Mahesh Kusukuntla
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Senior AWS DevOps Engineer with over 9 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing scalable and automated DevOps solutions. Proven track record in streamlining development processes, optimizing system performance, and ensuring continuous integration and delivery.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Sr. DevOps Engineer/DB Administrator
NHN Global
09.2022 - Current
- Integrated Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines, increasing release frequency by 30%
- Orchestrated the deployment of containerized applications by crafting over 50 Kubernetes YAML files and Dockerfiles; ensured seamless operational consistency across five production clusters, enhancing reliability for all services
- Streamlined cloud infrastructure deployment using Terraform, Ansible, and Packer, reducing provisioning time for AMIs by 50%
- Implemented AWS GuardDuty, achieving a 40% reduction in incident response times through automated threat detection; enhanced overall security posture while enabling quicker mitigation of potential incidents across cloud infrastructure
- Conducted security assessments with AWS Inspector, identifying vulnerabilities and ensuring compliance
- Incorporated AWS Secrets Manager for secure secret rotation, cutting credential leak risk by 50%; established robust protocols to safeguard sensitive information while enhancing compliance with industry regulatory standards
- Leveraged AWS KMS for centralized encryption management, improving data security across environments
- Administered SSL/TLS certificates using AWS Certificate Manager, simplifying renewals
- Implemented AWS Firewall Manager, improving security policy consistency and reducing management complexity by 40%
- Deployed Grafana and Prometheus for performance metrics monitoring, improving incident response by 25%
- Configured AWS Config rules and alerts for proactive resource change management, reducing operational issues by 30%
- Designed sophisticated AWS Athena solutions for querying large datasets, leading to a 60% reduction in query times and enabling faster data-driven decision-making for critical business insights
- Provisioned and optimized AWS Redshift clusters, enhancing data retrieval by 50% and improving business intelligence reporting capabilities
- Constructed data ingestion pipelines with AWS Kinesis, reducing latency by 70%
- Automated ETL workflows using AWS Glue, cutting data preparation time by 50%
- Enhanced SQL queries and tuned database indexes, improving retrieval speeds by 45%, while administered MySQL backups, restores, and replication across 10+ servers, achieving 99.9% uptime for critical applications.
Sr. Devops Engineer
MasterCard
10.2021 - 09.2022
- Set up Jenkins Controller and multiple agents to establish CI/CD pipelines, automating builds and deployments
- Created and maintained Chef Recipes and Cookbooks to streamline and expedite application deployments across multiple environments
- Managed infrastructure automation using Chef and Ansible, developing custom playbooks for seamless deployments
- Reduced code defects and deployment failures by 15% using Test Kitchen and Chef Inspec for automated testing and validation
- Orchestrated Docker containers using Kubernetes and Docker Swarm, ensuring efficient container management
- Developed scripts using Bash, Python, and Perl to automate system tasks and application processes
- Assisted teams with BitBucket repository setup and integrated SonarQube for code quality analysis within Jenkins pipelines
- Created Ansible Playbooks for automated package downloads from Spacewalk repositories and installation on Linux agents
- Developed custom Jenkins jobs and multi-branch pipelines, automating software provisioning and reducing manual intervention
- Upgraded Chef Client to version 15 on both Linux and Windows systems, ensuring compatibility and improved performance
- Written Chef Recipes to automate middleware binary installation and configuration tasks for JDK and Tomcat
- Resolved production issues by collaborating with teams and implementing effective solutions in real-time environments
- Written and optimized Splunk queries, providing deep insights for monitoring, searching, and visualizing system logs
- Reduced update times by 10% using Chef Habitat’s rolling update and rollback features, minimizing application downtime
- Performed root cause analysis for memory, CPU, and thread-related issues using logs, leading to performance optimization.
