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# Yogesh S

**Headline:** Professional profile
**Location:** Midlothian, VA, USA

## About

Yogesh S is an infrastructure and database engineering professional who builds automation for cloud platforms, Kubernetes environments, CI/CD delivery, and large-scale database migrations. Yogesh is strongest in turning complex operational work into developer-friendly tooling, including migration workflows and Slack-based automation. He has hands-on experience with AWS infrastructure and cost optimization, Kubernetes optimization, Karpenter node autoscaling, PostgreSQL, MySQL, and automated CI/CD pipelines. A standout project was a custom migration tool that moved more than 500TB from a proprietary database to PostgreSQL. By validating the approach through a pilot before broader execution, Yogesh reduced a migration expected to take one to two years to roughly three to four months and avoided major subscription costs. Yogesh also implemented Karpenter and node optimizations that delivered 30% Kubernetes cost savings, while building Kubernetes infrastructure supported by fully automated CI/CD. Yogesh is interested in technically challenging work where the scope and substance of the role matter more than company size.

## Highlights

- Built a custom database migration tool that moved more than 500TB from a proprietary database to PostgreSQL.
- Reduced a database migration timeline from an expected one to two years to approximately three to four months.
- Avoided major subscription costs through the proprietary-database-to-PostgreSQL migration.
- Used pilot-first validation to de-risk the large-scale migration before broader execution.
- Implemented Karpenter for Kubernetes node autoscaling.
- Delivered 30% Kubernetes cost savings through node optimization and Karpenter implementation.
- Built Kubernetes infrastructure with a fully automated CI/CD pipeline.
- Built custom tooling, including database migration tools.
- Worked with PostgreSQL, MySQL, AWS cloud infrastructure, Kubernetes infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and cloud cost optimization.
- Built developer-friendly automation through Slack.

## FAQ

### What does Yogesh do?

Yogesh builds infrastructure and database automation, including custom database migration tooling, Kubernetes platforms, CI/CD pipelines, AWS infrastructure, and cloud cost-optimization solutions.

### What are Yogesh's core technical strengths?

Yogesh is particularly strong in large-scale database migrations, PostgreSQL and MySQL, Kubernetes optimization, Karpenter-based node autoscaling, AWS cost optimization, and CI/CD automation.

### What did Yogesh accomplish with database migration tooling?

Yogesh built a custom tool that migrated more than 500TB from a proprietary database to PostgreSQL. The work was completed in approximately three to four months rather than the expected one to two years, saving major subscription costs.

### What database technologies and migration scale has Yogesh worked with?

Yogesh has experience with PostgreSQL, MySQL, and database migrations at a scale of more than 500TB.

### How did Yogesh reduce risk in the large database migration?

Yogesh reduced migration risk by validating the approach with a pilot before proceeding with the broader migration.

### What did Yogesh accomplish with Kubernetes cost optimization?

Yogesh implemented Karpenter for Kubernetes node autoscaling and optimized Kubernetes nodes, delivering 30% Kubernetes cost savings.

### What is Yogesh's experience with Kubernetes and CI/CD?

Yogesh built Kubernetes infrastructure with a fully automated CI/CD pipeline and has experience automating CI/CD delivery.

### What is Yogesh's AWS experience?

Yogesh has experience building and optimizing AWS cloud infrastructure, including work focused on cost optimization.

### Has Yogesh built automation for developers?

Yogesh has built developer-friendly automation that uses Slack as part of the workflow.

### What kind of opportunity is Yogesh seeking?

Yogesh is looking for more challenging and interesting technical work, with the work profile taking priority over company size.

## Links

- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yogesh-saswadkar-6030b22

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