Cloud Devops Engineer Infrastructure

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CLOUD DEVOPS ENGINEER DEVARAJU GANTAKORA

330-***-**** Irving, TX *****************@*****.*** Portfolio LinkedIn Summary

Cloud DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and optimizing cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. Skilled in building scalable CI/CD pipelines, container orchestration (AKS/EKS), and infrastructure as code using Terraform and GitOps tools like Argo CD and Flux. Experienced in supporting AI/ML platforms, improving system reliability, and enabling faster software delivery. Passionate about creating secure, compliant, and cost-efficient infrastructure with strong observability, backup, and DR strategies. Known for collaborating closely with application teams, reducing manual efforts through scripting (Python, PowerShell), and driving real impact through automation and continuous improvement. Work Experience

Southlake Financial Holdings TX, USA May 2024 – Present Cloud DevOps Engineer

• Built and deployed AKS and EKS clusters to support scalable microservices and AI inference workloads, optimizing GPU resource allocation for performance efficiency.

• Designed secure and highly available AWS infrastructure (EC2, RDS, ALB, S3, VPC) using Terraform and AWS CDK, ensuring infrastructure met production-grade security and scalability requirements.

• Built GitOps pipelines with Argo CD to automate environment promotion and enforce RBAC, while coordinating with development teams to containerize and deploy workloads using Kubernetes and Helm.

• Developed Python and PowerShell scripts for automated backups, patching, and monitoring integrations.

• Implemented multi-region disaster recovery strategy with AWS and Azure cross-region replication.

• Delivered KPI observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK, reducing incident MTTR by 35%.

• Delivered model-serving APIs using FastAPI, version-controlled via GitHub Actions and auto-deployed across environments.

• Designed hybrid connectivity using Azure virtual gateways, VPN, and firewalls to ensure secure multi-cloud access.

• Managed artifact versioning and promotion using AWS CodeArtifact and GitHub Actions to streamline software delivery Intune Systems TX, USA

Cloud DevOps Engineer Aug 2023 – May 2024

• Implemented Jenkins master-agent architecture and standardized CI/CD pipelines using shared libraries and Job DSL, enabling distributed builds and consistency across teams.

• Automated configuration and monitoring scripts using Python and Shell to reduce ops workload by 40%.

• Integrated AWS Cognito with FastAPI and React apps to provide secure, scalable JWT-based authentication across the full stack.

• Deployed and managed containerized microservices on AKS/EKS clusters, leveraging Helm charts, Kubernetes manifests, and GitOps workflows for consistent and secure rollout.

• Established DevSecOps practices reducing security vulnerabilities by 60%. Kent State University OH, USA

Research and Development Assistant Aug 2022 – Dec 2023

• Deployed K8s clusters on AWS and Azure for academic sandbox environments used in research simulation.

• Reduced deployment time by 70% through optimized CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions and Docker.

• Developed microservices to support academic grading, API access control, and cloud-based research tooling. Innova Solutions (Client: GA Telesis - Florida, USA), Hyderabad India Dec 2019 – Aug 2022 Cloud DevOps Engineer

• Enforced multi-account AWS governance using SCPs and Control Tower, improving audit and compliance readiness.

• Automated infrastructure using modular Terraform code, reducing configuration errors and onboarding time by 40%.

• Migrated legacy monoliths to AKS and EKS microservices, enabling agile development and zero-downtime deployments.

• Cut infrastructure costs by 40% through auto-scaling, resource capping, and eliminating idle workloads.

• Successfully implemented Logic Apps and ARM templates, resulting in cost savings and reduced operational expenses. DevOps Engineer

• Developed CI/CD pipelines for AWS Lambda and Fargate APIs with automated rollback and logging.

• Centralized logging using ELK Stack and CloudWatch, improving visibility across production systems.

• Engineered Jenkins “super job” to manage 50+ microservices, dynamically handling builds and deployments.

• Reduced pipeline maintenance by 70% using shared libraries and reusable job templates.

• Designed IAM policies and SCPs to secure multi-region AWS environments, ensuring compliance and seamless access.

• Configured S3 with CloudFront for static site hosting, improving content delivery speed by 30% and user experience. Page 2

Honors and Certifications

• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate.

• Introduction to Python for Data Science (Udemy).

• ServiceNow certified Application Developer and System Administrator.

• Received “High Five Award" 2 times client appreciation for automating multi-region deployments, reducing launch time from weeks to hours and for building a secure, high-availability Kubernetes platform on Azure. Key Skill Set

Programming Languages JAVA, React JS, .Net Framework, Nodejs, NPM, Yarn Operating System Linux, Windows, UNIX

Container Platforms Dockers, Kubernetes, OpenShift DevOps Tools Chef, Terraform and Ansible

Build Tools Maven, MS Build, Gradle

CI Tools Jenkins, AWS Code Pipeline, Azure DevOps

Version Control Tools Subversion, GIT (GitLab, GitHub), Bitbucket Monitoring Tool Datadog, Nagios, ELK and Splunk.

Cloud Environment Amazon Web Services Azure

Infrastructure Automation Terraform, Cloud Formation templates. Scripting Languages Python, YAML, Shell Scripting, Java Script, PowerShell, Groovy, AJAX, JSON, jQuery Web / Application Servers Apache Tomcat, IBM WebSphere, Oracle WebLogic, Nginx SDLC Agile/ Scrum Methodologies, Waterfall, SDLC

Databases MySQL, SQL Server, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Redshift Logging Azure Monitor, Azure App Insights, Cloud Watch, Cloud Trail Education

Master of Science, Computer Science Dec 2023

Kent State University, Kent, OH GPA: 3.95/4

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science July 2020 K L University, Guntur, India. GPA: 9.3/10

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