Sai Manoj

DevOps Engineer
Phone: 856-244-1638
Email: Saipingili20@[Link]

PROFILE SUMMARY

● 10+ years of DevOps experience, specializing in cloud-native infrastructure, CI/CD automation, and
microservices architecture, with a strong focus on platform enablement and leading full-stack development
teams.
● Strong expertise in server infrastructure development on AWS Cloud and Microsoft Azure, provisioning cloud
services like EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC, and Lambda using Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Terraform and
AWS CloudFormation templates.
● Proven track record in designing and governing citizen developer programs, including building CI/CD
pipelines for low-code/no-code platforms (e.g., Replit, Lovable) targeting AWS Bedrock and Azure.
● Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices, managing policy-as-code, and automating compliance
validation while ensuring data integrity and security by implementing best practices.
● Experienced in aligning delivery with SAFe and Agile methodologies, managing Business-Led IT (BLIT)
operating models, and establishing Communities of Practice (CoP) for citizen developers.
● Adept at managing build and deployment activities across Dev, QA, and Production environments in
accordance with long-term tools implementation strategies.
● Deep expertise in containerization using Docker and orchestration using Kubernetes (EKS & AKS), utilizing
Helm charts for standardized deployments.
● Experienced in deploying and managing event streaming integration with Apache Kafka alongside caching
and database solutions to ensure high availability.
● Strong scripting and automation skills using Python and Bash/Shell Scripting to extend capabilities, integrate
with APIs, and automate operational tasks.
● Familiarity with comprehensive monitoring and observability stacks, utilizing Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, and
Dynatrace to perform root cause analysis, ensure reliability, and optimize system performance.
● Proven ability to lead technical implementation strategies and collaborate across teams to ensure seamless
continuous integration and DevOps adoption.
● Strong understanding of DevSecOps practices, managing policy-as-code, and automating compliance
validation while ensuring data integrity and security by implementing best practices.
● Experienced in administering DevSecOps Tools like GitHub, Jenkins, SonarQube, Artifactory, and Ansible
Automation Platform at the Enterprise level.
● Experienced in using Red Hat Linux platforms as a DevOps environment, including troubleshooting Linux
kernel subsystems.
● Demonstrated skills in planning, building, and supporting scalable server infrastructure development on AWS
Cloud and Microsoft Azure.
● Expertise in server infrastructure development on AWS Cloud and Microsoft Azure.

● Updated Azure instance count for production services.

● Experienced in DevOps and GitOps workflows.

● Deployed applications to Kubernetes using GitOps tools (Argo CD); created projects and deployed Argo CD
from scratch into Kubernetes clusters.
 ● Performed deployments directly from GitHub to Kubernetes clusters via Argo CD.

● Managed system stacks for Dev, UAT, Prod in both on-premises and cloud environments.

● Extensive experience in UNIX performance tuning and capacity planning.

● Planned and executed migration from Bugzilla & Hudson to Atlassian suite (JIRA, Confluence, Bamboo).

● Installed and administered Atlassian tools including JIRA, Confluence, Crucible, and Bamboo.

● Configured Bamboo CI for Java application builds, including installation troubleshooting.

● Created and configured virtual development environments using Chef and VirtualBox.

● Administered, maintained, and supported RHEL servers.

● Configured continuous integration by setting up build and test automation jobs in Bamboo/Jenkins.

● Managed Jenkins plugins and credentials integration with GitHub.

● Created branches in CVS/Subversion for parallel development.

● Coordinated resources with Project Managers for release and operational project management.

● Conducted deployments and builds using Puppet CI tool.

● Familiar with OpenStack concepts: availability zones and host aggregates.

● Automated tasks using PowerShell and PowerCLI, including application deployment and load balancing.

● Practiced DevOps for microservices using Kubernetes as orchestrator.

● Orchestrated deployment, scaling, and management of Docker containers using Kubernetes 1.9.0.

● Automated Kubernetes cluster management with Ansible playbooks.

● Implemented production-ready, load-balanced, highly available, and fault-tolerant Kubernetes

infrastructure.
● Used AWS to manage the entire application lifecycle.

● Experienced in cloud automation with AWS CloudFormation templates.

● Extended on-premises AD to AWS Cloud via VPN connection and domain controller promotion.

● Participated in migration to AWS from on-premises datacentres.

● Configured and integrated servers for automatic provisioning using Chef and Ansible.

● Hands-on experience installing and administering CI/CD tools like Jenkins and VSTS.

● Monitored server and network infrastructure using Dynatrace and Nagios.

