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Hi, I'm Venkatesh Gangavarapu πŸ‘‹

DevOps Engineer | Cloud Infrastructure & Automation | AWS β€’ Kubernetes β€’ Terraform β€’ CI/CD

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πŸ“ Bengaluru, Karnataka, India Β |Β  πŸ“ž +91 8106936398


πŸš€ About Me

"Production-first mindset β€” not just building pipelines, but thinking deeply about reliability, failure modes, observability, and customer impact."

I'm a DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of IT experience, combining deep production support expertise with hands-on ownership of cloud infrastructure, automation, and CI/CD delivery. My career has been shaped by working close to customers, understanding real production pain points, and building reliable systems that scale.

Currently at IBM as part of the Global Customer Support organization, I collaborate closely with Engineering, Product Management, and SRE teams to resolve complex issues and continuously improve SLAs. I also contribute to build and release processes, DevOps methodologies, and stable, frequent releases across Linux-based distributed environments.

Additionally, I'm currently completing a DevOps Micro Internship at The CloudAdvisory Oy (Remote) β€” building production-grade, automated DevOps systems from scratch.


πŸ† Key Achievements

Metric Impact
⚑ Deployment Time Reduced from 45 min β†’ 12 min (Jenkins blue-green automation)
🎯 P1 SLA Compliance 99.2% on-time resolution across 50+ P1 incidents over 3 years
πŸ€– Manual Ops Reduction 60% reduction via Python (boto3) & Bash automation
πŸ“‰ MTTD Improvement Mean Time to Detect: 15 min β†’ under 3 min (CloudWatch alerting)
πŸ’° Cloud Cost Savings 25% cost reduction without performance degradation
🎫 Ticket Deflection 30% ticket deflection via self-service knowledge base
πŸ“Š MTTΠ  Improvement 40% reduction in escalation/resolution time via runbooks
πŸš€ Deployment Success Rate Improved from 85% β†’ 98% via automated validation gates

πŸ› οΈ Tech Stack

Cloud & Infrastructure

AWS Terraform CloudFormation

Containers & Orchestration

Docker Kubernetes

CI/CD & Automation

Jenkins Git GitHub Ansible

Scripting & Programming

Python Bash JavaScript Node.js

Operating Systems

Linux RHEL Ubuntu

Databases

MongoDB PostgreSQL MySQL Oracle

Monitoring & Observability

CloudWatch

Networking & Security

Nginx SSL/TLS


πŸ’Ό Professional Experience

πŸ”΅ IBM India Pvt. Ltd. β€” DevOps Engineer / IT Application Support Specialist

πŸ“… November 2021 – Present | πŸ“ Bangalore, India

Global telecom SaaS platform supporting millions of users | 24/7 operations across APAC, EMEA & NAM

  • CI/CD Pipelines: Built and maintained Jenkins pipelines with zero-downtime blue-green deployments; reduced deployment time from 45 min to 12 min with 98% success rate
  • Cloud Infrastructure: Managed AWS production infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, CloudWatch, IAM, VPC, Auto Scaling, Lambda); implemented 25% cost reduction via rightsizing and lifecycle policies
  • Automation: Developed Python (boto3) and Bash scripts for EC2 management, S3 backup, log aggregation, and operational workflows β€” eliminating 60% of manual operations effort
  • Observability: Built CloudWatch dashboards, custom metrics, log-based anomaly detection, and Lambda automation; slashed MTTD from 15 min β†’ under 3 min
  • Incident Response: Led 50+ P1 production incidents; maintained 99.2% on-time SLA through systematic triage, cross-team coordination, and detailed RCAs
  • Database Administration: Managed MongoDB replica sets with automated backup, query optimization, index tuning β€” achieving 99.8%+ database availability
  • Security: Implemented IAM least-privilege, encryption at rest/transit, SSL/TLS certificate management, security group hardening; zero critical security findings in audits
  • API Debugging: Debugged RESTful APIs β€” HTTP 4xx/5xx errors, JWT/OAuth token issues, TLS handshake failures, authentication flow diagnostics

🟒 The CloudAdvisory Oy β€” DevOps Micro Internship

πŸ“… January 2026 – Present | πŸ“ Remote

Building production-grade DevOps systems from scratch in a structured micro-internship program

  • Implementing end-to-end DevOps workflows: Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), containerization (Docker/Kubernetes), CI/CD automation, and cloud-native architectures
  • Designing and deploying automated pipelines with monitoring, observability, and GitOps practices

🟑 Enhancesys Innovation Pvt. Ltd. β€” Software Engineer / Infrastructure & Automation Engineer

