Sudhir Mekala
Summary
Lead DevOps Engineer with over 13 years of experience in managing infrastructure and applications across AWS, Azure, and Private Cloud environments. Specializes in designing scalable and automated architectures while emphasizing hands-on implementation, CI/CD pipelines, and infrastructure as code.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead DevOps Engineer
Hanwha Qcells North America
03.2022 - Current
- Designed and implemented cloud-native infrastructure on AWS and Azure, enhancing system scalability.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning leveraging Terraform, AWS CDK, and Ansible.
- Deployed automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions to streamline application deployments.
- Led the adoption of microservices and serverless architecture, improving application scalability and resilience with AWS Lambda, SQS, API Gateway, and EventBridge for real-time event-driven processing.
- Designed workflows to support efficient data streaming with technologies like Kafka, OpenSearch, and AWS Airflow.
- Collaborated with data team to design real-time data processing solutions using Microsoft Fabric and Apache Pinot cluster.
- Implemented alert systems using advanced tools such as DataDog, Grafana, and the ELK Stack ecosystem.
- Optimized database performance, managed SQL, and NoSQL databases.
- Configured data streaming and real-time analytics solutions using Apache Pinot and Microsoft Fabric.
- Mentored and guided DevOps engineers technically.
Senior Systems Manager / Senior DevOps Engineer
Dish Network
03.2017 - 03.2022
- Architected, developed, and oversaw AWS and private cloud environments.
- Implemented Kubernetes for container orchestration, improving scaling and redundancy capabilities
- Enhanced deployment efficiency by automating workflows with GitLab and Jenkins.
- Created an interactive dashboard to track deployment metrics, enhancing operational efficiency.
- Supervised migration of databases to the cloud, leading to a increase in query performance
- Implemented AWS account change tracking through custom security scripts.
- Configured and managed databases such as MySQL, Couchbase, MongoDB, and Memcached for optimized production performance.
- Oversaw management of F5 systems for seamless application distribution.
- Provided 24/7 on-call support for critical applications
Senior Lead System Engineer
EchoStar
07.2012 - 03.2017
- Managed IT infrastructure, supporting hardware and cloud-based solutions
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Ansible
- Administered Linux-based environments, optimizing system performance
- Worked with AWS services like EC2, RDS, VPC, IAM, and Route 53
- Developed automation for service management and application deployments
- Configured F5 and ELB load balancers for high availability
System Engineer II
IndSoft, Inc
09.2011 - 07.2012
- Installed, configured, and upgraded Solaris, Red Hat, and CentOS systems
- Managed package administration and system patching
- Configured NIS, NFS, NAS, and Apache services
- Designed system backup strategies and disaster recovery plans
System Administrator
Proman Inc
10.2010 - 09.2011
- Installed and configured Ubuntu, Red Hat, and CentOS systems
- Managed ZFS file systems and SAN/NAS storage solutions
- Configured and maintained DNS, SMTP, FTP, and NFS services
Education
Master’s - Software Engineering
Stratford University
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Private Cloud
- Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Azure AKS, AWS EKS
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CDK, CloudFormation
- CI/CD & Automation: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Ansible
- Scripting & Programming: Python, Bash
- Monitoring & Logging: Grafana, DataDog, ELK Stack, OpenSearch, Azure monitoring, Cloudwatch,
- Networking & Security: VPN, Azure Entra ID, IAM, VPC, Load Balancers
- Databases: PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Cassandra, DynamoDB, RDS
- Serverless Technologies: AWS Lambda, SQS, EventBridge, API Gateway, Cloud front, S3, Apache Airflow, Elastic cache
Timeline
Lead DevOps Engineer
Hanwha Qcells North America
03.2022 - Current
Senior Systems Manager / Senior DevOps Engineer
Dish Network
03.2017 - 03.2022
Senior Lead System Engineer
EchoStar
07.2012 - 03.2017
System Engineer II
IndSoft, Inc
09.2011 - 07.2012
System Administrator
Proman Inc
10.2010 - 09.2011
Master’s - Software Engineering
Stratford University
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