DevOps Engineer with Cloud-Native Expertise

POOJA KONGARI

DevOps Engineer

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DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of experience building and operating large scale, multi-cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure. Specializes in Kubernetes-native delivery (EKS/AKS), GitOps automation with ArgoCD, and zero-drift infrastructure via Terraform, driving measurable reductions in deployment failures, MTTR, and cloud spend. Experienced in security-hardened CI/CD pipelines, observability at scale, and cross-functional collaboration in fast-paced engineering organizations. TECHNICAL SKILLS

● Cloud Platforms: AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, VPC, IAM, ALB, NLB, ECR, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Route 53, SQS, SNS, Secrets Manager), Azure (AKS, Azure DevOps, ACR, VNet, VM, Blob Storage, Azure Monitor)

● Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes (EKS, AKS), Docker, Helm, Kustomize

● Infrastructure as Code: Terraform (Modules, Remote State, State Locking), AWS CloudFormation, Ansible

● CI/CD & GitOps: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD

● Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Datadog, CloudWatch

● Security & Compliance: HashiCorp Vault, IAM, RBAC, OPA/Gatekeeper, Trivy, SonarQube

● Scripting: Python, Bash/Shell

● Networking: VPC design, Subnets, Security Groups, NACLs, Transit Gateway, DNS, TLS/SSL WORK EXPERIENCE

DevOps Engineer Jan 2025 – Present

JPMorgan Chase & Co. USA

● Designed and deployed highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS and Azure AKS, improving deployment turnaround time by 40%

● Built reusable Terraform modules with remote state (S3) and state locking (DynamoDB), reducing provisioning time by 60% and preventing configuration drift

● Developed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, integrating Docker builds, image scanning

(Trivy), and automated deployments to Kubernetes

● Established GitOps-based deployments using ArgoCD, reducing manual release errors and improving consistency across environments

● Implemented monitoring and alerting using Prometheus and Grafana, reducing mean time to recovery

(MTTR) by 35%

● Integrated secrets management using HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager with role-based access control

● Optimized AWS usage through Reserved Instances, Savings Plans, and auto-scaling, lowering monthly cloud costs by 25%

● Improved container efficiency using multi-stage Docker builds, reducing image size and speeding up deployments

DevOps Engineer Oct 2020 – Nov 2023

KPIT Technologies India

● Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions for microservices-based applications, reducing manual deployment effort

● Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure including multi-AZ VPCs, subnets, NAT Gateways, and security groups to support reliable production workloads

● Implemented centralized logging and monitoring using ELK Stack, Datadog, and CloudWatch, improving system visibility and troubleshooting efficiency

● Enforced access control using IAM roles and RBAC policies, strengthening security and supporting audit requirements

● Automated operational tasks such as log rotation, patching, and user provisioning using Python and Bash, saving engineering time and reducing manual intervention

● Collaborated with development and QA teams during release cycles, helping improve deployment stability and reduce rollback incidents

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Information Systems May 2025

Northwest Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri, USA Bachelor of Science in MPC Sep 2021

Vivek Vardhini Degree College, Hyderabad, India

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