Mahesh Palutla
Worcester,MA
Summary
4+ years of professional experience as a DevOps Engineer in solving complex problems with creative solutions, supporting development and operations environments. Demonstrated expertise in automating infrastructure management using configuration tools such as Ansible, Puppet, Chef, and Terraform, resulting in enhanced deployment processes and system reliability. Implemented a CI/CD pipeline using Azure DevOps in cloud with GIT, MS Build, Docker, Maven along with Jenkins plugins. Extensive experience in deploying and managing cloud solutions on AWS EC2, S3, Lambda, EKS, ECS, CloudFormation, Code Pipeline and Azure, leveraging PaaS and IaaS for optimal resource allocation and performance optimization. Experienced and implemented monitoring solutions using Prometheus, Grafana, Splunk, ELK Stack, New Relic and Datadog. Strong expertise in containerization and orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE, OpenShift), leveraging Helm and Rancher for optimized resource management and scalability. Established and maintained IaC solutions using Terraform/Pulumi to provision and manage cloud resources, improving scalability and reproducibility. Oversaw version control practices using Git and SVN, ensuring robust branching strategies and collaborative development processes. Deep understanding of DevSecOps, integrating security best practices into CI/CD pipelines with tools like Prisma Cloud, SonarQube, Twistlock, OWASP ZAP and Snyk, ensuring compliance and proactive risk mitigation. Skilled Agile methodologies through effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, ensuring timely delivery of software features and improvements. Highly proficient in automation and scripting with Bash, Python, Go and PowerShell, achieving significant reductions in manual operations while enhancing deployment efficiency.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
1
1
AWS Cloud Practitioner
2
2
Certified Terraform Associate
Work History
Sr. AWS DevOps Engineer
Fidelity Investments
Westlake, Texas
07.2024 - Current
- Administered and automated infrastructure using configuration management tools such as Puppet, Chef, Ansible, and Salt Stack to enhance deployment processes and system reliability.
- Configured AWS Lambda functions to trigger seamlessly during Jenkins build processes, facilitating efficient CI/CD pipeline integration with cloud resources.
- Hands-on experience with Datadog Synthetic, Pingdom, ThousandEyes, Catchpoint, and Uptrends for proactive monitoring.
- Integrated synthetic checks with alerting platforms like PagerDuty and Opsgenie to automate incident response.
- Strong knowledge of ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), Fluentd, Graylog, Splunk, and Loki for centralized logging.
- Developed log queries and alerts to detect anomalies and troubleshoot performance issues.
- Familiar with Linux/Windows servers, network devices, and cloud environments (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Implemented SLAs, SLOs, SLIs, and monitoring KPIs to track system performance.
- Proficient in Python, Shell, and PowerShell for log parsing, synthetic test creation, and automation.
- Built automated alert pipelines using Terraform and Ansible for cloud monitoring solutions.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes, optimizing observability for containerized workloads.
- Understanding of SIEM concepts and security compliance-related logging.
- Experience working with OpenTelemetry for standardized telemetry collection.
- Environment: Puppet, Chef, Ansible, Salt Stack, AWS Lambda, Jenkins, CLI, Synthetic Monitoring, AWS ECS, GitHub, ECR, Cloud, Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Log Management & Observability, Docker, Kubernetes, AWS Security Groups, Git, SVN, Alerting & Incident Response, Scripting & Automation, Telemetry & Distributed Tracing, GitHub, Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, AWS EC2, GIT, PowerShell, Azure CLI, Chef-infra, Security & Compliance.
DevOps Engineer
CVS Health
New York City, NY
11.2023 - 06.2024
- Deployed cloud services including PaaS and IaaS by configuring Azure Virtual Machines and integrating them into secure subnets and Vets using Network Security Groups (NSGs).
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI to automate software delivery, reducing deployment time implemented AWS CloudWatch and AWS CloudTrail for comprehensive monitoring.
- Automated configuration management using Ansible, ensuring consistent environments across development, testing, and production.
- Used Jenkins and pipelines to drive all microservices builds using Maven/Gradle for Artifacts and Docker file Builds to Docker registry and then deployed to Kubernetes.
