Akhil Arolkar

Architecting secure and scalable Cloud-Native infrastructures with a core focus on the AWS ecosystem. I leverage Docker containerization and Kubernetes orchestration to build modular, portable systems optimized by Nginx ingress controllers. I implement automated CI/CD workflows to accelerate delivery, while maintaining system health through proactive Observability, Distributed Tracing, and centralized Logging strategies for production-grade deployments.

Hello World: Welcome to My DevOps Blog

Welcome! I’m Akhil, a DevOps Engineer passionate about automation, cloud infrastructure, and streamlining the software development lifecycle. What is this blog about? I created this space to document my journey and share practical insights into the tools and technologies I work with daily. My goal is to provide clear, actionable guides on: Containerization: Deep dives into Docker and Kubernetes. Cloud Infrastructure: Managing scalable environments on AWS. Automation: Building efficient CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code. System Observability: Setting up comprehensive Monitoring & Alerting (Prometheus, Grafana) to gain deep visibility into application health. Why follow along? DevOps is a rapidly evolving field. By sharing my workflows and the challenges I solve, I hope to help other engineers while reinforcing my own learning. ...

January 25, 2026 · 1 min · Akhil