Azure DevOps Engineer with 5+ years Cloud Automation

Abhijith Nuthipally

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Azure DevOps Engineer

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

Azure DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience in automating Azure infrastructure using Terraform, Bicep, and ARM, managing Kubernetes clusters (AKS), and building secure CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions. Strong background in monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana), logging (Azure Monitor), and enforcing cloud-native security practices using Azure Key Vault and RBAC.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Walmart, Azure DevOps Engineer Jul 2024 – Present

Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform to deploy Azure resources like Azure VMs, VNets, Blob Storage, and Azure SQL, reducing deployment time by 40% and improving efficiency.

Integrated Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for centralized logging, performance monitoring, and real-time alerting.

Optimized infrastructure costs by analyzing Azure Advisor recommendations, resizing Azure VMs, implementing auto-scaling with Virtual Machine Scale Sets and cutting costs by 20%.

Configured Network Security Groups (NSGs), Azure Firewall, and Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) to secure applications in Azure Virtual Network as per compliance standards.

Created infrastructure as code using Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates and Bicep for declarative and repeatable Azure deployments

Created and maintained Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, integrating code deployment with approval gates and automated testing.

Designed and enforced security policies including Azure RBAC, VPN gateway configuration, and encryption of data in-transit and at-rest.

Implemented end-to-end automation for Azure infrastructure using Azure CLI and PowerShell with secure key handling via Azure Key Vault.

Integrated Prometheus and Grafana for custom application-level monitoring and telemetry dashboards.

Leveraged GitHub Actions alongside Azure Pipelines for hybrid CI/CD workflows.

Implemented network architecture with custom route tables, NSGs, and Azure Firewall to secure traffic flow as per enterprise compliance.

DevOps Engineer, Sony Jul 2019 – Jan2023

Containerized applications using Docker, managing multi-container applications with Docker Compose for consistent Dev/Test environments.

Managed source control with Azure Repos and Git, handling branching, tagging, pull requests, and conflict resolution.

Utilized Azure Boards and JIRA for Agile project tracking, sprint planning, and change management.

Developed CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and Jenkins to automate build, test, and deployment processes, reducing release time by 30%.

Integrated SonarQube with Azure Pipelines for static code analysis, maintaining over 90% code quality compliance.

Managed AKS (Azure Kubernetes Service) clusters for microservices deployment, enabling seamless application scaling and fault tolerance.

Collaborated with QA teams to integrate Selenium-based automated tests into CI/CD pipelines, ensuring early detection of regressions and improving deployment reliability.

Engineered secure pipelines using YAML-based Azure Pipelines, integrating secrets from Key Vault and scanning tools.

Designed custom GitHub Actions workflows for lightweight CI/CD pipelines in microservice-based projects.

Automated scripts for financial applications in Java and Python, scheduled via Azure Automation and Linux Cron jobs.

Performed API performance testing using Postman and improved response time by identifying bottlenecks.

Troubleshot issues using Application Insights, log analytics, and system metrics, mitigating disruptions proactively.

Software Engineer, Sony Jan 2019 – Jun 2019

Developed the web application using JAVA 7 as the backend.

Addressed cross-browser issues related to the front end, utilizing JavaScript, CSS, HTML5, Angular JS, and Node JS.

Created Stored Procedures and other SQL scripts and stored the data in Microsoft SQL Server.

Designed customized bash scripts to generate reports for banking application, resulting in a 20% increase in robustness and improved readability for customer analysis.

Boosted performance by 10% on a project involving over 200 tables and 200k records by creating PLSQL scripts to give minute- level elapsed time.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

DevOps & Tools: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Terraform, ARM Templates, Bicep, Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), Helm Charts, Jenkins, Ansible, Packer, YAML, CI/CD, Azure CLI, PowerShell

Programming: Python, Bash, PowerShell, JavaScript, Java, SQL, PL/SQL

Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure (VMs, Blob Storage, VNets, NSGs, AKS, App Services, Azure SQL, Azure Monitor, Azure Firewall, Azure Key Vault, App Gateway), AWS

Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Distributed Tracing (Open Telemetry)

OS & Infrastructure: Linux, Windows Server, Networking, Virtualization (VMware)

Version Control: Git, Azure Repos, GitHub, Bitbucket

Testing Tools: Selenium, Postman

Databases: Azure SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle

Project & Process Tools: SonarQube, Confluence, JIRA, Agile/SCRUM, Maven, REST APIs

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Technology Eastern Illinois University

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics and Communication Engineering CMR Institute of Technology

CERTIFICATIONS:

•Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

•Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)

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