About Me
Hello! I am Harshal Nikure (Harshal Dev), a Google Cloud and DevOps Engineer passionate about building secure, scalable cloud-native architectures, automating delivery pipelines, and deploying containerized microservices.
Currently, my engineering focus spans the following core areas:
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC) & Orchestration: Advanced Terraform provisioning and Kubernetes cluster configuration.
- Cloud Native & Security: Implementing secure pipelines, CI/CD routines, and investigating Confidential Computing workloads.
- AI Agents & Automation: Custom Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, prompt engineering, and Python-based automation platforms.
🏆 Verified Certifications & Credentials
I hold multiple active certifications in Google Cloud and DevOps tooling:
- 🥇 Professional Cloud Network Engineer — Google
- 🥇 Professional Cloud DevOps Engineer — Google
- 🥇 Professional Cloud Developer — Google
- 🥇 Professional Cloud Architect — Google Cloud
- 🥇 Associate Cloud Engineer — Google
- 🤖 Generative AI Leader — Google
- 🐳 Docker Training for Beginners — KodeKloud
- 🐍 Python for DevOps Masterclass — TrainWithShubham
This blog acts as my public engineering log. Here, I write technical deep dives, automation guides, and architectures that I build to help other developers bridge the gap between AI and DevOps.
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