Hi, I'm Gaurav Gorle
CI/CD · GitOps · AWS · Kubernetes — building cloud-native systems that ship fast and stay reliable.
Bridging development and operations
Shipping full-stack web apps for 4+ years while building production-grade CI/CD and cloud-native infrastructure on the side.
Full Stack Developer with over 4 years of experience designing and maintaining web applications — now transitioning into DevOps Engineering. Hands-on expertise in CI/CD pipelines, containerization, infrastructure as code and cloud-native deployments on AWS built through multiple personal projects.
Proficient in Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform and GitOps workflows using Argo CD. Trained in Multi-Cloud DevOps with practical DevSecOps experience — SAST, container scanning and dependency auditing — which helps me streamline software delivery and improve operational reliability.
CI/CD & GitOps
Jenkins, GitHub Actions & Argo CD pipelines
Cloud & AWS
EC2, EKS, S3, ALB, CloudFront, IAM & more
Containers & K8s
Docker, Kubernetes, Helm & Amazon EKS
Infrastructure as Code
Terraform for VPC, EKS, EC2, ALB & S3
Experience
Where I've built, broken and learned over the last four years.
- March 2023 — Present
Software Developer
Mantra Digital / Meera.ai (Product-based), MumbaiOutsourced by Gaffis Technologies — Conversational AI Product (Twilio)- Built and maintained Twilio-based voice calling and Conversation Relay systems that leverage AI to understand user intent and perform actions dynamically.
- Developed automated SMS workflows — system intelligently processes and responds using NLP-driven logic.
- Built a RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) system using vector stores for accurate, context-aware responses.
- Designed an NLP-driven chatbot for customer support with advanced NLU models.
- Integrated Twilio APIs for SMS, voice & conversation relay with retries and failure alerting.
LaravelJavaScriptTwilioNLPRAGVector Store - March 2022 — February 2023
Jr. Full Stack Developer
Gaffis Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Nagpur- Developed and maintained web applications using Laravel and core PHP with focus on performance and scalability.
- Designed responsive UI components using HTML, CSS and JavaScript.
- Managed SQL databases — designed schemas and optimized queries.
- Implemented REST APIs to integrate third-party services.
PHPLaravelJavaScriptSQLREST APIs - Dec 2021 — Feb 2022
Web Developer (Intern)
India Active Software, Nagpur- Created and deployed web pages using PHP and JavaScript.
- Improved website functionality and load times by refining CSS and JavaScript.
- Collaborated with designers to ship visually appealing, functional UIs.
PHPJavaScriptHTMLCSS
Projects
End-to-end DevOps and cloud-native projects — what they do, why I built them, and what they deliver.
EasyShop E-Commerce — End-to-End DevOps Pipeline
SourceProduction-grade CI/CD pipeline for a Next.js + MongoDB e-commerce app on AWS EKS, with GitOps-based delivery via Argo CD.
To prove I can take an application from laptop to a secured, auto-scaled, observable production stack on Kubernetes — the way a modern SaaS team ships.
- Split Jenkins CI/CD jobs with Trivy, OWASP & SonarQube quality gates
- Fully automated GitOps deploys on AWS EKS via Argo CD
- HPA, PodDisruptionBudgets and NetworkPolicies for production hardening
- Prometheus + Grafana stack deployed via Helm
Wanderlust Travel Blog — Production K8s Deployment
SourceFull DevOps pipeline for a React / Node.js / MongoDB / Redis travel blog on AWS EKS, including app-level observability.
Many pipelines stop at 'it deploys' — I wanted to build one that also *watches itself*, exposing real application-level metrics that SREs can alert on.
- Parallel security scanning in Jenkins CI (Trivy, SonarQube, OWASP)
- Multi-stage Docker builds + GitOps CD via Argo CD
- Custom prom-client metrics + nginx-prometheus-exporter sidecar
- Grafana dashboards for SLIs, throughput, and error rates
DevSecOps Pipeline for Python Application
SourceReusable GitHub Actions DevSecOps pipeline for a Flask app, with multi-layered scanning, SBOM generation and automated EC2 deploys.
Security is usually bolted on at the end. I wanted to show what a truly shift-left pipeline looks like — one where unsafe code physically cannot reach production.
- 13 reusable workflows: Semgrep, Gitleaks, pip-audit, Trivy, Hadolint
- CycloneDX SBOM generation via Syft for supply-chain visibility
- 80% code-coverage gate enforced before any deploy
- Docker health checks + automatic rollback on EC2 failure
Static Website Hosting Infrastructure on AWS
SourceProduction-grade AWS infrastructure for static website hosting, fully provisioned with Terraform and bootstrapped via user data.
I wanted a reference stack that shows I can design real-world, highly-available AWS infra from scratch — not just follow a tutorial VPC.
- Multi-AZ VPC with ALB + ACM-backed HTTPS
- Auto Scaling Group (1–4 EC2) with CPU-based scaling policies
- Private S3 with AES-256 encryption and least-privilege IAM
- CloudWatch alarms + rolling instance refresh for zero-downtime deploys
Skills
What's in my day-to-day stack — grouped by concern.
CI/CD & GitOps
Containers & Orchestration
Infrastructure as Code
Cloud — AWS
Security & DevSecOps
Monitoring & Observability
Scripting & Other Tools
Latest Blog Posts
Deep-dives into the systems, pipelines and patterns I work with.
End-to-End CI/CD with Jenkins & Argo CD
How I architected a complete CI/CD pipeline with split Jenkins jobs and GitOps deployment using Argo CD on AWS EKS.
DevSecOps: Shift-Left Security in Pipelines
Multi-layered security scanning with 13 reusable GitHub Actions workflows and SBOM generation.
Terraform for Production AWS Infrastructure
Designing production-grade AWS infrastructure with Terraform — VPC, ALB, ASG, S3, CloudWatch auto-scaling.
Kubernetes Monitoring with Prometheus & Grafana
Application-level observability on EKS using Prometheus Operator, ServiceMonitors and Grafana dashboards.
Twilio Conversation Relay, Voice & SMS at Mantra Digital
Building AI-powered Conversation Relay agents, voice calling systems and intelligent SMS workflows using Twilio.
Building a RAG System with Vector Stores
How I built a Retrieval-Augmented Generation system using vector stores to power context-aware AI responses.
Let's build something
Have a role, a project, or just want to talk shop? I'd love to hear from you.