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Raj Yalamanchili

Calgary,AB

Summary

Seasoned DevOps Engineer with over 6 years of IT experience specializing in Continuous Integration/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), System Administration, Build/Release Management, Change/Incident Management, and Cloud Operations. Extensive expertise in managing cloud environments with AWS and OpenStack, ensuring scalable and secure infrastructure solutions. Proven track record of implementing DevOps practices to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and enhance organizational efficiency. Strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Reach Financial
Calgary, AB
08.2022 - Current
  • Implemented and configured web servers on Amazon EC2 instances, optimizing performance by decoupling compute tasks to AWS Lambda functions. Utilized Application Load Balancer (ALB) with listener rules for efficient traffic management. Configured domain settings in Amazon Route 53 and leveraged Amazon CloudFront for optimized content delivery.
  • Designed and implemented container orchestration workflows for complex, distributed systems using Kubernetes and Docker.
  • Automated deployment workflows using Helm charts, reducing deployment times by 40% and ensuring version consistency across clusters.
  • Integrated Prometheus and Grafana with Kubernetes clusters to build custom dashboards for monitoring CPU, memory usage, and pod health
  • Integrated Kafka as the backbone for inter-service communication in a microservices architecture, enabling asynchronous message passing and improving system scalability
  • Managed message schemas using Confluent Schema Registry, ensuring backward and forward compatibility across multiple consumers.
  • Configured authentication mechanisms in Google Cloud for web servers, ensuring secure access and identity management through methods such as OAuth integration.
  • Implemented AWS Private Link using Network Load Balancers, establishing VPC Endpoint service as the interface for merchant access through permissions granted to specified AWS principals.
  • Designed and implemented comprehensive AWS networking solutions, including VPCs, subnets, route tables, and security groups, to create scalable and secure environments for cloud-based applications.
  • Architected and deployed AWS Transit Gateway to streamline network infrastructure, overseeing route table management to optimize inter-VPC communication and enhance network efficiency.
  • Orchestrated complex workflows using matrix builds, conditional logic, and environment variables in GitHub Actions to support diverse project environments.
  • Configured GitHub Actions workflows to automate build, test, and deployment processes, improving development efficiency and reducing time-to-market

TechOps Specialist

Reach Financial
Calgary, AB
06.2021 - 08.2022
  • Configured SQL Server jobs to automate data transfer to an SFTP server for client access. Implemented CloudWatch agent for pushing and analyzing application logs via CloudWatch dashboards.
  • Implemented containerized applications on AWS ECS using Fargate, optimizing resource allocation and scaling capabilities. Configured task definitions, service definitions, and load balancer integrations to ensure high availability and seamless deployment of microservices
  • Designed an internal microsite on Google Sites, implementing built-in ACLs to securely disseminate AWS CloudWatch dashboards to non-technical stakeholders. Ensured data confidentiality by preventing exposure of URLs and AWS access provisioning
  • Utilized AWS Image Builder to automate the creation and management of custom Amazon Machine Images (AMIs), streamlining deployment processes and ensuring consistency across environments. Configured pipelines for image customization, validation, and distribution, enhancing deployment reliability and security posture
  • Leveraged Jenkins alongside tools like Cloudformation and Ansible for provisioning and configuring infrastructure, promoting Infrastructure as Code principles
  • Configured email notifications and Slack integrations in Jenkins to notify stakeholders and teams about build failures, post-build smoke tests and deployment statuses promptly.
  • Developed custom dashboards and alerts in Datadog to track key metrics and anomalies in application performance, enhancing operational visibility
  • Integrated OpsGenie endpoints with CloudWatch alarm subscriptions, ensuring seamless alert management. Managed on-call rotations schedules and responded to severity events promptly.

