Senior DevOps & Cloud Engineer (AWS/Azure)

Santhosh Kumar Reddy Marepalli

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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• DevOps & Cloud Engineer with around 6 years of experience in automating, configuring infrastructure and deploying applications with strong expertise in Systems Administration, Cloud Computing and Software Configuration Management (SCM).

• Highly experienced with AWS Cloud platform and its services including EKS, ECS, IAM, S3, EC2, VPC, Amazon Glue, RDS, Auto scaling, BedRock, Elastic Load Balancing (ALB and NLB), Direct Connect, CloudFormation, Route53, Cloud Front, Lambda and API Gateway.

• Experience working on various Azure services like VMs, Azure RBAC Policies, Virtual Network (VNet), AKS, Azure SQL Database, Load Balancer, Storage, Auto Scaling and Azure Active Directory.

• Hands-on experience in building resilient Azure-native solutions leveraging Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Azure Container Registry (ACR), Azure Key Vault, Application Gateway for production workloads.

• Strong background in implementing Azure-based disaster recovery and high availability strategies using Azure Site Recovery (ASR) and geo-redundant storage.

• Designed and optimized end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps and GitOps tools like Argo CD to accelerate delivery for healthcare-critical applications.

• Experienced in branching, tagging and maintaining versions across the environments using SCM tools like GIT and Bitbucket on UNIX/LINUX and Windows environments.

• Specialized in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and CloudFormation to build secure, compliant and scalable AWS and Azure environments.

• Delivered containerized solutions using Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), Docker, Helm and ECR to support microservices in regulated healthcare systems.

• Experience in building and managing Docker containers using Linux-based images and AMIs, including creating custom container images using Dockerfiles.

• Experience in writing playbooks for Ansible and deploying applications using Ansible.

• Implemented strong DevSecOps practices by integrating security tools SonarQube, Fortify, Vault, Defender to improve security standards and manage vulnerabilities.

• Implemented Blue/Green deployment strategy by provisioning identical production environments using CloudFormation templates and managing traffic cutover with Route53 weighted routing policies.

• Experienced in applying AI-driven insights and data analytics to optimize infrastructure performance, automate DevOps or SRE workflows and improve system reliability.

• Developed lightweight Flask services by integrating LLM APIs to summarize Jenkins build logs and Kubernetes events for faster troubleshooting

• Developed automation scripts using Bash/Shell, Ruby, PowerShell, Groovy and Python(boto3) to support deployment, build automation, and cloud infrastructure operations.

• Designed and implemented batch pipelines using AWS services including AWS Lambda, AWS Glue, Amazon EMR, Step Function, Redshift, S3, Athena and RDS to automate workflows and coordinate cluster services.

• Good knowledge in managing artifacts using Sonatype Nexus and JFrog Artifactory for storing and distributing Maven artifacts and Docker images.

• Enhanced monitoring and observability using Amazon CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, Site Scope, ELK (Elastic Search, Logstash, Kibana), Splunk and Snowflake/Big Query logs to enable proactive incident management and performance monitoring.

• Tracked and managed development tasks, incidents and releases using Jira and Azure DevOps Boards in Agile environments.

• Using AWS Bedrock to introduce AI-driven automation and intelligent deployment insights, with a continuous focus on strengthening Kubernetes, enhancing CI/CD workflows, and improving automation through Python, Ansible drive reliability and developer productivity scale. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Cloud Platforms : AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS, CloudWatch), Microsoft Azure(AKS, ARM), Multi-Cloud Architecture Configuration Management / Infrastructure as Code (IaC) : Terraform, Cloud Formation, Ansible, ARM Templates, AWS CDK

Containerization & Orchestration : Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure Kubernetes Service(AKS), Docker Swarm Helm Charts, Ingress, OpenShift

CI/CD & Build Tools : GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, Nexus, Ant, Maven, Gradle, GitOps(ArgoCD), Release Automation

Streaming & Messaging : Apache, Zookeeper, AWS Kinesis Observability & Monitoring : ELK Stack, Prometheus, AWS CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Splunk Scripting & Programming : Python(boto3), Shell, Java, Groovy Databases : Oracle, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, MongoDB Security & Compliance : IAM policies, RBAC(Kubernetes), KMS, Secrets Management, HashiCorp Vault, CloudTrail, Zero Trust Security

Load Balancers : AWS ELB/ALB/NLB, Azure Load Balancer, Nginx Networking : TCP/IP, VPC Design, VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, Firewalls, Security Groups, VPC, Transit Gateway, Security Groups, Route53, Load Balancers, Cloud WAN Version Control Systems & IDEs : Bitbucket, GitHub, Microsoft Visual Studio Operating Systems : Linux(RHEL, CentOS, SUSE), Windows, Ubuntu Processes & Frameworks: ITIL, JIRA, Incident & Change Management, Root Cause Analysis (RCA), SLO/SLA, Agile/Scrum

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

SMBC (Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation) Charlotte - NC - USA AWS DevOps Engineer Aug 2024 – Present

• Administered and automated Linux environments (RHEL, SUSE, CentOS) for scalable application hosting across AWS.

