Venkata Rao Gonugunta

DevOps Cloud Engineer.

Commerce, TX. 75428
+1 (430)295-0339
 venkatraog0339@[Link]

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Highly motivated and committed professional with 7 years of experience in DevOps, Multi-Cloud
Environments, Linux Administration with a major focus on Continuous Integration, Continuous
Deployment, Configuration Management, Build, Release Management, Automation, Troubleshooting,
Maintenance, and Enhancement.
• Worked on Microsoft Azure services such as Virtual Machines (VMs), Azure Functions, Azure Load
Balancer, Azure DNS, Azure Monitor, Azure Blob Storage, and Azure Resource Manager (ARM) templates
for infrastructure deployment.
• Expertise in using AWS services, including EC2, Auto Scaling in launching EC2 instances, Security Groups,
ELB, Elastic Beanstalk, S3, EBS, AMI, Glacier, Cloud Front, RDS, VPC, Cloud Watch, Cloud Formation, Cloud
Trail, Cloud Front, AMI, Route 53, IAM, SNS, SQS, and Security Groups.
• Hands-on experience with version control systems such as Git, Subversion (SVN), along with proficiency in
source code management tools like Git Bash and GitHub.
• Experienced in configuration management and automation using Ansible, Chef, and Puppet to ensure
consistent, scalable, and reliable infrastructure deployments.
• Developed Ansible playbooks for deploying, configuring, and managing Collectd for metric collection
and monitoring.
• Software Configuration Management Support with Branching and Merging strategies, Tags, Version
Control Systems, Integration Management, Build/Release Management, and Requirement Management.
• Expertise in using build tools like MAVEN and GRADLE for the building of deployable artifacts such as jar,
war, and ear from source code and plugin management as per requirements.
• Skilled in configuring CI/CD pipelines and setting up auto-triggered builds and deployments using tools like
Jenkins, GitLab, GitHub Actions, Circle CI, and Bitbucket.
• Expertise in containerization technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes, proficient in creating Docker
containers, building Docker images, and deploying and maintaining Microservices.
• Good Working knowledge of Build scripts & automated solutions using various scripting languages
like Shell, Python, Bash, PowerShell, and YAML.
• Extensive experience in installation, configuration, maintenance, deployments, patching, upgrades,
monitoring, system and server builds, security hardening, backup and recovery, migration, troubleshooting,
and performance tuning on various Linux distributions including Red Hat (RHEL), CentOS, and Ubuntu.
• Knowledge of protocols like HTTP, DHCP, DNS, and SSL/TLS, and firewalls like iptables.
• Experience in configuring and maintaining network services such as LDAP, DNS, NIS, DHCP, NFS, Web,
mail, and FTP.
• Experience in deploying system stacks for different environments like Dev, UAT, and Prod in both on-
premises and cloud infrastructure.
• Skilled in Monitoring and Logging tools like Cloud Watch, ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana, and others, for
effective system management.
• Experienced in Agile Methodologies, including Scrum, Kanban, and SDLC, ensuring smooth project
delivery.
• Knowledgeable in setting up JIRA as a defect tracking system and configuring various workflows.
• Proficient in using collaboration tools like Jira, Confluence, and Slack for effective team communication and
project management.
TECHNICAL SKILLS:

• Operating System: Linux (Ubuntu, Red Hat &CENTOS), Windows Server

• Scripting Languages: Python, Bash, YAML, Shell Scripting, PowerShell
• Cloud Environment: Amazon Web Services, Azure, GCP
• Automation tools: Terraform, Ansible, Chef, Puppet, CloudFormation,
• CICD Tools: Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Argo CD, FluxCD, GitLab CICD, Azure DevOps, AWS CodePipeline
• Version Control Tools: GIT (GitLab, GitHub), SVN, Bitbucket, AWS CodeCommit, Azure Repos
• Build Tools: Maven, MS Build, Gradle, Go Build, npm
• Security & Vulnerability Management: SonarQube, Trivy, Synk, Security Automation
• Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes
• Monitoring, Logging & Alerting: Prometheus, ELK stack, Grafana, Dynatrace
• Collaboration Tools: Jira, Confluence, Slack
• Agile Methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, SDLC
• Troubleshooting and Debugging: Analyzing logs, Performance Optimization, Root Cause Analysis
• Web / Application Servers: Apache Tomcat, Confidential WebSphere, JBOSS, and Oracle WebLogic
• Databases: MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Duration: January 2024 – Till Date.
Client: GM Financials – Arlington, TX.
Role: DevOps Cloud Engineer

