Senior DevOps Engineer Cloud Automation & Platform Engineering

Rahul Dasaripally

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Senior DevOps Engineer with 9+ years of experience specializing in Microsoft Azure cloud, AWS, and GCP, building scalable, secure, and highly available cloud-native platforms. Expertise in Kubernetes (AKS/EKS/OpenShift), CI/CD automation, GitOps, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform). Proven ability to improve deployment frequency, reduce downtime, and optimize cloud costs across enterprise environments. Strong experience in Platform Engineering, SRE practices, observability, and production incident management. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Platforms:

● Microsoft Azure: Azure DevOps, AKS, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Key Vault, App Services

● Amazon Web Services: EC2, S3, EKS, Lambda, IAM, CloudWatch

● Google Cloud Platform: GKE, Cloud Build, Cloud Storage DevOps & CI/CD:

● Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Tekton, ArgoCD Containers & Orchestration:

● Kubernetes (AKS, EKS), OpenShift, Docker, Helm

Infrastructure as Code:

● Terraform, ARM Templates, Bicep, CloudFormation, Ansible Monitoring & Logging:

● Azure Monitor, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk Programming/Scripting:

● Python, Bash, PowerShell

Databases:

● MongoDB, Oracle

CERTIFICATIONS

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

● HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior DevOps Engineer — Elevance Health, TX

Jan 2025 – Present

● Built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and improved deployment frequency from weekly to daily releases

● Deployed, managed, and scaled microservices on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), ensuring high availability and

● Implemented secure secret management using Azure Key Vault and enforced RBAC policies across environments

● Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration drift detection using IaC best practices

● Established release quality gates, including automated testing, security scans, and compliance validations

● Optimized cloud resource utilization, reducing infrastructure costs by ~20% through rightsizing and auto-scaling strategies

● Designed and implemented Azure-based infrastructure using Terraform, reducing provisioning time by ~40% and improving scalability

● Integrated Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Prometheus, and Grafana dashboards, reducing incident detection time by ~30%

● Led production incident response, root cause analysis (RCA), and implemented preventive measures to reduce recurring issues

● Collaborated with development teams to onboard applications into standardized CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes platforms

● Implemented blue-green and rolling deployment strategies to minimize downtime during releases

● Designed centralized logging and monitoring solutions for a distributed microservices architecture DevOps Engineer — Verizon, TX

Nov 2022 – Dec 2024

● Managed multi-cloud infrastructure with a focus on Azure and AWS, supporting enterprise-scale applications

● Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and Azure DevOps for automated build and release processes

● Containerized legacy applications using Docker and migrated workloads to Kubernetes (AKS & EKS)

● Developed Terraform modules for reusable and consistent infrastructure provisioning across environments

● Implemented infrastructure automation and configuration management using Ansible and scripting tools

● Integrated monitoring tools like Dynatrace, Splunk, and Grafana for real-time observability and alerting

● Improved deployment reliability by implementing automated rollback and failure recovery mechanisms

● Designed branching strategies and environment promotion workflows to support Dev, QA, and Production pipelines

● Worked closely with security teams to implement IAM policies, secure network configurations, and compliance standards

● Automated routine operational tasks, reducing manual effort and improving deployment consistency

● Supported production systems with on-call rotations and participated in incident management processes

● Documented CI/CD workflows, architecture diagrams, and operational runbooks for team knowledge sharing DevOps Engineer — AON, IL

Feb 2019 – Oct 2022

● Built and managed Kubernetes clusters supporting multiple applications and development teams

● Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git-based workflows, reducing deployment time significantly

● Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and configuration management using Ansible

● Developed scripts in Python and Bash to automate operational and deployment tasks

● Designed and implemented centralized logging and monitoring solutions for improved system visibility

● Assisted in cloud migration initiatives, moving on-prem workloads to Azure and AWS environments

● Improved system reliability by implementing health checks, monitoring alerts, and failover strategies

● Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline deployment and release processes

● Maintained and optimized build and deployment pipelines to ensure high availability Software Engineer — Mutual of Enumclaw, WA

Aug 2016 – Jan 2019

● Developed automation scripts to streamline infrastructure provisioning and system maintenance

● Assisted in transitioning manual deployment processes into automated workflows

● Supported application deployment and environment configuration activities

● Built internal tools to improve monitoring and operational efficiency

● Collaborated with DevOps teams to support CI/CD adoption and automation initiatives EDUCATION

Master’s in Computer Science, Fairfax University of America – June 2016

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