Teaching Assistant
Iowa State University
08.2024 - 12.2024
Hi, I’m
Chaithanya Machireddy
Student
Ames,IA
Timeline
Iowa State University
Master of Science from Management Information Systems
08.2023 - Current
DevOps Engineer
COFORGE
02.2023 - 07.2023
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Trigent Software Ltd. - IT Services Division
07.2021 - 02.2022
Sathyabama University
Bachelor of Science from Electronics Engineering
07.2015 - 05.2019
Work History
Iowa State University
Teaching Assistant
08.2024 - 12.2024
Job overview
- Served as Graduate Teaching Assistant for cloud computing courses, providing hands-on instruction and technical guidance to 50+ students on AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms.
- Led weekly lab sessions demonstrating cloud infrastructure deployment, containerization workflows, and serverless architecture implementation, resulting in 30% improved student project outcomes.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive technical documentation and practical exercises covering Infrastructure as Code (Iac), CI/CD pipelines, and cloud security practices, receiving 95% positive feedback from students.
COFORGE
DevOps Engineer
02.2023 - 07.2023
Job overview
- Architected cloud infrastructure using Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and IaC methodologies, reducing
environment setup time by 70% while ensuring complete consistency across all deployment environments. - Implemented end-to-end CI/CD pipelines leveraging GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD
that halved deployment times and enabled 10+ zero-downtime releases daily. - Managed a 500+ container ecosystem with Kubernetes, Helm charts, and EKS, yielding 40% improved scalability and 30% better fault tolerance, and advanced pod autoscaling capabilities.
- Established robust configuration management through Ansible, Puppet, and Chef that decreased system configuration errors by 40% and strengthened infrastructure reliability through idempotent provisioning.
- Deployed comprehensive monitoring solutions with Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK stack, cutting
downtime by 25%, accelerating incident response by 35%, and creating actionable SLI/SLO dashboards. - Developed over 50 automation scripts in Python and Bash, reducing manual operational tasks by 60% and
saving 500+ hours annually. - Led the migration of 15+ legacy applications to AWS, optimizing resource utilization and improving uptime
to 99.9%. - Strengthened security infrastructure by implementing 30+ IAM policies, VPC configurations, AWS Security
Groups, KMS encryption, and HashiCorp Vault, achieving 100% compliance with SOC2, GDPR, and PCI-DSS
requirements. - Automated 200+ routine operational tasks using Python, Bash scripting, AWS Lambda, and GitOps workflows,
increasing operational efficiency by 40% and recovering 300+ hours annually. - Transformed 20+ applications into containerized microservices using Docker Compose and Kubernetes, enabling 50% faster updates through blue-green deployment strategies.
Trigent Software Ltd. - IT Services Division
Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
07.2021 - 02.2022
Job overview
- Specializing in AWS cloud services (EC2, S3, RDS, ELB, EBS) for installation, configuration, and troubleshooting across various Amazon images, successfully migrating servers from physical infrastructure to cloud environments.
- Orchestrated CI/CD pipelines for multi-tier applications, optimizing build processes and deployment automation across distributed environments.
- Designed and implemented high-availability cloud infrastructure that reduced system downtime by 75%, significantly improving service reliability and business continuity.
- Created automation solutions for 15+ routine infrastructure processes using Python scripts, reclaiming 25+ hours weekly and increasing operational efficiency.
- Engineered CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins that halve deployment durations and enable frequent, reliable
Software releases. - Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters that delivered 40% improved application scalability and 30% enhanced fault tolerance through container orchestration.
- Established comprehensive monitoring frameworks with AWS CloudWatch that accelerated incident response
times by 35% and improved system observability.
Overview
3
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
Education
Sathyabama UniversityChennai, IN
Bachelor of Science from Electronics Engineering
07.2015 - 05.2019
Iowa State UniversityAmes, IA
Master of Science from Management Information Systems
08.2023 - Current
Skills
- Programming Languages: Python, C#, Java
- DevOps Tools: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Bitbucket Pipelines, Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Helm
- Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, CloudFormation, RDS, CloudWatch), Azure (Resource Management), Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
- Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, Ansible, CloudFormation, Puppet
- CI/CD Pipelines: GitLab CI/CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions
- Database & Data Technologies: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB
- Collaboration & Project Management: Jira, Confluence
Summary
- DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of expertise in designing and implementing highly scalable cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and GCP platforms, resulting in 75% decreased downtime and 99.9% system availability.
- Led cloud computing instruction as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Iowa State University, providing hands-on technical guidance to 50+ students and improving project outcomes by 30% through practical lab sessions on AWS platforms.
- Orchestrated comprehensive CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, and GitHub Actions that reduced deployment times by 50% and enabled 10+ zero-downtime releases daily.
- Mastered containerization with Docker, Kubernetes, managing 500+ containers while improving application scalability by 40% and fault tolerance by 30%.
- Pioneered Infrastructure as Code implementation through Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, and Puppet, reducing environment setup time by 70% and configuration errors by 40%.
- Architected secure cloud environments through IAM policies, VPC configurations, KMS encryption, and OKTA authentication, ensuring 100% compliance with SOC2, GDPR, and PCI-DSS standards.
- Engineered high-performance enterprise applications with .NET Web APIs and SQL Server, delivering 99.8% operational reliability and 30% performance improvement through optimization.
- Automated 200+ infrastructure processes using Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripting, saving 300+ hours annually and increasing operational efficiency by 40%.
- Collaborative team player with expertise in Agile methodologies, leveraging tools like Jira and Confluence to ensure effective project management and delivery.
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Languages
English
Full Professional
Telugu
Full Professional
Hindi
Limited Working
Software
Jenkins
GitLab CI/CD
Bitbucket Pipelines
Terraform
Docker
Kubernetes
AWS
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
HashiCorp Vault
Ansible
ArgoCD
Certification
- AWS Cloud Practitioner, Amazon - May 2025 to May 2028
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