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Sowjanya Jada

Princeton,TX

Summary

Cloud Engineer and DevOps Specialist with 9+ years of IT experience and proficiency in Build, Release, and Deployment management, with a focus on Continuous Integration (CI) building systems. Implementing effective IT strategies critical deployments in Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services, leveraging configuration management, CI/CD and Containerization and Orchestration. Utilized different DevOps fundamental devices like Azure DevOps, GIT, Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, a variety of scripting languages, and monitoring tools.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Cloud Engineer

Global IT INC
USA
11.2023 - Current
  • Developed and implemented automation tools for optimizing cloud infrastructure handling with clean, reusable, and scalable code, contributing efficiency and guaranteeing infrastructure establishment across multiple environments.
  • A good sense of industry technology and automation tools and his influence on embracing the modern DevOps practices. Created Git runners from Kubernetes environments for application team automated build and deployment pipelines.
  • Created standardized CI/CD pipeline templates for building, testing, packaging, and releasing cloud-native applications, and achieved consistent deployment procedures across different development teams.
  • Provided support for the migration of applications from on-premises data centers to cloud-based solutions, to increase scalability, reliability, and operational efficiency via modern cloud infrastructure.
  • Implemented and troubleshot automated CI/CD pipelines, integrating their operations into Development, Testing, and Production environments, working closely with development teams to make deployment processes continuous. Created automation scripts and deployment code for better test coverage and continuous deployment implementation for enterprise software engineering.
  • Worked across different technology platforms/programming environments and was experienced working with production cluster management systems to provide production cluster management system, while providing high availability and optimal resource utilization for containerized workloads.
  • Optimized server images and infrastructure deployment and configuring to optimize server configurations for optimal application performance and to meet engineering requirements. Worked jointly with subject matter experts and cloud platform teams to gain insights into technical training needs and create focused technical content to be aligned with their organization's learning goals.
  • Collaborated with cloud service teams to understand product roadmaps and feature enhancements, preparing technical documentation and training materials that aligned with evolving technology landscapes.
  • Supported deployment and setup services for infrastructure, setup, configuration, and deployment management across the environment including development, staging, and production.
    Facilitated engineering support for the building and maintenance of enterprise integration platforms such as Apigee, Control-M, and Active MQ (AMQ). Aided development teams to set up integrations, resolving platform issues and maintaining API management and messaging availability.
  • Set up and implemented Apigee API proxies, Control-M agents, AMQ queues, and Virtual Topics in cloud environments and complied with enterprise site standards, security policies, and infrastructure governance requirements.
  • Built self-service automation to allow BTOs as well as client teams to onboard applications and infrastructure components in parallel and reduce all of the manual intervention required and support periods.
  • Architected and implemented automated self-service CI/CD pipelines for Apigee proxy provisioning, which allowed development teams to deploy APIs and configurations automatically to new environments with minimum operational engagement.
  • Developed automated migration pipelines for Apigee proxies, facilitating API configuration promotion from Non-Production to Production with controlled CI/CD processes for maintainability of API configurations and risk mitigation.
  • Created pipeline logic for an automated mechanism for unused or obsolete Apigee proxies and namespace's, certificates with the purpose of optimizing API gateway resource usage, minimizing overhead, and enhancing platform governance.
  • Conducted daily operational health checks on Production Modern Delivery Landing Zone Kubernetes clusters to assure the health status of Cluster nodes, pods, and services and the reliability and availability of the system.
  • Created a Kafka keychain monitoring feature for automated monitoring of user behavior based on EKS CronJobs on Kafka platform. Created periodic activity reports (CSV type) and forwarded them to Amazon S3 buckets with a NAS storage volume with supported AWS DataSync to allow centralized auditing and compliance monitoring.
  • Created and supported source code management and branching with Git and Bitbucket repositories with version control, release management, and cooperation between development and operations teams.
  • Established and deployed an Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployment framework for automating cloud infrastructure provisioning via AWS CloudFormation Templates (CFT).
  • Enabled consistent and repeatable infrastructure deployments between Development, QA, and Production environments, minimizing manual configuration errors and improving deployment dependability.
  • Built and implemented an IaC Deployer pipeline that automated the promotion of CloudFormation stacks across environments (Dev → QA → Production). Integrated the pipeline with CI/CD tools for controlled infrastructure changes, approval workflows, and environment-specific configuration management.
  • Implemented JIRA for Agile project scheduling and workflow management, developing team-tailored Agile procedures and ensuring task status by phases in development.
  • Provided 24x7 on-call support in production environments, incident management, responding to system failures and support ensuring prompt service restoration.
  • Aided the corporate adoption of DevOps approaches and Agile models that promote automation, collaboration, and continuous integration between development and operations teams.
  • Developed and maintained automated build and release pipelines to deploy applications and run them in cloud environment to optimize deployment speed, reliability, and scalability.

