Devops Engineer Software Development

Kundaram Ujwala Reddy DevOps Engineer

Cincinnati, OH +1-513-***-**** ***************@*****.*** LinkedIn SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience in automating, optimizing, and streamlining software development and deployment pipelines. Proven expertise in CI/CD, infrastructure as code (IaC), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure. Adept at bridging the gap between development and operations teams to accelerate product delivery and ensure system reliability. Strong scripting skills in Python and Bash, with a passion for building scalable, secure, and resilient infrastructure.

SKILLS

Scripting & Programming: Bash, Shell, Python, PowerShell DevOps & CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, CircleCI, Travis CI, Bamboo, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitOps workflows, Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD)

Infrastructure & Automation: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Chef, Puppet, SaltStack Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, CloudWatch, EKS), Microsoft Azure (VMs, AKS, Azure DevOps), Google Cloud Platform (GKE, Compute Engine)

Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Datadog, New Relic, Splunk, AWS CloudWatch

Security & Compliance: Secrets Management (HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager), Identity & Access Management (IAM), Secure DevOps practices, SOC 2, HIPAA (basic familiarity) Methodologies: Agile / Scrum / Kanban, DevSecOps practices, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DevOps Engineer, Morgan Stanley USA Jul 2024 – Present

• Maintained high-availability containerized applications on Kubernetes and OpenShift, improving cluster resource utilization by 30% while supporting seamless horizontal scaling during high-load trading sessions.

• Architected robust CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI/CD, integrating automated testing, code quality checks, and deployment triggers, which reduced overall deployment time by 45% and decreased manual intervention rates.

• Automated infrastructure provisioning across AWS and Azure using Terraform and Ansible, enabling rapid spin-up of compliant environments in under 10 minutes, compared to the previous 2-hour manual setup process.

• Implemented a centralized logging and observability solution using ELK Stack, Prometheus, and Grafana to monitor over 200 production services, cutting average issue diagnosis time.

• Deployed mission-critical applications to AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, IAM) and Azure (AKS, Azure DevOps), achieving 99.99% service uptime and ensuring full redundancy across cloud regions.

• Configured GitOps-based deployment strategies using ArgoCD and Bitbucket, significantly improving rollback accuracy and reducing release-related incidents by 35% through enhanced change traceability.

• Developed Python and Bash automation scripts for environment validation, server patching, and log analysis tasks, eliminating over 20 hours/month of repetitive manual work and reducing errors in production workflows.

• Established secure secrets and key management practices using HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager, which led to an 80% reduction in privileged credential exposure and ensured compliance with internal audit policies. DevOps Engineer, Mphasis India Jun 2021 – Jul 2023

• Engineered CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI, and Ansible for 10+ enterprise clients across finance, healthcare, and telecom sectors, reducing code deployment times.

• Managed AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, IAM, RDS, Lambda) for multiple clients, provisioning and maintaining environments with >99.9% uptime and automated weekly backup strategies.

• Containerized and deployed legacy Java and .NET applications using Docker and Kubernetes (self-hosted), improving application scalability and environment consistency across teams.

• Developed Bash and Python scripts for provisioning, automated log rotation, SSL certificate management, and audit trail creation, saving 80+ engineer-hours/month.

• Built and maintained Infrastructure-as-Code templates using Terraform for 5+ global clients, ensuring environment parity between development and production systems.

• Deployed monitoring and alerting systems using ELK, Grafana, and CloudWatch, detecting system anomalies in real-time and reducing MTTR (mean time to resolution).

• Configured reverse proxies and ingress controllers (NGINX, ALB) for client web applications, improving routing efficiency and increasing app responsiveness.

• Facilitated regular disaster recovery (DR) drills, testing backup and failover procedures across client systems hosted on AWS and on-prem, achieving a 100% recovery success rate during simulations.

• Participated in Agile sprint planning and biweekly retrospectives, prioritizing infrastructure tasks alongside feature development and aligning DevOps work with business deliverables. EDUCATION

Masters of Science in Information Technology Dec 2024 University of Cincinnati, OH

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer – Professional

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