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Krishna Rajni Ledla

Summary

Dynamic Senior Principal Consultant with Halliburton Landmark, specializing in DevOps practices. Expert in Kubernetes and CI/CD automation, achieving a 40-hour monthly time saving. Proficient in AWS and Azure cloud environments, with strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to enhancing team productivity through effective training and collaboration.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
3
3

Certifications

Work History

Senior Principal Consultant (DevOps)

Halliburton Landmark
06.2021 - 03.2025
  • Managed container orchestration with Kubernetes on Amazon EKS & Azure AKS to deliver highly available applications in a microservices architecture.
  • Led technical workshops on deploying containerized applications using Kubernetes orchestration tools, empowering developers with essential skills needed for modern software development practices.
  • Streamlined development processes with continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, GitLab reducing build times and minimizing errors.
  • Administration and maintenance of Jenkins and GitLab servers.
  • Optimize Kubernetes configurations, including namespaces, pods, services, and networking.
  • Creation and configuration of optimized node pool for memory and CPU hungry services, applying taints and tolerations.
  • App-gateway configuration to add listeners, backend pools, backend settings, backend targets, listeners, and enable firewall rules.
  • Self-signed certificate management involving creating secrets, updating configmaps and configure app-gateway.
  • Advanced of Docker including writing Dockerfiles for Development Team.
  • Spearheaded the automation of build and deployment processes leading to a 40-hour monthly time saving.
  • Boosted productivity levels by automating repetitive tasks using shell & python scripting techniques.
  • Coordinated with Client’s Infrastructure and technical teams to optimize cloud resources, reducing costs.
  • Configuration of comprehensive helm charts to facilitate the deployment of large-scale applications, integrating multiple services and utilizing helmfile templatization.
  • Installation of Istio service mesh, namespace labelling, Sidecar injection status & troubleshooting.
  • Set up monitoring and alerting systems using tools like New Relic & integrate with AKS/ EKS clusters to view data on dashboards.
  • Ongoing technical support for applications and infrastructure, ensuring smooth operation by actively monitoring systems, troubleshooting issues, and quickly responding to incidents.
  • Perform root cause analysis for incidents and implement solutions to prevent future occurrences.
  • Automated API & Smoke tests to run on a schedule and send the output to teams & group email.
  • Streamlined infrastructure management through automation using industry-leading tools such as Kubernetes, and Terraform.

Senior DevOps Engineer

LNT Consultancy Services
02.2019 - 06.2021
  • Reduced deployment times with the introduction of CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects.
  • Containerization of node.js, Java & Python microservices.
  • Deploy applications using Docker and orchestrate containers with Amazon ECS, EKS (Kubernetes).
  • Implement IAM policies, roles, and permissions for security best practices.
  • Created and administered EC2 instances, S3 buckets, Route-53 domains, EBS, EFS volumes using AWS Console and CLI.
  • Design highly available systems using Auto Scaling Groups (ASG), Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), and Multi-AZ deployments.
  • Automating deployments and maintenance of QA, pre-prod and Production environments.
  • Configured Jenkins variable library and maintained one common master Jenkinsfile for individual microservice Jenkinsfiles.
  • Scheduled kubernetes cronjob to delete data on Postgres database generated due application load testing.
  • Installed SSM agents on the project virtual machines and attached SSM role to the instances.
  • Created customized Jenkins slave AMI by installing fortify agents and other project dependencies.
  • Continuous support to Cross-functional teams by accommodating requests and resolving issues.
  • Used Postman tool for API testing, automation, and monitoring.
  • Automated API collection testing suite for application testing by creating a Kubernetes Cronjob by baking in the collections in a docker image.
  • Creation of users, clients and roles in keycloak for users integrated with OKTA.
  • Trained Development team on Jenkins build configuration, Helmfile deployments so as to get a handle on deployments.
  • Attending LIFE workshops and providing support for application while demonstrated to clients.

DevOps Developer

Cynet Systems
09.2018 - 01.2019
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of new features.
  • Continuously updated skills through training courses, workshops, and self-study—staying current on industry trends and emerging technologies.
  • Managed large-scale migration projects to transition on-premises applications to the AWS cloud environment.
  • Supported deployment of applications on cloud platforms such as Azure or AWS, enabling rapid scalability as needed.
  • Writing Dockerfiles and creating docker images for Development team.
  • Image promotions to test, preproduction and production using Jenkins & Jfrog.
  • Deploying docker containers on application VM's for Dev testing.

