Cloud Engineer Software Development

Haswanth Boyapati

Email: ****************@*****.*** Mobile: +1-704-***-**** Location: Charlotte, USA

Linkedin: haswanth-boyapati-002543190

Profile Summary

DevOps/Cloud Engineer with 12+ years of experience in software development, DevOps automation, infrastructure provisioning, and CI/CD implementation across finance, and service domains. Proven expertise in setting up application interfaces, automated testing, source control integration, and deployment pipelines in Agile/Scrum environments.

Strong hands-on experience with Unix/Linux and Windows platforms for environment setup, branching, merging, labelling, and baseline configuration.

Skilled in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines using Git, SVN, Jenkins, Maven, Ant, Chef, Ansible, and Docker on cloud platforms like AWS and IBM Cloud.

Proficient in container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and orchestration systems, with experience automating deployments using Ansible Tower and Chef.

Configured scalable, secure AWS environments (EC2, AMI, ELB, CloudFormation) and managed infrastructure updates to eliminate security risks.

Expertise in source control strategies including branching, tagging, and merging, with administration of Git, Subversion, and artifact repositories like Nexus.

Experience in middleware installation, server provisioning, and writing custom Ansible playbooks, and Chef cookbooks for automation.

Supported application deployment to Tomcat and WebLogic servers, developed automation scripts in Python, Shell, and worked with monitoring tools like Splunk, Nagios, and ELK.

Skilled in managing user accounts, patch management, service configuration, and volume management on RHEL-based systems.

Demonstrated ability to collaborate with developers, QA, and support engineers to ensure high-quality software delivery aligned with Agile methodologies.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Operating Systems: MS-DOS, UNIX, Red Hat, Ubuntu, CentOS, Windows

Scripting Languages: Bash, Python, Ruby, JavaScript

Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, WebLogic, nginx

CI Tools: Jenkins, Bamboo and Travis CI

CD Tools: Chef, Ansible

Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes

Build Tools: Ant, Maven, Gradle

Databases: Oracle, MySQL

Source Control: Git, SVN, ClearCase, CVS

Virtualization: VMware, Oracle VirtualBox, vagrant

Code Review Tools: Gerrit, Review Board, Crucible, Patchwork

Bug/Issue Tracking: Jira, Redmine, Quality Center (QC), HPSM, ClearQuest, BugHost

Tools: JIRA, ServiceNow, Artifactory, Hashi Corp Vault, Consul, packer, Teraform

Professional Experience

Employer: Softtechers llc

Client: IBM Cloud

DevSecOps Engineer / Security Automation Specialist

Secure Secrets & Certificate Automation using Vault and DevOps Pipelines

Jul 2022 – May2025

Designed and deployed HashiCorp Vault Enterprise with HSM integration for secure key storage, auto-unsealing, and enterprise-grade cryptographic operations.

Built and maintained highly available Vault and Consul clusters, implementing disaster recovery (DR) and service discovery for resilient environments.

Designed and implemented a centralized certificate management system integrated with enterprise CI/CD pipelines.

Automated SSL/TLS certificate retrieval and installation across dev, staging, and prod environments using HashiCorp Vault and Terraform/Ansible.

Developed secure pipeline integrations to dynamically pull secrets (tokens, passwords, API keys) from Vault, reducing hardcoded credentials.

Built automated workflows for secret rotation and token lifecycle management using Vault policies, identity-based access, and TTL enforcement.

Collaborated closely with Crypto and DevOps teams to ensure secure certificate and secrets handling practices throughout deployment.

Integrated Qualys for continuous certificate scanning; created alerting mechanisms for expiring or vulnerable certs using monitoring tools.

Enabled proactive renewal of certs and secrets to prevent service downtime, leveraging automation scripts and Vault's leasing mechanisms.

Maintained compliance with SOC2, ISO27001, and NIST standards by auditing Vault usage and access logs, and applying least-privilege principles.

Diagnosed and resolved complex issues related to Vault integration in multi-cloud and on-prem environments.

Implemented Vault Namespaces to provide multi-tenant secret isolation and granular access control policies across internal teams.

Automated secrets lifecycle management using Ansible, shell scripting, and CI/CD integrations, including Vault Agent, templates, and auto-auth.

Secured and centrally managed sensitive application secrets (e.g., TLS certs, DB creds, API keys) across hybrid/multi-cloud environments.

Leveraged the Transit Secrets Engine for application-level encryption and decryption without exposing key material to developers or systems.

Implemented end-to-end secrets management lifecycle including creation, rotation, revocation, and auditing using HashiCorp Vault.

Developed and enforced cryptographic standards for certificate/key usage (RSA/ECDSA), cipher suites, and secure key storage (HSMs or KMIP).

Configured PKI engines to issue short-lived certificates, integrating Vault with internal CAs for dynamic TLS.

Designed policy-driven access control using Vault namespaces and Sentinel policies to restrict secret access per team/app.

Utilized Transit Engine in Vault to perform cryptographic operations (encryption/decryption/signing) without exposing raw key material.

Integrated hardware security modules (HSMs) for root-of-trust storage and cryptographic operations, aligning with compliance mandates

Environment: HashiCorp Vault Enterprise, Consul, HSM, Ansible, Python, ServiceNow, IAM, GitHub, Kubernetes, Linux, Shell Scripting

Employer: Persistent Systems

Client: IBM CMS 3.0

DevOps/Cloud Engineer June 2016 – Jul 2022

CMS in IBM Cloud refers to a comprehensive set of services where IBM takes over the day-to-day operations, management, and optimization of your cloud infrastructure, applications, and systems. It’s designed for enterprises looking to run workloads in the IBM Cloud with high availability, security, and compliance, while offloading the operational complexity to IBM

Responsibilities:

Managed EC2 instances and infrastructure on AWS using Chef for configuration management and automation.

