Pavan Kollimarla
Jersey City,NJ
Summary
DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of experience in designing,automating, and optimizing mission-critical deployments in AWS environments. Expertise in CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code,container orchestration, and system reliability. Proven track record of reducing deployment time by 60% and improving system uptime by 99.99%.
Results-driven Senior DevOps Engineer with strengths in microservices architecture, continuous integration, and API development. Proven ability to optimize cloud infrastructure and streamline deployment processes, enhancing operational efficiency.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer
Capital One
McLean, VA
03.2025 - Current
- Analyzed existing processes and developed software solutions to facilitate improvements in operational efficiency.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify project requirements and deliver effective engineering solutions.
- Assisted in troubleshooting technical issues, ensuring minimal disruption to ongoing projects.
- Conducted system testing and validation to ensure compliance with company standards and specifications.
- Participated in code reviews, contributing to best practices and enhancing overall code quality.
- Documented technical specifications and processes for future reference and team onboarding purposes.
- Researched emerging technologies to support continuous improvement initiatives within engineering projects.
- Engaged in training sessions to expand knowledge of tools and methodologies used within the engineering team.
- Established strong working relationships with clients through exceptional communication skills, fostering trust and collaboration.
- Wrote, reviewed and edited technical document in accordance with template requirements.
- Developed positive working relationships with stakeholders to effectively coordinate work activities.
- Achieved successful project outcomes by maintaining accurate documentation and meeting strict deadlines.
- Reduced project completion time with efficient resource allocation and effective communication strategies.
- Participated in formal internal design reviews of proposed products and components.
- Developed comprehensive maintenance schedule for critical machinery, extending equipment lifespan and minimizing production delays.
- Developed proprietary algorithm that enhanced data analysis capabilities, leading to more informed decision-making.
- Negotiated with suppliers to secure high-quality materials at cost-effective prices.
DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technologies
Banglore,India
08.2020 - 12.2022
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines to automate application deployment and streamline software development processes.
- Collaborated with development teams to enhance system reliability and optimize performance across environments.
- Managed cloud infrastructure using AWS services, ensuring scalability and resilience of applications.
- Developed monitoring solutions utilizing tools like Prometheus and Grafana for real-time system performance insights.
- Conducted root cause analysis for system failures, driving improvements to prevent future incidents and downtime.
- Designed disaster recovery plans to enhance business continuity and safeguard critical applications against outages.
- Automated manual tasks through scripting languages such as Python or Shell, boosting team productivity levels.
- Maintained version control systems like Git or SVN for seamless collaboration among developers and engineers during project lifecycles.
- Designed and implemented containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes, improving resource utilization and management.
- Reduced system downtime for critical applications by implementing robust monitoring and alerting tools.
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution.
- Contributed to the creation of a DevOps culture within the organization, leading to increased agility and cross-functional collaboration.
- Provided 24/7 on-call support for critical systems, ensuring high availability and rapid issue resolution.
- Enhanced application performance by optimizing infrastructure configurations based on usage patterns.
- Streamlined code deployment processes, significantly shortening path from development to production.
Junior DevOps Engineer
Atmecs Technologies
Hyderabad,India.
09.2016 - 04.2020
- Automated deployment processes using Jenkins and Docker to enhance application delivery speed.
- Monitored system performance and resolved issues to maintain optimal uptime across cloud infrastructure.
- Collaborated with development teams to implement CI/CD pipelines, improving code integration efficiency.
- Managed configuration management using Ansible, ensuring consistency across development and production environments.
- Enhanced code quality with thorough peer reviews and adherence to industry best practices.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify bottlenecks and develop solutions for improved workflow.
- Streamlined deployment processes for increased efficiency and reduced downtime.
- Established effective communication channels between development and operations teams for smoother integration of tasks.
- Troubleshot complex issues in production environment, providing swift resolutions to minimize disruptions.
- Optimized infrastructure performance, implementing containerization strategies for better resource management.
- Documented software development methodologies in technical manuals to be used by IT personnel in future projects.
- Rapidly prototyped new data processing capabilities to confirm integration feasibility into existing systems.
- Built databases and table structures for web applications.
- Designed and developed forward-thinking systems that meet user needs and improve productivity.
- Developed conversion and system implementation plans.
- Tested functional compliance of company products.
- Estimated work hours and tracked progress using Scrum methodology.
- Translated technical concepts and information into terms parties could easily comprehend.
- Authored code fixes and enhancements for inclusion in future code releases and patches.
- Analyzed work to generate logic for new systems, procedures and tests.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
Education
Master of Science - Computer And Information Systems
New England College
Henniker, NH03-2024
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
JNTUK
Andhra Pradesh,AP.03-2016
Skills
- Microservices architecture
- Experience with various scripting languages
- Continuous deployment
- Continuous integration
- API development
- Configuration management
- Security best practices
- Monitoring and logging
- Software development
- Testing management
- Engineer mentoring
- Network performance
- Linux administration
- Software development tools: JIRA, confluence
- JIRA
- Amazon web services
- Operational analysis
- Microservice design
- Project management
- Build releases
- Web programming
- Javascript
- API design and development
- HTML
- Systems design support
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer
Capital One
03.2025 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technologies
08.2020 - 12.2022
Junior DevOps Engineer
Atmecs Technologies
09.2016 - 04.2020
Master of Science - Computer And Information Systems
New England College
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science
JNTUK