DINESH VALLABHANENI
Vancouver,BC
Summary
Certified Azure DevOps Engineer with experience in cloud architecture, CI/CD automation, and big data technologies. Expertise in Microsoft Azure, Databricks, and container orchestration using AKS. Extensive experience in designing and managing CI/CD pipelines, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and optimizing system performance through proactive monitoring and troubleshooting.
Key Highlights:
- Extensive experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines for seamless code deployment and testing.
- Proficient in Databricks administration, automating ETL workflows, and data transformation using DBT.
- Strong experience in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform) to ensure scalable and secure systems.
- Expertise in monitoring tools like Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights for performance optimization.
- Experience in container orchestration with Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for scalable application management.
- Performed disaster recovery strategies ensuring business continuity across cloud environments.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certificate
Work History
AZURE SR. CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPER
Teck Resources Limited
Vancouver, British Columbia
06.2022 - Current
- Azure DevOps CI/CD Pipelines: Leveraged Azure Pipelines to design, manage, and optimize CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless deployment of applications and Databricks workflows. Enhanced development efficiency and reliability by automating build and release processes across multiple environments.
- Containerization (AKS): Implemented and managed containerized applications using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), optimizing resource allocation, scaling, and load balancing for high availability and efficient performance. Reduced operational costs by improving orchestration and application performance.
- Infrastructure as Code (Terraform): Designed and deployed multi-environment infrastructure using Terraform, enabling deployments and ensuring scalable, secure infrastructure management across multiple Azure services.
- Databricks & Data Workflows: Designed and implemented Databricks workflows and notebooks for automating and optimizing ETL pipelines, leveraging DBT for data transformation, SQL Warehouses for real-time analytics, and configuring job clusters to enhance data processing efficiency and ensure timely data refresh.
- Utilized API calls for deploying Databricks clusters, workflows, SQL Warehouses, and managing permissions within CI/CD pipelines.
- Performance Monitoring & Troubleshooting: Proactively monitored and resolved performance issues using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights. Reduced downtime and improved system reliability by 30% through resource optimization, container metrics analysis, and automated scaling.
- Disaster Recovery Architecture: Architected and implemented disaster recovery strategies across Azure environments, incorporating daily backups, Point-in-Time Recovery (PITR), and Long-Term Retention (LTR). Ensured data integrity and compliance with business continuity policies.
- Integration with Power BI: Integrated SQL endpoints with Power BI for seamless data reporting, enabling advanced data visualization and analytics for real-time decision-making.
DEVOPS/AZURE ENGINEER SR. DEVOPS ENGINEER
Lifeworks (acquired by Telus Health)
Toronto, Ontario
01.2020 - 05.2022
- Streamlined deployments with advanced CI/CD using Azure Pipelines and Kubernetes.
- Integrated AppSec tools (Sonar, Coverity, White Source, AquaSec) for secure releases.
- Created custom Azure Pipeline templates and managed Kubernetes deployments via YAML.
- Deployed Azure services (AKS, Blob Storage, VMs) and implemented networking solutions.
- Designed Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and developed reusable modules.
- Managed API onboarding in APIM, automated provisioning with Ansible, and enforced Azure compliance policies.
CLOUD ENGINEER
Just Energy
Toronto, Ontario
07.2017 - 12.2019
- Implemented AWS services (EC2, S3, EBS, Load Balancer, Auto Scaling, VPCs) and configured Transit-Gateway for account peering, deploying static sites via S3 and CloudFront.
- Deployed AWS Shield for threat protection and migrated serverless workloads to containers, improving app performance by 90%. Managed on-prem to AWS migrations using Hybrid Cloud Extension with autoscaling policies.
- Built Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for ECS and Lambda, integrating custom libraries for Java, .NET, and Python to streamline deployments.
DEVOPS ENGINEER
Deloitte
Vancouver, British Columbia
04.2016 - 06.2017
- Collaborated with clients and Project Managers on deployment requests, maintaining CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Maven, and Puppet in Linux environments, and managed version control with Bitbucket, GIT, and Subversion.
- Automated deployments using Shell, Python, and PowerShell scripts; configured JBOSS, Node.js, deployed ELK with AWS Lambda, and built automation frameworks for AWS and Docker. Tracked issues with JIRA and performed root cause analysis.
BUILD AND RELEASE ENGINEER
YETTICATE SOLUTIONS Technologies Pvt Ltd
Bangalore, Karnataka
07.2015 - 03.2016
- Managed VMware environments (5.x and 6.x), automating ESXi host deployments, configurations, and performance monitoring using PowerShell, vSphere PowerCLI, and Ansible; developed Chef Recipes for Data Center servers.
Education
Master's - Computer Science Engineering
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Vancouver, BC05.2015
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: Microsoft Azure, AWS
- CI/CD Pipelines: Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Azure Repos
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, ARM Templates
- Containerization & Orchestration: Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Docker, Azure Container Apps
- Big Data & Data Engineering: Databricks, Spark, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake, DBT
- Monitoring & Logging: Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, Application Insights, Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog
- API Management: Azure API Management for managing and securing APIs across environments
- Scripting & Automation: Python, PowerShell, Bash, SQL
- Version Control: Git, GitHub, Azure Repos
- Database Technologies: SQL, PostgreSQL
- Disaster Recovery: Azure Site Recovery, Backup strategies (PITR, LTR)
- Networking: Azure Virtual Networks, VPN Gateway, Route Tables
Certification
- Microsoft Azure Administration
- AWS certified Solutions Architect- Associate
Timeline
AZURE SR. CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPER
Teck Resources Limited
06.2022 - Current
DEVOPS/AZURE ENGINEER SR. DEVOPS ENGINEER
Lifeworks (acquired by Telus Health)
01.2020 - 05.2022
CLOUD ENGINEER
Just Energy
07.2017 - 12.2019
DEVOPS ENGINEER
Deloitte
04.2016 - 06.2017
BUILD AND RELEASE ENGINEER
YETTICATE SOLUTIONS Technologies Pvt Ltd
07.2015 - 03.2016
Master's - Computer Science Engineering
Fairleigh Dickinson University