Sai Nayudu

Cloud Engineer @Walmart

US

Designed and implemented a scalable, secure AWS cloud infrastructure for a key client, automating provisioning usingTerraform and CloudFormation to reduce manual errors by 35% and ensure environment consistency across development,staging, and production. Developed an end-to-end CI/CD pipeline leveraging AWS Code Pipeline and Code Build, accelerating deployment speed by40% and improving release reliability through integrated automated testing and security validations. Architected highly available, auto-scaling Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS, achieving 90% uptime with secure networksegmentation via VPC, Security Groups, and IAM roles to protect workloads and data. Implemented proactive monitoring and alerting using Amazon CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana, reducing incidentresponse times by 25% and enabling real-time performance optimization. Strengthened cloud security posture by enforcing strict IAM policies, AWS KMS encryption, Security Groups configuration,and compliance automation with AWS Config and Security Hub, ensuring adherence to industry best practices and regulatorystandards. Migrated legacy on-premises applications to AWS, optimizing resource utilization with Auto Scaling Groups and Elastic LoadBalancers, resulting in improved scalability, resilience, and cost-efficiency. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure, security, and network strategies with business goals, drivingoperational excellence and cloud governance.

University of Central Missouri

Master's degree, Computer Science