Sravan Kota
Preston,United Kingdom
Summary
DevOps Engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering cloud-native platforms on Azure and AWS. Strong track record building CI/CD pipelines, automating infrastructure with Terraform, and operating Kubernetes workloads using Helm and GitOps practices (Argo CD). DevSecOps-minded: implements least-privilege IAM/RBAC, secrets management with HashiCorp Vault and Azure Key Vault, and security posture improvements using Microsoft Defender for Cloud.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work history
DevOps Engineer
ADVT
London, UK
07.2023 - 01.2026
- Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions) for application and infrastructure releases, improving repeatability
and reducing manual deployment steps. - Implemented GitOps delivery on AKS using Argo CD and Helm, enabling auditable promotions and fast, safe rollbacks across DEV/STAGE/PROD.
- Provisioned and managed Azure infrastructure using Terraform, including networking, compute, storage, and managed services such as App Service,
APIM, and Redis. - Strengthened cloud security with least-privilege IAM/RBAC, secrets management in Azure Key Vault, and remediation of Defender for Cloud recommendations and vulnerability findings.
- Built and operated an observability baseline with Prometheus metrics, Grafana dashboards, and alerting; created runbooks to speed incident triage
and reduce MTTR. - Administered Kubernetes clusters (namespaces, RBAC, ingress/egress, and network policies) and supported container build and publishing workflows
with Docker. - Collaborated with developers and QA via Git-based workflows and Jira; enforced branching, pull requests, and release governance aligned to
delivery targets.
Junior DevOps Engineer
Techyarenya
, UK
03.2022 - 04.2023
- Built and optimized CI/CD workflows and reusable templates to accelerate delivery and reduce manual release effort.
- Operated cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes deployments across STAGE and PROD; strengthened environment parity controls and release readiness checks.
- Implemented Git standards (branching, PR reviews, access controls) integrated with Bitbucket/GitHub and Jira for traceable delivery.
- Administered identity and access via Entra ID roles and policies; maintained audit-friendly access records and periodic reviews.
- Contributed to capacity and cost optimization initiatives to improve service availability and reliability.
Linux and Cloud Engineer
NVIDIA
, India
05.2017 - 10.2019
- Partnered with application teams to improve cloud-hosted Linux environments, focusing on stability, patch hygiene, and operational readiness.
- Operated and hardened Linux server estates; applied configuration standards, access controls, and baseline security settings.
- Developed Jenkins pipelines using Maven, Docker, Terraform, and JDK tooling to automate build and release workflows.
- Created repeatable AWS provisioning workflows including EC2 AMI snapshots and clone instance patterns to support disaster recovery readiness.
- Managed user accounts and permissions; reinforced least-privilege practices and incident response procedures.
- Executed patching and vulnerability assessments aligned to CIS benchmarks and ISO 27001 controls.
- Optimized AWS resources (EC2, VPC, CloudFront, Route 53) to improve availability and cost efficiency.
- Integrated GitHub with Jenkins; monitored and tuned performance using Nagios and ELK Stack.
Education
Master of Science (MSc) - Cloud Computing
University of Central Lancashire
UKSkills
- Cloud: Azure, AKS, VMs, App Service, API Management, Storage, Monitor, Entra ID, AWS
- CI/CD & SCM: Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation
- Containers & GitOps: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Argo CD
- Automation: Bash, PowerShell
- Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack
- Security (basic): Azure IAM/RBAC, HashiCorp Vault, Azure Key Vault, Microsoft Defender for Cloud, vulnerability assessment & patching, CIS/ISO 27001 aligned
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
ADVT
07.2023 - 01.2026
Junior DevOps Engineer
Techyarenya
03.2022 - 04.2023
Linux and Cloud Engineer
NVIDIA
05.2017 - 10.2019
Master of Science (MSc) - Cloud Computing
University of Central Lancashire