Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer with IaC & CI/CD Expertise

Naga Chaitanya Kantamneni

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Professional Summary

Results-driven Cloud — DevOps — Site Reliability Engineer (SRE) with 5+ years of experience designing, automating, and maintaining scalable, secure, and high-performing cloud infrastruc- tures across AWS, Azure, and hybrid environments. Led and owned enterprise CI/CD pipelines and AWS cloud infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK, supporting 24/7 follow-the-sun operations with global DevOps teams. Expertise in Kubernetes (EKS/AKS), Terraform, Ansible, and CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions, Jenkins, and ArgoCD. Proven ability to improve system reliability, reduce deployment times, and optimize costs through Infrastructure as Code and automation best practices. Skilled in monitoring and observabil- ity (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch), security hardening (IAM, Network Policies, CIS Benchmarks), and incident response to ensure maximum uptime and performance. Passionate about delivering resilient, production-grade cloud solutions that enable continuous innovation. Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Bash, Python, PowerShell, Groovy, Java (Spring Boot), Node.js. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Ansible, Pulumi, ARM Templates.

Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, EKS, ECS, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM, CDK), Azure (VMs, AKS, VNet, Load Balancer, Storage Accounts).

CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, ArgoCD, Azure DevOps, AWS Code- Pipeline, Groovy Scripting.

Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), Helm, ECS, Argo Workflows. Observability & Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), CloudWatch, OpenTelemetry, Azure Monitor.

Systems & Networking: Linux/Unix Administration, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP/S, TLS/SSL, Load Bal- ancing, Troubleshooting, Performance Optimization. Security & Compliance: IAM, GuardDuty, AWS Config, Security Hub, Vulnerability Assessment, Risk Management, RBAC.

SaaS Platform Operations: High Availability, Multi-Tenancy, Auto-Scaling, Resiliency, Disaster Re- covery, Performance Optimization.

Incident Management & Reliability: On-Call Rotations, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), Postmortems, SLA Management, Problem Resolution.

Version Control & Collaboration: Git, GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow. Methodologies: Agile (Scrum, Kanban), CI/CD, DevOps Best Practices, TDD, Incident Management. Professional Experience

Global Atlantic Financial Group, Boston, MA Aug 2024 – Present Role: DevSecOps / Site Reliability Engineer

• Designed highly available AWS EKS clusters for production workloads supporting 10,000+ daily users with zero downtime.

• Implemented blue-green and canary deployments via ArgoCD and Jenkins, enabling seamless rollouts across multi-region clusters.

• Enhanced cloud security posture by integrating GuardDuty, AWS Config, and Security Hub for automated threat detection and remediation.

• Established observability pipelines using OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK, reducing mean time to recovery (MTTR) by 45%.

• Provisioned and governed AWS infrastructure using Terraform, CloudFormation, and AWS CDK to ensure secure, repeatable, and auditable deployments.

• Deployed Pod Security Policies, Network Policies, and RBAC to strengthen Kubernetes workload isolation.

• Built disaster recovery and backup automation for business-critical services, ensuring 99.9% availability.

• Conducted root cause analysis (RCA) and postmortems, improving release reliability and SLA adherence.

• Designed and enforced infrastructure-as-code security guardrails using Terraform Sentinel and AWS Config Rules, preventing policy violations pre-deployment.

• Optimized cost and performance visibility through CloudWatch dashboards and automated monthly usage reports, reducing cloud spend by 25%.

• Led cross-functional chaos-engineering exercises to validate system resilience and incident response efficiency under simulated failures.

Accenture, Hyderabad, India Jul 2021 – Aug 2023

Client: Intel

Role: DevOps Engineer / Cloud Engineer

• Deployed and managed AWS cloud infrastructure (EC2, ECS, VPC, IAM, RDS, S3) with high availability and cost efficiency.

• Built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Terraform, reducing deployment cycles by 50%.

• Implemented containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS) with HPA and Cluster Autoscaler, cutting compute costs by 40%.

• Created reusable Helm charts for microservices, simplifying deployments across dev, staging, and prod environments.

• Integrated Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack to monitor performance metrics and detect anomalies proactively.

• Secured workloads through IAM roles, Secrets Manager, and CloudWatch alarms for com- pliance and access control.

• Optimized Docker image builds and pipeline caching, improving deployment times by 60%.

• Owned end-to-end CI/CD pipelines and AWS cloud infrastructure, acting as escalation point in a follow-the-sun DevOps support model.

• Collaborated with development and QA teams in Agile sprints to deliver production-ready re- leases with zero downtime.

Global Software Limited, Chennai, India Jan 2020 – Jun 2021 Client: Microsoft

Role: Cloud / System Engineer

• Collaborated with senior engineers on CI/CD pipeline enhancements and release validation for internal projects.

• Assisted in designing and maintaining Azure cloud infrastructure (VMs, VNets, Load Bal- ancers, Storage Accounts).

• Supported AKS cluster setup and deployment of containerized applications using Docker and Azure DevOps pipelines.

• Automated environment provisioning with ARM Templates and Terraform modules for repeat- able deployments.

• Monitored system performance and resource utilization using Azure Monitor and Log An- alytics.

• Configured role-based access control (RBAC) and network security groups (NSGs) to en- hance cloud security.

• Participated in patch management, OS-level troubleshooting, and Linux/Windows system administration.

Education

Master of Science, Information Technology

Missouri State University, Springfield, MO Aug 2023 – Aug 2024 GPA: 3.6/4.0

Certifications

Achieved AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate – Amazon Web Services.

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