Neeraj Prem Verma
DevOps & SRE Leader | Cloud Architect | Infrastructure Strategist
Bangalore, India
neerajprem.in • LinkedIn • [email protected]
About Me
I’m a hands-on DevOps and SRE leader with 12+ years of experience building scalable, secure, and cost-effective infrastructure for high-growth gaming and digital platforms. I’ve led large-scale cloud migrations, optimized infra costs by over 70%, and grown high-performing DevOps & Reliability engineering teams. I believe in automation, observability, and building systems that don’t just scale — they thrive under load.
Key Companies & Roles
- Engineering Manager – DevOps/SRE/DBA, Games24x7
Scaled infra for IPL & World Cup traffic (20M+ txns), slashed infra cost by 70% with Graviton & Spot, reorganized and scaled team from 10 → 22, drove ISO 27001 readiness. - Lead DevOps Engineer, Moonfrog Labs
Re-architected infra for 7M+ DAUs, led K8s and ELK adoption, achieved 75% cost savings via auto-scaling on Spot instances, built centralized SRE platform team. - DevOps Engineer, Zeotap
Migrated infra from SoftLayer to AWS, deployed EMR clusters, implemented VPN security, and trained interns. - System Admin Roles, Softway Solutions, Innoz, 5-Tech Solutions
Managed production infra, backups, RAID setups, built alerting systems, and conducted Linux training.
Tech Stack & Skills
- Cloud: AWS (EC2, RDS, ALB), GCP, SoftLayer
- Infra-as-Code: Terraform, Helm, Ansible
- CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Spinnaker
- Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Helm
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, APMs
- Security: IAM, OS Hardening, IDS/IPS, Compliance
- Databases: MongoDB, RDS Aurora, ScyllaDB, Redis, Kafka
- Leadership: Hiring, OKRs, Roadmaps, Cross-functional alignment
Impactful Projects
- Infra Scale for 20M Users during peak gaming events with zero downtime.
- Graviton & Spot Migration that reduced infra spend by over 70%.
- Logging Platform Migration delivered in 1 month with full PoC validation.
- DevOps OKRs & TPM Workflows that streamlined delivery and team productivity.
- Security & Audit Readiness that enabled ISO 27001 certification.
- Infrastructure Team Building from scratch and retaining talent.
- Highly Resilient System designing and scaling.
- Decentralisation of SPOF to reduce the blast radius.
Writing & Speaking
I share my learnings and frameworks on Build Break Automate — covering topics like DevOps culture, cloud cost strategy, incident response, and team management. I’ve hosted tech talks, Linux workshops, and mentored junior engineers in structured programs.