Mani G.

About Mani G.

As a passionate and results-driven Cloud / DevOps Engineer, I specialize in designing…

Experience

1. Sr Cloud Engineer

   Gerdau

   Mar 2023 — Present · Tampa, FL, US

   Designed and implemented Azure networking solutions, including Virtual Networks, VPN Gateways, and ExpressRoute, to ensure secure, high-performance connectivity between cloud and on-premises environments.Implemented robust security practices in AWS by configuring multi-factor authentication (MFA), automated access key rotation, encryption with KMS, and IAM Roles for Kubernetes service accounts (IRSA). Enhanced network security using firewalls, Security Groups, NACLs, and WAF to mitigate DDoS attacks.Designed and implemented RESTful APIs with API Gateway, optimizing performance through caching and request transformation while enforcing security with AWS WAF and rate limiting.Implemented security and compliance measures in CI/CD by integrating Aqua Security and Trivy to block vulnerable images and enforcing SonarQube Quality Gates to maintain code quality. Configured CI/CD secrets management with HashiCorp Vault, ensuring secure retrieval, rotation, and management of API keys, passwords, and database credentials, reducing the risk of sensitive data exposure in repositories.Orchestrated Kubernetes deployments using Argo CD to manage application rollouts across multi-cloud platforms. Implemented a blue-green deployment strategy, enabling seamless rollbacks and minimizing downtime during application updates.Migrated on-prem workloads to AWS using Terraform, ensuring minimal downtime and efficient infrastructure replication. Implemented Terraform workspaces and reusable modules for multi-environment management.Enhanced monitoring for Kubernetes clusters by deploying Prometheus and Grafana, creating custom dashboards for real-time insights into cluster performance, resource utilization, and application health.Resolved Kafka performance issues by analyzing broker, producer, and consumer logs through Elasticsearch (ELK), integrating visualizations in Kibana, and automating alerts using AWS CloudWatch and Lambda for real-time monitoring.

Education

• Campbellsville University

  Master's degree, Project Management

• Sacred Heart University

  Master's degree, Computer Science

  2016 — 2017