Bandaru Ramesh
Hyderabad
Summary
Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with over 8 years of DevOps experience and 11 years in IT, specializing in secure and scalable Azure cloud platform design and automation. Delivered comprehensive DevOps solutions utilizing Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, and Bicep, ensuring high operational standards. Expertise in building Azure-based cloud and hybrid workloads, focusing on automation, monitoring, and security governance. Proven ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams for successful deployments and stable production environments. Accomplished Senior Azure DevOps Engineer with extensive hands-on DevOps experience. Delivered end-to-end DevOps and cloud infrastructure solutions through Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines, Terraform, and Bicep, ensuring automation and operational excellence. Collaborated effectively with development, QA, security, and operations teams to achieve stable production systems and successful go-lives.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Azure DevOps Engineer
Stride, Inc.
01.2017 - Current
- Owned and evolved Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for application and infrastructure deployments across multiple environments.
- Managed version control systems like Git, ensuring streamlined code integration and collaboration amongst team members.
- Used CI and CD automation testing to effectively assess application function and user experiences.
- Led Infrastructure as Code adoption using Terraform and Bicep for standardized Azure provisioning and environment consistency.
- Integrated release governance into CI/CD workflows, ensuring deployment validation and controlled rollbacks to minimize production risk.
- Drove standardization of deployment processes with application and QA teams to enhance release predictability and operational confidence.
- Embedded monitoring and logging checks in deployment pipelines for proactive detection of issues during releases.
- Supported container-based application deployments with Docker and Kubernetes, managing rollout, verification, and rollback processes.
- Participated in Agile development processes, contributing to sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives for continuous improvement.
- Designed and configured cloud-based infrastructure on Azure, enhancing application scalability and reliability.
- Developed and maintained infrastructure as code IaC using Terraform, enabling consistent and repeatable environment setups.
- Monitored system performance and implemented optimisation strategies for improved system efficiency.
- Quickly responded to and resolved debugging issues within production systems, minimising error and risk.
- Built effective pipelines and enhanced production infrastructure through targeted database and cluster management.
- Analysed system logs and user reports to troubleshoot and resolve complex issues swiftly, minimising downtime.
- Engaged in proactive monitoring of applications and infrastructure to anticipate and mitigate potential issues before impact.
- Collaborated with software development teams to automate the build and deployment process, significantly reducing release times.
ETL Developer & BI Tester
Informatica Corporation
03.2016 - 12.2016
- Implemented Dynamic Data Masking (DDM) across Oracle and SQL Server databases
- Developed and optimized SQL queries for data validation and reporting
- Executed functional and regression testing to ensure data accuracy
BI Tester / Developer
Tech Mahindra
07.2013 - 09.2015
- Developed and maintained OBIEE dashboards and enterprise reports
- Built and managed OBIEE RPD metadata layers
- Supported environment migrations and provided production support
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Sri Venkateswara University
TirupatiSkills
- Designed and implemented automation-driven infrastructure solutions on Microsoft Azure, resulting in significant cost savings by reducing dependency on licensed third-party tools and improving operational efficiency
- Automated 40 manual infrastructure and deployment tasks using Azure DevOps pipelines, Terraform, and scripting, reducing manual effort by ~90% and improving deployment reliability across environments
- Implemented Infrastructure as Code (Terraform & Bicep) for standardized Azure resource provisioning, improving consistency, repeatability, and governance across Dev, QA, and Production
- Performed capacity and utilization analysis (CPU, memory, storage) across large-scale environments and implemented optimization strategies, achieving ~30–35% infrastructure cost reduction
- Optimized CI/CD pipelines by identifying bottlenecks across build and release stages, resulting in faster build times and improved deployment frequency
- Established monitoring, logging, and alerting using Azure-native and open-source tools, improving visibility, incident response time, and platform stability for production workloads
- Supported multiple parallel project go-lives, collaborating closely with development, QA, and security teams to ensure smooth deployments, compliance adherence, and operational readiness
- Demonstrated strong ownership by independently handling critical delivery timelines, troubleshooting production issues, and ensuring stable releases in fast-paced environments
- Azure DevOps
- Continuous integration
- Infrastructure as Code
- Container orchestration
Certification
- Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, AZ-104
- Microsoft Certified: DevOps Engineer Expert, AZ-400
Timeline
Senior Azure DevOps Engineer
Stride, Inc.
01.2017 - Current
ETL Developer & BI Tester
Informatica Corporation
03.2016 - 12.2016
BI Tester / Developer
Tech Mahindra
07.2013 - 09.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering
Sri Venkateswara University