipeline with automated testing, containerized builds, deployment, and rollback safety.

GitHub ActionsDockerKubernetesAutomated TestingBuildDeployRollback

Homelab Infrastructure

A self-hosted Proxmox lab with segmented networking, firewalling, storage, and monitored container hosting.

ProxmoxVirtualizationNetworkingpfSenseStorageContainer HostingMonitoring

Network Automation

Python-driven scripts for configuration backup, VLAN provisioning, and firewall rule automation over SSH.

PythonSSHConfig BackupVLAN AutomationFirewall Automation

Security Assessment Toolkit

An automated recon and reporting toolkit combining Nmap and Burp Suite for repeatable assessments.

PythonNmapBurp SuiteAutomationReporting
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Learning Journey

The path from network fundamentals to platform engineering, one layer at a time.

stage 01

Networking

stage 02

Linux

stage 03

Virtualization

stage 04

Containers

stage 05

Kubernetes

stage 06

Terraform

stage 07

Ansible

stage 08

GitOps

stage 09

Security

stage 10

Platform Engineering

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Certifications & Focus Areas

Credentials pursued and areas of applied study across networking, cloud, and platform engineering.

RHCSA

Linux

CKA

Kubernetes

CKAD

Kubernetes Apps

Terraform Associate

IaC

Security+

Security
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By the Numbers

0
Infra Projects
0
Automation Scripts
0
Docker Containers
0
K8s Deployments
0
CI/CD Pipelines
0
Uptime Focus
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Services

Infrastructure Automation

End-to-end automation of provisioning, configuration, and deployment workflows.

DevOps Consulting

Assessing pipelines and infrastructure to identify bottlenecks and reliability gaps.

Cloud Architecture

Designing scalable, cost-aware cloud environments built for growth.

Kubernetes Deployment

Cluster design, ingress, autoscaling, and GitOps-based rollout strategy.

CI/CD Implementation

Building test-driven pipelines with safe, repeatable deployment strategies.

Infrastructure as Code

Version-controlled, modular Terraform and Ansible for repeatable environments.

Network Design

Segmentation, routing, and firewall architecture for secure infrastructure.

Security Assessment

Vulnerability scanning and hardening recommendations across the stack.

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Get In Touch

Open to DevOps, Platform Engineering, and Infrastructure roles — reach out below.

GITHUB
https://github.com/BrahmaNishade
LINKEDIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brahma-nishad-478194190/
LOCATION
Remote / Available Worldwide