Manip PoudelDevOps Engineer & Cloud Infrastructure Lead
Senior DevOps & SRE practitioner leading infrastructure across 10+ production AWS environments — Terraform IaC, EKS with GitOps (ArgoCD), hardened CI/CD, and DevSecOps, with the numbers to show for it.
About Me
I'm a DevOps Team Lead and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience building, automating, and securing cloud-native systems on AWS and GCP.
Currently leading DevOps operations at wesionaryTEAM — a remote-first software company based in Tokyo — where I manage infrastructure across 10+ concurrent production environments, drive DevSecOps transformation, and own CI/CD architecture, Kubernetes operations, and incident response.
I hold the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and HashiCorp Terraform Associate (003) certifications. Day to day, I write Terraform modules, run EKS clusters, build GitHub Actions pipelines, and handle incident response when production breaks.
Experience
wesionaryTEAM
DevOps Team Lead
Leading DevOps across 10+ concurrent production environments. Architected CI/CD pipelines, Terraform IaC modules, and Kubernetes clusters. Drove organisation-wide DevSecOps transformation. Stack: AWS, GCP, Terraform, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, EKS, Docker, Prometheus, Grafana.
Leapfrog Technology
DevOps Engineer Intern
Deployed AWS infrastructure (EC2, Lambda, S3, VPC, IAM), configured web servers, and implemented CI/CD pipelines. Linux system administration on CentOS and Ubuntu.
NAXA
Backend Developer
Built geospatial REST APIs using Python, Django, and PostGIS. Automated network configuration for Cisco/MikroTik routers using netmiko and paramiko.
Projects
AWS Infrastructure Automation
Terraform IaC modules for multi-environment AWS infrastructure across 10+ client production environments. EC2, ECS Fargate, EKS, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM. Reduced manual provisioning effort by ~70%.
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DevSecOps Pipeline Transformation
Led organisation-wide DevSecOps transformation. Embedded security gates, IaC compliance checks, and secret scanning into GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines across all client environments.
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AWS SES Email Security
Implemented production email authentication (DKIM, DMARC, SPF) via AWS SES across multiple client domains. Resolved deliverability and spoofing vulnerabilities. Published technical write-up on Medium.
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Network Automation
Automated configuration management for Cisco and MikroTik routers using Python, netmiko, and paramiko. Enabled programmatic router configuration across an infrastructure fleet.
Skills & Stack
Cloud Platforms
- AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, Lambda, RDS, S3, VPC, IAM, Route53, CloudWatch)
- Google Cloud Platform
- Linux System Administration
Infrastructure as Code
- Terraform (HashiCorp Certified)
- CloudFormation
- Ansible
Containers & Orchestration
- Docker
- Kubernetes (EKS)
- Helm
- ArgoCD / GitOps
CI/CD & Automation
- GitHub Actions
- GitLab CI
- Jenkins
- Bash & Python scripting
Monitoring & Observability
- Prometheus & Grafana
- ELK Stack / Loki
- AWS CloudWatch
- Incident Response & RCA
Security / DevSecOps
- AWS IAM & KMS
- TLS/SSL & Certificate Management
- SOPS & Secret Management
- Pipeline Security Gates
- Nginx Hardening
Certifications
1-on-1 Mentorship
I mentor engineers working toward their first DevOps role, or trying to move up in the one they have — personalised learning paths, real AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes walkthroughs, and direct feedback on your work.
Mentorship details & intake formFrequently Asked Questions
Who is Manip Poudel?
Manip Poudel is a DevOps Team Lead and Cloud Infrastructure Engineer from Nepal with 4+ years of experience. He leads DevOps at wesionaryTEAM, a remote-first software company based in Tokyo, managing infrastructure across 10+ concurrent production environments on AWS and GCP.
What kind of DevOps work does Manip Poudel do?
Manip works with international teams remotely on production cloud infrastructure — AWS/GCP architecture, Terraform IaC, Kubernetes/EKS operations, CI/CD pipelines, and DevSecOps — and takes on select consulting engagements such as architecture reviews and DevSecOps audits.
What certifications does Manip Poudel hold?
Manip holds the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate and HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (003) certifications, verifiable on Credly.
What services does Manip Poudel offer?
DevOps and cloud infrastructure consulting (AWS, GCP, Terraform, Kubernetes, CI/CD, DevSecOps), fractional DevOps engineering for teams on AWS, and 1-on-1 DevOps mentorship for engineers breaking into the field.