# Appunni Muralidharan

Appunni Muralidharan is a remote worker on Himalayas, Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo, based in United States.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@appunnimuralidharan

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Senior Software Engineer at Yahoo, operating its internal CI/CD platform and migrating artifact management to SaaS.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | United States |
| Authorized to work in | United States |
| Salary expectations | 200k+ USD |
| Job categories | Site Reliability Engineer, Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer |
| Skills | Kubernetes, Multi cloud Infrastructure, CI CD, Cloud Native Platforms, Quota Management, Policy Enforcement, Solution Design, Streaming Solutions, Site Reliability Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, Infrastructure as Code, Service Onboarding, Security and Compliance, AWS, Azure |
| LinkedIn | https://linkedin.com/in/appunni |

## About

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At Yahoo, I own and operate Screwdriver, the internal CI/CD platform supporting build and deployment workflows across engineering teams. I’m also leading the migration of on-prem JFrog Artifactory to a SaaS solution, designing MVP migration pipelines and analyzing cost and effort.

At Microsoft, I extended the Kubernetes API for cross-cluster resource quota management and established centralized security and operational policy enforcement with OPA Gatekeeper. I also automated Azure Monitor provisioning for new regions, reducing go-live time by over 80%.

Earlier, I designed custom live and on-demand streaming solutions for media clients including Fox, CBS, NBC, Viacom, and Hulu at Akamai Technologies. Across subsequent infrastructure roles, I worked on CI/CD pipelines, container migrations, and service onboarding using tools including CircleCI, Helm, Spinnaker, Jenkins, Docker, and ECS.
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## Experience

### Senior Software Engineer (current)

Yahoo. Nov 2025 - Present

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Own and operate Yahoo's internal CI/CD platform, Screwdriver, supporting build and deployment workflows. Lead migration of on-prem JFrog Artifactory to SaaS, designing MVP pipelines and running cost analysis.
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Skills: Screwdriver, CI-CD, JFrog-Artifactory, Migration, Cost-Analysis, On-Call, Incident-Management

### Site Reliability Engineer 2

[Microsoft](https://himalayas.app/companies/microsoft). Aug 2020 - Jul 2025

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Extended Kubernetes API for resource quota management and enforced security compliance with OPA Gatekeeper. Automated Azure Monitor provisioning, reducing go-live time by over 80%.
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Skills: Kubernetes, OPA-Gatekeeper, Azure, azure-monitor, Automation, Security, Compliance, Customer-Onboarding

### Senior Site Reliability Engineer

[Cruise](https://himalayas.app/companies/cruise-llc). Mar 2019 - Feb 2020

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Enhanced deployment pipeline speed by migrating data infrastructure to CircleCI, Helm, and Spinnaker. Improved database security with Vault-based credentials and optimized storage costs using Datadog.
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Skills: CircleCi, Helm, Spinnaker, Vault, Datadog, GCS, S3, Database-Security, Cost-Optimization

### DevOps Engineer

Beckon, Inc. Nov 2016 - Feb 2019

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Implemented Jenkins 2.0-based CI/CD pipeline, reducing deployment time by 75%. Migrated production to Docker and ECS, maintaining SOC-2 compliance.
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Skills: Jenkins, CI-CD, Docker, AWS-ECS, AWS, SOC2, Security-Audits

### Senior Solutions Architect

[Akamai Technologies](https://himalayas.app/companies/akamai-technologies). Jul 2014 - Oct 2016

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Served as customer-facing technical lead for major media clients, designing custom streaming solutions. Led on-site engagements and delivered training on Akamai products.
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Skills: Solutions-Architect, Streaming, Customer-Engagement, Technical-Training, On-Site-Engagements, Upselling

## Education

### University of Colorado – Boulder

M.S., Telecommunications. 2012 - 2014. Grade: 3.5

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M.S. in Telecommunications from the University of Colorado – Boulder, completed with a GPA of 3.5.
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### AWS

AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate), Cloud Architecture

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AWS Certified Solutions Architect (Associate) certification.
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### Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate, Artificial Intelligence

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Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate certification.
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### Cochin University of Science and Technology

B.Tech., Computer Engineering. Grade: 3.5

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B.Tech. in Computer Engineering from Cochin University of Science and Technology, with a GPA of 3.5.
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## Tech stack

- Kubernetes
- Helm
- Jenkins
- CircleCI
- Terraform
- JFrog Artifactory
- Python
- Go
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Azure Monitor
- Datadog
- Ansible
- Docker
- Screwdriver
- Vault
- Spinnaker

To contact Appunni, message them from this profile with a Himalayas employer account: [Hire on Himalayas](https://himalayas.app/hire).

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