DevOps Engineer

OriginHubs INC
USA
11.2021 - 11.2023
  • Implemented integrations with services such as Application Gateway, Application Insights, Active Directory, HashiCorp Key Vault, encryption mechanisms, and security policies within AWS-based environments to ensure secure and scalable deployments.
  • Utilized various AWS cloud services including Amazon S3, EC2, IAM, AWS Managed Active Directory, networking services, API Management, scheduling tools, and Auto Scaling groups to design and maintain scalable infrastructure.
  • Automated administrative tasks and operational processes using PowerShell scripts and cloud automation techniques.
  • Developed microservice onboarding automation tools using Python and Jenkins, enabling developers to easily create and maintain CI/CD build jobs. Automated Kubernetes deployments and service configurations to accelerate application onboarding and reduce manual setup effort.
  • Implemented reproducible builds for Kubernetes-based applications by managing Kubernetes manifest files and Helm charts. Deployed containerized workloads using Kubernetes to handle load balancing, scaling, version management, and container orchestration across multiple namespaces.
  • Built and managed Kubernetes-based and Openshift container deployment environments to provide self-service development environments for development teams.
  • Supported containerization strategies that streamlined application packaging and ensured consistent environment delivery across development, testing, and production releases.
  • Collaborated closely with development teams to establish and enforce branching strategies, version control practices, and naming conventions using Bitbucket repositories. Assisted developers in resolving source code merge conflicts and maintaining clean integration pipelines for continuous delivery.
  • Managed the renewal and lifecycle of application SSL certificates using automated cert-manager templates, ensuring secure communication between services and preventing service disruptions due to certificate expiration.
  • Designed and implemented AWS infrastructure solutions using services such as EC2, S3, IAM, Lambda, Security Groups, Elastic Block Store (EBS), Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), Auto Scaling Groups, and AWS CloudFormation. Automated infrastructure provisioning through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to improve scalability and maintainability.
  • Implemented centralized logging and monitoring using Elasticsearch and Kibana , Splunk and Dynatrace dashboards, enabling real-time log analysis, production incident tracking, and query-based monitoring of application performance and system health.
  • Leveraged ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for log aggregation, monitoring, and troubleshooting. Configured alerts and monitoring dashboards to track system metrics, detect anomalies, and receive health notifications from Kubernetes nodes and applications.
  • Responsible for end-to-end environment provisioning, starting from infrastructure setup to application deployment. Ensured proper configuration of cloud resources, networking components, security policies, and deployment pipelines.
  • Supported Istio Service Mesh and TSB (Tetrate Service Bridge) configurations for both legacy systems and high-assurance environments. Managed service-to-service communication, traffic routing, and security policies for microservices running in Kubernetes clusters.
  • Configured the Kubernetes provider with Helm and Spinnaker deployment patterns to interact with Kubernetes resources and automate deployment workflows. Created and managed resources such as ConfigMaps, Namespaces, Volumes, and Horizontal Pod Autoscalers to support scalable application deployments.
  • Configured AWS Route 53 DNS services to route application traffic across multiple availability zones, improving application reliability and high availability. Deployed and supported ElasticCache services and configured Elastic Load Balancing to efficiently distribute incoming traffic between application instances.
  • Provided 24x7 production support through on-call rotations, responding to critical system incidents and ensuring quick resolution to maintain application uptime and service availability.
  • Managed and resolved incident tickets through ServiceNow, performing root cause analysis and implementing fixes to prevent recurrence of production issues.
  • Monitored service desk ticket queues, responded to user and system alerts, and participated in team meetings and change control discussions. Provided updates on deployment progress, upcoming infrastructure changes, and system maintenance activities to ensure smooth environment operations.

