Nihar Kathula
Site Reliability Engineer | Cloud & DevOps | AWS, Azure, GCP | Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Observability |Driving Reliability, Security & Cost Optimization|
- Role
- Site Reliability Engineer at Lowe's Companies, Inc.
- Location
- San Jose, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Nihar Kathula
I am a DevOps & Site Reliability Engineer with experience building and scaling…
Experience
Site Reliability Engineer
Oct 2024 — Present · San Jose, CA, US
Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps Automation: Designed and deployed resilient infrastructure using Docker, Terraform (EKS/AKS/GKE), Helm charts, and GitHub Actions — reduced deployment time by 80% and ensured 99.9% platform uptime. Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Built scalable and modular Terraform modules for multi-cloud environments, integrating with CI/CD pipelines to provision auditable, consistent infrastructure — decreased manual provisioning by 75%. CI/CD Pipeline Development: Developed and maintained secure, efficient SDLC pipelines using GitHub Actions and Jenkins; integrated test automation and change control gates to ensure compliance and reliability. Security & Compliance Best Practices: Implemented IAM policies, VPC security groups, encryption, mTLS with Istio, and automated vulnerability scanning in CI/CD — aligning infrastructure with internal and industry security standards. Monitoring & Incident Response: Deployed centralized observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch; integrated alerts with Slack and PagerDuty for real-time issue detection — reduced MTTR by 60%. Troubleshooting & Root Cause Analysis: Used logs (CloudWatch, ELK), metrics, and tracing to debug production incidents; collaborated with app and platform teams to implement RCA fixes and long-term reliability improvements.
Education
Malla Reddy Engineering College
Bachelor of Technology - BTech
2016 — 2020
Lindsey Wilson University
Master of Science - MS
2022 — 2024
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