TECHNICA SKILLS

Category Skills / Tools

Cloud Technologies AWS, Microsoft Azure
Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, Terraform, CloudFormation, Ansible,
Build Automation / DevOps ArgoCD, Chef, Puppet, CI/CD, Istio Service Mesh, Bamboo, SonarQube,
Azure DevOps
Ruby, Python, Perl, HTML5, PHP, Bash/Shell Scripting, PowerShell, YAML,
Scripting Languages
JSON
 Category Skills / Tools
Monitoring Tools Nagios, Splunk, Elastic Search, ELK, CloudWatch, Dynatrace, Grafana
Red Hat Linux 4/5/6/7, CentOS, Fedora, SUSE Linux, UNIX, Windows
Servers (2003, 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2), Windows
Operating Systems
2000/XP/Vista/7/8/10, Ubuntu 12/13/14, Sun Solaris 8/9/10/11, HPUX
10.x/11.x
Load Balancers, TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, SNMP, NFS, FTP, SFTP, Telnet, SSH,
Networking
SSL
Versioning / SCM GIT, GitHub, Bitbucket, Subversion
Apache, Tomcat, WebSphere, WebLogic (8, 9, 10), IIS
Web / Application Servers

EDUCATION

● Bachelor’s in information technology at JNTU Hyderabad.

● Master’s in information technology at UCM.

PROFESIONAL EXPERIENCE
Client: Morgan Stanely New York Oct 2023 – Present
Role: DevOps Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Architected and implemented CI/CD pipelines for deploying code generated via low-code/no-code platforms
(e.g., Replit, Lovable) to AWS Bedrock and Azure.
● Administered GitHub Enterprise Server (GHES), overseeing upgrade planning, disaster recovery, replication,
and internal service optimizations for enterprise SCM.
● Established stringent DevSecOps practices, defining and enforcing guardrails such as IAM, data classification,
auditability, and security controls across all citizen developer initiatives.
● Defined roles, responsibilities, and governance frameworks for citizen developers, including eligibility
criteria, risk tiers, escalation paths, and approved use cases.
● Managed and maintained GitHub Actions, including configuring self-hosted runners, autoscaling, and secure
execution environments via enterprise standard re-usable workflows.
● Designed and implemented enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins 2.440+ for the automated build,
test, and deployment of microservices.
● Supported governance processes including architecture reviews, security assessments, and enterprise
alignments for low-code/no-code POCs.
● Architected, provisioned, and managed cloud infrastructure using AWS services (EKS 1.29, EC2, S3, RDS,
Lambda, IAM, VPC) and Terraform 1.6+.
● Containerized modern workloads utilizing Docker 25.x for Java & .NET applications and deployed into
Kubernetes 1.29 (EKS) clusters.
● Administered and monitored Kubernetes clusters and hardware infrastructure, utilizing kubectl, Rancher,
and Helm 3 to design cluster layouts and optimize resources.
● Deployed and managed message streaming integration with Apache Kafka 3.6 to ensure reliable data
streams.
 ● Leveraged strong programming proficiency in Python and Java to automate complex operational tasks and
system configurations using Ansible.
● Driven site reliability practices by analyzing performance data and system health to identify trends, utilizing
Prometheus & Grafana for real-time application and infrastructure metrics.
● Performed deep root cause analysis for outages to pinpoint inefficiencies and achieve a 99.99% uptime.

● Engineered and deployed automation workflows using Ansible and Bash scripting to automate server
configuration across diverse environments.
● Designed and implemented enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins 2.440+, GitHub Actions, and
Azure DevOps for automated build, test, and deployment of microservices.
● Integrated automated security scanning using Snyk, Trivy, and Aqua Security to validate compliance and
manage policy-as-code within pipelines.
● Analyzed performance data and system health to identify trends, utilizing Prometheus & Grafana for real-
time application and infrastructure metrics.
● Managed multi-environment setup: Dev, QA, UAT, Stage, Production.

● Optimized Kubernetes clusters using HPA (Horizontal Pod Autoscaler) and Cluster Autoscaler.

● Performed cost optimization using AWS Cost Explorer & Azure Cost Management.

● Implemented backup strategies using Velero for Kubernetes cluster recovery.

● Managed cloud networking including VPC Peering, NAT Gateways, Security Groups, NACLs.

● Migrated monolithic applications to microservices architecture.

● Supported DevSecOps initiatives integrating security into CI/CD.

● Implemented Infrastructure compliance using AWS Config & Azure Policy.

● Automated SSL certificate management using Cert-Manager.

