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Srinivas Reddy Cheerla

Srinivas Reddy Cheerla

Summary

An accomplished IT expert with a track record of 12+ years of experience in Cloud, DevOps engineering, Linux and Middleware administration. Proficient in collaborative teamwork and possesses excellent client interaction skills. Experience in DevOps & DevSecOps architecture to manage the software development process and create an automated delivery pipeline that assists in building software more efficiently. Experienced in DevOps architecture including assessing, supporting, and implementing high-quality information technology architecture with Cloud Infrastructure like AWS & GCP. Guide the customer with the best practices and come up with solutions and a road map. Hands-on: DevOps, DevSecOps, GIT, GitHub, Jenkins, Ansible, AzureDevops, Docker, Kubernetes, Docker swarm, ELK Stack, Sysdig, Newrelic, JFrog, GCR, Sonar, Nexus, Jenkins, Harbor, Bitbucket, SCOM, SCCM, ServiceNow, JIRA & BMC Remedy. Experience in implementing ITIL procedures like Change management, Incident management & problem management best practices for customer service.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer | SRE

Unisys
03.2024 - Current
  • Having hands-on experience in supporting, automating, and optimizing mission critical deployments in AWS, leveraging configuration management, CI/CD, and DevOps processes
  • Having experience in administering and managing the classic IT infrastructure Servers, Backups, Storage, Databases and Software Defined Network services
  • Experience in using Jenkins for continuous integration and Spinnaker for continuous deployment to deploy the micro services on Public cloud platforms
  • Experience in creating cloud data pipelines using Cloud Pub/Sub, Apache kafka, & Apache Beam
  • Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic applications into micro services, improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed
  • Good experience with container orchestration systems such as Kubernetes, Docker swarm & AWS EKS
  • Good understanding of database technologies such as Oracle, PostgreSQL, MSSQL, Aurora, HANA and NOSQL DBs like MongoDB and DynamoDB
  • Experience in automating the development and test automation processes through CI/CD pipeline (Git, Jenkins, SonarQube, Docker containers)
  • Experience using docker compose, writing Dockerfiles and Jenkinsfiles as per the requirements
  • Wrote Ansible playbooks, Puppet manifests and modules to deploy, configure, and manage servers
  • Experience with server side technologies such as Apache, nginx and redis
  • Experience in setting up the entire cloud infrastructure as a code using Terraform and Cloud formation
  • AWS resource provisioning ec2, dynamodb, rabbitmq, elastic cache through terraform code and Jenkins pipeline as a integration tool to deploy in aws as source code repository git
  • Design, Deploy and maintain enterprise class management applications within an AWS environment
  • Provisioning and managing AWS infrastructure: EC2, VPC, load balancers, Redshift, RDS, CloudFront, firewalls, enforce IAM policies, S3 data life cycle management and Cross Region Replication
  • Managing Backups of Instances and EBS storage, Snapshots using scripts
  • Utilized Cloud Watch to monitor resources such as EC2, CPU memory, Amazon RDS DB services, DynamoDB tables, EBS volumes to set alarms for notification or automated actions and to monitor logs for a better understanding and operation of the system
  • Migrating and Managing DNS entries in Route 53 and various DNS providers
  • Experience in coordinating with on-premises infrastructure, Network, Security, Application teams in successful migration and deployment of compute, storage and Micro Services to AWS Cloud
  • Experience in setting up the site-to-site VPN and AWS DC from On-Premises Data Center to AWS VPC
  • Strong knowledge of Amazon Lambda, IAM, Beanstalk, AWS CLI, SDK, SQS, SNS, Security groups, EKS Clusters and SERVERLESS computing
  • Successfully transitioned and implemented ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 standards on driverless cars project in USA waymo google client and it is resulting 30% improvements in security compliance and quality side
  • Robust CAN bus communication protocols, leading 20% reduction in system latency and increased data transmitted
  • Good exposure on Azure Cloud Computing Environment