AWS DevOps Engineer

Keshav Consulting Solutions LLC
05.2018 - 09.2018
  • Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.
  • Developed an automated, continuous, build process to review the source code, identify build errors and notify appropriate parties and expedite synchronization to the latest build.
  • Extensively worked on Git for version control and GitHub for source code management.
  • Designed GIT branching strategies, Created and maintained source control branches, performed integrations and resolved merge conflicts.
  • Installed, configured and managed a centralized Jenkins at corporate level and integrated it with the corporate LDAP to manage access controls.
  • Migrated all the build jobs to a centralized Jenkins by participating and coordinating with various project teams.
  • Configured Jenkins pipeline job to perform the end to end CI/ CD code build, deployment and regression test processes.
  • Created an encrypted AMI out of the instance and copied it to both USEast-1 and US-West-2.
  • Created a Jenkins pipeline job to generate artifacts and upload them to the artifactory, perform the docker container builds, create a docker image and upload it to the local docker hub.
  • Pulled the docker image and deployed it to various environments.
  • Installed and configured Kubernetes cluster On-premises and in AWS environment.
  • Created and managed Kubernetes objects like pods, namespaces, applications, replication sets and deployments by using YAML scripts.
  • Deployed the pods in Kubernetes cluster in corresponding namespace.
  • Managed the clusters CA certificates in Kubernetes and worked on the Fluentd component for logs collection.
  • Managed the application property files by using the config set.
  • Created and managed persistent volumes and volume groups for containers.
  • Created S3 backups by enabling versioning and configured life cycle policies to transfer data from S3 standard to Glacier.
  • Involved in maintenance and performance of Amazon EC2 instances.
  • Created load balancers (ELB & ALB) and used Route53 with failover and latency options for high availability and fault tolerance.

Analyst | DevOps Consultant

GlobalLogic Technologies Limited
06.2014 - 09.2015
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for process improvement and increased efficiency.
  • Improved internal knowledge sharing by developing comprehensive documentation outlining standard operating procedures for various tasks.
  • Implemented continuous delivery pipelines using Jenkins, enabling faster release cycles and improved software quality.
  • Conducted thorough post-release analyses on any reported incidents or challenges; implemented corrective measures accordingly.
  • Created and maintained up-to-date documentation on build, release, and deployment processes; ensured quick onboarding for new team members.
  • Automated daily backups of critical data using AWS S3, reducing the risk of data loss in case of system failures.

Education

Master of Science - Management Information Systems (MIS)

University of Illinois At Springfield
Springfield, IL

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Matrusri Institute of PG Studies
Hyderabad, India

Skills

    Operating Systems: Windows 7, Windows 10, Linux

    Scripting Languages: Bash, Python, YAML, Golang

    Cloud Environment: AWS, Azure

    Monitoring Tools: Grafana, Kibana, Filebeat, Prometheus, New-relic

    Version Control Tool: GitHub, GitLab

    Tools & Technologies: Jenkins, Jfrog, Docker, Kubernetes, AKS, EKS, ECS, Helm, Helmfile, Istio, Terraform, Kafka, Redis

Certification

  • Docker Certified Associate
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect -Associate
  • AWS Certified Developer -Associate

Work Availability

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Accomplishments

Spearheaded migration of drilling application from standalone servers to AWS & Azure Cloud streamlining deployment configurations which resulted in improved scalability and operational efficiency.

Constant training and support to cross-functional teams resulting in team efficiency and increased productivity.

Automated manual processes and streamline CI/CD pipelines resulting in reduced effort and timelines.

Timeline

Senior Principal Consultant (DevOps)

Halliburton Landmark
06.2021 - 03.2025

Senior DevOps Engineer

LNT Consultancy Services
02.2019 - 06.2021

DevOps Developer

Cynet Systems
09.2018 - 01.2019

AWS DevOps Engineer

Keshav Consulting Solutions LLC
05.2018 - 09.2018

Analyst | DevOps Consultant

GlobalLogic Technologies Limited
06.2014 - 09.2015

Master of Science - Management Information Systems (MIS)

University of Illinois At Springfield

MBA - Master of Business Administration

Matrusri Institute of PG Studies
Krishna Rajni Ledla