Venkatareddy Vattigunta

About Venkatareddy Vattigunta

I am a Lead Multi-Cloud & DevSecOps Architect with 11+ years of experience designing, securing, and scaling modern cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Currently at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, I lead enterprise DevSecOps initiatives that embed security, reliability, and automation at the core of application and infrastructure delivery.Over the last two years, my work has focused on strengthening application and platform security by integrating SAST/DAST, container security, and automated vulnerability detection directly into CI/CD pipelines. I have driven secure-by-design practices across cloud and on-prem environments, leveraging open-source observability and analytics stacks such as ELK, while ensuring compliance, visibility, and operational excellence.My background spans DevSecOps, SRE, and Secure Platform Engineering, with deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, container lifecycle management, GitOps (Argo CD, FluxCD), CI/CD automation, and advanced observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and Dynatrace. I have led architecture design from concept to execution—covering HLD/LLD, HA/DR, SLO/SLA frameworks, Well-Architected Reviews, and FinOps-driven cost optimization.Previously, as a Senior Cloud Architect at ValueLabs and Senior Site Reliability Engineer at NextGen Healthcare, I designed and delivered scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions, executed large-scale cloud migrations, built future-state architectures, and advised stakeholders through proofs of concept and transformation roadmaps. My career foundation includes extensive experience in hybrid cloud, data center migrations, automation, and enterprise-grade cloud operations with organizations like DXC Technology, Indecomm, KPIT, and NTT Data.Certified as an AWS Solutions Architect and CCNA CyberOps, I bring a strong security-first mindset combined with pragmatic delivery leadership. I am passionate about digital transformation, mentoring teams, and enabling organizations to move faster—without compromising on security, reliability, or cost efficiency.If you’re looking to build secure, scalable, and future-ready cloud platforms, I bring both the strategic vision and the hands-on execution to make it happen.

Experience

1. Lead Devsecops Architect

   Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

   Jul 2023 — Present · Hyderabad, IN

   DevSecOps Program Ownership: Heading and driving enterprise DevSecOps initiatives end-to-end, ensuring successful delivery of project milestones, quality standards, timelines, and alignment with business and compliance objectives. Source Code & Access Governance: Creating and maintaining centralized code repositories, defining and enforcing branching, tagging, and versioning strategies, and configuring secure role-based access controls across development teams. CI/CD Automation Framework: Designing and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines by automating build, installation, and release processes using Jenkins, Maven, Shell scripting, and Maven Release Plugin to enable faster and reliable deployments. Quality Assurance Enablement: Setting up and managing regression testing and build sanity environments, integrating QA automation tools to validate application stability and improve overall release confidence. Application Security Integration: Designing, implementing, and governing application security testing practices within CI/CD pipelines to proactively identify vulnerabilities and enforce secure coding standards. Container Lifecycle Strategy: Managing the complete container lifecycle from build to deployment, while providing architectural guidance and best practices to internal development teams for container-based application delivery. Architecture & Design Documentation: Developing concept designs, detailed HLD and LLD documentation, and delivering clear oral and written technical presentations to support project designs, proposals, and reviews. Stakeholder Coordination & Delivery: Coordinating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, conducting site visits, managing budgets and schedules, and ensuring final solutions meet client requirements and technical specifications.

Education

• Barathi degree College

  Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Computer Science

  2007 — 2010

• Andhra University

  Master of Computer Applications - MCA, Computer Programming, Specific Applications

  2010 — 2013