• Experience in Infrastructure Development and operations involving AWS services like EC2, EKS, EBS, S3, VPC, RDS, ELB, Auto Scaling, IAM roles, CloudFormation, Direct Connect, Route 53, CloudWatch, SNS, AWS Import/Export.

• Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Terraform modules and containerized the entire infrastructure using Docker and deployed to Kubernetes clusters on AWS for scalable, automated deployments.

• Automated AWS infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and CloudFormation, including EKS clusters, VPCs, and IAM roles.

• Designed and maintained reusable GitHub Actions workflows to automate builds, tests, security scans and standardizing CI/CD across multiple microservices repositories.

• Automated EKS deployments using GitHub Actions integrated with Helm charts and Kubernetes manifests.

• Experienced in branching, tagging and maintaining versions across the environments using SCM tools like GIT

(GitHub/Bitbucket) on Linux and Windows platforms.

• Used Maven as a build tool to build Docker images with our source code containerized.

• Developed Python automation scripts using boto3 to manage EC2, EKS, S3, IAM, snapshots and CloudWatch operations, reducing manual cloud tasks.

• Containerized PyTorch models with Docker and managed artifacts through S3, ECR enabling consistent deployment across dev, staging, and production environments.

• Extensively used Docker for virtualization, Ship, Run and Deploy the application securely to fasten the Build/Release Engineering.

• Built reproducible Kubernetes application builds, managed Helm charts and deployed container replicas on AWS EKS to ensure scalable and automated production workloads.

• Integrated LLM APIs to summarize Kubernetes events and application logs for faster incident diagnosis.

• Developed AWS Lambda functions using Python to automate S3 file processing and cross-bucket data transfers.

• Skilled in MLOps practices including CI/CD pipelines, model versioning, drift detection and lifecycle governance using GitHub Actions and MLflow.

• Engineered feature stores using AWS Feature Store and Feast, creating centralized repositories for ML features that ensure consistency across training and inference pipelines

• Experience in deploying the nginx ingress controller in EKS to route traffic to respective microservices based on context path.

• Deployed Privileged Access Management (PAM) solutions for secure administrative access, implementing just-in- time access controls and session monitoring.

• Worked on setting up Splunk to capture and analyse data from various layers, Load Balancers, and web servers.

• Integrated Dynatrace APM with Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Kubernetes deployments for automated performance testing, enabling proactive monitoring of containerized applications and real-time alerting on performance degradation.

• Configured alert rules and dashboards in Dynatrace to detect performance regressions, integrating alert notifications into Slack for rapid incident response.

• Enhanced observability using AWS Bedrock, OpenTelemetry, Prometheus, and CloudWatch, improving incident visibility and accelerating root-cause analysis across distributed systems.

• Strengthened cloud security posture using AWS Security Hub, GuardDuty, HashiCorp Vault, AWS Secrets Manager, and KMS, enabling secure credential lifecycle management and centralized access governance aligned with enterprise risk frameworks.

• Designed disaster recovery strategies using AWS Backup and cross-region replication, ensuring business continuity for critical cloud workloads.

• Established SRE and ITSM practices using JIRA, SLA/SLO metrics and incident management processes.

• Collaborated with cross-functional teams using Slack and Microsoft Teams for incident resolution, release coordination and SRE process reviews.

Tavant Technologies

Client : Met life Bangalore - India

DevOps Cloud Engineer Dec 2021 – Jul 2023

• Designed and implemented Azure infrastructure (IaaS/PaaS) including VMs, VNets, Subnets, NSGs, Load Balancers and Application Gateways for production workloads.

• Built reusable Infrastructure as Code (IaC) templates using Terraform, ARM and Bicep, automating provisioning and governance across subscriptions.

• Used Terraform for building, changing, versioning infrastructure and collaborating on the automation of Azure Infrastructure via Terraform and Azure DevOps.

• Designed Python scripts to automate Terraform plan validation and detect configuration drift before deployments.

• Created and managed Azure Policies, Blueprints, and RBAC roles to enforce enterprise-wide compliance and security baselines.

• Administered Azure Active Directory (Azure AD), enabling Conditional Access, MFA, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM) for secure identity control.

• Configured Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery (ASR) to support disaster recovery and ensure business continuity across critical systems.

• Built secure CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps (YAML-based) integrated with Nexus, SonarQube and Fortify to enable automated, policy-driven releases.

• Managed containerized microservices using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Container Apps, leveraging Docker, Helm for image management.

