Cloud DevOps Engineer with 4+ Years AWS/Azure/GCP Expertise

Harsha Vardhan N

harshan.pegasian@gmail.c om Saint Louis, M issouri +1-314-***-****

C loud DevOps Engineer with 4 + years of experience automating and m anaging scalable cloud infrastructure on AWS, A zure, and GCP. Expert in C I/CD pipelines, c ontainerization, configuration m anagement, and infrastructure as c ode. S killed a t o ptimizing system reliability, performance, and security through m odern DevOps practices. EDUCATION

Saint Louis University 2023 - 2025

Master’ s in Applied Analytics

TECHNICAL SKILLS

CloudPlatforms: AWS, Azure, G CP

AWS Services: API G ateway, Route 53, Lambda, Kafka, ElastiCache, PostgreSQL, SNS, Q uarkus, EventBridge, Secret M anager, VPC, Subnets, CloudFront

Azure: Azure Virtual Network, Azure Load B alancer, Azure Front Door, Azure Resource M anager DevOps & Automation Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, Helm, AWS C loud Development Kit (CDK), CloudFormation (CFT), and CodePipeline Scripting & Programming: Python, SQL, Bash, PowerShell, YAML, MySQL, Groovy, Node.js, VSCode, E clipse, REST API Version Control: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket

Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, G rafana, ELK Stack, AWS C loudWatch, Dyna trace, PagerDuty Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE) Build & Deployment: M aven, Gradle, Nexus, Artifactory Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS), W indows Server, Unix O perating System Security & Compliance: DevSecOps tools, vulnerability scanning, encryption Collaboration & Project Management: Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Agile/Scrum methodology PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Cloud DevOps Engineer Fannie Mae, Texas, USA April 2025 – Present

● Deployed and m anaged AWS cloud infrastructure, including EC2, S3, Elastic Load Balancer, IAM, and VPC configurations w ith public and p rivate subnets.

● A u tomated infrastructure p rovisioning and backup processes using AWS C LI for S 3 buckets, E BS volumes, and AMI creation to ensure high availability and disaster recovery.

● C onfigured Load Balancers, A uto Scaling G roups, Security G roups, and NACLs to optimize performance, enhance security, and ensure fault tolerance.

● Developed and m aintained Docker images for m icroservices and deployed Java applications on G oogle C loud Platform (G CP) using Kubernetes clusters (GKE).

● Imp lemented Puppet and C hef for configuration m anagement, automating the deployment and m a intenance o f servers across m u ltiple environments.

● U tilized Google Stackdriver fo r centralized lo gging and m o nitoring of GKE and G CP instances, configuring a lerts fo r performance optimization.

● W orked with O penShift and Docker to c reate namespaces, m anage c lusters, and streamline C I/CD pipelines for c lo ud-native application d eployments.

● Designed and m anaged c ontainer orchestration using Docker Swarm and K ubernetes, ensuring scalability and high availability in production e nvironments. DevOps Engineer Highmark Health, Pennsylvania USA March 2024– March 2025

● Designed and implemented scalable cloud environments o n M icrosoft A zure, using V irtual M achines, A zure Load B a lancer, Application Gateway, and Azure Functions for serverless computing.

● C reated and m a intained ARM templates and T erraform scripts to automate infrastructure provisioning, versioned through G itHub Actions for C I/CD integration.

● C onfigured A zure Virtual N e twork (VNet), N e twork S ecurity G roups (NSGs), and A zure Storage Accounts to ensure secure and o ptimized deployment environments.

● Deployed containerized m icroservices using Docker and orchestrated them on Kubernetes (AKS/G KE) for enhanced scalability and w orkload m anagement.

● Imp lemented C I/CD p ip elines using Jenkins and G itLab C I, integrating automated testing, artifact m anagement, and deployment to A zure A pp Services.

● A u tomated configuration m anagement and application deployments using Ansible and Puppet, m a intaining YAML playbooks fo r repeatable, version-c ontrolled deployments.

● Integrated m onitoring and logging w ith A zure M onitor and G CP Stackdriver, creating custom a le rts and dashboards to track performance and incident response m etrics.

● C ollaborated on m u lti-cloud strategies, e nabling hybrid deployments and d ata replication between A zure Blob S torage and Google C loud Storage for backup and d isaster recovery. DevOps Engineer Accenture, INDIA May 2022 – May 2023

● Imp lemented automated C I/CD w orkflows using open-source tools, e nsuring c onsistent d eployment and reliable software delivery across diverse environments.

● Designed and m a intained infrastructure m o nitoring and a lerting w ith P rometheus and Grafana, boosting system reliability and enabling c lear performance insights.

● C ollaborated w ith d evelopment and Q A teams to establish Git version c ontrol and branching strategies for smooth code integration and efficient release m anagement.

● A u tomated system provisioning and c onfiguration through Infrastructure as C ode, improving scalability and m inimizing m anual deployment e rrors.

● Integrated ELK Stack for centralized log m anagement and e nhanced incident response c apabilities.

● S upported agile practices by coordinating sprint planning, deployment tracking, and release reporting to sustain o perational efficiency.

● Performed server and application security hardening and vulnerability assessments, ensuring deployments adhered to c ompliance and industry best practices.

● Documented standardized deployment p rocedures and troubleshooting steps to promote consistency and accelerate onboarding for engineering teams.

Associate DevOps Engineer TCS, INDIA Jan2021– April 2022

● M anaged branching, tagging, and m e rging for source c ode using Git and SVN to ensure streamlined version control and efficient collaboration.

● A dministered Jenkins setup for c ontinuous integration and automated builds, developing p ip elines fo r reliable d eployment across environments.

● A u tomated build and deployment processes with Jenkins jobs, supporting applications on remote Tomcat servers and im proving release cycles.

● Leveraged Puppet Enterprise to automate configuration m anagement and software installations on Linux and W indows systems.

● M a intained N exus Repository M anager for artifact lifecycle m anagement, and u tilized GoCD to orchestrate robust C I/CD pipelines in coordination with release m anagement teams.

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