# Tushar Kurhekar > AI, DevOps & Chips @ Intel | Exploring AI, Learning Systems & Future of Education Location: Boston, Massachusetts, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/tusharkurhekar I’m a DevOps & Software Engineer at Intel, passionate about building scalable infrastructure, automating CI/CD pipelines, and integrating cutting-edge AI into DevOps workflows. With over 5 years of experience spanning Fortune 500 companies and startups, I’ve architected robust CI systems, containerized legacy apps using Docker/Kubernetes, and optimized cloud-native environments to boost efficiency. 🔧 Tech is my playground, and I thrive on using tools like Golang, Java, Python, Kubernetes, Jenkins, and AWS to solve real-world engineering challenges. At Intel, I lead initiatives like: > Creating shared libraries that cut post-release bugs > Designing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) from the ground up > Using GPT APIs to auto-resolve CI failures (LLMOps + DevOps!) I believe in innovation at work — whether it’s scripting smarter pipelines, reducing developer toil, or optimizing workflows for scale and reliability. 🔨 Tech Stack & Tools: Golang • Java • Python • C++ • Spring Boot • Docker • Kubernetes • Jenkins • AWS • Redis • PostgreSQL • GitHub • Grafana • CI/CD • Agile • DevOps 🚀 Always learning. Always building. Let’s connect, collaborate, and create impact in the world of cloud, AI, and DevOps. ## Work Experience ### DevOps Software Engineer @ Intel Corporation Jan 2023 – Present | Massachusetts, United States - Designing and developing CICD pipelines using Cloudbees Jenkins and github actions. 10+ CI checks and 15+ periodically running pipelines for releases and integration with other tools like JIRA, Artifactory, etc... - Reduced infrastructre cost by 57% through strategic resource planning and effecient resource utilization. - Setup monitoring and alerting tools in k8s infrastructure based on Grafana and logstash. Integration with Azure Data Explorer and Jenkins pipelines. - Designing and developing tools and services to improve engineering productivity. Example: A tool that reduced release drop time by 90%. - Mentoring interns Core Skills & Technologies at Work: - Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, EKS, ECS, Lambda, ECR, CloudWatch, IAM), Azure DevOps - CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins (incl. Shared Libraries, Multi-Branch Pipelines), GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, CodePipeline, CodeBuild, CodeCommit - Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (modular design, resource orchestration) - Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes - Scripting & Programming: Python, Go (Golang), Shell Scripting, Groovy - Version Control & Collaboration: Git, GitLab, GitHub, Bitbucket - OS & Build Environments: Linux, Debian, SLES11/SLES15, OBS, build migrations - ML Tooling & Integrations: AWS SageMaker CI/CD integration - Tooling & Automation: Custom CLI tools for builds, Jira automation, issue tracking, and release workflows ### DevOps Software Engineer Graduate Intern @ Intel Corporation Jan 2022 – Jan 2023 | Hudson, Massachusetts, United States Contributing to Modernize Intel’s Decade old firmware Build release scripts and CI pipeline Developing CI flow with implementation of Containers and RESTful Automation Modernizing Python scripts and Jenkins for improving the CI Build Release workflow ### Technology Advisor @ Eduwave AI Jan 2025 – Present Voluntary strategic and technical advisory support on AI and Learning Systems ### Graduate Software Developer - Research Assistant @ Squark Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | Boston, Massachusetts, United States R&D to Developing Clean and Concise Code with Improving CI Pipeline My Contributions : • Optimizing and refactoring python code, increased script performance by 15% in production • Debugging and redesigning preprocessor scripts to handle importing unstructured datasets • Building and testing algorithms to facilitate feature engineering with ML and automating the process ### Cloud Software Developer @ Tata Consultancy Services Jan 2020 – Jan 2021 | Pune, Maharashtra, India Accomplished and Performed a key role in advancing legacy mainframe non-real-time applications to Advance Java AWS Cloud Applications with Optimization and Efficiency for Cloud Migration and Integration Project for leading US-based bank. Also, responsible for functional designs of the new migrating applications over the cloud, APIs creation, team coordination, DevOps, and training new teammates ### Software Developer @ Tata Consultancy Services Jan 2019 – Jan 2020 | Pune Area, India As a Full Stack Developer, I was responsible for developing Complex Code Modules, Back-end Services, Database Management, and UI Development. Developed a solution for India's one of the largest Zinc-Lead-Copper Mining and Processing company to Uplift its operations, track workflows and automate whole mining plants with numerous Hardware Sensors to the Advance IoT RESTful Web and Mobile Application. Won a Best Team Award for Delivering Excellence And Optimum Solutions. ### System Engineer @ Tata Consultancy Services Jan 2018 – Jan 2019 | Bengaluru Area, India Part of TCS Cloud Platform Team as a Cloud Developer and Lead of Integration for an end-to-end IoT Angular RESTful application for the Oil and Gas Industry based on Siemens Mindsphere IoT and IBM Maximo. Integrated the two platforms to establish a seamless flow of data transfer. The Innovative and one of a kind method of REST integration is implemented for the first time in the IoT industry. ### Associate System Engineer - Trainee @ Tata Consultancy Services Jan 2018 – Jan 2018 | Bengaluru Area, India Worked at TCS IoT Embedded Innovations Lab on various POC's based on Classical Image Processing, Video Analytics and DL/ML Star Of The Learners Group Award for the batch of 2018 ### Customer Service Associate @ Amazon Jan 2017 – Jan 2017 | Pune Area, India ### Summer Intern @ Inditech Systems Jan 2014 – Jan 2014 | Pune ## Education ### Master of Science in Computer Software Engineering Northeastern University ### Bachelor’s Degree in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering Amravati University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/tusharkurhekar - Portfolio: https://www.tusharkurhekar.com/ --- Source: https://flows.cv/tusharkurhekar JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/tusharkurhekar/resume.json Last updated: 2026-03-31