Cloud Engineer Devops

Ajay Bandaru

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 4+ years of experience in automating infrastructure, building scalable CI/CD pipelines, and deploying cloud-native applications on AWS, GCP, and Azure. Proficient in Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/GKE/AKS), and Jenkins with strong expertise in Infrastructure-as-Code, containerization, monitoring, and cloud migrations. Proven track record of optimizing costs, improving release efficiency, and ensuring secure, high-availability systems through collaboration with cross-functional teams.

TECHNICAL SKILLS :

•Cloud Platforms: GCP, AWS (IAM, S3, Route53, ELB, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, DynamoDB, Lambda), Azure

•Framework/DevOps Tools: Maven, JIRA, SonarQube, Nexus, Jenkins, VSTS, Slack, TeamCity

•Build Tools: Ant, Maven, Gradle, MSBuild

•SCM: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, GitLab

•IaC/Automation: Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, ARM Templates

•Containers: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), Helm

•Scripting: Bash, Python, Groovy, YAML, JSON

•Monitoring: CloudWatch, Splunk, ELK Stack

•Servers: Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic

•Database: PostgreSQL, MySQL, Oracle, MongoDB

•Other Tools: JIRA, Slack, Confluence, SonarQube, Veracode

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

CVS Health Jan 2025 - Present

DevOps Engineer

•Directed AWS infrastructure automation using Terraform to provision EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, and networking components with Git for version control, aligning with IaC best practices.

•Orchestrated the migration of on-prem applications to AWS Cloud by implementing Auto Scaling, Load Balancers, and CloudWatch for enhanced monitoring and high availability.

•Engineered CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins for containerized microservices deployed to EKS with Helm charts, demonstrating robust containerization and version control practices.

•Established secure access protocols via IAM, SSM, and Secrets Manager to meet compliance requirements and support audit readiness.

•Configured and maintained SonarQube and Veracode integrations for continuous code quality assessments, reinforcing development standards.

•Collaborated with development and QA teams to incorporate shift-left security and Test-Driven Development (TDD), reducing defects by 30% and enhancing release confidence.

•Optimized infrastructure costs by identifying right-sizing opportunities and automating EC2 usage, achieving an approximate 20% cost reduction.

•Utilized AWS services including EKS, EC2, RDS, S3, ECR and IAM, reinforcing a strong understanding of cloud operations management and infrastructure provisioning.

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Oct 2021 - Jul 2023

DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer

Client : Macy’s Tech

•Monitored production infrastructure using Stackdriver and Splunk, creating custom alerts and dashboards to ensure platform availability and swift incident resolution.

•Automated deployment processes to Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) to maintain consistency and scalability, showcasing expertise in containerization and CI/CD practices.

•Developed CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for microservices, integrating automated build, test, and deployment stages to streamline software delivery.

•Authored infrastructure-as-code scripts for Kubernetes manifests and deployment automation, emphasizing infrastructure provisioning and management.

•Analyzed system logs and performance metrics to proactively identify issues, reduce incident resolution time, and foster continuous process improvements.

•Implemented caching and edge rules using Akamai CDN to optimize application performance, aligning with cloud operations management best practices.

•Participated in merge requests, JSON API validations, and killswitch configurations to support real-time feature toggles and safe rollouts, reinforcing robust version control processes.

•Enhanced observability through the creation of dashboards and alert mechanisms in Cloud Monitoring, ensuring proactive infrastructure maintenance.

Blitz Infocom Pvt. Ltd. Jan 2020 - Sep 2021

DevOps Consultant

•Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, deploying applications to Azure WebApps and AKS clusters.

•Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and ARM templates, managing configurations with Ansible.

•Created private Docker images and pushed to Azure Container Registry (ACR); deployed services to AKS via Helm.

•Integrated SonarQube and SonarLint to enforce code quality standards in PR workflows.

•Streamlined release process for QA, UAT, and Production environments using Azure DevOps release pipelines, reducing manual effort by 40%.

•Assisted in secure credential management using Azure Key Vault and implemented policy compliance using Azure Policy.

•Tools/Tech: Azure DevOps, Azure WebApps, AKS, Terraform, Ansible, ACR, Azure Key Vault, SonarQube, Git

•Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic app into micro services, improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed.

•Implemented Release management workflow for QA, UAT and Prod environments.

•Prepared and presented SCM best practices for implementing continuous integration for the team.

Education :

University of Central Missouri, MO Aug 2023 - May 2025

Master of Science, Computer Science

•GPA: 3.4

Anurag Engineering College, Kodad, India Jun 2017 - Jun 2021

Bachelor of Technology, Computer Science

•GPA: 7.38

Certifications:

•Google Cloud Certified: Associate Cloud Engineer

•MongoDB for SQL Experts – MongoDB University

•Oracle Java Fundamentals – Oracle Academy

•Full Stack Development – Board Infinity

Achievements:

•Recognized for rapid troubleshooting and proactive monitoring in high-stakes retail environments

•Built and managed dashboards to monitor platform health and latency

•Led key platform support during multiple major release events

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