Manveer Bhullar
Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer
Senior DevOps/Platform Engineer with 7+ years building resilient cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Kubernetes. Expert in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/Pulumi), GitOps (ArgoCD), and FinOps cost optimization (90%+ savings). Proven track record achieving 99.9%+ uptime while accelerating deployment velocity. Strong background in DevSecOps, observability, and platform engineering.
Technical Skills
Cloud: AWS • GCP • Azure • Terraform • Kubernetes • Docker • Pulumi • CloudFormation • Google Cloud Run • Lambda • ECS • EKS
Infrastructure: ArgoCD • Helm • Jenkins • GitHub Actions • GitLab CI • Ansible • Terraform Cloud • Istio • Vite • ESBuild
Languages: Go • Python • TypeScript • JavaScript • Rust • Bash • SQL • YAML • JSON • HTML/CSS • React • Node.js
Tools: Git • Linux • Nginx • Vim • VS Code • Docker Swarm • Kubernetes • Helm • Bun • Next.js • Drizzle ORM • Playwright
Databases: PostgreSQL • MySQL • MongoDB • Redis • DynamoDB • Elasticsearch • CockroachDB • MariaDB • SQLite • Supabase
Monitoring: Prometheus • Grafana • Datadog • CloudWatch • PagerDuty • Sentry • LogRocket • Vercel Analytics • Google Analytics
Experience
RoleReady
Founder & Head Developer
- → Founded RoleReady, a production SaaS platform for job search management, architecting full-stack application with Next.js 15, TypeScript, React 19, PostgreSQL, and Drizzle ORM
- → Integrated AI/ML features leveraging LLM integration and RAG workflows for resume optimization and job matching
- → Implemented GitOps CI/CD pipelines, containerized deployments, observability with structured logging, and automated database migrations
- → Built DevSecOps practices including SOC2-aligned audit logging, RBAC, secret management (Vault), and comprehensive testing (Playwright, Vitest) achieving 95%+ coverage
- → Engineered Chrome Extension for seamless job extraction from LinkedIn/Indeed/Glassdoor with one-click import
ClearEstate
Senior DevOps Engineer
- → Reduced cloud costs by 90%+ through FinOps-driven hybrid architecture migration from GCP to AWS/Sevalla PaaS with cost allocation tags and resource right-sizing
- → Achieved 99.99% uptime while leading infrastructure design, maintaining clean IaC (Terraform/Pulumi), and serving as primary on-call engineer
- → Accelerated deployments by 70% by containerizing PHP application, redesigning GitOps CI/CD pipeline, and optimizing GitHub Actions runners
- → Led two zero-downtime migrations (AWS→GCP→AWS/Sevalla) with comprehensive rollback procedures
- → Architected GKE clusters with scaling-to-zero, custom node pools, advanced networking (NEGs, load balancers), and observability dashboards (Prometheus, Grafana)
- → Achieved SOC2 compliance implementing audit logging, access controls, security monitoring, and compliance automation with Vanta
Achievers
Senior Cloud Engineer
- → Streamlined deployments by integrating Tilt to manage entire application stack in GKE, enabling near-zero deployment times for 20+ microservices
- → Executed zero-downtime migration from monolith to microservices using Kubernetes and ArgoCD GitOps workflows with canary deployments
- → Maintained multi-cluster Kubernetes infrastructure with Terraform IaC, Helm, and CI/CD automation with ArgoCD
- → Eliminated manual deployments building automated GitOps workflows, reducing deployment errors 95%
- → Implemented observability stack with Prometheus, Grafana, and distributed tracing for proactive incident detection
Firmex
Build & Release Engineer
- → Increased deployment frequency 300% through Jenkins/Octopus Deploy automation and CI best practices
- → Maintained 99.9% SLA as part of 24/7 on-call for mission-critical financial services platform
- → Orchestrated cloud migration from on-premise to AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda) reducing costs 40%
- → Modernized monitoring from Graphite/Graylog to Datadog reducing MTTR 60%
Education
Sheridan College
Advanced Diploma, Software Development & Networking
📍 Oakville, ON
Featured Projects
RoleReady
A job tracking SaaS with Next.js 15, Drizzle ORM, and a universal Chrome extension supporting 15+ job boards.
Capsule
A Go-based TUI file picker with keyboard navigation, dynamic theming, and the BubbleTea framework.
Let's Connect
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