● Handled strong troubleshooting and log analysis to pinpoint inefficiencies, performing root cause analysis for
outages to achieve a 99.99% uptime.
Environment :
AWS (EKS 1.29, ECS Fargate, EC2, S3, RDS, Aurora, Lambda, IAM, VPC, CloudFront, Route53, Control Tower),
Kubernetes 1.29, Docker 25.x, Terraform 1.6+, Terraform Cloud, Jenkins 2.440+, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps,
ArgoCD 2.10+, Helm 3.14, Kustomize, HashiCorp Vault 1.15+, Kafka 3.6, Redis 7.x, PostgreSQL 15, MongoDB 7.x,
Prometheus, Grafana 10.x, ELK 8.x, Splunk, Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, Snyk, Trivy, Prisma Cloud, Aqua Security,
SonarQube 10.x, JFrog Artifactory, Nexus 3.x, Python 3.12, Bash, Ansible, Linux (RHEL 8/9), Nginx, Snowflake

Client: CareSource – Dayton, OH Jan 2021 – Oct 2023

Role: DevOps Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Managed hands-on CI/CD pipeline development using GitHub Actions, orchestrating self-hosted runners and
leveraging enterprise re-usable workflows to reduce deployment time by 60%.
● Delivered reusable assets including solution templates, reference architectures, UI standards, and
integration patterns to guide business users on self-service and purpose-built solution pathways.
● Engineered and maintained enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps alongside GitHub Actions,
significantly streamlining the release lifecycle.
● Facilitated the intake, triage, and evaluation of business-led IT (BLIT) requests, coordinating closely across
Business Units, LoB teams, Enterprise Architecture, and Security (OIS).
● Established and led a Citizen Developer Community of Practice (CoP), developing and delivering role-based
training, onboarding materials, and hands-on labs.
● Configured IAM roles, RBAC policies, and centralized secrets management using HashiCorp Vault and AWS
Secrets Manager to enforce security in DevOps.
● Collaborated with development teams following Agile/Scrum methodology and led cloud migration
initiatives from on-prem to AWS cloud-native architecture.
● Used Terraform 1.6+ and Terragrunt for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) provisioning across AWS & Azure,
automating EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, Lambda, VPC, and IAM.
● Implemented blue-green and canary deployments using Istio Service Mesh and managed API gateways using
AWS API Gateway & Kong Gateway.
● Executed software release builds and automated deployments for legacy .NET applications running on IIS
Web Servers, complementing the broader transition to cloud-native microservices.
● Enforced DevSecOps practices by integrating GitHub Advanced Security (GHAS), OWASP Dependency-Check,
and container vulnerability scans directly into CI pipelines.
● Administered, maintained, and optimized Kubernetes 1.30+ (EKS & AKS) clusters across hybrid and multi-
cloud environments (AWS, Azure, and GCP), managing resources, layouts, and storage.
● Authored automation scripts using Python and Java to interact with GitHub APIs, extending deployment
capabilities and managing container lifecycles via Docker 26.x.
● Managed comprehensive build and deployment activities for each RSS across Dev, QA, and Prod
environments, strictly aligning with the organization's long-term tools implementation strategy.
● Containerized applications using Docker 26.x and managed container lifecycle.

● Orchestrated microservices deployments using Kubernetes 1.30+ (EKS & AKS).

● Implemented Helm 3.15+ charts for standardized Kubernetes deployments.

● Used Terraform 1.6+ and Terragrunt for Infrastructure as Code (IaC) provisioning across AWS & Azure.

● Automated infrastructure provisioning including EC2, S3, RDS (PostgreSQL 15), EKS, Lambda, VPC, IAM.

● Designed scalable cloud architecture using AWS ECS Fargate, EKS, and Auto Scaling Groups.

● Implemented GitOps model using ArgoCD 2.10+ for Kubernetes continuous delivery.

● Configured AWS CodePipeline & CodeBuild for legacy projects migration.

● Integrated SonarQube 10.x for static code analysis and quality gates.

● Integrated JFrog Artifactory / Nexus 3.x for artifact management.

● Implemented security scanning using Snyk, Trivy, Aqua Security, and container vulnerability scans.

● Configured OWASP Dependency-Check and automated security checks in CI pipelines.

● Implemented blue-green and canary deployments using Istio Service Mesh.

● Managed API gateways using AWS API Gateway & Kong Gateway.

● Automated configuration management using Ansible 2.16+.

● Configured centralized logging using ELK Stack (Elastic 8.x, Logstash, Kibana).
 ● Implemented observability using Prometheus, Grafana 10+, Loki, Alertmanager.

