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Gopichand Vucha

Jonesboro,AR

Summary

An accomplished Information Technology professional with hands-on experience working as a Systems Engineer, Cloud DevOps Engineer and IT Infrastructure

Engineer. Holds a Master of Science degree in Engineering Management, combining strong technical expertise with leadership and organizational capabilities, along with a solid academic background in Electronics and Communication Engineering emphasizing computer systems and networking.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

IT Infrastructure Engineer I

Farmers & Merchants Bank
07.2023 - Current

● Contribute to strategic infrastructure planning to align technology initiatives with
organizational goals and priorities, leveraging principles of strategic planning.Take charge of planning, designing, and implementing IT infrastructure
solutions, overseeing Servers, Storages, Cloud Services and Network systems, applying engineering principles to optimize IT systems.
● Manage day-to-day Infrastructure operations, ensuring performance, scalability, and security, refining resource management and system optimization skills.
● Enhance analytical and problem-solving abilities, adeptly troubleshoot complex issues and addressing engineering challenges.
● Collaborate with internal teams and external stakeholders to grasp business needs, ensuring technology solutions align with organizational objectives.
● Lead and coordinate IT infrastructure projects effectively, bridging the gap between technology and business requirements for successful outcomes.
● Proactively identify and mitigate risks, ensuring compliance with industry regulations and best practices to safeguard organizational assets and uphold
operational integrity.
● Ensure infrastructure operations comply with security standards and regulatory requirements.
● Conduct careful analysis of utilization metrics, implementing efficiency measures to contribute to cost-saving policies while maintaining or improving service levels.
● Apply change management principles from Engineering Management to facilitate smooth transitions during infrastructure upgrades or technology
implementations.
● Research on operational infrastructure solutions and execution strategies to resolve existing issues and plan for future upgrades, ensuring optimal results.
● Develop comprehensive documentation and data reports to disseminate within the organization, fostering awareness among team members and departments.
● Travel to onsite branch locations as needed to address issues and support business requirements.
● Additionally, acquire IT technical skills to enhance infrastructure processes and develop new designs and roadmaps for an improved experience.

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
12.2019 - 08.2021
  • Performed systems analysis activities by gathering requirements, evaluating existing system programs, identifying gaps, and recommending technical solutions to improve system efficiency,reliability, and business outcomes.
  • Administered Linux and Windows system programs, handling server provisioning, configuration, user access management, patching, upgrades, troubleshooting, and performance optimization across on-premise and AWS and GCP cloud environments.
  • Developed custom scripts to automate repetitive tasks, freeing up valuable time for other project priorities.
  • Developed continuous integration tool to streamline deployment.
  • Applied IT infrastructure and networking principles by configuring both on-premises and cloud based services like VPCs, subnets, route tables, DNS, security groups, firewalls, load balancers, and connectivity models, ensuring secure and optimized communication between systems.
  • Developed Python, Bash, Shell, and PowerShell scripts to automate system administration tasks, infrastructure validation and monitoring workflows.
  • Designed and maintained cloud infrastructure on AWS and GCP, utilizing services such as AWS EC2, ELB, S3, CloudWatch, Security Hub, Elastic Beanstalk, and GCP Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, GKE, Cloud Functions, and Cloud Monitoring, supporting highly available and fault-tolerant architectures.
  • Enforced IT security, governance, and compliance controls, implementing encryption, IAM policies, least-privilege access, vulnerability assessments.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to analyze system requirements, plan infrastructure changes, manage risks, and deliver IT solutions, ensuring alignment with technical, operational, and organizational goals.
  • Documented system architectures, System Program designs, process flows and supporting knowledge transfer, audits, and long-term system maintainability.

Education

Master of Science - Engineering Management

Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR
05.2023

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering

KONERU LAKSHMAIAH EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Guntur, India
05.2019

Skills

  • Information Technology Infrastructure
  • Systems Engineering & Systems Analysis
  • AWS
  • GCP
  • Google Admin
  • VMware
  • Linux & Windows System Administration
  • Networking & Cloud Networking
  • DevOps & CI/CD
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Containers & Orchestration (Docker)
  • Automation & Scripting (Python, Bash, Shell, PowerShell)
  • Security, IAM & Compliance
  • High Availability & Disaster Recovery

Timeline

IT Infrastructure Engineer I

Farmers & Merchants Bank
07.2023 - Current

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
12.2019 - 08.2021

Master of Science - Engineering Management

Arkansas State University

Bachelor of Technology - Electronics And Communications Engineering

KONERU LAKSHMAIAH EDUCATION FOUNDATION