About Me#

I am Dipankar Das, an automation and platform engineer passionate about building reliable, scalable, and sustainable systems that eliminate repetitive tasks and accelerate developer productivity. I specialize in DevOps, Kubernetes, cloud-native platforms, and infrastructure automation, with a strong interest in environmentally conscious computing and reducing the carbon footprint of cloud workloads.

I am an active member of the Kubernetes organization and have contributed to several CNCF and open-source projects, including CNCF TAG Green, Kubernetes, Armo, Kubeshop, Cilium, and more. My open-source work focuses on improving developer workflows, benchmarking cloud-native applications, and building sustainable infrastructure tooling.

Currently, I work as a DevOps Engineer (Platform Engineer) at rtCamp, and I am also the Founder of Ksctl, a cloud-agnostic and carbon-aware Kubernetes lifecycle management tool. I have experience across platform engineering, DevSecOps, MLOps, and infrastructure automation, and I enjoy building solutions that reduce operational complexity, increase reliability, and improve developer productivity.

🏆 Achievements & Recognitions

Winner of the Napptive + WeMakeDevs Cloud Native Hackathon (Track 2) – Results Link
Built Ksctl, a sustainable Kubernetes management CLI supporting multi-cloud, carbon-aware provisioning, and dynamic GitHub Actions runners.
Developed internal DevSecOps and MLOps pipelines for automated security testing, scalable LLM deployments, and CI/CD optimization.

Core Skills & Expertise#

Cloud & Infrastructure: AWS, GCP, Azure, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS/K3s), Terraform, Helm, GitOps (ArgoCD)
Programming & Automation: Go, Python, Bash, Ansible, Makefile, Docker, Dagger, CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions
Security & Observability: OWASP ZAP, Snyk, Prometheus, New Relic, SSL automation, network security integrations
Sustainability & Efficiency: Carbon-aware provisioning, multi-cloud optimization, resource-efficient ML deployments

Experience#

rtCamp#

Tenure: 01/2024 to Present
Role: DevOps Engineer

Key Contributions

Implemented self-hosted multi-runner architecture, improving CI/CD developer velocity by 50% and optimizing infrastructure utilization by 40%.
Migrated to self-hosted Google Tag Manager, reducing network calls to third-party consumers and improving page performance.
Designed Kubernetes-based WordPress deployments with 10× higher availability and fault tolerance.
Built a deployment dashboard with Terraform-powered BYOC support, reducing site go-live time by 2×.
Developed internal automation tools with Frappe and Ansible (multi-runner provisioning, certbot integration, monitoring with New Relic).
Implemented optimizations for AWS Savings Plans (EC2 + RDS) and integrated Cloudflare + Fail2Ban for enhanced security.

Kubmin - Ksctl#

Tenure: 06/2025 to Present
Role: Founder & Principal Engineer

Key Contributions

System Design: Architected Go-based stateless service which can share horizontally which is bascked by SQLite (Turso), Redis caching, Rate Limiting, and NATS messaging for event based system, thus enabling cluster’s workload lifecycle management across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Asynchronous Task Processing: Built event-driven worker system with NATS messaging for long-running cluster operations, improving API responsiveness and enabling horizontal scalability. In Process got to create custom Statemachine for handling complex workflows from retry logic to what all errors can be retried with exploiting NAK and ACK mechanism.
Enterprise RBAC & Quota System: Implemented role-based access control with Authzed and multi-tenant quota enforcement for workload management across organization hierarchies.
Full-Stack Platform: Developed Next.js (App Router) SaaS frontend with TypeScript, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui, featuring real-time monitoring and developer-centric UI.
Agentic Workflows: Leveraging Claude Code and Gemini CLI models to build autonomous agents during development phase of this paltform to help developers with higher velocity and less cognitive load.