Software Engineer

Mountain IT Solutions
USA
01.2020 - 11.2021
  • Track progress according to the plan created for the project.
  • Conduct code design reviews and status meetings as needed and reports status to the clients /broader engagement.
  • Provide technical guidance to both team and development team as required.
  • Client interactions, requirement gathering and App demonstration in day-to-day basis.
  • Takes ownership of the whole solution from technical perspective and ensure adherence to defined Architecture and Design.
  • Front-end accessibility techniques for web.
  • Utilizing tools like Jenkins, Git, Team city, for deployment of Application.
  • Requirement Analysis, Design, Coding, Testing and Debugging are the day-to-day activities.
  • Analyze the use of different tools and libraries and creating proof of concepts for adding decisions on system architecture.
  • Develop the front-end components using HTML5, CSS3, Bootstrap 3, and Angular 2/4.
  • Developed Web Forms for User Interfaces using ASP.NET and VB.NET using Server Controls, HTML Controls and User Controls.
  • Used Validation Controls for corresponding validations required for business logic in Web Forms.
  • Implemented client-side Interface using React JS. Build stable React components and stand-alone functions to be added to any future pages. Used React-Router to turn application into Single Page Application
  • Used ReactJS as a library for DOM manipulation.
  • Used services provided by React JS such as the HTTP Client to perform HTTP GET and POST Requests.
  • Involved in creating Single Page Applications (SPA) using ReactJS
  • Thorough understanding of CSS principles with a clear ideology for managing maintainable, scalable, and cross-browser code.
  • With the concept of ReactJS Worked on usage metrics and end to end events tracing for analysis purpose.
  • Working experience on CSS Background, CSS Positioning, CSS Text, CSS Border, CSS Margin, CSS Padding, CSS Table, Pseudo Classes, Pseudo Elements and CSS Behaviors in CSS.
  • Used GIT to maintain Code and Jenkins for Deployment.
  • Effectively developed user controls to provide search functionality on documents.
  • Involved in bug fixes and production support.
  • Proficient in developing applications using JavaScript, Angular.JS, Node.JS, and Bootstrap.
  • Hands on experience in writing light weight Node.js express server.
  • Migrated existing applications from older web technologies to single page application architecture (SPA) using modern client-side tools like React, Typescript and Webpack.
  • Used Validation Controls for corresponding validations required for business logic in Web Forms.
  • Participated in daily stand-up meetings to give project progress updates to the business team and the owner.
  • Handled the production issues.

Senior Process Executive

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
India
08.2015 - 10.2018
  • Actively worked with all the phases of SDLC.
  • Worked as a Q/A for the manual testing of Shopping websites.
  • Working experience on analyzing and testing the websites and improvising it by using GearLoose Tool.
  • Testing and finding out the Bugs, helping in clearing the Bugs.
  • Backend support for the failed orders in merchant site.
  • Coordinating with the clients and working accordingly.
  • Testing and documented all the web/mobile applications running process.
  • Ability to work in team as well as independently.
  • Expert in doing the mobile testing for the application.
  • Good understanding of agile software development lifecycle.

Education

Master’s Degree - Information Science/Studies

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor
Texas
12.2020

Skills

  • Scripting : Shell, SQL, PL/SQL, Python, Ruby
  • Operating System : UNIX, Linux (Ubuntu, CentOS, RHEL), Windows, MacOS
  • Web Servers : Apache HTTP Server, Tomcat, Nginx, IIS
  • Cloud Platforms : AWS,Azure
  • DevOps : Bitbucket, GitHub, Ansible, AWS Systems Manager, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, CI/CD Pipelines, Kubernetes, Jenkins
  • Monitoring and Logging : AWS CloudWatch, Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana
  • Networking and Security : VPC, Subnets, VPN, Route 53, Security Groups, IAM, SSL/TLS, Security Patch Management

Accomplishments

  • Successfully implemented an automated provisioning solution for clusters and namespaces using CI/CD pipelines with required resources for application deployment in mortgage insurance domain to quickly host and reduced manual infrastructure setup effort by 40%.
  • Developed a cost-optimized, scalable, reusable, and automated
    platform on AWS and reduced the time-to-market to
    production by 3X times.
  • Developed the first DevOps pipelines for a large financial application integrating Apigee API Gateway and Active MQ for seamless service onboarding and reduced release cycles duration by 10X

Certification

  • Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate
  • AZ-400 Designing and implementing Microsoft DevOps Solution
  • Microsoft Certified DevOps Engineer Expert

Timeline

Cloud Engineer

Global IT INC
11.2023 - Current

DevOps Engineer

OriginHubs INC
11.2021 - 11.2023

Software Engineer

Mountain IT Solutions
01.2020 - 11.2021

Senior Process Executive

Cognizant Technologies Solutions
08.2015 - 10.2018

Master’s Degree - Information Science/Studies

University of Mary Hardin-Baylor