  • Good knowledge on Shell scripting and python programming
  • Responsible for upgrades of servers Operating System with Software packages, patches and maintained them in accordance with established policies, procedures and service level agreements
  • Deploying Helm charts for multiple environments ( dev, test, Pre Prod , Prod ) using CI CD Jenkins , Argocd using docker and kubernetes defining multiple stages in pipeline
  • Successfully deployed and managed multiple open shift clusters across the different environments (dev, test, prod) and high availability and optimal performance
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and openshift native capabilities for application deployments
  • Having good experience on Ansible and Terraform infrastructure code (IaC) to automate the provisioning and configuration of Openshift environment
  • Using RBAC security standards configured routes and rules across the AWS environment
  • Blackduck vulnerability scanning creating a project in black duck application through that we can scan image which detected vulnerabilities severity higher and we will create a feature branch will scan it and remediate it after scanning we will check component issues have been showing in blackduck application , If all licence and security issues remediated we will go and raise PR for it and close the sprint accordingly
  • Identity & Access Management (IAM): Implementing and managing secure access controls and user permissions
  • Ensuring protection against phishing attacks, malware, and unauthorized access to sensitive information in email communications
  • Implementing security measures and best practices within Google Workspace to protect data and ensure secure collaboration
  • Participating in security awareness initiatives to educate employees and promote a culture of security awareness and best practices
  • Worked security issues kicks, python, nginx, alpine, bash, mysql and remediation done through blackduck application
  • Build the VM's in azure and aws according to client requirement configuration
  • Patching SAP servers in aws through SSM utility
  • Experience with automation testing tools: Postman API , Selenium Web driver , QTP( VBscript)
  • Installation of aqr and sipp application for the client requirements
  • Troubleshooting respective client application for the config issues such as installation configuration of user level issues ( login,ssh , passwordless authentication , Bladelogic tool usage to automate work arounds, installation of java, python etc in multiple hosts with bladelogic tool
  • If new user wants access we will give new user infrastructure access for bulk servers using bladelogic tool
  • Supporting Incident Managers for supporting if any server not up condition login to the vmware console and troubleshoot as per the VM console logs
  • Supporting File System expansion VG and assigning Luns from the Vcenter scanning and detecting new Luns from the OS side
  • Strong knowledge of recent versions of Clarity PPM platform
  • Proven track record working with internal teams (product, development, testing) to drive project deliverables
  • Worked as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders
  • College degree in related field or equivalent work experience
  • Training done in business analysis and project management preferred roles
  • Server automation through Blade logic, File system threshold alerts, Hardware components replacements, VM migrations, User Management tasks, Patching and vulnerability Management
  • Rich experience and knowledge of Linux operating systems, including Ubuntu, CentOS, or Red Hat
  • Large enterprise Proficient in Linux command-line interface (CLI) and shell scripting to automate my work
  • Experience with virtualization technologies, such as VMware or KVM
  • Familiarity with networking concepts, protocols, and services, including TCP/IP, DHCP, DNS, and VPN
  • Knowledge of storage technologies, such as RAID, SAN, and NAS
  • Understanding of security best practices and experience in implementing security measures on Linux systems
  • Excellent problem-solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to quickly identify and resolve technical issues
  • I can work independently and in a team-oriented environment, collaborating with cross-functional teams to resolve the issues
  • Strong communication skills to effectively communicate technical concepts and solutions to technical and non-technical stakeholders

