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360alumni

Scalable SaaS platform transformation with Kubernetes, GitOps, and cost-optimized cloud architecture.


Project Overview

360alumni is a SaaS platform connecting alumni networks and institutions, enabling scalable engagement and campaign management at scale.


Context and Challenges

High traffic spikes during campaigns
Poor deployment process
Limited observability
High infrastructure cost

Client Requirements

Handle 20k+ concurrent users

Zero downtime deployments

Secure and scalable architecture

Cost optimization


My Role

Lead DevOps Architect responsible for designing AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and building observability systems.


Strategy and Solution

01

Migrated workloads to AWS EKS

02

Implemented GitOps using ArgoCD

03

Enabled auto-scaling with Karpenter

04

Integrated monitoring and observability stack


What I Implemented

Multi-cluster EKS architecture
ALB with Istio service mesh
CI/CD pipeline automation
Centralized logging with OpenSearch

Architecture

AWS Landing Zone with EKS, Istio, ALB, and GitOps-based deployment architecture.

AWS Landing Zone with EKS, Istio, ALB, and GitOps-based deployment architecture.


Technologies and Tools

Cloud & Infrastructure

  • AWS
  • AWS EC2
  • AWS S3
  • AWS RDS
  • AWS VPC

Container & Orchestration

  • AWS EKS
  • Rancher
  • Karpenter

CI/CD & GitOps

  • GitLab
  • ArgoCD

Monitoring

  • New Relic
  • OpenSearch
  • PagerDuty

Results and Impact

20k+

Concurrent Users

0 Downtime

Deployments

↓ Cost

Infrastructure Optimization