AWS Cloud Engineer - Infrastructure as Code Specialist

Raja Sekhar Reddy Netla Aws Cloud Engineer

OH, USA +1 (513) 537–6927 **************.***@*****.*** LinkedIn SUMMARY

Results-driven AWS Cloud Engineer with 6 years of experience in designing, deploying, and managing secure, scalable, and cost- optimized cloud infrastructures across large-scale enterprise environments. Adept at leveraging AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM, CloudWatch, and VPC to architect cloud-native and hybrid solutions.Demonstrated expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC), DevOps automation, and CI/CD pipeline design to streamline software delivery and reduce operational overhead. Skilled in implementing cloud security best practices, monitoring frameworks, and disaster recovery strategies to maintain high availability and compliance.Recognized for improving system performance by up to 30%, reducing cloud operational costs by 25%, and leading successful modernization and migration projects in fast-paced agile environments. AWS Certified, with a strong foundation in DevOps collaboration, automation, and cloud governance. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Platforms & Services AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, IAM, VPC, Route 53, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, EKS, SQS, SNS, KMS, GuardDuty, WAF, Azure, Gcp, Ecs, Pub/Sub, System Integration, SAP, Blockchain, FinTech, Twilio)

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Ansible, Puppet, Containerization, Pulumi, GPU DevOps & CI/CD Tools Jenkins, GitHub Actions, AWS CodePipeline, AWS CodeBuild, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS),Helm, Testing, Flux, SonarQube

Programming & Scripting Python, Bash, Shell Scripting, YAMLJSON,Java,Html,Go,Perl,React,Typescript,Rest,Kotlin,Node.js,JavaScript Backend Development, Scala,Golang,PowershellREACT,React.js,Vue.js, AngularJS, Springboot, XML,JSON, Machine Learning, C++, R, Ruby on Rails, Node, Debugging, PHP, Rust, Npm, Django AI, Frontend, Backbone, Forth, Deep Learning, GraphQL, Apollo(Apollo GraphQL), PyTorch, TensorFlow, Groovy, Coral, RESTful API, Full Stack, Back End, .NET Automation & Orchestration AWS Systems Manager, Serverless (Lambda), Ansible Playbooks,Powershell,Jinja2, Airflow Monitoring & Logging AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Prometheus, Grafana, Networking & Security VPC Design, Load Balancers (ALB/NLB), IAM Roles & Policies, Security Groups, SSL/TLS, AWS KMS, GuardDuty, WAF, CloudTrail, Firewalls, TCP/IP,DHCP,SAML,OIDC, UDP, TCP, SSH, SFTP, LDAP, VPN, OSPF, VLAN (Virtual LAN), OpenID, OAuth

Databases & Storage Amazon RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL), DynamoDB, Aurora, S3, Glacier, EBS, EFS,NoSQL,Redis, Amazon Redshift,ORM, Spark(Apache Spark), PostgreSQL, Big Data Version Control & Collaboration Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Jira, Confluence, Agile, Scrum, Code Review Other Tools & Platforms Linux, Unix Administration, Docker, Compose, Apache, Kafka, Splunk, Sql, Ruby, Datadog, Mongodb, GitLab, Ubuntu, RHEL, API, CRM, RabbitMQ, ai, Teamwork, Problem Solving, Decision Making, Communication, Figma

EXPERIENCE

Northern Trust Aws Cloud Engineer USA Dec 2023- Present

Transitioned from intern to contract Cloud Engineer based on strong technical performance and contribution to AWS infrastructure projects.

Architected and deployed scalable cloud environments using EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC while ensuring network segmentation, load balancing, and redundancy through ALB/NLB configurations.

Implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation, automating multi-environment deployments and reducing provisioning time by 40%.

Developed end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline, CodeBuild, and Jenkins, enabling faster and more reliable application releases.

Strengthened security posture by enforcing IAM role-based access controls, integrating AWS GuardDuty and KMS, and automating compliance checks.

Collaborated with cross-functional DevOps and application teams to optimize resource utilization and improve system uptime and reliability.

Designed, automated, and secured scalable AWS cloud infrastructures by leveraging EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Terraform, and CloudFormation; built CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and CodePipeline, integrated GuardDuty and KMS for security compliance, and collaborated with DevOps teams to optimize resource utilization, reducing provisioning time by 40% and improving system reliability.

Cybage Software Aws Engineer India Jun 2020 – Dec 2022

Led the migration of over 10 on-premises applications to the AWS cloud, designing target architectures involving EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC, resulting in 25% cost savings and improved scalability.

Built an integrated monitoring and alerting framework using Amazon CloudWatch and ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to reduce MTTR by 30% through proactive incident management.

Managed and optimized Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS, leveraging Horizontal Pod Autoscaling (HPA) and rolling updates to ensure zero downtime deployments.

Designed and implemented disaster recovery strategies, including cross-region S3 replication, EBS snapshots, and Route 53 DNS failover, ensuring 99.99% uptime.

Collaborated with developers to containerize legacy workloads using Docker and implemented Git-based CI/CD pipelines for automated testing and deployments.

Mphasis Software Engineer India Jun 2018 – May 2020

Supported cloud migration of enterprise-grade applications from on-premise data centers to AWS using EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC frameworks, resulting in 25% cost reduction and improved elasticity.

Deployed automated monitoring solutions using CloudWatch and ELK stack, improving visibility across distributed systems and cutting down manual troubleshooting time.

Designed Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates in Terraform and Ansible to standardize environment provisioning and enforce consistency across dev, QA, and production setups.

Enhanced Kubernetes (EKS) cluster efficiency by configuring node autoscaling and rolling deployments for optimized resource consumption.

Contributed to network security by configuring IAM policies, security groups, and SSL/TLS encryption across AWS workloads.

Developed automated Python scripts for report generation and anomaly detection, reducing manual effort by 35%.

Conducted trend and variance analysis to identify operational bottlenecks and provide actionable recommendations to leadership. PROJECTS

Cloud Migration & Modernization (AWS)

Led a full-scale migration of a legacy ERP system to AWS using EC2, RDS, and S3, improving performance and scalability.

Reduced infrastructure costs by 30% through instance rightsizing and S3 lifecycle policies.

Implemented IAM policies, CloudTrail, and GuardDuty to ensure robust security, auditing, and compliance. Infrastructure as Code Automation (Terraform & CloudFormation)

Designed and developed reusable Terraform modules and CloudFormation templates to automate provisioning of multi-tier AWS architectures.

Automated creation of VPCs, subnets, EC2 instances, and RDS databases, reducing setup time from days to less than one hour.

Integrated IaC workflows with CI/CD pipelines, ensuring consistent, version-controlled, and repeatable deployments across environments.

CI/CD Pipeline for Microservices (Jenkins + EKS)

Created a fully automated CI/CD pipeline to build, test, and deploy containerized microservices on Amazon EKS.

Reduced deployment time by 70% and achieved zero-downtime releases using rolling update strategies.

Enhanced system stability through integrated health checks, auto-restart policies, and centralized monitoring with CloudWatch and Prometheus.

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information Technology

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

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