Responsibilities:
• Optimized the CI/CD pipeline for Java-based microservices using Gradle in Jenkins, reducing build and
deployment times by 20% and enabling faster feature rollouts across QA and production environments.
• Led containerization of applications from three development teams using Docker, standardizing service
delivery across environments and improving deployment reliability and scalability.
• Drove Kubernetes adoption by setting up AWS EKS clusters, Azure AKS clusters, and migrating legacy
workloads, achieving 20% cost savings through efficient resource utilization and autoscaling strategies.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning on AWS and Azure using Terraform, implementing IaC modules
for microservices, Kubernetes clusters, and networking components across dev, test, and prod
environments.
• Designed and managed AWS networking components, including custom VPCs, subnets, route tables, and
IAM roles, enabling secure, isolated, and scalable deployments for cloud-native applications.
• Standardized Git branching strategies and configured GitHub webhooks to trigger automated CI jobs,
improving team collaboration, code traceability, and reducing integration conflicts.
• Onboarded development teams to Kubernetes by conducting hands-on proof-of-concept sessions, setting
up namespaces, RBAC policies, and demonstrating Helm-based deployments for microservices.
• Facilitated knowledge-sharing sessions on Jenkins CI, GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD, Azure DevOps
pipelines, empowering cross-functional teams to own and manage their build and release workflows.
• Resolved high-severity production incidents, including failed deployments and infrastructure outages,
leveraging monitoring tools and root cause analysis to minimize downtime and business disruption.
• Recognized for resolving a critical AWS VPC peering issue that was blocking cross-account service
communication, restoring service availability for an entire development team.
• Implemented Route 53 hosted zones and integrated them with Application Load Balancers (ALB) for
Kubernetes Ingress, enabling seamless access to services via custom domains and HTTPS.
• Configured Kubernetes Ingress controllers using Nginx and ALB ingress for multiple microservices,
managing routing rules, TLS termination, and path-based routing in production clusters.
• Established a Terraform remote backend using AWS S3 and DynamoDB to support state locking and
collaboration across multiple infrastructure teams, preventing conflicts in concurrent deployments.
• Managed Terraform remote state files for various development teams, implementing workspaces and
modular templates to ensure safe and consistent infrastructure updates across environments.
• Implemented Dynatrace monitoring across cloud-native and legacy applications, enabling real-time
performance insights and proactive incident management.
• Configured custom dashboards and alerts in Dynatrace to track application health, latency, throughput,
and error rates, resulting in a 30% reduction in mean time to resolution (MTTR).
• Integrated Dynatrace with CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins and GitHub Actions to monitor
deployments and detect performance regressions automatically.
• Led the successful migration of on-premises infrastructure to AWS, improving scalability, availability, and
reducing operational costs.
• Assessed existing infrastructure, applications, and dependencies to define a phased cloud migration
strategy.
• Implemented blue-green deployment strategy to ensure zero-downtime releases and seamless rollback
during production deployments.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning using Python with tools like Boto3 (AWS SDK) and Azure SDK.
• Developed Python-based automation for Jenkins and GitHub Actions pipelines, reducing deployment time by
30%.
• Developed Python wrappers for cloud APIs to manage infrastructure and trigger cost optimization routines.

Duration: August 2019 – August 2022.

Client: Technox Technologies – India.
Role: DevOps Engineer
Responsibilities:
• Configured comprehensive monitoring and logging solutions with Prometheus and Grafana, improving
system performance insights and reducing troubleshooting time.
• Collaborated with cross-functional teams to design scalable cloud solutions, utilizing Terraform to reduce
infrastructure provisioning time.
• Optimized AWS cloud costs by implementing auto-scaling and resource allocation policies, cutting
operational expenses by 20%.
• Enforced security protocols through IAM role management and automated vulnerability scanning with
AWS Inspector, enhancing cloud security posture.
• Developed Java-based microservices using the Spring Boot framework, deployed on AWS EC2 instances
and Azure App Services, ensuring scalable and high-performing backend services for production workloads.
• Worked with multiple programming languages, including Java, Python, and [Link], to support diverse
application stacks across microservices, automation scripts, and serverless components on AWS
Lambda.
• Authored Ansible YAML playbooks to automate the configuration of remote Linux servers on AWS and
Azure environments, streamlining provisioning and reducing manual intervention.
• Implemented infrastructure patch management for UNIX servers using Ansible, automating security
updates and compliance enforcement across AWS EC2 instances and Azure VMs.
• Created shell scripts to automate node health checks and monitor system-level metrics (CPU, memory,
disk) on AWS EC2, ensuring high availability and early detection of performance issues.
• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, Maven, JFrog Artifactory, and Ansible, enabling
automated application builds, artifact management, and zero-downtime deployments across AWS
environments.
• Collaborated with development teams to optimize Git repository structures, branching strategies, and
hook configurations, resulting in faster code retrieval, improved CI performance, and better team
collaboration across cloud-native projects.

Duration: Febuary 2017 – July 2019.

Client: NeoXam – India.
Role: Linux Systems Administrator
Responsibilities:
• Administered and supported enterprise-grade Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and CentOS
environments, performing configuration management and environment baselining.
• Troubleshot and resolved daily backup failures and performance bottlenecks by analyzing Data Protector
logs and implementing corrective action plans.
• Monitored system health using top, vmstat, iostat, and log files under /var/log, proactively addressing
disk, CPU, and memory issues.
• Responded to system outages and escalated incidents, including after-hours support, restoring service
levels within SLA-defined timelines.
• Automated routine Linux system administration tasks using Bash, Python, and cron jobs, enhancing
operational efficiency and reducing manual errors.
• Participated in pipeline troubleshooting by analyzing system logs and service status on Linux hosts,
enabling faster recovery from CI/CD failures.
 • Managed user permissions and groups via usermod, chown, and chmod to enforce least privilege access
across development and staging environments.
• Installed, configured, and maintained essential DevOps tools (e.g., Git, Jenkins, Docker) on Linux servers to
support build, test, and deployment pipelines.
• Enabled secure access to Linux infrastructure using SSH key-based authentication, integrated with
CyberArk vault for credential management.
• Set up nginx and Apache on Linux hosts for reverse proxy and load balancing to support DevOps staging
environments.
• Participated in a 24x7 on-call rotation, providing real-time Linux system support, incident resolution, and
performance troubleshooting for production and staging environments.
• Used ticketing systems (e.g., ServiceNow, Jira, or Remedy) to track on-call incidents, escalate issues, and
maintain detailed records for post-incident reviews.

EDUCATION:

Master of Science in Computer Science December 2023

Texas A&M University-Commerce, Commerce, TX
Bachelor of Technology in Mechanical Engineering June 2017
Lovely Professional University, India

CERTIFICATIONS:
• Achieved Kubernetes Administrator Certification.
• Earned AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate.