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Pranaw Raj Kafle

DevOps Engineer | Infrastructure Architect

Kathmandu, Nepal · [email protected]

Summary

DevOps Engineer specializing in production infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and scalable backend systems. Proven track record operating solo as the sole DevOps engineer at a fintech firm and leading engineering teams for SaaS delivery.

Technical Skills

Infrastructure & GitOps: Kubernetes (K3s), ArgoCD (GitOps), HashiCorp Vault (Dynamic Secrets), Terraform & Ansible, Blue/Green & Canary Rollouts, Disaster Recovery (DR) Simulation, pfSense & Zero-Trust Networking, JVM Tuning & Memory Management, RabbitMQ, Stream-based Data Processing, Docker Swarm & Multi-stage Builds

Backend Systems & Tuning: Python (FastAPI), Spring Boot (High-Throughput), Next.js (Edge-side Rendering), Nginx Reverse Proxy & LB

Data, Storage & Observability: PostgreSQL (Indexing/RBAC), SQLAlchemy, Redis (Cluster Mode), MongoDB, Grafana, Prometheus & Loki, Custom SMTP Alerting Systems

Testing & Quality Assurance: Pytest & JUnit, Postman (API Testing), Disaster Recovery (DR) Drills, Load Testing (JMeter/Locust), Container Security Scanning

Professional Experience

DevOps Intern → Junior DevOps Engineer (promoted after 3 months)

Jan 2026 – April 2026

Trust Bridge Capital · Kathmandu, Nepal

  • Operated as sole DevOps engineer, independently owning a **5-server fleet** (1 production + 4 staging) serving **17 microservices** with **100% uptime** throughout the engagement.
  • Built **10 automated CI/CD pipelines** (Jenkins · Docker · Shell), cutting deploy time from **7–15 min → 3–5 min** (~3× faster); executed Staging → Beta → Production rollout of SastoLoan with zero downtime.
  • Established end-to-end observability (**Grafana**, **Prometheus**, **Loki**) with SMTP threshold alerting for 24/7 preemptive anomaly detection.
  • Diagnosed and resolved a live **JVM OutOfMemoryError** by re-engineering data processing to stream-based handling → prevented recurring production crash that was disrupting active loan processing.
  • Resolved a **Next.js SSR** network failure via dynamic NODE_ENV routing → restored developer and customer-facing access, unblocking a live production outage.
  • Architected a **Hybrid NLP/OCR pipeline** (Tesseract + Transformers) achieving **95% classification accuracy** on financial documents → eliminated hours of manual document review per day for the loan operations team.

Freelance DevOps Engineer

2024 – 2025

Independent · Remote / Kathmandu

  • Led a **3-person team** to architect and deliver two SaaS platforms on deadline: KU's official transport system (**BusMan-KU**) and **jb.com.np** — both shipped on time with zero post-launch critical issues.
  • Built full GitOps stack for BusMan-KU: **Jenkins CI/CD, K3s, ArgoCD, HashiCorp Vault** — now serving thousands of KU students as the official commute portal.
  • Built GitHub Actions CI/CD for **jb.com.np**, cutting deploy time from **10 min → 3 min**; configured Nginx reverse proxy with SSL/TLS for a 50-year-old multidisciplinary firm.

Legalities Lead

Jun 2024 – Dec 2024

IT Meet, Kathmandu University · Dhulikhel, Nepal

  • Managed 40+ MOUs with corporate partners, ensuring legal compliance and securing essential monetary support.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional leads to align partnership agreements with event objectives.

Education

B.E., Computer Engineering

Dec 2021 – May 2026

Kathmandu University