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title: "Praveen Pujala - DevOps Engineer | Agentic AI in Hyderabad | Tal"
description: "Meet Praveen Pujala, DevOps Engineer | AI Platform Engineering | Agentic AI | SRE | Kubernetes | AWS | Terraform | Cl/CD | Security & Reliability | AWS Certified (SAA) based in Hyderabad. AI stack includes claude code, gemini, and grok."
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# Praveen Pujala on Tal

## Headline

DevOps Engineer \| AI Platform Engineering \| Agentic AI \| SRE \| Kubernetes \| AWS \| Terraform \| Cl/CD \| Security & Reliability \| AWS Certified \(SAA\)

## About

DevOps Engineer with 3\.6 years of experience building, securing, and operating enterprise CI/CD platforms and cloud infrastructure in Banking and Retail domains\. Worked on a large\-scale DevSecOps platform with a strong focus on platform reliability, Cl/CD security, automation, and governance\. I specialize in designing and maintaining Jenkins\-based Cl/CD ecosystems, GitOps, shared libraries, and standardized pipelines that balance developer productivity with security and compliance\. Hands\-on experience with Openshift and EKS Kubernetes environments\. Experience working on embedding security directly into delivery pipelines \(SAST, SCA, vulnerability scanning\) to enable shift\-left security without slowing releases\. Hands\-on with AWS \(EC2, VPC, IAM, ELB, EBS, S3, EKS\) and Infrastructure as Code using Terraform for consistent, auditable infrastructure across environments\. Actively manage production Kubernetes \(EKS\) workloads with emphasis on availability, scalability, and security controls\. Coordinated platform modernization initiatives include migrating SonarQube from EC2 to Kubernetes and designing High Availability architecture for Nexus Repository, significantly reducing downtime and operational overhead\. Strong background in Git\-based workflows, branching strategies, release governance, monitoring \(Datadog, CloudWatch, AppDynamics\), and real\-world incident management under SLA\-driven environments\. I work closely with developers, security, and infrastructure teams to build scalable, secure, and reliable platforms in production\. I'm committed to continuous improvement and I'm a results\-driven individual impacting team success\.

## Location

Hyderabad

## AI stack

claude code

gemini

grok

kiro

openai

perplexity

## Work experience

DevOps Engineer \| Agentic AI at Southwest Airlines, Jul 2026 \- Present · 3 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India

DevSecOps Platform Engineer at Cognizant, Dec 2023 \- Jul 2026 · 2 yrs 8 mos, Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid, BFSI Industry

DevOps/ SRE Engineer at Cognizant, Dec 2022 \- Nov 2023 · 1 yr, Hyderabad, Telangana, India · Hybrid, Retail Industry

## Education

Bachelor of Technology, Jawaharlal nehru architecture and fine arts university

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