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Kekkarla Sandeep

DevOps Engineer • India • s**********************@gmail.com • +91*******904 • drivetube.ai/•••••

Professional Summary

DevOps Engineer with 4 years of experience in AWS cloud operations, CI/CD pipeline delivery, Linux administration, and automation. Experienced in provisioning and automating infrastructure using CloudFormation and Terraform, building Jenkins pipelines, containerizing applications with Docker and Kubernetes, and maintaining production observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus and Grafana.

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Shell Scripting,Python
Cloud and DevOps: AWS EC2,AWS VPC,AWS IAM,AWS S3,AWS EBS,AWS ELB,ALB,AWS Auto Scaling,AWS Route 53,AWS CloudWatch,AWS CloudFormation,AWS EKS,Docker,Kubernetes,EKS,Terraform,Ansible,Jenkins,Maven,Nexus,Nginx,CloudFormation,Apache Tomcat,Ansible Playbooks
Tools and Methodologies: Git,GitHub,GitLab
Operating Systems: RHEL,CentOS,Ubuntu,Amazon Linux
Monitoring and Logging: Prometheus,Grafana,Nagios,CloudWatch

Work Experience

Rakuten India
Consultant | DevOps Engineer
Apr 2025 – Mar 2026
Supported the Rakuten e-commerce platform by maintaining AWS infrastructure, automating deployments and ensuring production availability for the online shopping application.
Tech Stack: AWS EC2, VPC, ALB, Auto Scaling, Route 53, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, Maven, Git
  • Managed AWS infrastructure for a high-availability e-commerce platform using EC2, VPC, ALB, Auto Scaling and Route 53 to ensure stable application routing and scalability across environments.
  • Designed and maintained reusable CloudFormation templates for provisioning networking, compute and storage resources to accelerate environment provisioning and enforce configuration consistency.
  • Built and maintained Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines integrated with Git and Maven to automate build, test and deployment workflows, improving deployment repeatability and reliability.
  • Containerized application components using Docker and supported Kubernetes/EKS deployments to standardize runtime environments and streamline release processes.
  • Implemented monitoring and alerting with CloudWatch and dashboards, and integrated Prometheus and Grafana for metrics visualization to improve incident detection and operational visibility.
  • Managed AMIs, EBS snapshots and backup procedures; performed production deployments, rollback support and wrote runbooks and SOPs to standardize release and runbook processes.
Genpact
DevOps Engineer
May 2024 – Apr 2025
Supported cloud infrastructure and CI/CD for a vehicle rental application (Avis Budget Group), handling AWS administration, deployment automation and release management across environments.
Tech Stack: AWS EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, EBS, ALB, CloudWatch, Terraform, CloudFormation, Jenkins, Docker, Git
  • Administered AWS resources including EC2, IAM, VPC, S3, EBS and ALB to support multi-environment application deployments and ensure secure access controls.
  • Provisioned and managed infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation to deliver reproducible environments and accelerate onboarding of development and QA stacks.
  • Developed and supported Jenkins CI/CD pipelines and Git workflows to automate build and deployment processes across Development, QA, UAT and Production.
  • Implemented IAM users, roles and policies following security best practices to control access to AWS resources and reduce blast radius during deployments.
  • Handled Docker-based packaging and container deployments, and assisted in container lifecycle tasks to enable container adoption for application components.
  • Monitored infrastructure health using CloudWatch and performed incident triage and remediation during production incidents, maintaining operational SLAs.
HCL Technologies
Junior DevOps Engineer
Jan 2024 – May 2024
Worked on AWS-based deployments and CI/CD support for Valero Energy, contributing to pipeline builds, container deployments and automation for development and production environments.
Tech Stack: Jenkins, Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, AWS EC2, Apache Tomcat, Linux, Shell Scripting
  • Assisted in building Jenkins pipelines and Git-driven workflows for automated builds and deployments, supporting continuous integration for Java-based applications.
  • Supported Docker image creation and container deployments and provided basic Kubernetes cluster support to enable containerized application delivery.
  • Automated deployment tasks using Ansible playbooks to standardize server configuration and reduce manual intervention during releases.
  • Managed AWS components including EC2, Security Groups and Load Balancers to support application accessibility and environment segregation.
  • Performed Linux server administration tasks including patching, user management and troubleshooting to maintain system stability across environments.
  • Configured and maintained Apache Tomcat servers for Java application hosting and collaborated with developers to resolve deployment and runtime issues.
Wipro
Linux Administrator
Jun 2022 – Dec 2023
Provided Linux administration and infrastructure support for the Intel SSD storage project, focusing on server availability, monitoring, patching and operational support.
Tech Stack: RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu, Nagios, Shell Scripting, SSH, DNS, Cron
  • Managed enterprise Linux servers across Development, Testing and Production, performing routine health checks, patch management and configuration to ensure uptime.
  • Configured SSH, DNS, networking and filesystem permissions and handled user and group management to maintain secure server access and auditability.
  • Monitored systems using Nagios, analysed system logs for troubleshooting and performed root-cause analysis to resolve incidents within SLAs.
  • Developed Shell scripts to automate repetitive operational tasks such as backups, log rotation and system checks, reducing manual effort and errors.
  • Supported backup and recovery activities and maintained EBS snapshots and backup documentation to ensure recoverability of application data.
  • Worked with ticketing tools to track and resolve incidents, coordinated with application teams for deployments and maintained operational runbooks and documentation.

Education

AKS University
B.Tech - Mining Engineering • India

Achievements

  • Managed AWS infrastructure across multiple environments: Led and supported AWS operations and environment management across Development, QA, UAT and Production for multiple projects.
  • Automated deployments using Jenkins, Terraform and Ansible: Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation to standardize deployments and reduce manual effort.
  • Reduced manual effort through scripting: Automated routine operational tasks with Shell scripting to improve efficiency and reduce repetitive manual work.
  • Supported production deployments with minimal downtime: Participated in deployment planning, execution and rollback procedures to ensure stable releases and minimize service interruptions.
  • Hands-on experience in Linux Administration and DevOps toolchain: Practical experience maintaining Linux servers and using Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins, Terraform and CloudFormation in production environments.
  • Immediate Joiner: Available to join on short notice.

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