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Srikanth Avineni

Sr. Cloud and DevOps Engineer
Dallas,TX

Summary

Experienced Senior Cloud and DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of expertise in designing, automating, and managing cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code. Specializes in AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, and cloud security, with a strong record of delivering secure, cost-optimized, and scalable solutions through automation. Proven ability to lead infrastructure projects, improve operational efficiency, and collaborate with development teams to solve complex challenges, and ensure system reliability

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
2
2
Certification
1
1
year of post-secondary education

Work History

Sr.Cloud and DevOps Engineer

Zendesk
Dallas, TX
06.2021 - Current
  • Automated internet resiliency using Python to monitor Cloudflare colo status via Datadog, triggering failover with AWS Global Accelerator, and Route 53 DNS updates during outages.
  • Developed a self-service tool using GitHub Actions and DigiCert APIs to automate TLS certificate renewals, reducing manual effort across 500+ services, and streamlining Kubernetes security maintenance through automation and scripting.
  • Implemented AWS IPAM with automated subnet orchestration,
    simplifying IP allocation, and enhancing cloud network security.
  • Deployed Istio service mesh with sidecar proxies in Kubernetes pods, enabling mTLS for secure service-to-service communication.
  • Optimized cloud networking with AWS VPC, TGW, and NAT Gateways, improving microservice communication latency by 35%.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Atlantis, enforcing GitOps workflows for consistent and repeatable deployments.
  • Integrated Spinnaker and Argo CD into CI/CD workflows, enhancing deployment speed and reliability.

DevOps Engineer

PTP INC
Dallas, Texas
02.2021 - 06.2021
  • Automated infrastructure deployments using CloudFormation and Terraform ensure scalable, reliable, and consistent environments across multiple cloud platforms, emphasizing Infrastructure as Code principles.
  • Integrated secure secret management via Vault, and automated provisioning with Terraform and CloudFormation, enhancing security and operational efficiency through robust scripting language utilization.
  • Migrated the IVR project to the AWS cloud, utilizing Terraform and CloudFormation for infrastructure management, ensuring high availability, scalability, and seamless failover automation, while leveraging continuous integration practices.
  • Enhanced CI/CD pipelines by combining Jenkins for complex build orchestration and GitHub Actions for lightweight, event-driven automation, improving software delivery speed and reliability across microservices.

AWS/DevOps Engineer

GENIUS PLAZA INC
Miami, FL
12.2018 - 02.2021
  • Architected and deployed secure, highly available container platforms using AWS ECS and EKS, transitioning from monolithic applications to microservices, and improving scalability and availability through advanced virtualization.
  • Led DevOps initiatives, including Docker containerization, Jenkins Pipeline automation, EC2/EBS snapshot strategies, and RDS management, resulting in reliable deployments and faster system recovery.
  • Implemented centralized monitoring and alerting with CloudWatch, DataDog, and custom dashboards, reducing incident response times, and improving operational visibility.
  • Managed Amazon RDS, PostgreSQL, and DynamoDB databases, ensuring optimized performance, scalability, and availability through automation, monitoring, and tailored instance configurations.
  • Designed and enforced GitHub branching strategies (e.g., Git Flow, trunk-based development) to streamline CI/CD workflows, improve team collaboration, and reduce merge conflicts.

Cloud Engineer

WEX
South Portland, ME
11.2017 - 12.2018
  • Built CIS-hardened AMIs for Amazon Linux, OEL, Ubuntu, and Windows Server in compliance with PCI-DSS standards, automating the process with Ansible, Git, and Jenkins to improve Infrastructure as Code practices, and
    ensure enterprise-wide security compliance.
  • Developed bastion hosts for secure enterprise access, configuring RSA two-factor authentication to enhance access security, and meet compliance requirements.
  • Implemented Unbound DNS for hybrid DNS resolution between on-premises infrastructure and AWS Cloud, delegating domains across accounts through automated zone associations.
  • Automated AWS cost usage reporting using Python Boto3, writing scripts to generate and upload CSV reports to S3 and DynamoDB, improving cost visibility, enabling queryable cost data, and enhancing overall cloud expense management.
  • Designed and configured a PGP workflow using SFTP and ControlM for secure file transfers, implementing encryption and decryption processes as part of security automation.
  • Utilized ServiceNow for ITIL-based incident, problem, release, and change management, ensuring effective documentation, project tracking, and process governance.

Education

Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

Southern Arkansas University
Magnolia, AR
08.2015 - 12.2016

Skills

Cloud Platforms

AWS (Expert), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Azure

Infrastructure as Code and Automation

Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible, Atlantis, Makefiles,

Python (Boto3), Bash, Go; API-driven automation (RESTful

APIs, AWS SDK)

Containerization and orchestration

Kubernetes (EKS, GKE), Docker, ECS, Helm, Istio, and

Envoy

CI/CD tooling

GitLab CI, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Argo CD, GitHub Actions,

Azure DevOps

Security & Compliance

IAM, Cognito, KMS, HashiCorp Vault, SSO, AWS Security

Hub, GuardDuty, PCI-DSS, CIS Benchmarks

Observability and Monitoring

Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, and

Splunk

Networking

VPC, Transit Gateway (TGW), NAT Gateways, DNS, Route

53, and Firewalls

Databases

Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL, MySQL), DynamoDB

Version Control and Collaboration

GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket

Programming and scripting languages

Python, Go, Bash, PowerShell

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate (SAA)
  • AWS Certified Developer Associate

Timeline

Sr.Cloud and DevOps Engineer

Zendesk
06.2021 - Current

DevOps Engineer

PTP INC
02.2021 - 06.2021

AWS/DevOps Engineer

GENIUS PLAZA INC
12.2018 - 02.2021

Cloud Engineer

WEX
11.2017 - 12.2018

Master of Science - Computer And Information Sciences

Southern Arkansas University
08.2015 - 12.2016

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