Configured and supported various AWS services including EC2, ELB, AMIs, Auto Scaling, Security Groups, CloudWatch, and CloudFormation.

Created CloudFormation templates for provisioning infrastructure as code and implemented alerting via CloudWatch.

Administered Apache Tomcat web servers and handled deployment tasks across development and production environments.

Performed Linux server installation, configuration, patch management, and backup/recovery operations.

Bootstrapped EC2 instances with Chef and integrated them into auto-scaling groups for dynamic scalability.

Defined Chef best practices using Vagrant, managed cookbooks in version control, and created custom recipes and attributes for flexible configuration.

Installed and configured RabbitMQ for analytics and used Supervisor to manage service availability.

Implemented monitoring and log analysis using Elasticsearch and Logstash.

Collaborated in an Agile environment with development teams to implement CI/CD workflows using Jenkins and Rundeck.

Developed Spark and Spark SQL/Streaming scripts for high-speed data testing and processing.

Hands-on experience with Git and TFS for version control.

Environment: AWS (EC2, ELB, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, AMI, Auto Scaling), Chef, Apache Tomcat, Linux, Git, TFS, Elasticsearch, Logstash, RabbitMQ, Jenkins, Rundeck, Spark, Vagrant

Employer: Platys Group

DevOps / Linux Systems Engineer

Client: Icici Bank– May 2015 – May 2016

ICICI Bank is one of India's largest private sector banks, offering a wide range of banking products and financial services. The IT infrastructure supports critical banking applications including core banking, digital payments, customer relationship platforms, and regulatory compliance systems. The project focused on automating infrastructure provisioning, implementing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring high availability and performance of enterprise applications across development, staging, and production environments.

Responsible for day-to-day management of all Development, Test, Stage, and Production environments for various enterprise applications.

Created branches and managed source code for various applications using Git; integrated with Jenkins for automated deployments.

Managed Jenkins build results and deployment workflows.

Involved in infrastructure analysis and authored Chef recipes for 2-tier and 3-tier architecture provisioning.

Fully automated provisioning of Linux and Windows environments using Chef cookbooks.

Installed and configured Chef Server, Workstations, and Clients across mixed environments.

Implemented CI/CD pipelines; integrated tooling to support internal and client development workflows.

Wrote automation scripts in Bash and PowerShell to streamline builds and deployments.

Supported monitoring systems including Nagios Log Server (ELK fork), Nagios XI, and Nagios Core.

Developed a web interface to manage Nagios-monitored services.

Created Python scripts to automate environment setup and collect data metrics.

Managed LVM configurations for file system and volume maintenance.

Developed PowerShell scripts for VMware environment validation and compliance.

Installed and configured Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5/6.5.

Administered OpenLDAP, configured replication between master and backup servers, and resolved directory service issues.

Provided daily operational support: server hangs, file system full errors, patching, and critical incident troubleshooting.

Used change management for installing/configuring packages, patches, and third-party tools on Linux systems.

Managed thin provisioning, VMFS expansion, and RAID configuration.

Maintained and administered BIND DNS (Master/Slave), DHCP servers.

Involved in capacity planning, performance tuning, uptime, and latency monitoring.

Administered user and group accounts; developed startup/shutdown scripts, backup jobs, crontabs, and automation tasks.

Configured and managed NFS, DNS, OpenLDAP, DHCP, Apache HTTPD, and Tomcat servers in heterogeneous environments.

Installed and maintained Samba, Sendmail, and Procmail services.

Environment: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4/5.5/6.5, Shell Scripting, Chef, Git, Jenkins, Apache, Tomcat, OpenLDAP, Samba, WebSphere, NFS, DNS, DHCP, VMware, HP ProLiant, vSphere, vCenter 5.1/5.5, ESXi 5.0–5.5

Employer: Platys Group

Build & Release Engineer

Client: Taaray Jun 2013 – Apr 2015

Taaray.com is an online educational and community portal for class 6th and above. This online application provides complete freedom to the users to create their own learning community. User can create and share learning content with their community member. The application facilitate user to develop own learning environment to enjoy learning.

Administered Subversion VCS and managed repository access; implemented industry-standard branching strategies to support parallel development in agile environments.

Integrated Subversion with Jira, creating pre-commit hooks for gated check-ins and post-commit hooks for Jira commit plugins.

Planned and executed migration from Bugzilla and Hudson CI to Atlassian tools (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo), streamlining bug tracking and CI/CD processes.

Installed, configured, and maintained Atlassian suite: JIRA, Confluence, Fisheye, Crucible, and Bamboo. Upgraded FishEye from HSQLDB to MySQL for performance and scalability.

Automated builds using Maven POMs and integrated with Sonar and Nexus; managed dependencies via internal Nexus repository.

Installed and administered Nexus repository, configuring role-based access control.

Diagnosed and resolved Java build issues; integrated legacy Ant scripts with code quality tools.

Installed and configured Bamboo for Java application CI; resolved installation and build issues.

Deployed static content to Apache and Java applications (WARs/EARs) to WebLogic servers; configured JNDI, JDBC, and Data Sources for Oracle DB integration.

Executed DML/DDL operations and package management in Oracle DB.

Wrote and maintained Shell and Perl scripts for deployment automation and CI integration.

Collaborated with Project Managers to develop release plans; coordinated deployments across test and production environments.

Worked closely with development teams to identify and mitigate common build failures early in the cycle.

Environment: Subversion, Bamboo, Shell, Perl, WebLogic, Apache, WLST, Jira, Fisheye, Crucible, Ant, Maven, Nexus, Oracle

Education

Bachelor of Engineering – Computer Science, 2012

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