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Thanuja Ganta

Sugar Hill,GA

Summary

Dynamic IT professional with over 5 years of experience in Windows and Linux administration, specializing in the execution of DevOps strategies across diverse environments. Proficient in cloud technologies, particularly AWS and Azure, with a strong focus on Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, site reliability, and build management. Expertise in utilizing a wide array of SCM tools, including GIT, GitLab, and TFS, alongside advanced software build tools such as Apache Maven and Ant to streamline deployment processes. Demonstrated ability to implement robust automation solutions and optimize deployment strategies to ensure high availability and minimal downtime through innovative techniques like Blue/Green deployments and feature toggles.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AWS DevOps Engineer

Northwestern Mutual
05.2023 - Current

.Designed and implemented Jenkins CI/CD pipelines integrating with GitHub and
SonarQube to enable automated build, test, and deployment processes across multiple
microservices in AWS environments.
• Configured and managed AWS infrastructure including EC2, VPC, IAM, Route53,
CloudWatch, and S3 for application hosting, monitoring, and security compliance ensuring
optimal resource utilization.
• Developed Terraform templates and CloudFormation stacks to automate infrastructure
provisioning across environments ensuring version-controlled and repeatable resource
deployments.
• Integrated ansible with Jenkins for continuous deployment of applications to Tomcat and
Docker containers achieving faster releases and reduced manual intervention.
• Orchestrated Docker containers and deployed Kubernetes clusters with Helm for
managing microservices, ingress routing, and seamless rolling updates to achieve high
availability.
• Implemented AWS Lambda functions for event-driven automation, enabling data
transformations between DynamoDB and MySQL databases while improving application
performance.

  • Maintained version control systems like Git or SVN for seamless collaboration among developers and engineers during project lifecycles.
  • Designed and implemented containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes, improving resource utilization and management.

DevOps Engineer

Office Depot
02.2022 - 04.2023
  • Architected and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, and Maven unified with Nexus for artifact management to ensure smooth release cycles in production environments. Streamlined deployment processes using Ansible and Docker for containerized applications reducing deployment time and improving system reliability through reusable playbooks. Migrated on-premises workloads to AWS leveraging EC2, S3, RDS, and ELB improving scalability, cost efficiency, and disaster recovery capabilities for enterprise applications. Configured AWS Lambda for serverless automation tasks, synchronized with DynamoDB and API Gateway to process data efficiently and scale based on demand. Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters for container orchestration, service scaling, and monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana dashboards for real-time system visibility. Architected ELK stack for centralized log management, interfaced with AWS CloudWatch to improve operational monitoring, issue resolution, and data analysis efficiency
  • Migrated on-premises workloads to AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, ELB), improving scalability by 50%, reducing infrastructure costs by 15%, and ensuring robust disaster recovery for critical enterprise applications
  • Maintained version control systems like Git or SVN for seamless collaboration among developers and engineers during project lifecycles.
  • Designed and implemented containerization strategies using Docker and Kubernetes, improving resource utilization and management.

. Improved code deployment efficiency by automating processes with CI/CD pipelines.

Build and Release Engineer

Hitachi Vantara
05.2020 - 11.2021
  • Developed accelerated build and release pipelines using Jenkins, Maven, and Ant ensuring consistent artifact generation and deployment across QA, staging, and production environments. Configured Puppet and Chef for configuration management and deployment automation improving environment consistency and reducing manual provisioning efforts. Migrated configuration management from Puppet to Chef while optimizing cookbooks and recipes to align with enterprise automation standards and scalability goals. Harmonized Git and SVN with Jenkins to manage build triggers, automate version control tasks, and maintain a traceable release management workflow. Scripted deployment processes to application servers like WebLogic, JBoss, and Tomcat using shell scripts and Jenkins achieving faster turnaround for releases. Collaborated with QA and development teams to resolve build and release issues ensuring timely delivery of applications in alignment with business requirements
  • Configured Puppet and Chef for configuration management and deployment automation, improving environment consistency and reducing manual provisioning efforts by 25% resulting in a 15% reduction in operational costs
  • Implemented Puppet and Chef for configuration management and deployment automation, improving environment consistency and reducing manual provisioning efforts by 25%, resulting in a 15% reduction in operational costs

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
India
01.2021

Skills

  • Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation), Azure (VMs, Resource Groups, Load Balancers)
  • CI/CD Tools: Azure DevOps, Git, Jenkins, Maven, Nexus, SonarQube
  • Infrastructure as Code: Ansible, CloudFormation, Terraform
  • Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Helm, Kubernetes
  • Monitoring Tools: AWS CloudWatch, ELK Stack, Grafana, Prometheus
  • Scripting: Bash, PowerShell, Python, Shell
  • Version Control: Azure Repos, Bitbucket, GitHub, GitLab

Certification

· AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (In Progress)

· Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)

.Java full stack, Python full stack

Timeline

AWS DevOps Engineer

Northwestern Mutual
05.2023 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Office Depot
02.2022 - 04.2023

Build and Release Engineer

Hitachi Vantara
05.2020 - 11.2021

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Thanuja Ganta