Apurva Bhandari

Apurva Bhandari has extensive work experience in the field of IT and infrastructure management. They started their career as a Network Engineer at Joister Infomedia Pvt Ltd in 2015, where they gained knowledge in network troubleshooting, configuration, and VLAN management. Afterwards, they worked as an Associate Consultant at SYSTEMS PLUS TRANSFORMATIONS LIMITED, providing remote support for clients and working with various technologies such as Cisco routers, Dell SonicWall firewalls, and VMware vSphere.

In 2016, Apurva joined Integra Micro Systems Pvt Ltd as a Linux Support Engineer, handling the installation and maintenance of Linux servers, databases, and application hosting. They also took on responsibilities such as server hardening and scripting automation.

In 2018, Apurva joined Contentserv as a DevOps Engineer, where they focused on deploying application test systems and installing operating systems. They worked with technologies like vSphere and Ubuntu/CentOS.

From 2019 to 2020, Apurva worked as a Site Reliability Engineer at Vuclip, gaining experience in managing and maintaining site reliability.

Starting in 2020, Apurva worked at ThoughtWorks as a Senior Infrastructure Consultant, providing expertise in infrastructure management and consulting.

In 2023, Apurva joined TraceLink as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, continuing their work in ensuring site reliability and performance.

Apurva Bhandari's education history begins with a Bachelor of Engineering (BE) degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from Savitribai Phule Pune University. Afterwards, they attended Dhole Patil College of Engineering in Pune, where they obtained an Engineer's Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering in 2014.

Additionally, Apurva Bhandari has acquired various certifications to enhance their skill set. These certifications include:

- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Professional from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in April 2022.

- CKS: Certified Kubernetes Security Specialist from The Linux Foundation in December 2021.

- GitOps Certified for Argo from Codefresh in December 2021.

- AWS Certified Security – Specialty from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in October 2021.

- CERTIFIED CALICO OPERATOR: AWS EXPERT from Tigera in June 2021.

- Essentials for Istio by Solo.io from solo.io in June 2021.

- Gremlin Certified Chaos Engineering Practitioner from Gremlin in June 2021.

- LFS169: Introduction to GitOps from The Linux Foundation in June 2021.

- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional from Amazon Web Services (AWS) in May 2021.

- Certified Calico Operator: Level 1 from Tigera in January 2021.

- GitLab 101 from GitLab Inc. in August 2020.

- Certified Rancher Operator: Level One from Rancher Labs in May 2020.

- CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer from The Linux Foundation in February 2020.

- RHCE EX300 from Red Hat in August 2017.

- RHCSA EX200 from Red Hat in April 2017.

- Certified Network Associate (200-125) from Cisco in November 2016.

- MCPS: Microsoft Certified Professional from Microsoft in November 2014.

- MS: Server Virtualization with Windows Server Hyper-V and System Center from Microsoft in November 2014.

- CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator from The Linux Foundation in July 2020.