NAGA AKHIL GANAPATINEEDI
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer
Naperville, Illinois, United States
9402798517
Technical Expertise
AWS (EKS, ECS, RDS)
Azure (AKS, Azure DevOps)
GCP/GKE
Kubernetes / Docker
Terraform / IaC
CI/CD (Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
DevSecOps (Trivy, SonarQube)
Monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana)
Logging (ELK Stack, Fluent Bit)
HashiCorp Vault / Key Vault
SRE / Observability
Git (GitHub, GitLab, Azure Repos)
Python / Bash / Java
Jira / Agile
Maven / Artifactory
YAML
Dynatrace / New Relic
Education
Bachelor of Technology - BTech
Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Hasvita Institute of Science & Technology
August 2008 - May 2012
Professional Summary
- Over 12 years of professional experience, with the past 8+ years dedicated to hands-on DevOps engineering across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
- Expert in architecting, automating, and maintaining resilient CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions) to accelerate deployments and enhance efficiency.
- Extensive experience orchestrating containerized applications using Kubernetes (AKS, EKS, GKE, OpenShift) and Docker for scalable, high-availability deployments.
- Specialist in IaC with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) to automate infrastructure provisioning, including creating reusable modules.
- Proficient in implementing SRE and observability solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Azure Monitor, and AWS CloudWatch for real-time insights and proactive resolution.
- Expertise in implementing DevSecOps practices, embedding security checks (Trivy, SonarQube, Checkov) into CI/CD workflows and managing secrets with HashiCorp Vault/Azure Key Vault.
Work Experience
Senior Cloud DevSecOps Engineer
March 2025 - Present (9 months)
TEAM TRANQUIL SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS PRIVATE LIMITED | Dallas, Texas, US
- Led a high-performing DevOps team, delivering secure, scalable infrastructure across Azure, AWS, and GCP.
- Championed DevSecOps adoption, embedding security checks into CI/CD workflows and enforcing compliance.
- Drove SRE initiatives using Grafana, CloudWatch, and Azure Monitor, improving reliability and observability.
- Managed multi-cloud IAM and RBAC configurations across Azure AD, AWS IAM, and GCP IAM, enforcing MFA and least-privilege access.
- Introduced AI-powered anomaly detection and predictive scaling to optimize uptime and resource utilization.
Cloud DevSecOps Engineer
December 2022 - Present (3 years)
F205 Fairfield, NJ 07004-2448, USA
- Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and AI-driven workflows across Azure, AWS, and GKE.
- Designed and deployed scalable, containerized apps on AKS, EKS, GKE, and OpenShift, ensuring high availability and resilience.
- Implemented DevSecOps with Trivy, Checkov, and SonarQube for proactive vulnerability detection and compliance.
- Built CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and Jenkins for consistent, automated deployments.
- Engineered centralized ELK-based logging for multi-cloud clusters, boosting efficiency by 60%.
- Secured secrets using HashiCorp Vault and Azure Key Vault[cite: 563, 386].
- Designed resilient AWS infrastructure with EC2, ALB/NLB, Aurora, DynamoDB, S3, EKS, ECS Fargate, and Route 53
DevSecOps Engineer
March 2022 - November 2022 (9 months)
Accenture | Hyderabad, Telangana, India
- Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for automated and reliable software delivery
- Containerized and orchestrated applications using Docker and AWS EKS, improving scalability and deployment efficiency.
- Automated ELK stack deployments via Terraform and Ansible, fine-tuning clusters and provisioning Kibana dashboards.
- Implemented SRE observability using Azure Monitor and Application Insights for proactive issue detection and resolution.
- Built and deployed ETL pipelines on AWS EKS using Apache Spark, enabling large-scale, reliable data transformations.
Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer
January 2021 - January 2022 (1 year 1 month)
Wärtsilä | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Led a team of DevOps engineers, designing, implementing, and maintaining Infrastructure as Code (IaC) on the Azure cloud platform.
- Oversaw infrastructure delivery, ensuring scalable, reliable, and secure cloud solutions aligned with business objectives.
- Mentored engineers on Terraform, Azure services, and container deployment, fostering technical growth.
Cloud DevOps Engineer
December 2017 - January 2021 (3 years 2 months)
wartsila india Itd | Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Managed and provisioned Azure network resources including Virtual Networks, VPNs, Express Route, and Azure Traffic Manager.
- Implemented Azure container solutions such as AKS, Azure Container Apps, and Azure Container Registry.
- Developed and maintained Terraform modules and scripts using Python and Bash to automate infrastructure deployment.
- Migrated Terraform scripts from 0.11 to 1.5.2, validating all environments and resolving syntax issues without production impact.
Early Career (Electrical Engineering)
Executive / Company Engineer Trainee
September 2013 - November 2017 (4 years 3 months)
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
- Began career as a Company Engineer Trainee (CET) in Electrical Engineering until 2015, then deputed as an Executive at Ind-Bharat Thermal Power Plant.
- Executed preventive and scheduled maintenance for all motors and transformers.
- Played a key role in the commissioning of 190 MVA transformers.
- Transitioned into implementing and maintaining IBM Maximo (Enterprise Asset Management tool).