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | SRE

LTIMindtree
02.2023 - 01.2024
  • Actively involved in the design of high-level and low-level architecture design of On-premises development, staging and production environment to AWS cloud
  • Extensively worked in designing and implementation of continuous integration, continuous delivery, Continuous deployment through Jenkins and Ansbile Tower
  • Involved in setting up Jenkins Master and multiple slaves for the entire team as a CI tool as part of Continuous development and deployment process
  • Dockerized applications by creating Docker images from Docker file and using docker compose
  • Worked on installation of Docker using Docker toolbox, Created custom Docker container images, tagging and pushing the images
  • Performed automation tasks on various Docker components like Docker Hub, Docker Engine, Docker Machine, Compose and Docker Registry
  • Proficient in all aspects of software life cycle like Build/Release/Deploy and specialized in cloud automation through open source DevOps tools like Jenkins, Ansible
  • Worked on Docker Swarm and Kubernetes to orchestrate the deployment, scaling and management of Docker Containers
  • Deployed Micro services, including provisioning AWS environments using Ansible Playbooks
  • Designed the work-flow architecture to migrate legacy Middle-ware components to SAP PI/PO
  • Designed, deployed, managed and operating scalable, highly available, fault tolerance and complex multi-tier application system on AWS
  • Developed cloud security standards for customer instances and applications
  • Created NACLs, Route tables, Security Groups, Elastic Load balancer to enforce cloud security
  • Designed highly available and scalable enterprise solutions for all SAP critical applications
  • Reduced Recovery Time Objective for DR solutions by automating bare metal restores
  • Manages Linux/UNIX Production Support staff in areas of standards, projects, level III support issues
  • Organizing daily standup calls with internal teams and scheduled meetings with clients for sync-up
  • Worked with distributed teams to design and develop frameworks, solution accelerators, proofs of concept, and external customer facing product
  • Deep expertise in the AWS components & APIs, expert working knowledge of Operating Systems such as RHEL, CentOS, Windows, Solaris and customized appliances
  • Advanced knowledge of databases and relevant web services, mail, backup, application functionalities
  • Good understating of networking topology, Server/Storage hardware and knowledge of application developments using Agile, and DevOps good practices
  • Provided leadership to help customers understand best practices around advanced cloud-based solutions, and how to migrate existing workloads to the cloud
  • Extended my support to translate the corporate technology strategy into wider business at the same time as mentoring and providing technical expertise to Project managers and Sales personnel
  • Have strong ability to present technical concepts in clear manner to customers through demos, proposals & presentations
  • Terraform modules we are keeping in a git repository successful deployments can re utilize the code
  • Deploying Helm charts for multiple environments ( dev, test, Pre Prod , Prod ) using CI CD Jenkins , Argocd using docker and kubernetes defining multiple stages in pipeline
  • Successfully deployed and managed multiple open shift clusters across the different environments (dev, test, prod) and high availability and optimal performance
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and openshift native capabilities for application deployments
  • Having good experience on Ansible and Terraform infrastructure code (IaC) to automate the provisioning and configuration of Openshift environment
  • Using RBAC security standards configured routes and rules across the AWS environment

Unix Linux Administrator | SRE

Ibasis
08.2022 - 12.2022
  • Responsible for new DevOps architecture implementation with multiple tools
  • Deployment in AWS server via Jenkin Pipeline based on the release
  • Application deployment & new job creation on CI/CD tools (Jenkins)
  • Experience in developing Big Data applications using Scala/ Java/ Python, Spark, Hadoop, HDFS, Hive, Oozie, Kafka on manufacturing environment
  • Has done development or debugging on Linux/ Unix platforms
  • Deploying Helm charts for multiple environments ( dev, test, Pre Prod , Prod ) using CI CD Jenkins , Argocd using docker and kubernetes defining multiple stages in pipeline
  • Successfully deployed and managed multiple open shift clusters across the different environments (dev, test, prod) and high availability and optimal performance
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and openshift native capabilities for application deployments
  • Having good experience on Ansible and Terraform infrastructure code (IaC) to automate the provisioning and configuration of Openshift environment
  • Using RBAC security standards configured routes and rules across the AWS environment

Senior System Administrator | SRE

AIB
05.2021 - 04.2022
  • Handled multiple infrastructure projects including - Migration, Enhancements, Small change, and Decommission
  • Datacentre & NOC Infrastructure Management
  • Server automation through Blade logic, File system threshold alerts, Hardware components replacements, VM migrations, User Management tasks, Patching and vulnerability Management

