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SAMIR KOIRALA

DevOps Engineer

Building CI/CD pipelines, managing containerized applications, provisioning infrastructure with Terraform, and operating production environments. Currently leading DevOps practices across product teams.

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Samir Koirala

DevOps Engineer

samirkoirala13@gmail.com · +977 9814285622 · Kathmandu, Nepal

Profile

DevOps Engineer with experience building CI/CD pipelines, managing containerized applications, provisioning infrastructure with Terraform, and operating production environments. Currently leading DevOps practices across product teams, with hands-on experience in AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Terragrunt, GitHub Actions, n8n, monitoring, and deployment automation.

Experienced in production deployments, infrastructure migration, Infrastructure as Code, CI/CD automation, database backup automation, and troubleshooting distributed application environments.

Professional Experience

Lead DevOps Engineer

– Present

TechYatra Labs Pvt. Ltd. · Kathmandu, Nepal — Hybrid, Full-time

  • Lead the DevOps function across product teams, owning deployment standards, CI/CD practices, infrastructure decisions, and production release processes.
  • Mentor engineers on CI/CD, Docker, Infrastructure as Code, deployment practices, and production infrastructure.
  • Manage AWS and DigitalOcean environments with a focus on reliability, monitoring, automation, and infrastructure right sizing.
  • Establish deployment and infrastructure standards across development, staging, and production environments.

DevOps Engineer

NAXA Pvt. Ltd. · Kathmandu, Nepal — Full-time

  • Built and maintained GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for automated Docker image builds, testing, and deployments to AWS ECS.
  • Managed multi-environment infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt.
  • Led migration of production workloads between cloud environments and modernized legacy deployments toward AWS based infrastructure.
  • Built and maintained containerized application deployments using Docker and AWS services.
  • Automated deployment, infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks.
  • Implemented monitoring and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch.

DevOps Engineer

TechYatra Labs Pvt. Ltd. · Kathmandu, Nepal — Hybrid, Full-time

  • Designed and maintained GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for Django and Next.js applications.
  • Provisioned infrastructure using Terraform and deployed containerized applications using Docker and Nginx.
  • Introduced Infrastructure as Code for development, staging, and production environments.
  • Automated application deployment and release workflows.

DevOps Engineer Intern and Trainee

Webpoint Solutions LLC · Kathmandu, Nepal — Hybrid

  • Set up GitHub Actions CI/CD pipelines for automated builds and deployments.
  • Configured AWS resources including EC2, S3, and IAM.
  • Documented deployment procedures and supported infrastructure monitoring and troubleshooting.

Automation & Infrastructure as Code

Workflow automation, pipeline design, and declarative infrastructure across the roles and projects listed on this site.

n8n Database Backup Automation

n8n · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · S3

  • Built n8n workflows to automate scheduled PostgreSQL and MongoDB database backups.
  • Automated backup processing and storage to reduce recurring manual database maintenance.
  • Added scheduled workflow execution and operational notifications for backup tasks.

Custom GitHub Actions Workflows

GitHub Actions

  • Developed reusable GitHub Actions workflows for Docker builds, application deployments, and automated releases.

github.com/samirkoirala →

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform · Terragrunt · Ansible

  • Managed multi-environment infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt at NAXA.
  • Introduced Infrastructure as Code for development, staging, and production environments at TechYatra Labs.
  • Automated deployment, infrastructure provisioning, monitoring, and operational tasks.

Containers & Orchestration

Containerized application delivery from local Compose stacks through to managed clusters.

Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) — in progress.

Open Source

HOTOSM Kubernetes Infrastructure

Kubernetes · EKS · Terraform

  • Contributed to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's Kubernetes infrastructure project.
  • Worked with EKS and Infrastructure as Code for open source humanitarian mapping infrastructure.

Open Source and Awareness Club (OSAC)

General Secretary ·

  • Organized a national level mapping competition in collaboration with the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team.

More on GitHub →

Projects

n8n Database Backup Automation

n8n · PostgreSQL · MongoDB · S3

Built n8n workflows to automate scheduled PostgreSQL and MongoDB database backups, automate backup processing and storage, and send operational notifications.

Custom GitHub Workflows

GitHub Actions

Developed reusable GitHub Actions workflows for Docker builds, application deployments, and automated releases.

github.com/samirkoirala →

HOTOSM Kubernetes Infrastructure

Kubernetes · EKS · Terraform

Contributed to the Humanitarian OpenStreetMap Team's Kubernetes infrastructure project, working with EKS and Infrastructure as Code.

Technical Skills

DevOps & CI/CD

  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • GitHub Actions
  • Jenkins
  • Bitbucket Pipelines
  • Nginx
  • CI/CD Automation

Infrastructure as Code

  • Terraform
  • Terragrunt
  • Ansible

Cloud

  • AWS
  • Azure
  • DigitalOcean
  • Proxmox
  • Cloudflare

AWS Services

  • ECS
  • EC2
  • S3
  • ECR
  • IAM
  • VPC
  • Lambda
  • CloudWatch

Containers & Orchestration

  • Docker
  • Docker Compose
  • Kubernetes
  • Amazon ECS
  • EKS

Automation

  • n8n
  • Python
  • Bash
  • Webhooks
  • REST APIs

Monitoring

  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • CloudWatch
  • ELK

Security & Networking

  • IAM
  • SSL/TLS
  • Nginx
  • Cloudflare
  • DNS

Version Control

  • Git
  • GitHub

Education, Certifications & Achievements

Education

B.Sc. in Computer Science and Information Technology

Tribhuvan University, Amrit Campus · Lainchaur, Nepal

Certifications

Leadership & Achievements

Contact

Open channel. Happy to talk about DevOps, infrastructure, and automation work.