Harish Kumar Kondabathula
Zephyrhills,FL
Summary
AWS Cloud Architect & Senior DevOps/SRE Engineer with 10+ years of end‑to‑end automation experience, 8+ years designing scalable multi‑region AWS architectures, and hands‑on expertise in Kubernetes, IaC, CI/CD, Cloud Security, and Observability. Skilled in Agentic AI automation, LLM‑powered CloudOps workflows, RAG pipelines, and Amazon Bedrock AgentCore for intelligent cloud troubleshooting, IaC generation, and operational efficiency. Proven ability to build resilient platforms, reduce MTTR, optimize cloud costs, and deliver secure, high‑availability systems at enterprise scale.
Overview
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Certification
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years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Software Engineer
Ltmglobal
Tampa, Florida
05.2026 - Current
- Designed and implemented multi‑region, multi‑AZ AWS architectures using EKS, ECS, Lambda, API Gateway, RDS, DynamoDB, MSK, and VPC networking patterns to achieve high availability, resilience, and compliance.
- Developed Agentic AI workflows that automate cloud troubleshooting, IaC generation, log analysis, and deployment validation using Python‑based agents, tool‑calling LLMs, and multi‑step reasoning loops.
- Built and standardized enterprise‑grade IaC frameworks using Terraform, CloudFormation, and CDK, enabling repeatable, secure, and fully automated cloud provisioning across multiple environments.
Senior DevOps engineer and AWS Solution Architect
Oracle (Client - CITI Bank)
Tampa, Florida
02.2023 - 04.2026
- Advised clients on Cloud strategy and AWS architecture, delivering scalable solutions that enhanced uptime with HA Resiliency architecture within Payments system adhering to the tight SLAs even with high TPS as required and reduced overhead costs by 60%.
- Provisioned infrastructure with Terraform modules and AWS services (S3, Lambda, MSK/Kafka, EKS, IAM, KMS, SQS/DLQ, SNS) and implemented HashiCorp Vault for secrets management, achieving [Number] successful deployments.
- Built Bedrock AgentCore‑powered automation for CloudOps tasks—LLM‑driven remediation, RAG‑based internal knowledge search, and AI‑assisted DevOps pipelines—improving operational efficiency and reducing manual workload.
- Integrated LLMs into CI/CD pipelines for automated Terraform reviews, security scanning explanations, policy generation, and intelligent PR comments, accelerating secure delivery.
- Built full observability stacks using CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, and Splunk, enabling SLO/SLA tracking, error budgets, automated incident triage, and reduced MTTR.
- Led end‑to‑end DevOps automation using GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Argo CD, and Spinnaker, delivering zero‑downtime deployments, GitOps workflows, and automated rollback strategies.
- Designed and executed on-prem to AWS migration plans, achieving 99.9% uptime during migrations with zero downtime for critical applications.
- Implemented cost-optimization and autoscaling for EKS using Karpenter, improving resource efficiency by 70% and accelerating deployment speed.
- Led CI/CD adoption and pipeline automation with Lightspeed, Jenkins, Tekton, and Harness, resulting in a 60% increase in deployment reliability.
Senior Software Engineer
KBTS Technologies Inc (Client - Verizon)
Tampa, Florida
04.2022 - 02.2023
- Migrated and deployed applications to AWS using Terraform, streamlining Verizon Cloud Platform onboarding process.
- Managed core AWS services (EC2, ECS, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, Route53, API Gateway, IAM, Glue) and integrated Snowflake for analytics.
- Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab) across dev, pre-prod, and prod, enabling consistent automated releases.
- Architected cost-optimization measures that delivered ~40% reduction in client cloud spend while maintaining performance.
- Operated Kubernetes clusters with integrated monitoring (Grafana, New Relic), enhancing reliability and performance.
- Authored Infrastructure-as-Code templates and automation scripts to standardize provisioning and minimize manual effort.
Delivery Manager and Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
Tekhne BV
Amsterdam, Netherlands
03.2020 - 07.2021
- Led DevOps and cloud engineering across AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, ELB, Auto Scaling, VPC, Route53, IAM) and implemented infrastructure as code using CloudFormation and Terraform.
- Designed AMI‑based and containerized deployment patterns; enabled CI/CD using Jenkins, Maven, Git, SonarQube and artifact repositories to support multiple simultaneous releases.
- Coordinated cross-team releases for development, QA, and cloud teams; ran Kubernetes POCs and supported production applications (Java, PHP, Python).
- Communicated technical recommendations and status updates to stakeholders and offshore teams, ensuring aligned delivery.
- Developed internal tools and templates with Python and Django, streamlining operations and enhancing developer experience.
DevOps and CloudOps Consultant
Naya labs Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad, Telangana
02.2019 - 01.2020
- Implemented AWS using EC2, S3, RDS, ECS, Elastic Load Balancer, and Auto Scaling groups.
- Managed network security using Load Balancer, Auto Scaling, Security Groups, and NACLs.
- Implemented Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery pipeline using Docker, Jenkins, GitHub, and AWS AMIs for new GitHub branches; developed Continuous Delivery framework with Jenkins, Ansible, Maven, and Nexus in Linux environment.
