Dev Kakarla

Sr Cloud Devops Engineer @Scotiabank

Toronto, ON, CA

Architected and implemented scalable, secure cloud infrastructure on AWS, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.• Implemented a microservices-based architecture, decoupling monolithic applications into modular services.• Managed and optimized Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, improving resource utilization and application scalability.• Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, automating build, test, and deployment processes, increasing deployment frequency by 50%.• Employed ArgoCD for blue-green deployments on Kubernetes, enabling zero-downtime releases and enhancing system reliability.• Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployments using Terraform integrated with GitHub Actions, ensuring consistent and repeatable infrastructure deployments.• Developed automation solutions with Ansible and Python, reducing manual intervention by 40%.• Provisioned and managed AWS resources: S3, Lambda, CloudWatch, VPC, RDS, EC2, ECS, EKS, CloudTrail, GuardDuty, ECR, SNS, SQS, Redis.• Managed MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on AWS RDS, including automated backups and performance tuning.• Managed MySQL and PostgreSQL databases on AWS RDS, including automated backups and performance tuning.• Led migration of legacy applications to AWS ECS, enhancing application scalability and reducing operational costs by 15%.• Developed a Python-based uptime dashboard for real-time visibility, reducing downtime by 20%.• Designed monitoring solutions using Prometheus and Grafana.• Implemented security controls and IAM policies, mitigating potential security risks and ensuring compliance.• Monitored and responded to security incidents using AWS GuardDuty and CloudTrail, reducing response time by 40%.• Implemented VPC peering and AWS Client VPN for secure connectivity across multiple applications and accounts.• Optimized cloud costs using AWS Cost Explorer, implementing Savings Plans to reduce expenses by 30%.