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Akhila Pothula

@akhilapothula

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Cloud Engineer with 4 years' experience building IaC, CI/CD, containerized deployments and automation.

India

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What I'm looking for

I seek a hands-on cloud/DevOps role where I can drive IaC, CI/CD and containerization, collaborate cross-functionally, troubleshoot production systems, and deliver scalable, cost‑efficient cloud solutions.

I am a dedicated Cloud Engineer with four years of hands-on experience designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and automation solutions. I have implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation, built Jenkins-driven pipelines, and containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes to improve deployment reliability and speed.

I collaborate across development and operations teams, troubleshoot complex production issues, and deliver cost-optimized AWS solutions. I have delivered live projects using Blue-Green deployments on EKS, built real-time monitoring systems, and hold AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner and AWS Solutions Architect – Associate certifications.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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DevOps Engineer

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HCL Technologies

Aug 2023 - Present (2 years 5 months)

Implemented configuration management with Ansible and authored Terraform modules for AWS services, containerized applications with Docker and Kubernetes reducing deployment time by 30% while optimizing cloud costs and resolving production incidents.

Ansible Terraform AWS S3 RDS SQS SNS Docker Kubernetes CI CD Cloudwatch Cost Optimization

Cloud Engineer

HCL Technologies

Aug 2021 - Aug 2023 (2 years)

Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines and managed IaC with Terraform to provision AWS resources, producing automation scripts that improved monitoring and enabled multiple client projects to go live reliably.