● Integrated Datadog and New Relic for APM and monitoring.

● Implemented centralized secrets management using HashiCorp Vault and AWS Secrets Manager.

● Configured IAM roles, RBAC policies, and security best practices across environments.

● Configured container registry using Amazon ECR & Azure Container Registry (ACR).

● Implemented message streaming integration with Apache Kafka 3.6+ & Confluent Cloud.

● Used Redis 7.x for caching layer support in microservices.

● Performed root cause analysis (RCA) and production issue resolution.

Environment: AWS (EKS, EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, IAM), Azure (AKS, ACR), Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, ArgoCD,
Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Maven, Gradle, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, SonarQube,
Snyk, Vault, Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, Liquibase, GitHub, Jira, Linux, IIS, .Net.

Client: State of Ohio Aug 2019 – Jan 2021

Role: DevOps Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Designed and automated enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins 2.x, GitHub Actions, and Azure
DevOps to automate build, test, and deployment processes.
● Created and maintained comprehensive documentation including process flows, RACI matrices, governance
standards, and user guides.
● Tracked and reported the progress of initiatives, pilots, and solution delivery utilizing analytics/reporting
tools like Power BI to prepare materials for leadership updates and governance boards.
● Aligned platform delivery with SAFe and Agile methodologies, actively participating in PI Planning, system
demos, and backlog refinement.
● Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform 1.x and AWS CloudFormation, enabling
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
● Implemented Infrastructure monitoring dashboards for real-time system health visibility and collaborated
with development teams to troubleshoot production issues via RCA.
● Implemented security best practices using IAM roles, security groups, and network ACLs.

● Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform 1.x and AWS CloudFormation, enabling
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) practices.
● Implemented Infrastructure monitoring dashboards for real-time system health visibility and collaborated
with development teams to troubleshoot production issues via RCA.
● Implemented security best practices using IAM roles, security groups, and network ACLs.

● Extended automation capabilities and integrated with APIs using Python 3.x, Bash, and Shell scripting.

● Configured and maintained the Ansible 2.15+ platform to streamline operations and configuration
management.
● Implemented security best practices using IAM roles, security groups, and network ACLs.

● Configured NGINX 1.24+ and Apache Tomcat 9.x as reverse proxies and application servers.

● Supported microservices architecture using Spring Boot 3.x deployments in Kubernetes.

 ● Conducted performance tuning and capacity planning for cloud workloads.

● Implemented backup and disaster recovery strategies using AWS Backup and multi-region replication.

● Reduced deployment time by 60% through pipeline optimization.

● Implemented container image scanning and vulnerability assessments.

● Configured auto-scaling groups and load balancers (ALB/NLB) for high availability.

● Managed secrets using AWS Secrets Manager and HashiCorp Vault.

● Collaborated with development teams to troubleshoot production issues and implement RCA.

● Migrated legacy on-prem applications to AWS cloud infrastructure.

● Implemented Infrastructure monitoring dashboards for real-time system health visibility.

● Worked in Agile/Scrum environments and participated in sprint planning and retrospectives.

● Maintained compliance with state security policies and audit requirements.

● Configured Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA) and Cluster Autoscaler for dynamic scaling.

● Implemented Service Mesh (Istio 1.18+) for traffic management and observability.

● Built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines integrating Jenkins 2.x, Maven 3.9+, Docker 24.x, SonarQube 9.x, and
Nexus 3.x.
● Implemented policy enforcement using OPA (Open Policy Agent).

● Designed secure networking using VPC Peering, Transit Gateway, Private Subnets, NAT Gateways.

● Configured Web Application Firewall (AWS WAF) and Shield for DDoS protection.

● Implemented automated patch management for Linux servers.

● Managed SSL certificates using AWS ACM.

● Automated database provisioning using Terraform for RDS PostgreSQL 14+ and Oracle 19c.
Environment: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, EKS, IAM, VPC), Jenkins 2.x, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Terraform 1.x,
CloudFormation, Ansible, Docker 24.x, Kubernetes 1.27+, Helm 3.x, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK 8.x,
SonarQube, Nexus, Maven, Python 3.x, Bash, Git, PostgreSQL, Oracle 19c, RHEL, JIRA.

Client: Frost Bank – San Antonio, TX Sep 2017-Aug -2019

Role: DevOps Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Designed and implemented secure enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins 2.x, GitLab CI, and Azure
DevOps for mission-critical banking applications.
● Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform 1.x and AWS CloudFormation following
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
● Managed cloud infrastructure in AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS, EKS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail).

