Devops Engineer Cloud

SAI KIRAN BOGGAM

CLOUD ENGINEER

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Cloud DevOps Engineer with 4 years of experience in AWS and Azure environments across three major clients, focusing on automation, deployment, and infrastructure management.

Skilled in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and GitHub Actions to ensure reliable software delivery and release orchestration.

Proficient in writing Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation, achieving over 60% reduction in environment provisioning time.

Experienced with Docker and Kubernetes, deploying and managing containerized applications on EKS and AKS clusters.

Automated system configurations using Ansible and shell scripting, significantly reducing manual intervention and improving consistency. Monitored application and infrastructure health using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and CloudWatch to reduce incident resolution time by 30%.

Implemented robust access control using IAM roles, Azure AD group policies, and security baselines for compliance and audit readiness. Collaborated with cross-functional teams in Agile environments to streamline DevOps workflows and support high-availability deployments.

Integrated vulnerability scanning tools and implemented patch management schedules to maintain system security and compliance. Adept at creating technical documentation, SOPs, and deployment guides to support team knowledge sharing and onboarding.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch), Azure (VMs, Azure DevOps, Blob Storage, NSGs, AKS)

DevOps Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Git, Maven, SonarQube

Automation & IaC: Ansible, Terraform, CloudFormation, Bash, PowerShell

Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), Helm

Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Splunk, CloudWatch

Configuration & Security: IAM, SSL/TLS, AWS Config, Azure Security Center, Secrets Manager

Operating Systems: RedHat, Ubuntu, Windows Server 2016/2019

Databases: MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB

Networking: DNS, Load Balancers, Route 53, NSG, VPN, Subnets

Agile & Collaboration: Jira, Confluence, Slack, Microsoft Team

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Santander Bank – Cloud DevOps Engineer, India Dec 2023– Dec 2024

Designed and deployed cloud-native applications using AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, RDS, and S3, reducing application startup times by 50% and improving scalability.

Developed Terraform modules to automate provisioning of EC2 instances, S3 buckets, and IAM roles, ensuring consistency and reducing human error across development and staging environments.

Created and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitHub Actions to support automated testing, code linting, artifact storage, and deployment across three environments.

Integrated SonarQube and Checkmarx into CI/CD workflows to ensure application security and code quality compliance, catching 95% of vulnerabilities pre-production.

Managed Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS and implemented Helm charts to deploy microservices with zero-downtime rolling updates and canary deployments.

Led patch management and OS hardening of 150+ Linux and Windows servers, aligning systems with CIS benchmarks for enhanced compliance.

Designed automated backup solutions using AWS Backup and S3 lifecycle rules to retain and archive data according to business SLA.

Configured custom CloudWatch alarms and SNS notifications to alert on CPU spikes, memory usage, and EC2 health checks, ensuring proactive incident handling.

Implemented centralized logging using the ELK Stack to streamline troubleshooting efforts and maintain historical logs for audit compliance. Collaborated with security teams to apply IAM policies, MFA, and resource tagging, maintaining governance across multiple AWS accounts.

Conducted bi-weekly deployment reviews with QA and development teams to refine CI/CD strategies and introduce rollback automation for failed releases.

Documented architecture diagrams, deployment guides, and incident runbooks to enhance onboarding and reduce shadow IT.Mentored two junior engineers in Terraform and AWS best practices, contributing to team skill uplift and reduced external dependency.

Reduced environment setup times from 5 hours to 45 minutes by integrating Ansible and Packer for image building and post-deployment tasks.

Tech Mahindra – Cloud Engineer, India Jan 2021 – Jan 2023

Configured and managed VPCs, public/private subnets, NAT gateways, security groups, and routing tables for secure and reliable network topology across multi-tier applications.

Migrated over 25 on-prem applications to AWS cloud, leveraging AWS Database Migration Service (DMS) and Snowball for data transfer while ensuring zero data loss and high availability.

Integrated CloudWatch alarms, custom metrics, and dashboards for system visibility and automated alerting; improved uptime and performance tracking by 40%.

Set up centralized logging using ELK Stack for log aggregation across EC2, Lambda, and Dockerized workloads deployed via ECS Fargate.

Enforced governance through automated tagging, resource cleanup scripts, and compliance auditing using AWS Config and Azure Policy, leading to 100% tagging compliance across accounts.

Automated image creation and golden AMIs using Packer and integrated them with CI/CD pipelines, reducing provisioning time for test environments by 85%.

Implemented encryption at rest and in transit using KMS and SSL certificates; configured S3 bucket policies and object versioning for data protection and compliance.

Built self-healing infrastructure with Auto Scaling Groups, load balancers, and health checks, ensuring high availability during application spikes and failovers.

Provided post-deployment documentation, cloud architecture diagrams, and cost reports using Cost Explorer and Azure Cost Management to leadership for monthly reviews.

Sonata Software – DevOps Engineer, India Jan 2020 – Dec 2020

Maintained and enhanced CI/CD workflows for internal applications using Azure DevOps pipelines and Azure Repos.

Implemented build triggers, artifact retention policies, and environment approvals to secure and streamline the release process.

Worked with ARM templates to deploy virtual machines, load balancers, and storage accounts in Azure with consistent tagging strategies.

Automated user provisioning in Azure Active Directory using PowerShell and integrated group-based access control policies.

Enabled monitoring and alerting for Azure workloads using Log Analytics, KQL queries, and Action Groups to notify stakeholders in real-time.

Provided L2/L3 support for production deployments, including release validation, rollback procedures, and health monitoring.

Developed documentation for standard operating procedures (SOPs), infrastructure diagrams, and onboarding materials for internal stakeholders.

Designed backup solutions using Azure Backup and configured retention rules for blob storage containers and SQL managed instances.

Participated in Agile ceremonies, including daily standups, retrospectives, and sprint planning to align engineering and operations goals.

Contributed to automation of SQL backups and optimization queries using PowerShell and SQL Agent Jobs.

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