- Deployed and configured Elastic search and Kibana (ELK) for log analytics, full-text search, application monitoring in integration with AWS Lambda and CloudWatch.
- Developed monitoring solutions with Prometheus and Grafana, providing real-time insights into system performance and availability.
- Utilized Helm charts for Kubernetes deployments, streamlining the deployment process and ensuring consistent environments.
- Developed and automated trading system management tools, improving monitoring and configuration efficiency.
- Deployed and maintained Kubernetes environments using GitOps workflows, ensuring scalable infrastructure management.
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines, optimizing software deployment processes and reducing release cycles.
- Defined and managed software packaging and distribution workflows, adhering to industry standards.
- Worked collaboratively with developers and QA engineers to streamline deployment pipelines and improve system performance.
- Proficient in Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Python, Linux administration, and SQL, ensuring robust cloud and software solutions.
- Environment: Azure Virtual Machines, Network Security Groups (NSGs), CI/CD pipelines, Jenkins, GitLab CI, AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, Ansible, Kubernetes, Prometheus, Grafana, Git, Helm charts, Python, Bash, Azure Boards, Repos, Agile, blue-green deployment, canary deployment, ELK stack, Nginx, Azure DevOps, Pipelines.
DevOps Engineer/Linux Administrator
Accenture
, India
06.2020 - 12.2022
- Installed and configured Red Hat Linux, CentOS, AIX, and Windows Servers, optimizing performance for diverse applications in cloud and on-premises environments.
- Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, enabling automated testing and deployment of applications, reducing deployment.
- Installation, Configuration and administration of DNS, LDAP, NFS, NIS, NIS and Send mail on RedHat Linux/Debian Servers.
- Configured IPv6 routing within BGP incorporating address-family to effectively route both IPv6 and IPv4 networks.
- Automated system configuration and management using Ansible, resulting reduction in manual configuration errors AWS services such as AWS EC2, S3, and AWS RDS to optimize application performance.
- Monitored system performance and availability using Nagios, identifying and resolving issues before they impacted end-users.
- Implemented backup and recovery solutions to protect critical data, minimizing potential downtime in the event of a disaster utilized AWS CloudFormation and AWS Elastic Beanstalk to automate.
- Environment: Red Hat Linux, CentOS, AIX, Windows Servers, CI/CD, Jenkins, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Terraform, Kubernetes, Ansible, AWS, EC2, S3, RDS, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, Nagios, AWS CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, Azure SQL Database, App Services, DevOps methodologies.
Education
M.S. - Information Technology
Clark University
05.2024
B.Tech - Information Technology
CMR Technical Campus
Hyderabad05.2021
Skills
- Python
- R
- SQL
- Ansible
- Puppet
- Chef
- Salt Stack
- Jenkins
- GitLab CI
- AWS Code Pipeline
- Azure Pipelines
- AWS
- Azure
- GCP
- Git
- SVN
- Visual SVN
- TortoiseSVN
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- AWS ECS
- Terraform
- AWS CloudFormation
- Resource Manager Templates
- Prometheus
- Grafana
- ELK Stack
- AWS CloudWatch
- Azure Monitor
- Nginx
- AWS Elastic Load Balancer
- Azure Internal Load Balancer
- Cisco and Com routers
- Agile
- Scrum
- Continuous Improvement
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- DevOps Best Practices
- AWS Security Groups
- VPNs
- VPCs
- NSGs
- Cisco & Com routers
- IAM Policies
- AWS Config
- Security Hub
- SonarQube
- HashiCorp Vault
- AWS Secrets Manager
- Azure Key Vault
- Azure Boards
- Azure Repos
- Jira
- Confluence
Certification
- Certified AWS Cloud Practitioner
- Certified Terraform Associate
Timeline
Sr. AWS DevOps Engineer
Fidelity Investments
07.2024 - Current
DevOps Engineer
CVS Health
11.2023 - 06.2024
DevOps Engineer/Linux Administrator
Accenture
06.2020 - 12.2022
M.S. - Information Technology
Clark University
B.Tech - Information Technology
CMR Technical Campus
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