DevOps Engineer | SRE

HSBC
12.2016 - 03.2021
  • Build & deploy Docker containerization using the DevOps pipeline in Kubernetes orchestration
  • Building customized Docker images using DevOps Pipeline
  • Production upgrade in K8s cluster on Azure & GCP cloud
  • Hosting Containerized Application on K8s cluster using Pod, Namespace, Services, Deployment, Secrets & ConfigMap
  • Installation & management of centralized logging architecture using ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, and Kibana)
  • Primary responsible for Sysdig and Prisma cloud (Manage cloud security risk by integrating image scanning, compliance, runtime security, and incident response into your secure DevOps workflow) on-prem server & agent Installation and management on Kubernetes cluster
  • Design and implement CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps services such as Azure (Pipelines, Repos, and Artifacts)
  • Write YAML pipelines for IaC and software build and deployment processes
  • Experienced with Jenkins as a Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment
  • Experienced in authoring pom.xml files, performing releases with the Maven release plug-in, and managing Maven repositories
  • Created tagging standards for proper identification and ownership of VM instances and other GCP services
  • Experience with Version Control Systems like GIT, GitHub and GitLab
  • Experience in working with an automation tool like ANSIBLE
  • As a project coordinator we will do patch management and application teams for downtime schedule and maintenance
  • As SRE product owner I have handled application issues for the clients and user issues where they day to day basis

Assistant Manager|System Admin

vodafone
07.2014 - 12.2016
  • Kernel upgrade by PCI Linux servers
  • Supporting application users for PCI servers
  • Arcsight Connector installation of PCI servers
  • Observe IT agent installation on PCI servers
  • CIS hardening project for PCI environment
  • VxVm file system creation and resizing File system
  • File System resizing using Logical Volume Manager
  • ILO firmware upgrade for PCI systems
  • Setting ulimit values for the functional users in PCI Linux systems
  • Hospital management software Development & Support with .Net & Oracle PL/SQL

Linux| System Admin

Wellsfargo
05.2014 - 06.2014
  • Patching Linux systems and updating patches up to date as per the client requirements
  • Defined requirements and prioritized requirements and got feedback and approval from the stakeholders
  • Involved in all vendor coronation for hardware issues of physical machines

Infrastructure Administrator

Mphasis Ltd
03.2011 - 12.2013
  • Providing L2 Remote UNIX System Administration of Sun Solaris
  • Monitoring Service-Now Ticketing tools and resolving the issues within predefined SLA defined by the Client
  • Providing (24
  • 7) support
  • Maintain uptime (achieved 95-99% for customer servers.)
  • Strictly followed 24 hours turn-around-time for critical issues
  • Providing support for all types of OS auto generated Unix issues
  • Providing production Hotline Support for different application users and developers for dayto-day problems
  • Monitoring System Performance of Virtual memory, Swapping, Disk utilization, CPU utilization
  • Monitoring and House Keeping and fixing of File system Free space issues
  • Monitoring and Transferring the application File system space issues to respective teams
  • Monitoring - Creation of escalation db for all physical and logical servers to the respective application teams
  • Creation and Managing Users / Group accounts and set up a user's work environment
  • Scheduling of automatic, repetitive Jobs using commands with Crontab
  • Handing of UFS, NFS, disk partitioning, file system tuning, configuring auto mounts and Troubleshooting Configuration of NFS and AUTOFS
  • Configuration and Creation of UFS file systems on Sun Solaris
  • Configuration, management and cloning of zones
  • Network and interface management and setting network speed settings on network interfaces
  • Working knowledge on Boot PROM
  • Hands on experience on patching
  • Hands on experience on Firmware up gradation of ILOM and ALOM

