Cloud & DevSecOps Leader

Saurav Srivastav

DevOps Manager × Emirates Flight Catering × Dubai, UAE

12+ years building enterprise-grade Azure cloud platforms, Kubernetes infrastructure, identity security, and AI-powered automation. Expert in Zero Trust, Microsoft Entra ID, AKS, Terraform, and Azure AI Foundry — across UAE aviation, fintech, and global enterprise.

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12+
Years
1M+
Daily Txns
50+
Prod Apps
3
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Work Experience
Emirates Flight Catering
Present
DevOps Manager
Nov 2023 — Present  ·  Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Lead cloud, DevSecOps, platform engineering, identity, endpoint security, and AI platform initiatives for aviation-scale enterprise systems
  • Designed and operated Entra ID, Conditional Access, MFA, FIDO2, Temporary Access Pass, and Zero Trust security controls at enterprise scale
  • Manage Intune endpoint policies — App Protection Policies, application control, allowlisting, and Windows upgrade reporting
  • Built and remediated Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for production applications across critical systems
  • Automated Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Graph workflows for identity, security, reporting, and operational integration
  • Translated technical incidents and platform risks into clear AVP/VP-level stakeholder communication
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Noon Payments
Aug 2022 — Nov 2023
DevSecOps Lead
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
  • Designed Kubernetes microservices architecture supporting 1M+ daily transactions across UAE payments workloads
  • Automated Azure and GCP infrastructure using Terraform and ARM templates, improving deployment consistency
  • Built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines with automated testing, security scanning, and compliance checks
  • Standardized DevSecOps practices across build, deploy, and runtime workflows for engineering teams
KubernetesAKSGCP TerraformDevSecOpsCI/CD
Lowe's India
Jan 2021 — Aug 2022
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Bengaluru, India
  • Architected and operated microservices platforms using Kubernetes, Istio, and Rancher for 50+ production applications
  • Introduced GitOps delivery with ArgoCD for deployment consistency and rollback control
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform; established centralized observability practices
KubernetesIstioArgoCD GitOpsRancherSRE
HCL Technologies
May 2019 — Jan 2021
Cloud & DevOps Consultant
Noida, India
  • Delivered cloud and DevOps consulting across enterprise clients on Azure, AWS, and GCP
  • Developed and operated AKS, GKE, and EKS clusters via Terraform, ARM templates, and Ansible
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Spinnaker, and Azure DevOps
AKSGKEEKS TerraformJenkins
Accenture
Mar 2018 — Apr 2019
Cloud & DevOps Consultant
Gurgaon, India
  • Delivered Azure DevOps, Docker, and Kubernetes for a Dynamics CRM 365 banking modernization program
  • Converted legacy monolith delivery into containerized microservices patterns
Azure DevOpsDockerKubernetes
Wipro Limited
Sep 2015 — Feb 2018
Project Engineer
Bengaluru, India
  • Built Microsoft Dynamics 365 solutions and migrated on-premises systems to Azure VMs, SQL, and App Service
  • Developed SSIS packages and SQL Server workflows for data migration and reporting
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