- Maintained and optimized servers, external processes, and hosted services to enhance operational efficiency.
Administrative Officer - IT
Insurance Information Bureau of India
Hyderabad, Telangana
12.2013 - 12.2018
- Built servers using AWS by importing volumes, launching EC2, RDS, S3, IAM, Route53, VPC, CodeDeploy, creating security groups, and configuring auto-scaling, Lambda, and load balancers (ELBs) in virtual private connection.
- Developed AWS architecture for migrating on-premises application to cloud, focusing on flexibility, cost-effectiveness, reliability, scalability, high performance, and security.
- Managed network security with Load Balancer, Auto Scaling, Security Groups, and NACLs. Implemented, deployed, and maintained cloud infrastructure using AWS.
- Maintained Jenkins continuous integration infrastructure and automated release processes for DEV/TEST/STG/PROD environments, enhancing deployment consistency.
- Automated Linux backups to transfer data to S3 bucket while managing IAM user accounts and AWS services including RDS, Route 53, SES, and SNS.
- Administered GIT repositories for version control, enabling efficient collaboration on code development.
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
Hyderabad, Telangana
02.2010 - 12.2013
- Executed full life cycle project implementation, aligning technical solutions with business requirements to enhance project outcomes.
- Managed application deployments and releases on on-premise servers, ensuring seamless integration and system reliability.
- Implemented automated scripts for backup and restore of the Oracle and MySQL Databases.
- Oversaw in-house data center operations, ensuring high availability and reliability.
- Designed as a transaction and a reporting system thereby enabling faster response time for better customer experience.
- Cleansed and processed data with Data Quality Manager to improve data integrity and support decision-making.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Kakatiya University
Warangal06-2009
Skills
- Cloud Architecture & AWS Core Services: AWS Architecture (Multi‑AZ, Multi‑Region, HA/DR Design), VPC Design (Transit Gateway, PrivateLink, Subnetting, Routing), EKS/ECS Architecture & Operations, Serverless Architecture (Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions), RDS, DynamoDB, Aurora, ElastiCache, S3, CloudFront, Route53, MSK/Kafka Event‑Driven Architecture
- Amazon Bedrock & AgentCore: Bedrock Agents (tool orchestration, workflows), Bedrock Knowledge Bases (enterprise RAG), Claude / Titan model integration, AgentCore for CloudOps automation, LLM‑powered remediation & operational insights
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CDK (TypeScript/Python), CloudFormation, Helm, GitOps
- DevOps, CI/CD & Automation: GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Automated Blue/Green & Canary Deployments, Pipeline‑as‑Code, Artifact Management (ECR, Artifactory, Nexus), Automated Rollbacks & Release Strategies, Pipeline‑as‑Code, Artifact Management (ECR, Artifactory, Nexus), Automated Rollbacks & Release Strategies
- Kubernetes & Platform Engineering: EKS Cluster Design & Hardening, Multi‑tenant Cluster Patterns, Backstage (Internal Developer Platform), Autoscaling (HPA, Karpenter, KEDA, Cluster Autoscaler)
- Cloud Security & Compliance: IAM Zero Trust Architecture, AWS KMS, Secrets Manager, SSM Parameter Store, WAF/Shield, GuardDuty, Inspector, Secure SDLC & DevSecOps Automation
- Observability, Monitoring & SRE: CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Dynatrace, Splunk, SLOs, Error Budgets, Incident Management, Root Cause Analysis & MTTR Reduction
- Agentic AI & LLM Integration: Agentic AI Workflows (Planning, Tool Use, Reasoning Loops), LLM‑powered CloudOps Automation (Troubleshooting, Log Analysis), AI‑assisted IaC Generation & Code Review, Python‑based AI Agents (tool calling, multi‑step reasoning), RAG (Retrieval‑Augmented Generation) Pipelines, Vector Databases (OpenSearch, DynamoDB, Pinecone)
- Automation & Scripting: Python (LLM integration, Lambda automation), Bash, PowerShell, CloudOps bots & AI‑driven workflows
- FinOps & Cost Optimization: AWS Cost Explorer, Compute Optimizer, MCP based cost analyser, Rightsizing & Savings Plans, AI‑augmented cost forecasting, Tag‑based cost governance, Multi‑region cost modeling
Certification
- AWS Solution Architect Professional
- AWS DevOps Engineer Professional
- AWS Solution Architect Associate
- EXIN Agile Scrum master
- Oracle Database 12c : SQL Fundamentals
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer
Ltmglobal
05.2026 - Current
Senior DevOps engineer and AWS Solution Architect
Oracle (Client - CITI Bank)
02.2023 - 04.2026
Senior Software Engineer
KBTS Technologies Inc (Client - Verizon)
04.2022 - 02.2023
Delivery Manager and Senior AWS DevOps Engineer
Tekhne BV
03.2020 - 07.2021
DevOps and CloudOps Consultant
Naya labs Pvt Ltd
02.2019 - 01.2020
Administrative Officer - IT
Insurance Information Bureau of India
12.2013 - 12.2018
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd
02.2010 - 12.2013
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Kakatiya University