Devops Engineer Site Reliability

Meena Mandalapu

Sr. Cloud/DevOps Engineer

314-***-****) ️ **********@*****.***

Professional Summary

Results-driven DevOps Engineer with 8 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines, cloud infrastructure, and automation solutions. Expertise in AWS, Azure, PCF, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and various DevOps tools to optimize development and deployment processes. Adept at improving system reliability, security, and scalability through automation and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC). Well-versed in software configuration management (SCM) best practices within Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.

Technical Skills

Category

Technologies & Tools

Cloud Environments

Microsoft Azure, AWS

Configuration Management

Ansible, Ansible Tower, Chef, Puppet, Terraform

Build Tools

ANT, Maven, Gradle

CI/CD Tools

Jenkins, Bamboo, Spinnaker

Monitoring Tools

Splunk, Nagios, CloudWatch, ELK Stack

Containerization

Docker, Kubernetes

Scripting Languages

Python, Shell, Bash, Ruby, YAML, JSON, Perl, Groovy, JavaScript

Version Control

Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, SVN

Operating Systems

Windows, UNIX, RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Solaris

Databases

SQL Server, MySQL, Oracle, NoSQL, MongoDB, DynamoDB, Cassandra

Change Management

Remedy, ServiceNow

Testing/Ticketing Tools

Jira, Selenium, SonarQube

Web/Application Servers

Apache Tomcat, WebLogic

Virtualization

Oracle VirtualBox, VMWare, vSphere, Vagrant

Certifications

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Professional Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer

Veterans United Home Loans – St. Louis, MO May 2021 – Present

Developed and maintained Java-based microservices using Spring Boot, deploying them across AWS and Azure cloud environments.

Designed containerized microservice architectures using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), integrating them into CI/CD pipelines.

Led improvements in CI/CD pipelines via Jenkins and GitHub Actions, reducing build failures and accelerating deployment cycles.

Investigated and resolved complex production incidents through advanced debugging and root cause analysis, documenting post-mortems.

Implemented security and compliance controls within cloud-native applications using DevSecOps standards.

Mentored junior developers and DevOps engineers, reviewing code and providing technical guidance on microservices and container deployment.

Collaborated cross-functionally to automate repetitive backend operations, reducing manual efforts and improving deployment consistency.

Actively participated in Agile sprints, code reviews, and architectural discussions to drive delivery excellence.

Software Engineer II

Mastercard – St. Louis, MO. March 2020 – April 2021

Streamlined CI/CD workflows for Java-based microservices using Jenkins, Git, and PCF, resulting in faster builds and reduced deployment errors.

Automated the creation of configuration files and Jenkins pipelines using Groovy scripting, eliminating repetitive manual tasks.

Deployed multiple microservices to Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), ensuring reliability through validation of environment variables and log monitoring.

Implemented proactive system monitoring and alerting via Splunk, significantly reducing incident detection and response times.

Managed continuous delivery workflows for dev, stage, and production environments, improving release frequency and environment consistency.

Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration management using Chef, reducing manual server setup time by 80%.

Created and maintained Chef cookbooks and recipes to manage configurations across all environments.

Integrated Chef automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins/GitLab CI) to ensure consistent, repeatable deployments.

Mentored junior DevOps engineers by conducting code reviews, leading technical sessions, and encouraging adoption of DevOps best practices.

Provided technical leadership in change request (CRQ) calls and resolved multiple high-impact production issues.

Site Reliability Engineer

Express Scripts – St. Louis, MO Jan 2017 – April 2019

Implemented AWS solutions including EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, Elastic Load Balancer, and Auto Scaling groups.

Automated cloud deployment using AWS CloudFormation Templates and Terraform.

Developed Ansible playbooks to manage web applications and middleware configurations.

Managed Docker container clusters with Kubernetes and automated deployments with Helm charts.

Integrated Git into Jenkins for Continuous Integration and optimized automated build and deployment pipelines.

Securely deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines and PaaS role instances within VNets.

Implemented Azure Site Recovery and Backup, automating disaster recovery processes.

Migrated applications from on-premises to Azure Cloud, optimizing VM configurations and SQL Azure database migrations.

Developed Kubernetes and Docker environments to support CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless deployments.

Wrote Ansible Playbooks for managing Azure nodes and provisioning cloud resources.

DevOps/Build Release Engineer

Accenture – Hyderabad, India Dec 2014 – Dec 2015

Installed, configured, and maintained Linux servers (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu) across multiple environments, ensuring 24/7 system uptime and security patch compliance.

Automated routine administrative tasks using Bash shell scripting, including log rotation, disk monitoring, user account provisioning, and scheduled backups.

Performed system performance tuning, log analysis, and root cause investigations, contributing to improved server stability and reduced downtime.

Supported build and deployment of applications using Ant, Maven, Jenkins, and SVN, ensuring successful code integration and deployment to test and staging environments.

Scripted deployment automation using PowerShell and Bash, including rollbacks and version tagging.

Created and maintained build scripts and release pipelines to automate the packaging and deployment of Java applications in a multi-tier architecture.

Coordinated closely with QA and development teams to manage environment consistency, release cycles, and deployment scheduling.

Developed rollback and disaster recovery scripts to ensure seamless recovery from failed builds or deployments.

Initiated infrastructure automation using Ansible and early Puppet modules for application server configuration, package installations, and service management.

Deployed initial CI pipelines with Jenkins, integrating source control, automated build triggers, and notification systems (email/slack).

Containerized internal tools using Docker, building base images and managing deployments to dev/test environments to reduce environment drift.

Education

Masters in computer science from the University of Central Missouri with 4.0 GPA.

Bachelor of Technology from Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU-A)

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