• Designed and deployed production-grade Kubernetes infrastructure on AWS EKS for containerized microservices, implementing auto-scaling, self-healing, and zero-downtime deployment strategies.

• Implemented Python-based Azure Functions to process storage events, transform data and trigger downstream automation pipelines.

• Secured Azure Functions using Managed Identities and integrated with Azure Key Vault for secure secret and credential management.

• Designed reusable Python modules to streamline cloud operations, including role assignments, policy validation, and resource tagging enforcement.

• Deployed Azure Firewall, NSGs, and Application Gateway to secure inbound/outbound traffic with tiered network segmentation.

• Built anomaly detection scripts to analyse infrastructure metrics and proactively flag unusual resource behavior.

• Automated configuration management using Ansible and Azure Automation State Configuration (DSC) for drift prevention and policy enforcement.

• Reduced deployment errors with fully automated CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps integrated with SonarQube and Nexus.

• Enhanced observability with Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Sentinel integrating dashboards into Grafana and Power BI for leadership visibility.

• Implemented Key Vault for secrets, keys, and certificates, integrated with CI/CD pipelines and container workloads for secure credential management.

• Enhanced container deployment speed using AKS, Helm and automated image pipelines through Azure Container Registry.

Intellect Design Arena

Client: HSBC (Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation) Chennai - India Junior DevOps Engineer June 2019 – Dec 2021

• Created and managed S3 Buckets on AWS, configuring policies for secure access and utilizing S3 Buckets and Glacier for data storage and backup.

• Created and managed S3 Buckets on AWS, configuring policies for secure access and utilizing S3 Buckets and Glacier for data storage and backup.

• Designed and configured a VPC, establishing a Site-to-Site VPN connection between the data centre and AWS for secure and seamless connectivity.

• Developed Push-Button automation for application teams to streamline deployments across multiple environments, including Development, QA, and Production.

• Monitored and troubleshooted Linux Servers on AWS using Splunk to ensure system stability and performance.

• Managed and administered AWS services, including CLI, EC2, VPC, S3, ELB, Glacier, Route 53, IAM, and Trusted Advisor, ensuring optimal performance and security.

• Developed automated pipelines using AWS Code Pipeline to deploy Docker containers on AWS ECS, leveraging services such as CloudFormation, Code Build, Code Deploy, S3, and Ansible.

• Integrated GitHub, AWS Code Pipeline, and AWS Elastic Beanstalk to establish an automated deployment pipeline.

• Proficient in architecting and configuring secure Cloud VPCs in AWS by utilizing private and public networks through subnet configurations.

• Configured AWS IAM to grant users permissions and access to resources, managing roles and permissions effectively for secure user management.

• Configured CloudWatch and Guard Duty alerts to monitor performance anomalies and suspicious activity patterns in transaction infrastructure.

• Implemented AWS Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) in IAM to enhance security by enabling Two-Step Authentication using Google Authenticator and AWS Virtual MFA.

• Implemented security measures in the AWS Public Cloud by configuring Security Groups, Network ACLs, Internet Gateways, and Elastic IPs to ensure a secure environment for the organization.

• Developed UNIX Shell Scripts to automate tasks and scheduled Cron Jobs for automated use using Crontab Commands.

• Developed Python Scripts integrating Amazon APIs to automate and control EC2 instance operations.

• Designed and deployed enterprise-grade Kubernetes infrastructure on AWS EKS, enabling Zero-downtime deployments, Auto-healing, and Horizontal Pod Scaling for production microservices.

• Developed Infrastructure as Code (IaC) frameworks using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, standardizing multi-environment deployments and reducing provisioning time by 60%.

• Integrated IAM Roles, AWS Secrets Manager, and container image scanning (ECR/Trivy) into CI/CD pipelines, enhancing application security posture and regulatory compliance.

• Led the creation of custom Ansible Playbooks and dynamic inventories, automating multi-tier infrastructure configuration across hybrid environments and accelerating release cycles.

• Implemented a Git Branching Strategy encompassing development, feature, staging, and master branches. Managed Pull Requests and conducted Code Reviews to ensure Code Quality.

• Configured the ELK Stack for centralized logging and security analysis, enabling Alert Correlation and Audit Trail reviews across microservices.

• Configured and maintained end-to-end CI/CD Pipelines using Git, Jenkins, Maven, ANT, Docker, Nexus, and JIRA to automate standardized build and deployment workflows across Multi-environment AWS infrastructure. EDUCATION

Master’s in Information Technology Management

St Francis College, USA Sep 2023 – May 2025

Bachelor’s in Mechanical Engineering

Madanapalle Institute of Technology & Science Aug 2016 – May 2020 CERTIFICATIONS

Certified AWS Solutions Architect Associate View Certification Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Linux Foundation View Certification

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