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Cloud/DevOps Engineer (Transitioning) | AWS • Azure • Terraform • Docker • CI/CD | 2.5+ Yrs Windows Server, Active Directory & VMware Production Ops | AWS SAA-C03 • AZ-104 • CLF-C02

About

Cloud/DevOps Engineer transitioning from 2.5+ years of production Windows Server, Active Directory, and VMware systems administration building hands-on skills in AWS, Azure, Terraform, Docker, Jenkins, and CI/CD. For the last 2.5+ years, I've kept a 700+ server, 300+ Active Directory account estate running at 99.9% uptime for an enterprise client through ITIL-aligned change control, monthly patch compliance cycles, and incident response across a 24/7 operation. Outside my day-to-day sysadmin work, I build. I provision AWS infrastructure with Terraform, automate CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and GitHub Actions, containerize applications with Docker, and I'm currently migrating a two-tier deployment to Amazon EKS. Full-stack observability is wired in through Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, and OpenTelemetry. Three of these builds live on my GitHub: a cloud governance and compliance automation platform (AWS Security Hub, EventBridge, Lambda auto-remediation), a unified observability stack, and AutoStack an end-to-end two-tier deployment pipeline evolving from EC2/Jenkins to EKS/GitOps. I've backed this hands-on work with the AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (SAA-C03), AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02), Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104), and Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) earned in parallel with, not instead of, the projects above. My goal is a full-time Cloud/DevOps Engineering role where I can bring the SLA ownership, change management, and incident response discipline I've built in production sysadmin work together with the infrastructure-as-code and automation skills above. Open to connecting with anyone working in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering or just talking shop about Terraform, Kubernetes, or observability.

Location

Hyderabad

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Work experience

Associate Software Engineer at Tech Mahindra, Dec 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 11 mos, Hyderabad, Own infrastructure reliability for 700+ Windows Servers across production and non-production environments for an Australia-based enterprise client, sustaining a 99.9% uptime SLA. Manage IAM and access governance for 300+ user accounts, including account provisioning, group-based permissions, password resets, and access control. Provision and manage 30+ VMware vSphere virtual machines across production, UAT, and testing environments, supporting infrastructure onboarding and application requirements. Resolve Windows Server, identity, authentication, access, and availability incidents, resolving 95%+ within SLA while handling an average of 8–10 incidents daily. Monitor and troubleshoot server performance across CPU, memory, and disk resources, contributing to a 30% reduction in unplanned downtime. Execute monthly Windows Server patching and patch-compliance activities across 200+ servers within change-managed maintenance windows, maintaining security and system stability. Automate infrastructure and administrative workflows using PowerShell and Python, reducing VM provisioning and account-setup time by 50%. Develop and maintain 10+ technical SOPs and operational runbooks covering infrastructure onboarding, recurring administration, troubleshooting, and incident response. Execute ITIL-aligned change management, including implementation, validation, and post-change monitoring, with zero rollback incidents.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - BTech, Computer Science, M. S. RAMAIAH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES

Intermediate, Science, Smt.Vidya P Hanchinmane Independent Science PU College

Public links

github: https://github.com/praneethk2401