DevOps Engineer - AWS, CI/CD, Kubernetes Expert

SIVA KUMAR PONAKALLA

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SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer with 2 years of experience building AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines for banking and healthcare applications. I work with Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform to automate deployments and manage infrastructure. I help teams implement security practices and monitoring for reliable production systems. I enjoy collaborating to build efficient DevOps processes that support business growth. TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, ELB)

• CI/CD & DevOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Maven

• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm

• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible

• Monitoring & Logging: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana

• Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab

• Scripting: Shell Scripting, Bash, Python

• Operating Systems: Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu), Windows

• Security & Compliance: Trivy, SonarQube, IAM, Security Groups

• Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, SDLC, DevOps

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

AWS DevOps Engineer

Client: Fifth Third Bank, Kentwood, MI

Duration: January 2024 – Present

• Reduced pipeline execution time by 65% through parallelization and optimized shared libraries for banking microservices.

• Created multi-stage Dockerfiles decreasing image sizes by 70%, improving deployment speed and reducing cloud storage costs.

• Integrated Trivy vulnerability scanning into Docker build pipelines, establishing mandatory security checks as CI/CD gates.

• Managed application deployments to AWS EKS clusters using Helm charts with comprehensive health checks and monitoring.

• Automated environment provisioning using Terraform modules, ensuring consistent infrastructure across development and production.

• Participated in on-call rotation, troubleshooting production issues and implementing preventive fixes to reduce recurrence.

• Collaborated with development teams to establish containerization standards and documented deployment processes.

Junior DevOps Engineer

Client: Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, Hyderabad, India Duration: May 2022 – August 2023

• Improved Jenkins pipeline speed by 40% through optimized build stages and parallel job execution, making deployments more efficient.

• Containerized Java applications using Docker, making deployments faster and more consistent across development and production environments.

• Worked on AWS CloudWatch monitoring, setting up alerts and dashboards that helped catch issues faster when they came up.

• Supported AWS infrastructure operations including EC2 maintenance, S3 management, and basic IAM configurations for development teams.

• Wrote Python and Bash scripts that automated routine tasks, eliminating several hours of daily manual work for the team.

• Implemented Trivy security scanning for Docker images, integrating it into the build process to catch vulnerabilities early.

• Worked with development teams on release schedules and deployments, helping ensure smooth production updates.

EDUCATION

• Masters in Information Systems and Management – May 2025 Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO

• Bachelor of Technology (Civil Engineering) – May 2022 Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada (JNTUK), India CERTIFICATIONS

• Certified Python programmer by ShapeAI

• AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (In progress)

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