DevOps Engineer - Cloud-Native, SRE, CI/CD, SecOps Expert

Rupa Upadhyayula

DevOps Engineer

Bellevue, WA ****.*************@*****.*** 513-***-****

SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, automating, and optimizing mission-critical deployments in cloud-native, hybrid, and on-premise environments. Adept at implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), and SRE practices to accelerate delivery, improve system reliability, and minimize downtime. Proven expertise in cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure, with deep hands- on experience in tools like Terraform, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Prometheus/Grafana for observability. Skilled in container orchestration, configuration management, and version control systems (Git). Strong scripting abilities using Python, Bash, and PowerShell, with a solid foundation in networking, Linux system administration, and DevSecOps. PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Netflix DevOps Engineer CA July 2024 – Present

• Optimized of CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, parallelization, and automation tools, decreasing production deployment times and increasing stable release frequency by 25%.

• Automated log analysis and anomaly detection via custom Python scripts, enhancing system reliability and reducing critical troubleshooting time aligned with SRE best practices.

• Deployed and managed cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools including Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, and Docker, cutting manual configuration by 50% and ensuring environment consistency across dev, staging, and prod.

• Enhanced observability by integrating Prometheus metrics from Kafka pipelines into Grafana, enabling granular monitoring and reducing Mean Time to Detection (MTTD) of incidents by 45%.

• Championed DevSecOps practices across the SDLC, integrating automated security scanning and quality gates, achieving a 35% reduction in production defects and a 20% boost in feature delivery velocity. Microsoft DevOps Engineer India January 2021 – July 2023

• Automated infrastructure provisioning with Ansible and Jinja2 templates, developing reusable playbooks that cut configuration time by 40% and ensured consistent environments across deployments.

• Deployed and managed containerized applications using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Service (ACS), optimizing deployment pipelines to enhance scalability and reduce infrastructure costs by 30%.

• Implemented Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) practices by defining Service Level Objectives (SLOs) and error budgets for key Azure services, reducing operational toil by 35% and improving uptime from 99.8% to 99.85%.

• Created and maintained automation scripts in Bash and PowerShell to handle tasks such as log parsing, system monitoring, and cleanup processes across 50+ Azure instances, reducing manual operations by 55% and significantly improving system reliability.

• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, automating build, test, and deploy stages, increasing development throughput by 40% and enhancing release quality.

Capgemini DevOps Engineer India April 2019 – December 2020

• Integrated the ELK Stack with Docker and Kubernetes to centralize logging and enable real-time monitoring, reducing issue resolution time by 50% and enhancing overall system stability.

• Automated system configuration using Ansible and Python, creating reusable scripts and custom modules that decreased provisioning time by 30% and improved deployment consistency.

• Contributed to cloud migration of on-premise applications to AWS EC2 and RDS via AWS Migration Hub, reducing infrastructure costs by 35% and enhancing scalability and disaster recovery.

• Implemented GitOps workflows using GitHub, managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to enable automated, version-controlled deployments supporting continuous delivery pipelines.

• Optimized Linux server infrastructure by automating maintenance, patching, and performance tuning with Bash scripting and cron jobs, increasing uptime by 20% and reducing vulnerabilities. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, EKS, IAM, Lambda, RDS, CloudFormation, CloudWatch), Microsoft Azure (AKS, Azure Monitor, Azure DevOps, Azure ML, Azure Bicep, Azure Policy, Cost Management), Hybrid and On-Prem Integration Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform (HCL), Azure Bicep, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, ARM Templates CI/CD & DevOps Tooling: Jenkins (Groovy DSL), Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, ArgoCD, FluxCD, Spinnaker Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE), Helm, Kustomize, KEDA, Istio, Linkerd, Podman Monitoring, Logging & Incident Response: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK Stack, Datadog, AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, PagerDuty Security & Compliance: HashiCorp Vault, OPA/Gatekeeper, SonarQube, Aqua Security, Azure Policy, CIS Benchmarks, HIPAA Scripting & Automation: Python (Flask, FastAPI), Bash, PowerShell, Go DevOps Methodologies & Practices: Agile (Scrum, Kanban), GitOps, DevSecOps, Policy-as-Code, Cost Optimization, Blue-Green Deployments, A/B Testing, Canary Releases, Chaos Engineering, Rollback Automation, CI/CD Lifecycle Management, SDLC Automation EDUCATION

Master’s in Information Technology University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA. Bachelor’s in Electronics and Communication Engineering Osmania University, Hyderabad, India.

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