Senior DevOps Engineer Cloud, Kubernetes & IaC Expert

PAVANKALYAN GADDAMEEDHI

SENIOR DEVOPS ENGINEER CLOUD & PLATFORM ENGINEER AWS/AZURE DEVOPS KUBERNETES TERRAFORM

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of experience building and operating reliable cloud infrastructure and delivery pipelines for enterprise applications across AWS and Microsoft Azure. Strong hands-on expertise in CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform/CloudFormation), container orchestration (Kubernetes/EKS/AKS), observability (CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus/Grafana), and secure DevOps practices. Known for improving release reliability, reducing manual deployment effort, strengthening cloud security posture, and supporting production environments with disciplined incident management and continuous improvement. Experienced in Agile delivery, collaborating across engineering, QA, security, and product teams to deliver stable, scalable, and cost-efficient platforms.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, ELB/ALB, Auto Scaling, Route 53, CloudWatch, EKS), Azure (VMs, VNet, Storage, Azure Monitor, Azure DevOps, AKS)

CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitLab CI/CD, Maven/Gradle

IaC & Config Mgmt: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, ARM Templates, Ansible

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

Monitoring/Logging: CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/EFK, alerting & dashboards

Security/DevSecOps: IAM/RBAC, secrets management, least privilege, hardening, vulnerability remediation, policy controls

Scripting & OS: Bash/Shell, Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu), Windows Server

Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket

Ways of Working: Agile/Scrum, ITIL practices, change/release management, incident & problem management

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Insight Enterprises — Senior DevOps Engineer / Cloud Platform Engineer

May 2025 – Present

Own and improve end-to-end CI/CD pipelines supporting multiple teams and environments, standardizing build, test, and deployment workflows to reduce manual steps and increase release confidence across Agile sprints.

Design and maintain AWS and Azure infrastructure for customer-facing and internal systems, balancing availability, security, scalability, and cost while aligning cloud architecture with enterprise standards and operational readiness.

Implement and manage Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (primary) and CloudFormation, ensuring consistent provisioning of VPC/VNet networking, compute, security groups, load balancers, and supporting services across dev/test/prod.

Deliver Kubernetes-based platform support using EKS/AKS, including cluster lifecycle tasks, namespace and RBAC configuration, resource quotas, Helm releases, and deployment troubleshooting for microservices workloads.

Strengthen platform security by enforcing least-privilege IAM/RBAC, improving secrets handling (pipeline/environment secrets), applying baseline hardening, and partnering with security to address vulnerabilities and compliance expectations.

Build and tune observability using CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana, creating actionable dashboards and alert thresholds that help engineering teams detect performance or stability issues earlier.

Support release and change activities by coordinating deployment windows, validating artifacts, performing smoke checks, and maintaining rollback strategies to reduce downtime and ensure dependable production operations.

Troubleshoot production issues across application and infrastructure layers (compute, networking, load balancing, certificates, DNS), driving root-cause analysis and implementing permanent fixes to prevent repeat incidents.

Maintain platform documentation and operational runbooks (deployments, environment setup, on-call playbooks, incident steps), enabling faster onboarding and more consistent operational execution across teams.

Sasken Technologies — DevOps Engineer / Cloud Engineer

Jun 2021 – Jul 2023

Built and maintained CI/CD workflows using Jenkins and Git-based branching strategies, enabling teams to deploy more frequently with reliable, repeatable release steps and clearer release traceability.

Automated infrastructure provisioning and environment consistency using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, reducing configuration drift and improving the ability to recreate environments quickly during release cycles and incident recovery.

Managed AWS environments and core services including EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, ALB/ELB, Auto Scaling, Route 53, ensuring correct networking design, secure access, and scalable deployment patterns.

Implemented container adoption using Docker and supported Kubernetes-based deployment patterns, helping product teams move toward containerized delivery with standard deployment templates and runtime operational guidance.

Improved monitoring and logging practices by configuring CloudWatch metrics/alarms, integrating Prometheus/Grafana dashboards, and ensuring alerts were meaningful and mapped to real operational symptoms and SLAs.

Worked closely with application developers and QA to stabilize pipeline issues (dependency conflicts, build failures, environment misconfigurations), reducing release delays caused by avoidable CI issues.

