Srikanth Reddy Gade
Edison,NJ
Summary
AWS DevOps Engineer with 2+ years of experience working in production environments and automating cloud deployments on AWS. Strong hands-on skills in Terraform (Infrastructure as Code), Jenkins CI/CD, Docker, and Kubernetes, with experience supporting AWS services such as EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, and CloudWatch. Proficient in improving release reliability through automation, troubleshooting build/deployment issues, and enabling observability using Kibana/ELK and AWS monitoring. Master's degree (USA) with US work experience, collaborative mindset, and a strong focus on scalable, secure, and repeatable DevOps practices.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
Work History
AWS DevOps Engineer
Verizon
Basking Ridge, NJ
03.2024 - Current
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines to streamline application deployment processes.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to enhance system reliability and performance.
- Managed and provisioned cloud infrastructure using AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, and CloudWatch.
- Automated server provisioning using Infrastructure as Code(IaC) tools like Terraform.
- Monitored system health and performance metrics to identify areas for improvement.
- Assisted in troubleshooting and resolving production issues in a timely manner.
- Contributed to the creation of a DevOps culture within the organization, leading to increased agility and cross-functional collaboration.
- Implemented logging visibility using Kibana/ELK and AWS logging/metrics, reducing troubleshooting time by ~30–40% through searchable logs and dashboards.
- Built and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines (build/test/deploy) to support faster releases and reduce manual deployment effort by ~50–70% through automation.
- Worked with developers to standardize release processes, coordinate deployments, and resolve build/deploy issues, improving sprint delivery predictability.
- Supported Docker image management and deployment packaging, helped maintain Kubernetes manifests (deployments/services) and environment configurations.
- Developed and maintained Jenkins jobs for CI workflows, automated basic tasks with Python scripts, and improved pipeline stability by resolving build errors and dependency issues.
- Helped improve production support outcomes by documenting runbooks and standard operating procedures for common deployment and infrastructure issues.
- Built and maintained Terraform (IaC) to provision and manage AWS infrastructure in a repeatable, version-controlled manner.
- Collaborated with teams to review Terraform changes through Git-based code reviews and improve infrastructure reliability.
- Integrated CI/CD pipelines with Git/GitHub, enabling automated builds on commit/PR merge events.
- Designed and maintained Jenkins declarative pipelines for build, test, and deployment workflows across multiple environments.
- Assisted in Kubernetes troubleshooting using logs/events and cluster monitoring tools to resolve pod and deployment issues.
Education
Master of Science - Computer Science
Rivier University
Nashua, NH05-2023
Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Sri Indu College of Engineering And Technology
Hyderabad, India09-2020
Skills
AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch)
Docker
Kubernetes
Terraform
Jenkins
CI/CD pipelines
Git
GitHub
Kibana
Python (Basics)
SQL
Linux, Unix
Languages
English
Telugu
Hindi
Timeline
AWS DevOps Engineer
Verizon
03.2024 - Current
Master of Science - Computer Science
Rivier University
Bachelor of Science - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Sri Indu College of Engineering And Technology