Rupali Kadam Gawade

About Rupali Kadam Gawade

As a seasoned IT professional with over 11 years of experience, possessing expertise in AWS Cloud Architecture and Kubernetes orchestration. Demonstrated skills in managing AWS services encompassing compute, networking, storage, security compliance, and financial management. Technical proficiencies include infrastructure automation using CloudFormation and Terraform, CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and AWS Code Pipeline, and monitoring tools such as Dynatrace and Prometheus/Grafana. Onboarding of microservices based application from ECS to EKS & self-managed K8S clusters. End to end configuration using manifest definition files considering authentication and authorization from user and cluster level, EKS networking, IRSA, Load balancing, DNS Mapping. Integrated Palo Alto Firewall with AWS for threat detection, traffic inspection, and app-based access. Proactively managed cloud security with Prisma Cloud and Trend Micro Deep Security in order to achieve CIS benchmarks standards. Designed and architected AWS platform for secure, scalable, and high-performance cloud solutions.Key player in team while decision making, excellent communication and leadership skills with strong problem solving abilities.

Experience

1. Lead System Engineer

   EPAM Systems

   Feb 2025 — Present · Pune, IN

   Serving as Solution Architect for the NextGen eHealthCare Project at Novartis Business Services.• Implemented and managed AWS Organizations with a focus on Service Control Policies (SCP) to enforce governance and compliance across accounts. • Designed and deployed observability solutions using CloudWatch OAM to enhance monitoring and operational insights. • Delivered scalable and repeatable product solutions through AWS Service Catalog for efficient resource provisioning. • Successfully rolled out solutions across AWS accounts, ensuring seamless integration and consistency.

Education

• Terna Engg. College, Nerul

  Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.), Information Technology

  2009 — 2013

• SVM High Schol

  Secondary School Certificate, General

  1997 — 2006