AWS Cloud Engineer

ASCAP
Toronto, AB
05.2019 - 06.2021
  • Implemented and integrated CloudPosture management for comprehensive vulnerability detection across AWS accounts. Configured custom dashboards to streamline alert notifications to our Security Operations Center (SOC), enhancing real-time monitoring and incident response capabilities.
  • Configured AWS Control Tower to enforce security controls such as AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) policies and AWS Config rules, ensuring compliance with industry regulations (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
  • Implemented Service Control Policies (SCPs) through AWS Control Tower to manage permissions and access controls across AWS organizations, maintaining segregation of duties and least privilege principles.
  • Designed and implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) solutions using Terraform, automating the provisioning and management of cloud resources across multi-cloud environments.
  • Implemented Role-Based Access Control (RBAC) and Attribute-Based Access Control (ABAC) frameworks using AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), ensuring granular access control and least privilege principles across AWS resources.
  • Led disaster recovery exercises to validate and improve business continuity plans, ensuring readiness to mitigate disruptions. Coordinated simulated disaster scenarios, tested failover procedures, and assessed recovery objectives (RTOs and RPOs).
  • Successfully led a proof-of-concept (PoC) initiative on Kubernetes, demonstrating its feasibility and benefits for containerized application deployment. Designed and deployed Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, showcasing scalability and orchestration capabilities.
  • Configured weighted routing using Route 53 for gradual deployments and A/B testing, ensuring seamless transitions and minimizing impact on users.
  • Implemented centralized backup management using AWS Backup, establishing policy-based and tag-based backup plans. Automated lifecycle management policies to transition backups to cold storage tiers, ensuring compliance and optimizing backup costs.

System Administrator

Wipro
Hyderabad
03.2018 - 04.2019
  • Orchestrated enterprise server build and deployment processes as a System Administrator, ensuring streamlined operations and adherence to best practices in system configurations and performance optimizations
  • Implemented comprehensive monitoring dashboards for application servers, recommending and configuring plugins to address auditing, performance monitoring, security vulnerabilities, and resource utilization challenges effectively
  • Integrated Okta for seamless authentication and identity management across enterprise applications, enhancing security and user experience. Configured single sign-on (SSO) and multi-factor authentication (MFA) to enforce strong access controls and compliance with security policies.
  • Implemented comprehensive monitoring dashboards for application servers, recommending and configuring plugins to address auditing, performance monitoring, security vulnerabilities, and resource utilization challenges effectively.
  • Administered the Atlassian suite, including Jira, Confluence, and Bitbucket, to optimize team collaboration and project management workflows. Implemented custom workflows, issue types, and permissions schemes in Jira to align with organizational needs

Education

PGDM - Planning And Management

Lambton College of Applied Arts And Technology
Sarnia, ON
03-2018

Bachelor of Science - Database Applications

Acharya Nagarjuna University
India

Skills

  • Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Cloud Formation
  • CI/CD: Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD
  • Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
  • Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP
  • Monitoring and Logging: Datadog, Cloudwatch, Prometheus, Grafana
  • Version Control: Git, GitHub, BitBucket
  • Scripting Languages: Bash, Python, Powershell
  • DevOps Practices: Agile methodologies, Continuous Integration, Continuous Deployment
  • Security and Compliance: Identity management, vulnerability management, Cloud posture management
  • Configuration Management: Ansible, Chef, AWS Systems manager
  • Network Operations

Certification

  • AWS Solutions Architect Associate
  • AWS Sysops Administrator
  • Atlassian Certified Administrator
  • Google Professional Workspace Administrator
  • Fortinet Network Security Associate

Education and Training

other,India,other,Sarnia, ON

Contact

Calgary AB

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

Reach Financial
08.2022 - Current

TechOps Specialist

Reach Financial
06.2021 - 08.2022

AWS Cloud Engineer

ASCAP
05.2019 - 06.2021

System Administrator

Wipro
03.2018 - 04.2019

PGDM - Planning And Management

Lambton College of Applied Arts And Technology

Bachelor of Science - Database Applications

Acharya Nagarjuna University

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