Arifulla Shaik

About Arifulla Shaik

VMwareDevOps professional with 6.6+ years of overall IT experience, including 4.5+ years of relevant hands-on experience in DevOps, expert in Azure and Azure platforms. Significant achievements have been realized in reducing deployment time by 25% through improved GitOps driven pipelines and enhancing deployment reliability by 30% with Terraform automation. Seeking a DevOps Engineer position at, where my cloud management and CI/CD optimization skills will support the mission of developing a high scalable and secure open-source platform for decentralized finance applications and blockchain deployments. Managed over virtual machines and trained over 50 team members, demonstrating the capability to handle large-scale environments and build a strong DevOps culture.I have successfully designed and deployed scalable, multi-stage Azure DevOps YAML pipelines for Java and Node.js applications, integrating build, unit testing, security scanning, artifact management, and seamless multi-environment deployments.Leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles, I have managed and provisioned complex Azure environments using Terraform — including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) clusters, virtual networks, network security groups, and storage solutions — to ensure robust, repeatable infrastructure deployments.My expertise extends to container orchestration and deployment automation using Helm charts on AKS, ensuring highly available and scalable application delivery.I am proficient in setting up comprehensive monitoring and alerting systems using Azure Monitor and Application Insights, with proactive alert integration into Microsoft Teams for faster incident response and operational insights.To enhance code quality and secure artifact delivery, I integrated SonarQube for static code analysis and JFrog Artifactory as the artifact repository, complementing secure secret management through Azure Key Vault.I actively collaborate with development teams to optimize build and deployment pipelines, reduce failure rates, and improve overall development lifecycle efficiency by adopting best practices and continuous improvement methodologies.Passionate about cloud-native technologies, automation, and DevOps culture, I continuously seek to leverage new tools and strategies to drive innovation and operational excellence.

Experience

1. Senior Associate

   PwC

   Sep 2025 — Present · Bengaluru, IN

   Configured and managed Azure Virtual Networks (VNETs), subnets, VPN Gateway, ExpressRoute, NSGs, UDRs, and VNET peering to enable secure and scalable network connectivity. Implemented and maintained Azure Active Directory, Azure AD Connect, and Azure AD Domain Services to support hybrid identity and secure access management. Implemented Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights for proactive monitoring, alerting, and troubleshooting, improving system visibility and reducing MTTR. Performed Azure cost management analysis, budget creation, and cost optimization recommendations to control cloud spend and improve resource efficiency. Managed the Azure subscription lifecycle, including resource groups, RBAC, Azure Policies, and governance controls to ensure compliance and security. Implemented full-stack observability and monitoring using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights to support SLO/SLI tracking and operational excellence. Executed cloud-to-cloud migration from AWS (EC2, RDS, S3) to Azure Virtual Machines, Azure SQL, and Blob Storage, ensuring data integrity and zero-downtime cutovers. Conducted pre-migration assessments, dependency mapping, workload right-sizing, and network architecture redesign to optimize Azure deployments. Collaborated with application, network, and security teams to ensure successful hybrid identity setup, VPN configuration, and DNS cutovers during migration phases. Performed post-migration validation, performance tuning, cost optimization, and decommissioning of legacy on-premises and AWS infrastructure. Led end-to-end migration of on-premises data center workloads (Windows & Linux servers, SQL databases, file shares) to Azure using Azure Migrate, Azure Site Recovery, and Azure Database Migration Service (DMS). Ensured smooth migration outcomes through detailed planning, execution, validation, and optimization aligned with Azure best practices and enterprise standards.

Education

• Narayana Junior College - India

  Intermidate, MPC

• pvr boys High school ,Ongole

  10th, SSC

• RISE Prakasam Group of Institutions (Integrated Campus), Off NH-5, Valluru, Ongole-523272(CC-8A)

  B.tech, Electrical and Electronics Engineering