Akshith R.

About Akshith R.

I’m a Senior DevOps Engineer with over 5+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and maintaining secure, scalable, and reliable cloud infrastructure.My expertise lies in building end-to-end CI/CD pipelines, implementing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform and ARM templates, and managing Kubernetes (AKS) clusters for microservices-based platforms.I’m passionate about enabling faster, safer, and more consistent software delivery through automation, observability, and collaboration between development, operations, and security teams.Key Strengths:• CI/CD with Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and GitLab CI• Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM, Bicep)• Cloud Platforms – Azure & AWS (Hybrid/DR)• Kubernetes (AKS/EKS) & Containerization• Monitoring – Azure Monitor, Grafana, Prometheus• DevSecOps – Security scans, secret management, complianceI thrive in dynamic environments where I can help teams reduce deployment times, improve reliability, and strengthen cloud security through automation and best practices

Experience

1. Senior Devops Engineer

   U.S. Bank

   Feb 2024 — Present · US

   Designed and automated CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for banking applications, improving release speed and reliability.Built and managed AKS clusters, implementing autoscaling, ingress, and rolling updates for microservices.Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and ARM templates across multiple environments.Integrated SonarQube, security scans, and Azure Key Vault into DevSecOps pipelines for secure delivery.Configured monitoring and alerting using Azure Monitor, Grafana, and Log Analytics for proactive issue resolution.

Education

• Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad (JNTUH)

  Bachelor's degree, Computer Science

• Eastern Illinois University

  Master's degree, Computer Technology/Computer Systems Technology