● Designed and implemented secure enterprise-grade CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins 2.x, GitLab CI, and Azure
DevOps for mission-critical banking applications.
● Managed cloud infrastructure in AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, ECS, EKS, IAM, VPC, CloudWatch, CloudTrail).

● Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform 1.x and AWS CloudFormation following
Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles.
 ● Conducted troubleshooting, root cause analysis (RCA), and incident response for production environments
to improve overall system reliability.
● Documented DevOps standards, runbooks, and disaster recovery procedures while working in an
Agile/Scrum environment with developers, QA, and security teams.
● Automated database provisioning and management for PostgreSQL 14+, Oracle 19c, and MySQL 8.x.

● Built reusable Terraform modules for standardized cloud deployments.

● Migrated legacy on-prem applications to AWS cloud environment.

● Implemented Git branching strategies (GitFlow, trunk-based) for controlled releases.

● Managed artifact repositories using Nexus 3.x and JFrog Artifactory.

● Created automated backup and disaster recovery strategies using AWS Backup and cross-region replication.

● Configured autoscaling policies to optimize performance and cost efficiency.

● Automated Linux server patching and AMI creation using Packer 1.x.

● Integrated alerting systems using SNS, PagerDuty, and Slack notifications.

● Conducted root cause analysis (RCA) for production incidents and improved system reliability.

● Implemented logging retention policies to meet financial audit requirements.

● Optimized cloud costs through resource tagging, right-sizing, and Savings Plans.

● Worked in Agile/Scrum environment collaborating with developers, QA, and security teams.

● Reduced deployment time by 50% by automating manual release processes.

● Documented DevOps standards, runbooks, and disaster recovery procedures.

Environment: AWS (EC2, S3, RDS, EKS, IAM, VPC, KMS, CloudWatch), Jenkins 2.x, GitLab CI, Terraform 1.x,
Ansible, Docker 24.x, Kubernetes 1.27+, Helm 3.x, ArgoCD, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK 8.x, Vault, SonarQube,
Nexus, Maven, Python 3.x, Git, PostgreSQL 14+, Oracle 19c, RHEL 8/9.

Client: Mayo Clinic ,Minnesota Oct 2014 – Sep 2017

Role: Linux Infrastructure Engineer
Responsibilities:
● Managed and administered enterprise Linux environments (RHEL 7/8/9, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04) supporting
mission-critical healthcare applications.
● Designed and maintained highly available Linux server infrastructure across AWS (EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC,
CloudWatch).
● Supported CI/CD deployments in collaboration with DevOps teams using Jenkins 2.x.

● Automated shell scripting using Bash and Python 3.x for operational tasks and implemented centralized
logging using ELK Stack 8.x alongside Prometheus and Grafana.
● Designed and maintained highly available Linux server infrastructure across AWS (EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC,
CloudWatch).
● Managed disk partitions, LVM configurations, file systems (XFS, EXT4), and storage expansion.

● Configured and managed NFS and EFS storage for application servers.

● Installed and supported Apache Tomcat 9.x, NGINX 1.24+, and Apache HTTPD.
 ● Managed containerized workloads using Docker 24.x on Linux hosts.

● Supported Kubernetes worker nodes running Kubernetes 1.27+ (EKS).

● Implemented backup and disaster recovery procedures using AWS Backup and snapshots.

● Performed system performance tuning and kernel parameter optimization.

● Managed firewall configurations using iptables and firewalld.

● Implemented SSL certificate management using AWS ACM and OpenSSL.

● Automated shell scripting using Bash and Python 3.x for operational tasks.

● Supported CI/CD deployments in collaboration with DevOps teams using Jenkins 2.x.

● Conducted vulnerability remediation based on security scan reports (Qualys/Nessus).

● Ensured encryption of healthcare data at rest and in transit using KMS and TLS protocols.

● Implemented high-availability clustering and load balancing strategies.

● Reduced manual server provisioning time by 70% through automation.

Environment: RHEL 7/8/9, Ubuntu 20.04/22.04, AWS (EC2, EBS, S3, IAM, VPC, EFS, ALB/NLB, CloudWatch, KMS),
Terraform 1.x, Ansible 2.15+, Packer 1.x, Docker 24.x, Kubernetes 1.27+ (EKS), Helm 3.x, Prometheus 2.x, Grafana
10.x, ELK 8.x, Apache Tomcat 9.x, NGINX 1.24+, LDAP/AD, Bash, Python 3.x, Git.