Sukumar Sukumar Pagadala Chaandra

About Sukumar Sukumar Pagadala Chaandra

I’m passionate about bridging the gap between development and operations to build faster, more reliable, and scalable software. DevOps, to me, is all about creating a culture of collaboration—where automation, continuous integration, and continuous delivery help teams move from idea to deployment with efficiency and confidence.I enjoy working with modern tools and practices like CI/CD pipelines, cloud platforms, containerization, and infrastructure as code to streamline workflows and reduce bottlenecks. My focus is on delivering better software, faster, while ensuring stability, security, and performance at every stage of the process.

Experience

1. Infrastructure Sre Sr Devops Engineer

   Quanta Services, Inc.

   Jan 2023 — Present · Houston, TX, US

   Designed and developed front-end infrastructure to support multiple software application teams, translating complex application requirements into actionable infrastructure components. Defined server provisioning images and storage setup parameters to ensure development, testing, and production environments were consistent and reliable. Worked closely with application owners to optimize compute, network, and storage configurations for performance and cost. Automated repetitive tasks to reduce manual setup and ensure faster environment provisioning. Applied best practices to maintain high availability, scalability, and security standards. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure with software release cycles.Built and maintained reusable Terraform modules for provisioning compute, storage, and networking resources across multiple Azure environments. Parameterized variables for environment-specific settings like VM sizes, storage tiers, and network ranges to allow safe, flexible deployments. Implemented remote state management and state locking to prevent conflicts during concurrent deployments. Refactored existing configurations to remove hard-coded values, improving reusability and maintainability. Integrated Terraform deployments into CI/CD pipelines to streamline changes. Ensured all Terraform code was reviewed, tested, and version-controlled before production rollout.

Education

• SR Engineering College

  Bachelors, Computer Engineering

• Wilmington University

  Masters In Information Technology , Information Technology