Rahul Reddy

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Results-driven Cloud DevOps Engineer with over 3.5 years of hands-on experience in AWS and Azure environments. Proven track record of optimizing system performance, scalability, and security through automation, infrastructure as code, and continuous integration. Microsoft AZ-400 certified, showcasing advanced proficiency in Azure DevOps practices. Specialized in cloud migration, CI/CD implementation, and container orchestration with expertise in tools such as Terraform, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes. Strong scripting skills in Python, Bash, and YAML. Recognized for reducing infrastructure costs, improving deployment efficiency, and resolving critical issues within tight deadlines. Looking for suitable job opportunities

SKILLS

Cloud Platforms

AWS, Azure

Containerization Tools

Docker, Kubernetes

Configuration Management

Chef, Ansible, Puppet

Continuous Integration

Jenkins, Azure DevOps

Build tools

Maven, Gradle

Version Control

Git, GitHub, Bitbucket

Monitoring tools

Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana

Scripting Languages

Python, Bash, YAML, Shell, Ruby, HTML

Databases

MySQL, MongoDB, Dynamo DB

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE

BCBS, Michigan, US

Cloud DevOps Engineer Feb 2023 - Present

Implemented, automated, and managed AWS cloud-based production systems with a focus on achieving 100% availability, superior performance, scalability, and robust security

Implemented AWS CloudFormation templates resulting in a 30% reduction in infrastructure provisioning time, streamlining the creation of custom-sized VPCs, subnets, EC2 instances, and other AWS services

Successfully rehosted and reconfigured AWS EC2 instances to Azure Virtual Machines, achieved zero downtime during cross-cloud migration, ensuring seamless transition of AWS EC2 instances to Azure Virtual Machines

Automated AWS services using Terraform scripts, leading to a 25% improvement in deployment efficiency for ELB, CloudFront, RDS, EC2, database security groups, Route 53, VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, and S3 Bucket

Designed and implemented a highly available and fault-tolerant Jenkins infrastructure on AWS, utilizing EC2 instances, Auto Scaling, and Elastic Load Balancer, ensuring continuous availability of the CI/CD system

Utilized Ansible and Ansible Tower as a Configuration Management tool, resulting in a 20% reduction in manual tasks and efficient deployment of applications with zero downtime rolling updates

Expertise in Docker containers using Docker Swarm, achieving automated scaling, load balancing, and high availability of containerized applications, leading to a 15% improvement in application scalability

Implemented Kubernetes for container orchestration in AWS Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS), leading to improved efficiency in deploying and scaling applications with both pod and instance-level auto-scaling

Configured Splunk alerts based on defined thresholds, resulting in a 15% reduction in response time to security incidents and performance anomalies

Developed Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) queries, reports, and dashboards, enhancing monitoring capabilities and facilitating quick identification of performance issues

Created Python scripts for real-time infrastructure monitoring, contributing to a proactive approach in identifying and resolving performance bottlenecks

Integrated Python scripts with APIs for automation, streamlining interactions with external services, including ticketing systems, messaging platforms, and payment gateways

Utilized JIRA for ticketing and defect tracking, configuring workflows, customizations, and plugins, and integrating Jenkins with JIRA and GitHub for enhanced collaboration and issue resolution

Fusion Health Care, Hyderabad, India

DevOps Engineer Mar 2019 - July 2021

Designed and implemented an advanced Enterprise Integration architecture and leveraging Azure Service Bus, App Services, Azure Active Directory, and Azure Storage, resulting in seamless communication, enhanced data processing, and improved overall system efficiency

Led the successful Implementation of CI/CD Pipelines resulting in improved software delivery processes, reduced time to market, and increased efficiency

Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using tools like Bicep or Azure Resource Manager (ARM) enabling smooth deployments and reduced manual effort

Implemented, automated, and managed Azure cloud-based production systems with a focus on achieving 100% availability, superior performance, scalability, and robust security

Led the migration of the data center to Azure, achieved 30% reduction in infrastructure costs and a 20% improvement in overall system performance

Developed 50+ Security Groups with specific CIDR ranges and port configurations, strengthening network security and ensuring compliance with industry standards

Set up Azure Monitor alarms for 100+ resources, reducing system downtime by 15% through issue identification

Designed and migrated 10+ critical applications/services for DR to the cloud

Developed Azure Code Pipeline, resulting in a 25% reduction in deployment time and ensuring the timely delivery of software updates. Automated 90% of routine tasks using Ansible playbooks, leading to an increase in team productivity

Converted 10+ CloudFormation templates into Terraform templates, simplifying infrastructure management

Designed and deployed a CI/CD pipeline using Docker and Jenkins, leading to a 25% reduction in deployment errors and faster software releases

Resolved system slow-down issues through root cause analysis (RCA) and troubleshooting, resulting in a 20% improvement in system performance. Recognized as the Shining Star for resolving 20+ tickets within a remarkable 72-hour timeframe

Deployed Microservices based applications on Azure Kubernetes by using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Ingress API Gateway, MySQL, SQL Databases and Cosmo DB for stateless storage of external data, and setup reverse proxy, Nginx servers and encrypting with SSL and TLS

Streamlined and executed over 50 critical system maintenance tasks, encompassing backups, upgrades, and security configurations; resulting in a noteworthy 15% reduction in system downtime

Monitored applications with Prometheus and Grafana, reducing downtime by 20% and cutting incident response by 25% through an alert manager based on Grafana insights

Managed the installation and configuration of a wide range of applications on Windows servers, including GP, MsNav, QuickBooks, and Docker, resulting in significant improvements in business processes and operations

Installed and configured multiple databases, including SQL Server, MySQL, MongoDB, Oracle, DB2, and PostgreSQL, ensuring data availability and integrity

Conducted in-depth analysis of memory usage, storage utilization, and exports usage using Grafana dashboards, leading to the optimization of resource allocation and a 10% reduction in infrastructure costs

Implemented OAuth protocol to fortify application security, ensuring secure access to critical data and mitigating unauthorized access risks. Reduced potential data breaches by 45%

EDUCATION

Trine University, Angola, United States Dec 2022

Master of sciences in Computer and Information Sciences

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