Mani Vankayalapati
Dallas,USA
Summary
An aspirant Cloud DevOps Engineer with 7 + years of experience driving innovation in cloud-native environments.
Experienced with automating deployment and system configurations, ensuring seamless integration and delivery processes. Utilizes advanced knowledge of cloud platforms and scripting to enhance operational efficiency. Track record of collaborating with teams to maintain high standards and achieve successful project outcomes.
Professional in field, bringing extensive experience in automating and streamlining operations, contributing to improved efficiency and reliability. Known for collaborative approach and consistent focus on achieving results. Expertise in cloud infrastructure, continuous integration, and deployment practices. Valued for adaptability and dependability in dynamic environments.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Cloud Engineer
Verizon
01.2024 - Current
- Managed AWS Cloud infrastructure for state clients, ensuring robust and compliant cloud solutions tailored to the specific needs of government operations.
- Spearheaded the implementation and oversight of CI/CD pipelines using AWS services (CodeBuild, CodePipeline, CodeDeploy), significantly enhancing deployment strategies and operational efficiency.
- Implemented robust security frameworks by integrating vulnerability detection tools, including Rapid7 and AWS GuardDuty, and encrypted database credentials using AWS Secrets Manager and KMS, significantly enhancing the organization's security posture.
- Developed Python scripts to automate the extraction and analysis of Rapid7 and AWS GuardDuty scan results, creating Jira tickets for immediate security enhancements based on identified vulnerabilities.
- Implemented SonarQube integration with Bitbucket for pull request decoration and code analysis, enforcing code quality and security standards across development teams.
- Developed Python scripts to automate the flipping of Jira ticket statuses post-deployment and to send email notifications to developers, business analysts, and QA teams detailing the tickets deployed, thereby optimizing workflows and enhancing communication and tracking of deployment outcomes.
- Configured CI/CD pipelines to trigger Liquibase for automated database updates, ensuring seamless and error-free deployments.
- Managed infrastructure using CloudFormation and Terraform to streamline provisioning with IaC techniques.
- Migrated documents from on-premises NFS systems to AWS GovCloud using AWS migration services.
- Performed regular server upgrades and patches using Ansible playbooks to maintain system integrity and ensure compliance with security standards.
- Implemented and managed Master Database Management (MDM) systems, ensuring consistency across database environments and facilitating smooth data operations.
- Conducted PCI and Vanta audits for TXRAMP certification, ensuring compliance with industry security standards.
- Assess existing Government cloud infrastructures, identify security risks and vulnerabilities, and design and implement robust security solutions to protect against cyber threats and attacks.
- Implementing cost optimization strategies to ensure efficient resource utilization.
- Implementing security best practices throughout the CI/CD pipeline and infrastructure provisioning process.
Technical Service Engineer
FUJITSU
03.2022 - 12.2022
- Involved Design flow of DCP Deployment Automation to deploy the DCP on all cloud platforms or K8s Native: AWS, Azure, Openshift, and OpenStack.
- Moved existing applications from Openstack to AWS.
- Created infrastructure using Terraform & its modules.
- Develop, maintain, and execute Ansible playbooks and roles to automate the provisioning, configuration, and orchestration of AWS resources. This includes creating templates, defining tasks, and managing infrastructure as code.
- Manage and maintain GitLab repositories for version control of AWS infrastructure code, configuration files, and deployment scripts. Collaborate with development teams to ensure proper code branching, versioning, and repository structure.
- Automates the desired application states in the specified target environments using the ArgoCD.
- Integrate Kubernetes with CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment, updates, and rollbacks, ensuring seamless and consistent delivery of applications in a containerized environment.
- Managing Kubernetes clusters for the Comtech 5G application using Helm charts and Argo CD for streamlined deployment and continuous delivery, ensuring high availability, scalability, and efficient resource management.
- Implement security best practices, including role-based access control (RBAC), network policies, and pod security policies, to secure Kubernetes clusters and protect against unauthorized access and potential threats.
- Set up the AWS ingress controllers and Nginx ingress controllers to route the traffic.
- Abstracted helm chart complexity by automating their generation via simple properties file containing developer inputs, thereby reducing manual effort by 70%.
