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Praneetha M

Praneetha M

Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer
Cary,NC

Summary

As a Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer with over 8 years of experience in Cloud Technologies. I have a strong drive to excel, along with years of practical experience supporting, streamlining, and automating essential deployments in AWS and Azure . I possess advanced skills in utilizing a range of technical tools, such as Jenkins for Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, Ansible and Terraform for deploying applications and other DevOps processes.

Overview

5
5
Certificates
5
5
years of post-secondary education
8
8
years of professional experience

Education

Bachelors of Technology and Science -

Vignan Institute of Technology And Science
09.2011 - 06.2015

Master of Science -

Trine University
2022 - 2023

Skills

Cloud : Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services,GCP

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Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate

Work History

Senior Cloud Engineer

U.S. Bank
Minnesota City, MN
01.2022 - Current

I have extensive experience in implementing various Azure-based solutions to enhance performance and availability. Specifically, I have worked with Azure services such as Computer, App Services, API-Gateways, Application Gateways, Blobs, ADF, Resource Groups, Azure SQL DW, Cloud Services, and ARM templates to achieve high-availability, Disaster Recovery, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling features.

I have also designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks, subnets, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, security policies, and routing to create a seamless network infrastructure. Additionally, I have experience in migrating on-premises .Net apps and DevOps platforms to Azure CI/CD processes, utilizing ARM templates, Azure DevOps, Azure CLI, and App services to build Repos, Pipelines, Web Apps, and monitoring applications using Application Insights.

I have designed and implemented end-to-end solutions using various Azure services such as Azure Container Registry, Azure Container Instances, and Azure Functions, and established and configured Azure Repository to manage source code maintenance. I have also created CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to automate the build, test, and deployment process, track issues and work items, and collaborate with other developers. Additionally, I am experienced in DevSecOps strategy for security auditing and continuous monitoring of the entire infrastructure.

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

American Express
Texas City, TX
08.2019 - 11.2021

I have extensively worked in implementing advanced security features in Azure AD and AWS, as well as designing and implementing highly available, scalable, and fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure solutions. Specifically, I have implemented advanced AAD security features such as Conditional Access, Identity Protection, and Privileged Identity Management (PIM), resulting in improved security posture and regulatory compliance.

Additionally, I have worked with AWS services such as EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Elastic Beanstalk, CloudFormation, CloudFront, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, Route 53, Elastic Load Balancing, and VPC to design cost-effective, fault-tolerant, and highly available systems.

I have configured Kubernetes clusters and services, such as Type Load Balancer and Cluster IP, to effectively schedule, deploy, and manage various components including pods, replication controllers, deployments, labels, health checks, and ingress using YAML files in a cluster.

I have also utilized DevOps tools such as Terraform, Ansible, and Jenkins to automate continuous deployment and facilitate continuous build, and have experience in building observability dashboards using tools like Grafana and Prometheus.

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

HSBC Bank
India
04.2017 - 08.2019

I have focused on migrating on-premises applications to the cloud and setting up necessary resources using AWS tools. I have implemented ELB and Auto-Scaling policies to ensure scalability, elasticity, and availability of applications, and have designed and deployed a multitude of applications utilizing almost all the AWS stack.

I have set up AWS Security Groups to function as virtual firewalls and manage traffic for one or multiple AWS EC2 instances, and have supported AWS cloud environments with over 160 AWS instances. Additionally, I have configured databases in AWS using RDS, storage using S3 bucket, and instance backups to S3 bucket, and have created JSON templates in CloudFormation to manage AWS resources.

I have automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Chef, and Terraform for cloud infrastructure maintenance, and have integrated Jenkins with AWS and OpenStack to launch instances and manage private clouds. I have also utilized Kubernetes for automating, deploying, and scaling application containers across clusters of hosts, and have implemented Kubernetes security solutions for improved application security and compliance.

Enterprise Management System Engineer

BMC Software, Inc
India
05.2015 - 04.2017

I have extensively Worked on installation, configuration, and management of Red Hat/CentOS operating systems. I possess strong expertise in automating various system tasks using Cron Jobs, shell scripting, and automation tools such as Puppet and Jenkins. I have worked closely with development teams to maintain version control using Git and Git Hub and managed build packages. Additionally, I have extensive experience in system and server builds, installation, upgrades, patching, migration, troubleshooting, security, backup, disaster recovery, and performance monitoring and fine-tuning on Red Hat Linux systems.

I have developed Puppet modules to automate deployment, configuration, and life-cycle management of key clusters and have also created Jenkins pipelines to configure build automation and secure Jenkins. Furthermore, I have configured inbound and outbound firewall rules to secure traffic flow and assigning folder permissions to users by gathering approval from group owners. I have used Helpdesk Ticketing System Manage engine for Ticketing System enables me to provide efficient customer support.

Timeline

Senior Cloud Engineer

U.S. Bank
01.2022 - Current

Master of Science -

Trine University
2022 - 2023

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

American Express
08.2019 - 11.2021

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

HSBC Bank
04.2017 - 08.2019

Enterprise Management System Engineer

BMC Software, Inc
05.2015 - 04.2017

Bachelors of Technology and Science -

Vignan Institute of Technology And Science
09.2011 - 06.2015
Praneetha MSenior Cloud/DevOps Engineer