Project Link

Viamagus#

Tenure: 02/2025 to 04/2025
Role: DevSecMLOps Consultant

Key Contributions

Implemented OWASP ZAP for automated security testing with custom proxy deployment.
Integrated Snyk for continuous vulnerability detection in CI/CD pipelines.
Optimized an internal LLM project for containerization, disk/network efficiency, and faster inference.
Deployed vLLM on AWS using Auto Scaling Groups and VPC PrivateLink, enabling secure, scalable ML workloads.
Conducted DevSecOps best-practice audits across multiple projects, ensuring compliance and reliability.

KsctlCLI - ksctl#

Tenure: 07/2022 to 07/2025 Role: Creator

Key Contributions

Developed Ksctl, a single-command CLI for fully automated Production/Dev/Staging Kubernetes cluster creation.
Engineered a network-resilient, concurrent SSH bootstrapper, reducing setup time by 20×.
Integrated carbon-aware provisioning, recommending regions and instance types with lower emissions and cost.
Built a dynamic GitHub Actions runner pipeline (0→N→0) that scales without Kubernetes, minimizing idle costs.
Unified multi-cloud support (EKS, GKE, AKS, K3s, kubeadm) and addon management under a single CLI interface.

Project Link

Kubesimplify#

Tenure: 03/2022 to 07/2024
Role: Ambassador

Key Contributions

Authored blogs and tutorials on Kubernetes and Go (Refer).
Conducted Twitch live sessions on cloud-native development and Golang best practices.
Maintained and improved Ksctl, contributing to CNCF-aligned open-source tooling.

Viamagus#

Tenure: 03/2023 to 09/2023
Role: DevOps Intern

Key Contributions

Supported Kubernetes migration to EKS with NGINX Gateway API for traffic management.
Dockerized Node.js applications and migrated reverse proxy from Apache → NGINX.
Automated Jenkins job creation using a CLI tool, streamlining CI/CD workflows.
Integrated Snyk for vulnerability scanning and Prometheus for real-time observability.
Migrated repositories to AWS CodeCommit and automated SSL provisioning with Let’s Encrypt.

Interests#

Full project lifecycle management, from development to deployment.
Designing scalable and sustainable cloud-native infrastructures.
Automating repetitive tasks with programming and DevOps tools.
Contributing to open-source projects that improve developer productivity and sustainability.

Tools and Technologies#

#Kubernetes #Docker #Linux #Git #AWS #Azure #Restful-API #GRPC #Github #GitLab #Ansible #Terraform #Jenkins #Civo

Programming Languages#

#Go #Rust #Python #Java #C #Javascript #Bash

Achievements#

Member of Kubernetes and Kubernetes-Sigs Org
Got invited for joining Github maintainers repo
almost got selected for LFX mentorship
Create a few projects based on software development, DevOps knowledge I attained
a PR wrangler in sig-docs
OSS Kubernetes code contributions and many CNCF related projects like monokle, kubescape, etc
created a PDF-editor project which taught me about microservice architecture design pattern and devops tools to automate things
Created a Ksctl project to learn more about golang, cloud platforms, advance concepts like logging, cli, threading, .. and also learn how to interact with kubernetes client-go

Certificates and Badges#

Name	link
AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Architecting
AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Cloud Foundations
DevOps Internship Completion Certificate (Viamagus)	Certificate link
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) (KodeKloud)	Certificate link
Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD) (KodeKloud)	certificate link
Developing a Winning Marketing Strategy	Certificate link
Developing a Marketing Mix for Growth	Certificate link
Cisco Network Introduction
Cisco Cybersecurity Essentials
Cisco Cybersecurity Introduction
Cisco Programming Essentials on Python	Badge Link
AWS Academy Graduate - AWS Academy Introduction to Cloud Semester 1
HashiCorp Certified: Vault Associate Certification (KodeKloud)	certificate Link
Terraform Basics Training Course (KodeKloud)	certificate link
Cilium Cluster Mesh
Clilium Service Mesh
Cilium Getting Started
GitOps Fundamentals with ArgoGitOps Fundamentals with Argo(Codefresh)	Certificate Link
Fundamentals for Istio Ambient Mesh by Solo.io
LFD103: A Beginner’s Guide to Linux Kernel Development