πŸ“… November 2018 – November 2021 | πŸ“ Bangalore, India

Distributed SaaS applications for international clients across APAC & EMEA

  • Infrastructure Automation: Python & Bash scripts reduced manual deployment effort from 2 hours β†’ 20 minutes per release
  • CI/CD Management: Managed Jenkins pipelines across dev/staging/production β€” achieved 95%+ deployment success rate
  • Database Operations: Administered MongoDB clusters with replica sets, backups, query optimization β€” 99.5%+ database uptime
  • Monitoring: Implemented system metrics and alerting, reducing unplanned downtime by 50%
  • On-Site Delivery: Delivered critical production support in Kyiv, Ukraine β€” managed real-time debugging during high-pressure deployments for Kyivstar inventory platform
  • L2/L3 Support: Troubleshot Linux/Unix systems, application servers (WebLogic, Tomcat, Apache, JBoss), and databases via log analysis and SQL diagnostics

πŸ”§ Featured Projects

1. Zero-Downtime Deployment Automation

Jenkins Bash Python AWS CLI

Designed and implemented fully automated blue-green deployment pipeline with health checks, traffic shifting, and automated rollback.

  • Deployment time: 45 min β†’ 12 min
  • Deployment success rate: 85% β†’ 98%
  • Automated validation gates eliminate manual verification

2. CloudWatch-Based Observability Platform

AWS CloudWatch Python Lambda Log Insights

Built comprehensive monitoring infrastructure with log-based anomaly detection, metric-driven alerting, and synthetic health checks across distributed microservices.

  • MTTD: 15 min β†’ under 3 min for critical issues
  • Real-time dashboards for distributed microservices visibility
  • Lambda-driven automated remediation for known failure patterns

3. MongoDB High-Availability Architecture

MongoDB Linux Python Replica Sets

Architected and deployed MongoDB replica sets for mission-critical inventory management with automated backup verification and replication monitoring.

  • 99.8%+ database availability with zero data loss
  • Automated failover testing and alerting
  • Index optimization reduced query times significantly

4. Support Automation & Ticket Deflection System

Python Bash Knowledge Base

Identified top 10 support issues consuming 40% of team capacity and built automated diagnostic tooling + self-service knowledge base.

  • 30% ticket deflection rate
  • Resolution time: 4 hours β†’ 90 minutes for common issues
  • Pre-diagnostic Python scripts that auto-classify incoming tickets

5. Djezzy Telecom Platform β€” Algeria (IBM)

RHEL Oracle 10g MongoDB Python Node.js AWS CloudWatch

Production support for mission-critical hosted telecom platform serving millions of subscribers.

  • Node.js health-check scripts for automated alert aggregation
  • Reduced MTTD via CloudWatch log queries and metric-based alerts

6. Kyivstar Inventory β€” Order Management Platform (On-site, Ukraine)

Linux MongoDB MySQL Shell Script VMware

On-site production support in Kyiv, Ukraine β€” resolved critical data sync failures, batch job errors, and VM performance issues under high-pressure delivery conditions.


πŸ“š Education & Certifications

Credential Institution Year
πŸŽ“ Post Graduate Program in DevOps Edureka & Purdue University 2022–2023
πŸŽ“ B.Tech β€” Electrical & Electronics Engineering Narayana Engineering College, Nellore 2013–2017
☁️ AWS Cloud Practitioner Essentials Amazon Web Services βœ…
πŸ€– AWS Partner: Generative AI on AWS Essentials Amazon Web Services βœ…
πŸ”§ Ansible for Beginners Certified βœ…
πŸ’¬ Power Skills β€” Communication, Presentation, Collaboration Certified βœ…
πŸ“‘ Telecom Industry Foundations Primerli βœ…

πŸ“Š Skills Depth Chart

Cloud (AWS)           β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ  Production Expert
Linux Administration  β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆ  7 Years Production
Python / Bash         β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘  Advanced
CI/CD (Jenkins/Git)   β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘  Advanced
MongoDB DBA           β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘  Production Expert
Docker                β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘  Proficient
Terraform / IaC       β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘  Building Proficiency
Kubernetes            β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘  Foundational + Growing
PostgreSQL            β–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–ˆβ–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘β–‘  Working Knowledge

🌐 What I'm Currently Building

  • πŸ—οΈ Terraform β€” Production-level IaC modules, state management, workspaces, remote backends
  • ☸️ Kubernetes β€” Cluster management, pod/deployment lifecycle, kubectl operations
  • πŸ€– AI/ML DevOps β€” AWS Generative AI infrastructure, MLOps pipeline patterns
  • πŸ“¦ GitOps Workflows β€” ArgoCD, declarative infrastructure patterns

🧠 Core Engineering Philosophy

mindset:
  - production_first: "Design for reliability, failure modes, and observability from day one"
  - automation_obsessed: "If you do it twice, automate it"
  - ownership: "End-to-end responsibility β€” from commit to production to incident resolution"
  - customer_impact: "Every decision evaluated through the lens of user reliability and experience"
  - continuous_improvement: "Every incident is a learning opportunity"

πŸ“« Let's Connect

I'm actively open to DevOps Engineer, Platform Engineer, SRE, and Cloud Infrastructure roles.

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πŸ“ Bengaluru, India (Open to Remote & Relocation)


⭐ If you find my work interesting, let's collaborate!

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