Tejaswini Venigalla
Atlanta,GA
Summary
Senior Cloud Engineer with 8+ years of experience modernizing cloud platforms through Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD automation. Skilled in observability, database optimization, and scripting to improve reliability, efficiency, and operational control.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Cloud Engineer
UPS
Atlanta, GA
12.2021 - Current
- Led modernization of enterprise Payroll and Benefits platforms by combining DevOps automation, database reliability engineering, and observability best practices across AWS, Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Cassandra, and Redis environments.
- Delivered scalable GitOps and CI/CD platforms using Terraform, ArgoCD, FluxCD, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, improving deployment efficiency, governance, and operational consistency.
- Engineered high-performance database solutions through SQL optimization, stored procedure development, indexing, partitioning, replication, and capacity planning, supporting large-scale payroll and employee lifecycle processing.
- Established monitoring, alerting, and centralized logging capabilities using Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and CloudWatch, which reduced incident resolution time and improved service reliability.
- Automated infrastructure and database operations using Python and Bash, eliminating repetitive tasks and enhancing platform resilience.
- Strengthened security posture by implementing IAM, RBAC, Vault, Secrets Management, encryption, and compliance-driven operational standards across cloud and database ecosystems.
Full Stack Software Developer
Tech Mahindra
Hyderabad, Telangana
08.2018 - 11.2021
- Designed and implemented SQL solutions including stored procedures, packages, triggers, indexing strategies, and data migration workflows, enhancing business-critical reporting and automation capabilities.
- Led database optimization initiatives involving query tuning, execution plan analysis, partitioning, backup/recovery strategies, and proactive monitoring, resulting in improved application performance and database stability.
- Supported DevOps practices through Jenkins-based CI/CD implementations and automated database release processes, facilitating cross-functional collaboration with development and infrastructure teams.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University
Andhra Pradesh, India04-2018
Skills
- Database Administration & Reliability Engineering (PostgreSQL, Oracle, Cassandra/DataStax, Redis, MySQL)
- SQL Development, Performance Tuning & Stored Procedures
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP)
- DevOps, CI/CD & Release Automation (Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitOps)
- Kubernetes, Docker & Platform Engineering
- Infrastructure as Code (CloudFormation, Terraform, Ansible)
- Observability, Monitoring & Incident Management (Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK)
- AI-Assisted Engineering (MCP, Embeddings, Vector Search, GitHub Copilot, Claude)
Timeline
Senior Cloud Engineer
UPS
12.2021 - Current
Full Stack Software Developer
Tech Mahindra
08.2018 - 11.2021
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science
Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University