MURTHY MANCHALA
DevOps Engineer
ON
Summary
Experienced DevOps Engineer with 6+ years in CI/CD automation, Build/Release Management, and Cloud Infrastructure. Expertise in AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda), security (IAM, policies), cost optimization, and automated backup/disaster recovery. Skilled in Terraform and Kubernetes (cluster management, Helm) for scalable infrastructure. Proficient in GitLab CI/CD, automating multi-stage pipelines for seamless deployments. Strong scripting abilities (Bash, Shell, Python) for automation and system monitoring. Extensive experience in Change/Incident Management and version control (Git, SVN). Successfully migrated on-prem applications to AWS with minimal downtime. Adept in monitoring/logging (CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana) and providing 24x7 production support.
Overview
7
7
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Language
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Wawanesa Insurance
Toronto, ON
04.2021 - Current
- Gained extensive experience in provisioning and managing AWS resources using Terraform, with a strong capability in building and maintaining Terraform modules (IaC)
- Through multiple assignments, developed a deep understanding of AWS architecture and services, skillfully designing and implementing scalable solutions using EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, and Lambda to optimize performance and cost-efficiency
- Led the migration of applications from on-premises environments to AWS Cloud using the lift-and-shift methodology, ensuring seamless transition and minimal disruption
- Worked on deploying and managing Kubernetes clusters, including troubleshooting and optimizing microservices applications
- Focused on DevSecOps practices in CI/CD pipeline development, incorporating SAST, DAST, secret detection, and vulnerability management using tools such as SonarQube, broadening expertise in secure software development
- Utilized monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, and Elasticsearch to ensure application health and performance
- Applied FinOps principles to create cost-optimization products, conducted weekly FinOps calls to monitor and improve financial efficiency, achieving a 30% reduction in AWS billing costs
- Demonstrated expertise in Ansible, including managing unmanaged Kubernetes clusters with playbooks for automation
- Proficient in using Helm for Kubernetes package management and implementing GitOps workflows for streamlined deployment and version control using FluxCD
- Deployed and integrated databases such as AWS RDS and MongoDB with applications, ensuring effective configuration and connectivity within cloud environments
- Worked with HashiCorp Vault for securely storing and managing secrets, ensuring robust access control and encryption while making secrets effectively available to microservices
- Led the Proof of Concept (POC) for an Azure backup solution, covering key workloads such as Azure Disks, Azure Blobs, Azure Databases for MySQL and PostgreSQL, and Kubernetes Services, ensuring reliable data protection and seamless recovery processes across Azure environments
DevOps Engineer
Innova Post
Ottawa, ON
08.2018 - 04.2021
- Hands-on experience setting up Kubernetes (K8s) clusters for running microservices using Kubespray to setup, CNI, ingress-controllers, and ETCD encryption
- Deployed microservices onto Kubernetes clusters using Helm
- Automated infrastructure deployment on AWS through Terraform scripts
- Utilized AWS services like ELB, API Gateway, Security Groups, and routing tables to configure routing for EC2-based applications
- Worked with Terraform key features such as Infrastructure as code, Execution plans, Change Automation
- Proficient in Ansible, creating playbooks, and configuring multiple servers concurrently
- Managed Ansible inventory, created roles, and performed application installations and OS-level patching
- Served as the point of contact for build/release issues and communicating with stakeholders
- Oversaw deployment, test automation, and environment management, coordinating changes across DEV, QA, stage, and production environments
- Assisted in managing code repositories (GIT) and have knowledge of common SCM practices, such as branching and code merges
- Automated tasks using Python and Bash scripting, including cache management, space clearance on VMs, and Ansible deployments
- Worked within an Agile team and have strong knowledge of Scrum
- Involved in all phases of the SDLC, including requirements collection, design & analysis of customer specifications, and development & customization of applications
- Hands on experience in Linux administration and Executing DevOps strategy in various environments of Linux on AWS environment
- Involved in L3 Production incidents and joined on calls to resolve the incidents and supported the applications
Education
Master of Science -
University Of Windsor
Windsor, ON 08.2016 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Engineering -
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Visakhapatnam, India 05.2011 - 04.2015
Skills
Amazon Web Services (AWS), Azure
Kubernetes , Terraform
Docker, Ansible,
OpenSearch, Kibana
Prometheus, Grafana
Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu)
Python, BASH , java, C#, net
Powershell, SonarQube
undefinedTimeline
DevOps Engineer
Wawanesa Insurance
04.2021 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Innova Post
08.2018 - 04.2021
Master of Science -
University Of Windsor
08.2016 - 12.2017
Bachelor of Engineering -
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
05.2011 - 04.2015
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