swamykonanki

Dev Ops Lead Engineer

I’m a seasoned DevOps and Cloud Architect with over 10 years of experience leading cloud transformations, infrastructure automation, and DevSecOps initiatives in large-scale enterprise environments. My core expertise lies in AWS (primary cloud), with hands-on experience in Azure and GCP for project-specific needs. I specialize in architecting scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud infrastructures, building CI/CD pipelines, and driving infrastructure-as-code adoption using tools like Terraform, GitLab, Ansible, and Packer.

Throughout my career, I’ve successfully led cloud migrations, optimized cloud spend, enforced security and compliance standards, and mentored engineering teams on modern DevOps best practices. I’m passionate about building resilient, observable, and self-service platforms that align technology delivery with business objectives.

Key Tools & Technologies:
AWS, GitLab, GoCD, Jenkins, Ansible, Chef, Bamboo, Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, Mesos, Terraform, HashiCorp Vault, Packer, Prisma Cloud, OceanCD, Datadog, Dynatrace, Sentry, ELK, Splunk, Confluent, Kafka, Python, PowerShell, Groovy, PagerDuty, Calico, Istio

Experience: 10 years

Yearly salary: $100,000

Hourly rate: $60

Nationality: 🇮🇳 India

Residency: 🇮🇳 India

Experience

DevOps Lead and Cloud Architect

Gerdau

2022 - 2025

Led AWS Cloud and DevOps architecture, driving automation and cloud strategies. Automated infrastructure using GitLab, Helm, Terraform, Ansible, and Packer. Strengthened security with Prisma Cloud, HashiCorp Vault, and compliance standards. Managed AWS/EKS networking with Istio, Nginx, and Load Balancer Controller. Reduced AWS costs by 60% using Spot, Karpenter, and savings plans. Migrated CI/CD pipelines from GoCD to GitLab and built self-service automation. Integrated monitoring tools (Dynatrace, Datadog, Sentry) and implemented proactive alerts. Led cloud migrations and built scalable, resilient, and DR-ready architectures. Standardized backup/recovery and governance for cloud and DevSecOps practices. Mentored teams on DevOps best practices and managed DevOps/cloud tool spend. Integrated SSO with GitLab/SonarQube; supported data pipelines with Airflow/Databricks.

DevOps Engineer

MagTech Consulting and Solutions Development Corp

2020 - 2022

Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines for enterprise applications. Containerized applications using Docker and orchestrated them via Kubernetes. Architected cloud and hybrid application deployments with a focus on scalability and DR. Defined and enforced security governance across applications and cloud infrastructure. Led Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) adoption using Terraform, Ansible, and Packer. Implemented cloud migration strategies to AWS and Azure. Integrated observability tools such as Splunk, ELK, and Datadog for monitoring. Automated provisioning and patching processes across environments. Provided production support with real-time monitoring, alerting, and incident response. Contributed to high availability (HA) and disaster recovery (DR) system development.

Senior Software Engineer

Innovasolutuions

2015 - 2020

Served as AWS Cloud Architect, leading cloud adoption and migration strategies. Designed and implemented scalable, resilient, and secure cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure. Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab, and other tools. Containerized applications with Docker and managed workloads using Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, and Apache Mesos. Led cloud-to-cloud and on-premises to cloud migration initiatives. Established cloud security governance frameworks to protect workloads. Automated infrastructure provisioning using Ansible, Chef, Puppet, and Terraform. Provided Linux and Windows administration with a focus on automation and performance optimization. Developed scripts in Shell, PowerShell, and Python to support DevOps automation. Implemented monitoring and alerting with tools like Splunk, ELK, and Datadog. Supported production systems through proactive monitoring and incident response. Defined branching strategies and source control best practices

Skills

devops

english

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