Girish Harthikote
About Girish Harthikote
Girish Harthikote serves as the Lead Site Reliability Engineer at Catchpoint, where he has worked since 2017. He has a background in systems engineering and DevOps, with experience in various technologies and a strong educational foundation in Information Technology.
Work at Catchpoint
Girish Harthikote has served as the Lead Site Reliability Engineer at Catchpoint since 2017. In this role, he has been responsible for ensuring the reliability and performance of the company's services. He has implemented significant migrations, including transitioning from Windows to Linux for Catchpoint Nodes and leading the migration from VersionOne to Azure DevOps. His work contributes to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of Catchpoint's operations.
Previous Experience
Before joining Catchpoint, Girish Harthikote worked at several organizations. He was a Systems Engineer at Infosys from 2010 to 2013, where he gained foundational experience in IT. He then moved to Happiest Minds Technologies as a Module Lead from 2013 to 2016, further developing his leadership skills. Following this, he served as a Senior DevOps Engineer at Eurofins IT Solutions India Pvt. Ltd from 2016 to 2017, where he honed his expertise in DevOps practices.
Education and Expertise
Girish Harthikote studied Information Technology at both Visvesvaraya Technological University and Dayananda Sagar College of Engineering, achieving a Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.) degree from 2006 to 2010. His educational background laid the groundwork for his technical skills, which include proficiency in Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm for container orchestration, as well as advanced security tools like GitHub Advanced Security and Vault.
Technical Skills
Girish Harthikote possesses a diverse skill set in site reliability engineering and DevOps. He is skilled in Code Signing Implementation and specializes in Infrastructure as Code (IAC) and Configuration Management. He has experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus and ELK. Additionally, he has expertise in implementing Disaster Recovery (DR) solutions, which are critical for maintaining system resilience.