- Explored Verizon webscale implementation of 5G network deployment.
Senior Analyst
HCL Technologies
10.2019 - 02.2022
- Built and deployed Docker containers for implementing Micro service architecture from monolithic architecture.
- Orchestrated Docker Containers using Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS).
- Designed & Implemented a continuous build-test-deployment (CI/CD) system using Jenkins, AWS (CodeDeploy, Code Pipeline & CodeCommit).
- Configured Auto-scaling for Docker containers as well as for EC2 instances using Auto-scaling groups & Cloudwatch metrics.
- Created bash scripts on EC2 Linux servers while making use of AWS command line interface (AWS CLI).
- Developed a serverless portal with web layer hosted as a static website on S3, developed its web layer using AWS Amplify & React.JS, app layer on AWS Lambda and database layer on AWS DynamoDB (NoSQL).
- Involved in designing cloud architectures for customers looking to migrate or develop new PaaS, IaaS solutions utilizing Amazon Web Services. Making presentations on Draw.io & presenting the estimate of sizing and billing prior to the deployment of client’s applications on cloud.
- Developed Automation for taking snapshots of databases, start/stop of instances, creating resources such as IAM roles, task definitions, and ECR repositories, whitelisting Cloudfront IPs on Application Load Balancers etc. by using AWS Lambda, CloudWatch Rules & SNS.
Cloud Engineer
Nvest Bank
10.2018 - 09.2021
- Created AWS cloud formation templates to create custom-sized VPC, subnets, EC2 instances, ELB, Security groups. Worked on tagging standard for proper identification and ownership of EC2 instances and other AWS Services like Cloud Front, cloud watch, RDS, S3, Route53, SNS, SQS, Cloud Trail.
- Implemented and maintained the monitoring and alerting of production and corporate servers/storage using AWS cloud watch.
- Creating Python scripts to totally automate AWS services which includes web servers, ELB, Cloud Front distribution, database, EC2 and database security groups and application configuration, this script creates stacks, single servers, or joins web servers to stacks.
- Experience in creating IAM policies for administration in AWS to assist type applications and teams across local geographical and remote areas.
- RBAM setup in sudoers for role based access control inside team.
- AD account integration and testing on linux servers.
- Shell scripting: Script for deploying IEM, Script for AD Integration/joining, symantec antivirus Configuring & deploying Ansible on Ubuntu. Managing Multiple servers together using same.
- Health checks on newly built servers and generation of GAP reports
- Building of Linux servers for migration and testing purpose.
- Performing File system housekeeping and tuning , file system extension
- Decommission of old client servers as per requirement
- Creating YUM repository, Yum server/client configuration
- Patching servers using YUM,Installing RPM packages as per client requirement
- Deploying patches from Redhat satellite server,Kernel patch installation on SUSE & RHEL
- Configuring and troubleshooting samba, NFS, telnet and SFTP
- Installing and Configuring IBM Bigfix ,Symantec Endpoint Manager , sophos Antivirus.
- Hands on with with ticketing tools ISAM, Service-Now and Remedy.
- Worked with change models, incident Severity & problem management.
Education
Master’s - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Webster University
San Antonio, Texas05-2024
Skills
- CERTIFICATIONS
- AWS Associate Solution Architect Associate
- LIBRARIES/FRAMEWORKS
- Hashicorp Terraform
- Ansible
- Cloud Formation
- TOOLS/PLATFORMS
- AWS
- ADO Pipelines, AWS CI/CD, Jenkins
- Linux
- Windows
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- SonarQube
- Rapid7
- BitBucket
- GITLab
- Prometheus, Graphana
- Python
- Shell Scripting
- Elasticsearch
- Logstash
- Cloudwatch
- Nagios
- MySQL
- SQL Server
Timeline
Senior Cloud Engineer
Verizon
01.2024 - Current
Technical Service Engineer
FUJITSU
03.2022 - 12.2022
Senior Analyst
HCL Technologies
10.2019 - 02.2022
Cloud Engineer
Nvest Bank
10.2018 - 09.2021
Master’s - INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Webster University