DevOps Engineer - AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform

Sandeep Ponugoti

USA DevOps Engineer AWS Azure Kubernetes Terraform

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SUMMARY

DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience designing, implementing, and maintaining scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure environments. Strong expertise in CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, CloudFormation, ARM), Kubernetes, Docker, cloud security, monitoring, and cost optimization. Proven ability to automate deployments, improve system reliability, and reduce operational costs. Experienced in Linux environments, SDLC, Agile workflows, and production support. SKILLS

Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, EKS, Fargate, CloudWatch, Cost Explorer), Azure

(VMs, VNet, AKS, Azure DevOps, Azure Monitor, Azure AD, Key Vault), GCP (basic knowledge)

DevOps & CI/CD: GitHub Actions, Jenkins, AWS CodePipeline, Azure DevOps, Git, SDLC, Agile/Scrum

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, Azure ARM Templates

Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, Azure AKS, Helm

Monitoring & Logging: AWS CloudWatch, Azure Monitor, Prometheus, ELK Stack, AWS DevOps Guru, Alerting & Incident Management

Security & Compliance: IAM, Azure AD, RBAC, Security Groups, KMS, Key Vault, GuardDuty, Security Hub

Scripting & Automation: Python, Bash, PowerShell, Linux

Databases & Storage: Amazon S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Azure Blob Storage, Azure SQL

Cloud Optimization: Auto Scaling, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, Cost Optimization, Reserved Instances EXPERIENCE

Visa, USA June 2025 – Present

DevOps Engineer (AWS)

Designed and deployed secure, highly available AWS infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation, reducing environment provisioning time by 60%.

Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and AWS CodePipeline, enabling automated build, test, and deployment workflows.

Containerized applications using Docker and deployed to Amazon EKS and AWS Fargate, supporting auto-scaling, rolling deployments, and blue-green deployments.

Implemented monitoring, logging, and alerting using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and AWS DevOps Guru to proactively detect anomalies and reduce downtime.

Strengthened cloud security through IAM policies, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and network security controls, ensuring compliance with enterprise standards.

Performed cloud cost optimization through rightsizing, Reserved Instances, and AWS Cost Explorer, achieving 25% cost savings.

Collaborated with development and QA teams in Agile/Scrum environments to support full SDLC lifecycle deployments.

Mindtree, India Aug 2021 – Dec 2023

DevOps Engineer (Azure)

Designed and managed Azure cloud infrastructure using Terraform and ARM templates for secure and scalable deployments.

Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps, automating application deployments across multiple environments.

Deployed and managed containerized workloads on Azure AKS (Kubernetes) with integrated Azure Monitor and alerting.

Automated infrastructure provisioning and operational tasks using Python, Bash, and PowerShell, saving 200+ engineering hours annually.

Implemented high availability, disaster recovery, and backup strategies for enterprise workloads.

Managed Azure AD, RBAC, and Key Vault for secure access control and secrets management.

Supported production systems, performed incident response, and participated in root cause analysis (RCA). EDUCATION

Master of Science in Computer Science, University of Missouri, Kansas City, Kansas City, MO, December 2025

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