Hi, I'm

Ashok Pokharel

Fractional CTO

DevOps | SRE | AI Solutions Architect | TPM

I build end-to-end technical solutions that drive business growth. With 10+ years leading teams and architecting cloud-native systems, I help organizations transform through AI innovation, secure infrastructure, and agile delivery.

"Building intelligent solutions that drive business growth"

Ashok Pokharel
Available for work
0+ Years Experience
0+ Engineers Mentored
0 Cloud Certifications
0+ Projects Delivered

What I Do

I build end-to-end technical solutions that align technology with business outcomes. Not just tools — complete systems that drive growth.

AI & GenAI Solutions

Build intelligent applications with agentic systems, RAG pipelines, and custom AI automation that transforms how your business operates.

Agentic ApplicationsRAG SystemsModel Fine-tuning

Cloud Transformation

Migrate, modernize, and optimize your infrastructure with battle-tested strategies across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Cloud MigrationMulti-CloudLegacy Modernization

DevOps & Platform Engineering

Accelerate delivery with robust CI/CD pipelines, Kubernetes platforms, and infrastructure as code at scale.

CI/CD PipelinesKubernetesPlatform Engineering

Technical Leadership & Advisory

Strategic guidance as a Fractional CTO - from technology roadmaps to team building and vendor evaluation.

Fractional CTOTeam BuildingTechnology Strategy

Companies I've Worked With

TekBay International

Fractional CTO

Adex International

Technical Lead

Certegy

Senior Solution Architect

Deerhold Technologies

Cloud Consultant

Home Loan Experts

DevOps Engineer

Genese Solutions

R&D Security Engineer

Taximandu

Sr Software Developer

NEW IT Venture

Sr Cloud Engineer

Ghyampay

Sr Software Developer

Featured Projects

DevOps Consultant

FinTech Cloud Migration

Migrated legacy infrastructure to a scalable cloud environment. Accelerated deployments through DevOps practices and reduced system complexity using serverless technologies.

  • Reduced deployment time by 60%
  • Implemented serverless architecture
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines
AWSServerlessTerraformCI/CD
Solution Architect Consultant

Digital Wallet Platform

Designed and developed overall system architecture combining multiple cloud vendors for a digital wallet solution with high availability and fault tolerance.

  • Multi-cloud architecture design
  • Automated Flutter app distribution to iOS/PlayStore
  • Managed microservices in ECS clusters
AWS ECSMulti-CloudFlutterMicroservices
DevOps Engineer

FinOps Platform

Architected a secure solution connecting to multiple payment gateways with VPN connectivity, enforcing multi-layer security protections.

  • Multi-gateway VPN connectivity
  • Automated disaster recovery & rollbacks
  • Centralized logging with CloudWatch
AWSVPNCloudWatchDR
Security Consultant

Financial Health Security

Conducted comprehensive security assessments on deployed applications and infrastructure, including container security and vulnerability remediation.

  • Python-based AWS security auditing tool
  • Container security assessments
  • Microservice security best practices
SecurityPythonContainersAWS
DevOps Engineer

Home Loan Workflow Optimization

Improved inquiry workflow system achieving 30% reduction in overall latency through event-driven architecture and database performance optimizations.

  • 30% latency reduction
  • Event-driven system architecture
  • Database performance tuning
Event-DrivenPerformanceDataDogServerless
Security Engineer

Cloud Security Monitoring

Prevented 20+ high-severity security vulnerabilities by implementing comprehensive cloud monitoring, IDS, and IPS systems.

  • 20+ vulnerabilities prevented
  • IDS/IPS implementation
  • Real-time threat detection
GuardDutyWAFSecurity HubCloudTrail

Skills & Technologies

AI & GenAI

Agentic ApplicationsRAG SolutionsLLM Fine-tuningIntelligent AutomationPredictive Analytics

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWSAzureGCPKubernetesServerlessTerraformCloudFormation

DevOps & SRE

CI/CDDockerHelmGitOpsArgoCDPlatform EngineeringGitHub Actions

Development

PythonGoTypeScriptBashPowerShellFastAPINode.js

Data & Observability

PostgreSQLOracleELK StackGrafanaPrometheusDataDogData Pipelines

Security & Compliance

DevSecOpsCloud SecurityPCI/SOC/HIPAAZero TrustVaultWAF

Leadership & Strategy

Team BuildingTechnical StrategyStakeholder ManagementAgileMentorship

Speaking & Community

Sharing knowledge and building the tech community through workshops, talks, and mentorship.

Workshop

AWS Cloud Workshop

2-Day Jumpstart to Cloud

Trained 50+ students on AWS fundamentals and cloud architecture

Training

DevOps Training Program

DeerHold Technologies

Hands-on DevOps training for 15 professionals covering CI/CD, containers, and IaC

Meetup

Infrastructure from a Security Lens

DevOps Meetup

Speaker session on security-first infrastructure design and implementation

Conference

Are Agents the Future?

One2Watch

Panel discussion on AI agents and the future of automation

Ready to Transform Your Technology?

Let's discuss how I can help your organization achieve its goals through AI innovation, cloud transformation, and strategic technical leadership.