Education

Masters -

Osmania University

Skills

  • DevOps
  • DevSecOps
  • SRE
  • SLO
  • SLI
  • GCP
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes development
  • Helm Chart
  • Jenkins I CI / CD
  • Upgrade
  • Code review
  • AWS DevOps
  • Code build
  • Code deploy
  • Code commit
  • Codepipeline
  • ECR
  • Groovy
  • Shell script
  • Golang
  • Azure DevOps
  • GCR
  • Container Security
  • Cloud Security
  • Prisma
  • Sysdig
  • Newrelic
  • Technical Documentation
  • Communication
  • ETL
  • Technical Lead
  • Reporting
  • Training
  • SAST
  • DAST
  • Docker swarm
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • Vcs
  • Vxvm
  • Terraform
  • AWS EKS
  • AKS
  • GKE
  • SDLC
  • Agile
  • SCRUM
  • Jira
  • Kibana
  • ITIL
  • Change management
  • Bigdata
  • HDFS
  • MAP Reduce
  • Ansible
  • Docker
  • Hadoop
  • FluentD
  • ELK
  • VM
  • Monitoring
  • Logging
  • SQL
  • UNIX
  • YAML
  • Python
  • Core Java
  • R
  • DATAPROC
  • MS-Teams
  • Oracle
  • SQL Server
  • Zoom
  • Visio
  • Office 365
  • ServiceNow
  • BMC Remedy
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Nagios
  • SCOM
  • SCCM
  • Apache Spark
  • PySpark
  • Scala
  • DynamoDB
  • Snowflake
  • AWS Cognito
  • AWS CloudWatch
  • AWS EC2
  • AWS VPC
  • SonarQube
  • Docker Swarm

Certification

  • AWS Solutions Architect, 2024
  • Azure Administrator, 2024
  • Solution Architect Expert, 2024
  • ITIL Foundation, 2011
  • Cyber Security Analyst Certified, 2024

Core Competencies

DevOps, DevSecOps, SRE, SLO, SLI, GCP, AWS, Kubernetes development, Helm Chart, Jenkins, CI/CD, upgrade, Code review, AWS DevOps, code build, code deploy, code commit, codepipeline, ECR, Groovy, Shell script, Golang, Azure DevOps, GCR, Container Security, Cloud Security, Prisma, Sysdig, Newrelic, Technical Documentation, Communication, ETL, Technical Lead, Reporting, Training, SAST, DAST, Docker swarm, Linux, Solaris, Vcs, vxvm, DevOps, DevSecOps, GCP, Terraform, AWS EKS, AKS, GKE, Kubernetes development, Helm Chart, Jenkins, CI/CD, upgrade, Code review, Groovy, Shell script, Golang, Azure DevOps, GCR, Container Security, Businesses Experience, SDLC, Agile, SCRUM, Jira, Kibana, ITIL, Change management, Bigdata, HDFS, MAP Reduce, Jenkins, Ansible, Linux, Docker, Kubernetes, Hadoop, GKE, EKS, AKS, AWS ECR, Docker, FluentD, ELK, VM, Monitoring, Logging, SQL, UNIX, Golang, Shell Script, Groovy, YAML, Python, Core Java, R, Shell Script, DATAPROC, MS-Teams, Oracle, SQL Server, Zoom, Visio, Office 365, ServiceNow, BMC Remedy, Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios, Sysdig, Prisma, SCOM, SCCM, Apache Spark, PySpark, HDFS, Scala, DynamoDB, snowflake, AWS Cognito, AWS CloudWatch, AWS EC2, AWS VPC, Terraform, SonarQube, Docker Swarm

Timeline

DevOps Engineer | SRE

Unisys
03.2024 - Current

Cloud Infrastructure Engineer | SRE

LTIMindtree
02.2023 - 01.2024

Unix Linux Administrator | SRE

Ibasis
08.2022 - 12.2022

Senior System Administrator | SRE

AIB
05.2021 - 04.2022

DevOps Engineer | SRE

HSBC
12.2016 - 03.2021

Assistant Manager|System Admin

vodafone
07.2014 - 12.2016

Linux| System Admin

Wellsfargo
05.2014 - 06.2014

Infrastructure Administrator

Mphasis Ltd
03.2011 - 12.2013

Masters -

Osmania University

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