DevOps Engineer II
L.A Showroom
07.2017 - 08.2021
- Deployed applications using AWS Fargate and achieved a 40% reduction in operational overhead by streamlining server management, enabling the team to focus on core product development initiatives
- Set up and managed a Docker Swarm cluster for application orchestration, improving deployment consistency across environments
- Developed high-performance RESTful APIs using FastAPI, cutting response times by 50%
- Established CI/CD pipelines on Bitrise for mobile applications, reducing build and deployment times by 60%
- Implemented seamless connectivity between cloud and on-premises applications using Site-to-Site VPN, improving service availability
- Configured AWS Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), optimizing performance and reducing peak traffic response times by 30%
- Managed EC2 instances with autoscaling, cutting operational costs by 25% during low-traffic periods
- Built serverless applications with AWS Lambda, reducing infrastructure overhead by 40%
- Designed scalable storage solutions using AWS S3, improving cost efficiency by 25% through lifecycle policies and tiering
- Deployed and managed containerized applications on AWS ECS, increasing deployment speed and scalability by 40%
- Migrated legacy cron jobs to Airflow DAGs, improving task visibility and manageability via Airflow’s user interface
- Automated Grafana dashboard screenshot capturing via Selenium WebDriver, enabling real-time analytics sharing
- Tuned EFS performance, increasing throughput by 50% for high-demand workloads
- Developed a backup and archival strategy using Storage Gateway, enhancing compliance and reducing storage costs by 20%
- Developed and optimized Ansible Playbooks for automated configuration management, improving consistency across environments and reducing deployment errors by 30%
- Optimized application performance using New Relic for monitoring key metrics such as response times, throughput, and error rates, leading to a 30% improvement in system performance and reliability.
DevOps Engineer & Chef Developer
Barclays
07.2016 - 07.2017
- Administered AWS infrastructure encompassing EC2, S3, VPC, IAM, RDS, and Route 53; strategically optimized resource allocation which resulted in a significant 20% reduction in operational expenses through effective scaling strategies
- Automated infrastructure configuration using Chef with reusable cookbooks, reducing configuration drift by 40%
- Developed Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for Java/J2EE applications, cutting release cycles by 35%
- Integrated Maven and ANT with Jenkins to optimize build processes, reducing build failures by 30%
- Improved performance of Java applications on WebLogic, enhancing response times by 25% under heavy traffic
- Wrote Shell and Ruby automation scripts, reducing production deployment errors by 35%
- Implemented centralized logging with Elasticsearch and Splunk, cutting issue resolution time by 40%
- Enhanced database availability and scalability by deploying AWS RDS (Relational Database Service) with multi-AZ failover and automated backups, improving system reliability by 35%
- Deployed Nagios for comprehensive infrastructure monitoring, improving visibility into system health and ensuring 99.9% uptime by enabling timely detection of potential failures.
DevOps Engineer and Ansible Consultant
VMR Product, LLC
06.2015 - 07.2016
- Established AWS CodeCommit as the primary source control system for development projects, enhancing collaboration among teams and improving version control efficiency by 30%
- Developed and executed deployment rollback strategies in CodeDeploy, ensuring high availability and reliability of applications during updates, reducing downtime by 25%
- Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic apps into microservices, improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed
- Configured AWS CloudWatch to monitor application performance and system health, enabling proactive incident detection and reducing downtime by 30%
- Developed and deployed Ansible Playbooks for automating application deployments, improving consistency and reducing manual intervention
- Deployed builds and packages on servers, ensuring smooth rollouts and minimizing downtime
- Troubleshot customer-reported issues, providing solutions within SLA, improving customer satisfaction
- Integrated over 100 client SSO systems, collaborating with IT teams to ensure seamless user authentication
- Set up Azure Apps and Active Directory for secure and efficient integrations
- Created Shell scripts for automated server cleanup, reducing manual efforts by 100%
- Administered the Microsoft Azure portal, managing resources and ensuring operational efficiency.
Education
Masters in Electronics Engineering -
New York Institute Of Technology
New York, NY05.2015
Skills
- AWS
- Azure
- VMWare
- NHN Cloud
- ANT
- MAVEN
- S3
- EFS
- Storage Gateway
- Athena
- Redshift
- Elastic Search
- Kinesis
- Glue
- Cloud Watch
- ELK
- Dynatrace
- New Relic
- Splunk
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Kubernetes
- Docker
- Jenkins
- Git
- Ansible
- Chef
- Terraform
- Perl scripting
- Shell scripting
- Python
- PHP
- Atlassian JIRA
- Bugzilla
- Service Now
- Guard Duty
- Secrets Manager
- Inspector
- Ceritifcate Manager
- KMS
- Firewall Manager
- WAF And Shield
- IAM
- Mysql
- SQL Server
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
Timeline
Sr. DevOps Engineer/DB Administrator
NHN Global
09.2022 - Current
Sr. Devops Engineer
MasterCard
10.2021 - 09.2022
DevOps Engineer II
L.A Showroom
07.2017 - 08.2021
DevOps Engineer & Chef Developer
Barclays
07.2016 - 07.2017
DevOps Engineer and Ansible Consultant
VMR Product, LLC
06.2015 - 07.2016
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect
- AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
Masters in Electronics Engineering -
New York Institute Of Technology
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