About Me
DevOps Engineer Lead & Cloud Infrastructure Architect
DevOps Engineering Leader with 6+ years of experience in AWS, Azure, and hybrid infrastructure.
Skilled in Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), CI/CD, Terraform, Argo CD, and cloud automation.
Led secure, scalable cloud solutions with a focus on AI/ML readiness and KPI-driven delivery.
Strong in cost optimization, team mentoring, and building reliable DevSecOps practices.
Cloud & DevOps
- ✓AWS Cloud Architecture
- ✓Azure Cloud Solutions
- ✓Kubernetes Orchestration
- ✓Docker Containerization
- ✓CI/CD Pipeline Design
- ✓Infrastructure as Code
Infrastructure
- ✓System Architecture
- ✓High Availability Design
- ✓Network Security
- ✓Performance Optimization
- ✓Disaster Recovery
- ✓Load Balancing
Leadership
- ✓Team Management
- ✓Technical Leadership
- ✓Project Planning
- ✓Agile Methodologies
- ✓Strategic Planning
- ✓Stakeholder Communication
Professional Experience
Lead DevOps Engineer
Southlake Financial Holdings - TX, USA
May 2024 - Present
Key Achievements:
- ✓Led AKS/EKS clusters for scalable microservices and AI workloads.
- ✓Built GitOps pipelines with Argo CD, RBAC, and audit compliance.
- ✓Created FastAPI APIs for model serving with CI/CD automation.
- ✓Reduced cloud spend by 30% through cost-aware scaling and cleanup.
- ✓Integrated hybrid networking with Azure gateways and firewalls.
- ✓Managed Intune, Defender, and JAMF (30+ iPads) for endpoint security.
- ✓Improved MTTR by 35% using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Intune Systems - TX, USA
Aug 2023 - May 2024
Key Achievements:
- ✓Managed Jenkins master-agent setup for distributed builds.
- ✓Standardized CI jobs using shared libraries and Job DSL.
- ✓Deployed Cognito user pools with JWT for secure auth.
- ✓Built CI/CD pipelines for AKS/EKS using Helm and GitOps.
- ✓Improved API security with FastAPI token-based authentication.
Research & Development Assistant(Masters in Computer Science)
Kent State University – OH, USA
Aug 2022 - Dec 2023
Key Achievements:
- ✓Reduced deployment time by 70% with optimized CI/CD pipelines.
- ✓Deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS and Azure for lab environments.
- ✓Built microservices architecture for academic workloads.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Innova Solutions
Dec 2021 - Aug 2022
Key Achievements:
- ✓Implemented SCP and Control Tower for multi-account governance.
- ✓Automated infra with Terraform; reduced errors by 40%.
- ✓Migrated legacy apps to AKS/EKS-based microservices.
- ✓Cut infra costs by 40% with optimized resource usage.
DevOps Engineer
Innova Solutions
Jul 2019 - Dec 2021
Key Achievements:
- ✓Built CI/CD pipelines for Lambda and Fargate APIs.
- ✓Centralized monitoring using ELK and CloudWatch.
- ✓Created Jenkins 'super job' to manage 50+ microservices.
- ✓Reduced pipeline overhead by 70% with job automation.
Featured Projects
Personal Portfolio
A sleek, responsive developer portfolio built with Next.js, Tailwind CSS, and TypeScript, featuring dark mode, animations, and interactive components.
Multi-Cloud Terraform
Built a reusable Terraform module library for scalable Azure and AWS infrastructure provisioning using infrastructure as code best practices.
Unified Monitoring
Built a unified observability platform using Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack to monitor and analyze logs and metrics across multi-cloud Kubernetes environments.
Tools & Technologies
Education & Certifications
My academic journey and professional certifications
Education
Master of Science in DevOps
Kent State University - OH, USA
2020 - 2022
Specialized in Cloud Infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines
Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science
K L University - AP, India
2016 - 2020
Focus on software development and system architecture
Certifications
AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional
Amazon Web Services
2023
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Cloud Native Computing Foundation
2022
HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate
HashiCorp
2022