Ramana Murthy Palepu
Professional Summary
Backend Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing, developing, and operating Java-based microservices and cloud-native backend systems. Proven track record building secure RESTful and SOAP APIs using Java 8+, Spring Boot, Spring Data JPA and Hibernate; implementing event-driven integrations with Kafka and message brokers; and delivering production-ready services via Docker, Kubernetes (EKS/AKS) and automated CI/CD on Jenkins / GitHub Actions / Azure DevOps. Experienced in provisioning infrastructure using Terraform on Azure and AWS, implementing observability with Prometheus/Grafana and CloudWatch, and enforcing DevSecOps pipelines for enterprise fintech and investment platforms.
Technical Skills
Work Experience
- Designed and implemented scalable Java 8+ Spring Boot microservices exposing secure RESTful and SOAP APIs to support cross-border money transfers and investment portfolio workflows; used Spring Data JPA and Hibernate for ORM-based persistence with MySQL and PostgreSQL.
- Implemented authentication and authorization across microservices using Spring Security and centralized secret management with Azure Key Vault and AWS KMS to protect payment and personally identifiable data and align with HIPAA/GDPR controls.
- Built asynchronous processing pipelines using Apache Kafka and message brokers (RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ) for transaction/event streaming and inter-service decoupling, enabling reliable, ordered processing of payment and trade events.
- Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployments using Terraform on Azure and AWS; containerized services with Docker and deployed via Helm charts to Kubernetes clusters (AKS/EKS) for resilient, scalable production environments.
- Established CI/CD and release practices using Jenkins, GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps Pipelines; integrated SonarQube and Trivy into pipelines to enforce code quality and vulnerability scanning as part of DevSecOps.
- Configured observability and alerting with Prometheus, Grafana and AWS CloudWatch; authored API documentation, deployment runbooks and mentored junior engineers while collaborating with product, QA and architecture teams in Agile sprints.
Education
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