Supported production operations with structured incident response, log investigation, and capacity troubleshooting, ensuring stable uptime and consistent service performance during peak usage and release events.

Implemented secure operational practices such as access reviews, MFA alignment, key rotation support, and standardized baseline configurations to reduce risk and improve audit readiness.

Contributed to continuous improvement by documenting patterns, creating reusable scripts/templates, and promoting platform standards that increased consistency across multiple application teams.

3i Infotech — DevOps Engineer / Build & Release Engineer

Apr 2020 – May 2021

Managed build and release activities for enterprise applications by creating and enhancing Jenkins pipelines, integrating compilation, packaging, unit tests, artifact publishing, and deployment steps across environments.

Automated server configuration tasks using Ansible and shell scripting, reducing repetitive manual work related to deployments, service restarts, configuration updates, and environment readiness checks.

Supported AWS-hosted workloads by maintaining EC2 instances, storage, and access controls, ensuring systems were stable, patched, and aligned with operational and security requirements.

Created deployment procedures that improved consistency and reduced release errors, including pre-deployment validations, dependency checks, and post-deployment verification steps.

Assisted teams in container adoption by building Docker images, improving Dockerfile practices, and ensuring environment consistency between developer builds and runtime environments.

Implemented monitoring routines using CloudWatch and log review practices to catch early warnings of performance bottlenecks, storage growth, and recurring application errors.

Supported incident resolution by analyzing logs and infrastructure behavior, coordinating with developers during outages, and capturing action items to eliminate root causes.

Maintained Git repositories and enforced version control practices, supporting clean releases through structured branching and tagging across frequent deployment cycles.

Produced operational documentation and release notes that improved communication across stakeholders and reduced confusion during time-sensitive production deployments.

Mastek — DevOps Engineer / Systems Engineer

Feb 2018 – Mar 2020

Supported DevOps operations across Linux-based environments, handling deployments, environment setup, access provisioning, and routine production support tasks for customer-facing applications.

Assisted with modernization and cloud adoption efforts by supporting AWS-based provisioning and migration tasks, ensuring stable connectivity, correct permissions, and predictable environment behavior.

Built and improved CI processes using Jenkins, helping development teams standardize build steps, control artifact versions, and reduce integration issues caused by inconsistent environments.

Wrote and maintained shell scripts for automation of common operational workflows including log rotation, configuration updates, cleanup routines, and health check verification.

Managed application deployment activities including configuration coordination, restart sequencing, and verification steps, ensuring deployments were repeatable and aligned to change windows.

Supported monitoring and troubleshooting by analyzing logs, identifying infrastructure-related issues (CPU/memory/disk/network), and partnering with development teams to address recurring defects.

Contributed to operational readiness by maintaining runbooks, deployment checklists, and environment documentation used for onboarding and consistent operations.

Participated in release coordination, ensuring artifacts were validated, environments were ready, and production deployments followed defined processes.

Mastek — DevOps Intern / Systems Intern

Jan 2017 – Jan 2018

Supported senior engineers with environment setup, deployments, and operational tasks, gaining hands-on exposure to DevOps practices and production support routines.

Assisted with Linux administration tasks such as user access, file permissions, service checks, basic troubleshooting, and system health validation under supervision.

Helped maintain documentation for deployment steps, environment dependencies, and configuration notes to improve repeatability and reduce knowledge gaps.

Observed and supported CI activities, learning pipeline flow, artifact handling, and release coordination basics in a real enterprise delivery environment.

Assisted with log analysis during incidents and learned operational discipline around change windows, rollback procedures, and structured issue handling.

Supported version control workflows by coordinating code merges and tagging guidance, ensuring release branches were maintained correctly.

Helped with scripting and automation basics, gradually contributing small scripts for routine checks and deployment preparation tasks.

Collaborated with team members across development and operations to understand how DevOps supports delivery speed, reliability, and system stability.

EDUCATION

Webster University, San Antonio, TX — M.S. Computer and Information Sciences

Jul 2023 – Mar 2025

Osmania University (OU), Hyderabad, India — B.Com (Computers and Information Technology)

Aug 2015 – May 2018

CERTIFICATIONS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

AWS Certified Developer – Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator (AZ-104)

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