Srinivas Cherukuri

Sr Devops Engineer @Delta Dental Ins.

Oakland, CA, US

Designed, built, and maintained end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions to automate build, test, and deployment workflows across multiple environments.Led the migration of CI/CD pipelines from Azure DevOps to GitHub Actions, standardizing workflows and reducing pipeline maintenance overhead.Converted YAML-based Azure DevOps pipelines to GitHub Actions workflows, including multi-job, matrix builds, environment approvals, and secrets management.Implemented reusable GitHub Actions (composite and custom actions) to enforce consistency and accelerate pipeline onboarding across repositories.Integrated unit test reporting, code quality checks, security scanning, and artifact publishing into CI pipelines.Optimized pipeline execution time by implementing caching strategies (Maven/NPM/Docker layers) and parallel job execution.Configured OIDC-based authentication between GitHub Actions and Azure to eliminate long-lived service principal secrets.Managed self-hosted and GitHub-hosted runners, including migration from ARC/self-hosted runners to GitHub-hosted runners for improved reliability and scalability.Implemented branch protection rules, environment gates, and approval workflows to align CI/CD with enterprise security and compliance standards.Partnered with developers and QA teams to define CI/CD best practices and DevOps standards.Created documentation and onboarding guides for pipeline usage, GitHub Actions workflows, and Azure deployment processes.Actively contributed to improving DevOps maturity, security posture, and automation coverage across the organization.

Indira Gandhi National Open University

Master of Computer Applications (M.C.A.), Computer Science