Hi, my name is
Parth Patel.
I build reliable infrastructure.
I'm a Senior Platform Engineer at Nintex specializing in Kubernetes, service mesh, and GitOps. Currently focused on Istio ambient mode migrations and cross-cloud operations across Azure and GCP.
01.About Me
Hello! I'm Parth, a Senior Platform Engineer based in Auckland, New Zealand, with a passion for building scalable, reliable infrastructure.
Currently working at Nintex, where I focus on service mesh architecture, GitOps, and cross-cloud platform operations.
When I'm not building infrastructure, I'm a proud dad to a 4-week-old baby girl. I love learning and trying new things, contributing to open source projects, and traveling to explore new places.
My technical focus includes:
- Service mesh architecture (Istio sidecar to ambient mode migrations)
- Network policy design with Cilium for mesh-aware workloads
- GitOps with ArgoCD & app-of-apps patterns with Helm
- Ingress and SSO with OAuth2-Proxy + Microsoft Entra ID
- Cross-cloud platform operations across Azure and GCP
- PowerShell and .NET automation
I also speak English, Hindi, and Gujarati.
02.Open Source Contributions
feat(azure): add contentType support for PushSecret
external-secrets/external-secrets
Added contentType support for Azure Key Vault PushSecret metadata. Allows users to set Azure secret ContentType without parse errors.
fix(docs): hide Scarf tracking pixel to remove page whitespace
external-secrets/external-secrets
Hidden the Scarf tracking pixel from docs to fix unwanted whitespace at the bottom of pages.
feat(opentelemetry-collector): add automountServiceAccountToken param for sa
open-telemetry/opentelemetry-helm-charts
Added automountServiceAccountToken parameter to OpenTelemetry Collector Helm chart for service account configuration.
Fixed docs nav bar and a couple of broken links
external-secrets/external-secrets
Implemented `updatePolicy: IfNotExists` for AWS Secret Store
external-secrets/external-secrets
Added IfNotExists policy update strategy for AWS Secret Store, allowing conditional secret store creation.
Fix Azure Container Registry Generator invalid YAML
external-secrets/external-secrets
Fixed Azure ACR Generator to produce valid YAML output, fixing interpolation issues.
feat/ready condition early
external-secrets/external-secrets
Implemented early ready condition for External Secrets, improving reconciliation startup time.
Fix: add GitHub repository collaborators when repository name contains the org name
integrations/terraform-provider-github
Fixed Terraform provider to properly handle GitHub repository collaborators when repository name contains the organization name.
feat: Updated ServiceMonitor check to include APIVersions check for helm charts
external-secrets/external-secrets
Enhanced ServiceMonitor validation to include APIVersions check for Helm chart deployments.
Fix: Replaced selectorLabels with labels
external-secrets/external-secrets
Fixed Kubernetes secret sync to use labels instead of selectorLabels for better compatibility.
03.Where I've Worked
Nintex
8 yearsSenior Platform Engineer
8-year journey from Associate Software Developer to Senior Platform Engineer on a multi-tenant Kubernetes platform serving multiple product engineering teams.
Career Progression
Promapp Solutions
6 monthsIntern Software Developer
Designed and implemented new components using React, TypeScript, and CSS. Implemented functionality using ASP.NET, .NET Core, and MS-SQL.
Absolute Analytics
6 monthsIT Intern
Developed a small app using ReactJS, JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3. Integrated Google API to fetch and display data from accounts.
Experieco
6 monthsIntern
Designed web pages with user experience in mind. Developed components using C#, MVC and AngularJS.
iQAdemy
1 monthJunior Tester
Performed functional and non-functional testing on websites and software. Created test plans and test cases.
04.Skills & Technologies
Platform & Orchestration
Cloud & Infrastructure
Languages & Tools
DevOps & Observability
05.Some Things I've Built
Istio Ambient Preflight
Validation script for Istio ambient mesh deployment configurations.
Personal Portfolio
Personal portfolio website for showcasing my skills and projects.
Kubernetes Multi-Cluster
Multi-cluster Kubernetes deployment with Redis caching and Node.js API.
06.Get In Touch
I'm currently employed at Nintex, but I'm always happy to connect for freelance work, volunteer opportunities, or any projects that help the community. Have an interesting idea? Let's chat!
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