MEENASEKHAR NALAGANDLA
Newcastle Upon Tyne,Tyne and Wear
Summary
Accomplished professional with expertise in cloud infrastructure management and system monitoring & optimisation, leveraging AWS and Azure platforms to drive process improvements and resource allocation. Proficient in continuous integration & deployment (CI/CD) and software build & release management, utilising DevOps tools such as Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes. Demonstrates strong technical troubleshooting skills and cross-functional collaboration to ensure issue resolution and policy implementation. Career goals include advancing infrastructure automation strategies to enhance organisational efficiency.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
Work history
DevOps Engineer/SRE
Briller Software Solutions
05.2023 - 05.2025
- Company Overview: Client: Wunderman Thomson
- Orchestrated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and enhanced automation across build and deployment processes by integrating Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm.
- Formulated and implemented AWS cloud solutions using EC2, VPC, EKS, CloudWatch, IAM, Route 53, S3, RDS, CloudFront, and Autoscaling, while leveraging Terraform to improve infrastructure scalability, reliability, and management.
- Optimized infrastructure setup by provisioning and managing multiple environments with Terraform.
- Attained operational cost reductions and streamlined organizational procedures by leveraging Kubernetes to orchestrate container deployments and scaling.
- Increased configuration accuracy by managing Kubernetes applications with Helm, simplifying application deployment and configuration.
- Client: Wunderman Thomson
DevOps Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer
Capital One
11.2022 - 05.2023
- Configured comprehensive infrastructure and application monitoring systems using Grafana within Kubernetes clusters and implemented multi-channel alerts via Voice Call, Email, and SMS for real-time issue tracking and resolution.
- Maintained system integrity by troubleshooting and resolving production issues, collaborating closely with development teams to ensure continuous service availability and performance.
- Automated CI/CD processes by crafting and integrating Groovy scripts within Jenkins pipelines, enabling dynamic responses and streamlined workflow execution while leveraging Docker, Kubernetes, and Helm for efficient deployment.
- Expedited software delivery and enhanced system reliability by engineering and sustaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and adhering to DevOps methodologies.
- Optimized cloud resource management by managing AWS EC2 instances and launching, initiating, terminating, and scheduling termination of cases.
- Improved QA and UAT environments and infrastructure servers for Git by managing AWS EC2 instances with Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, and Glacier.
- Augmented deployment capabilities by utilizing multiple Docker components, including Docker Engine, Hub, Machine, Compose, and Docker Registry (Artifactory).
- Guaranteed highly efficient infrastructure management by employing Ansible and Jenkins to fully provision and manage AWS resources, including EC2 instances, DNS settings, and S3 storage solutions.
Software Developer/DevOps Engineer
Saba Software
07.2018 - 12.2019
- Executed software deployments across QA and UAT stages in Linux environments, ensuring stability and performance prior to release while managing containers using Docker and configuring Kubernetes for seamless orchestration.
- Crafted Docker files for automated builds on Docker Hub and utilized Helm charts for efficient deployment within Kubernetes clusters.
- Evaluated and deployed application-specific infrastructure on AWS using services such as EC2, S3, RDS, and EKS, aligning with strategic IT requirements and business goals, while leveraging Terraform for infrastructure as code (IaC) implementation.
- Coordinated with Agile development teams to deliver robust CI/CD solutions in an open-source environment, leveraging Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform to streamline product development and deployment processes.
- Automated AWS services, including EC2, VPC, S3, SQS, and SNS, using Terraform, Ansible, Python, and Bash, and seamlessly integrated new Amazon features like ELB and EBS to enhance system functionality.
- Ensured successful builds and timely releases by coordinating with development and testing teams to procure appropriate components and database scripts.
- Enhanced system resilience by benchmarking and developing comprehensive documentation on resource sizing, security, networking strategies, and disaster recovery plans tailored to client-specific RTO and RPO requirements.
- Improved CI processes by integrating tools with Maven, scheduling builds to optimize development workflows and project timelines.
- Standardized setup and streamlined administration tasks by leveraging Python scripts to configure WebSphere application servers across various environments.
- Drove efficient and automated software releases by employing Continuous Delivery framework using Jenkins and Maven within Linux environments.
Education
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) - ECE
JNTUA University
India 05.2012 - 05.2016
Master of Science (MSc) - undefined
Northumbria University
01.2020 - 01.2022
Skills
- Cloud Infrastructure Management
- System Monitoring & Optimization
- Continuous Integration & Deployment (CI/CD)
- Software Build & Release Management
- Infrastructure Automation
- Process Improvements
- Technical Troubleshooting
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Resource Allocation
- Issue Resolution
- Requirements Gathering
- Policy Implementation
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure
- DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, Maven, Helm, Docker, Kubernetes, Git, GitHub, GitLab, GitHub Actions, PowerShell
- AWS Services: EC2, VPC, EKS, ECR, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFront, Route53, S3, IAM, Lambda, Secrets Manager, API Gateway, SQS, SNS, ElastiCache, Security Hub
- Azure Services: App Services, Azure SQL
- Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab
- Scripting Languages: Shell, Python, Bash, Groovy
- Monitoring Tools: Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, Elastic Search
- Build Tools: Maven
- Atlassian Tools: Jira, Confluence
- Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Kanban
- Networking: TCP/IP, DNS, VPN, Firewalls, Load Balancing, Network Devices
Websites
Timeline
DevOps Engineer/SRE
Briller Software Solutions
05.2023 - 05.2025
DevOps Engineer/Infrastructure Engineer
Capital One
11.2022 - 05.2023
Master of Science (MSc) - undefined
Northumbria University
01.2020 - 01.2022
Software Developer/DevOps Engineer
Saba Software
07.2018 - 12.2019
Bachelor of Technology (BTech) - ECE
JNTUA University
05.2012 - 05.2016
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