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KVS Siva Kumar

@kvssivakumar

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Senior DevOps and Platform Engineer securing and operating cloud-native systems on AWS at scale.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking for a remote-first team where I can own platform reliability and security, modernize CI/CD, and improve developer experience—while driving measurable outcomes in uptime, rollout safety, observability, and cost efficiency.

I’m a Senior DevOps and Platform Engineer with 4+ years of experience designing, securing, and operating large-scale cloud-native systems. I’ve owned AWS infrastructure and production Kubernetes workloads, while driving SOC 2 compliance initiatives that improve readiness and operational trust.

I lead platform engineering initiatives that boost reliability, security, and developer experience—contributing to 75% SOC 2 audit readiness through GuardDuty, Security Hub, and automated vulnerability scanning. I also modernize CI/CD with GitHub Actions, Terraform, and AWS CDK, achieving a 3x increase in release velocity and safer rollouts using canary and blue-green strategies on EKS.

I bring strong SRE practices and cloud security into day-to-day operations, including observability improvements (reducing alert noise by 30% and improving MTTA by 25%) and cost optimization (35%+ AWS savings via compute right-sizing, Graviton migration, and log lifecycle management). I enjoy building high-throughput systems with Go, AWS Lambda, and SQS, and collaborating cross-functionally—from incidents and production features to identity federation and backend modernization.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Software Engineer (DevOps)

Current

Premium Parking - Xebia

Jul 2023 - Present (2 years 10 months)

Owned AWS cloud infrastructure and drove SOC 2 audit readiness (75%) using GuardDuty and Security Hub while modernizing CI/CD to achieve 3x release velocity with Terraform and AWS CDK. Built and operated EKS deployments with canary/blue-green strategies, implemented async Go pipelines (2M+ messages/day), improved observability (alert noise -30%, MTTA +25%), and delivered 35%+ AWS cost savings.

AWS Terraform AWS CDK CI CD Pipelines OIDC Prometheus Cloudwatch Go

Associate Software Engineer

Premium Parking - Xebia

Jul 2022 - Jun 2023 (11 months)

Migrated production Ruby on Rails and PostgreSQL workloads from Heroku to AWS, reducing latency by 35% using blue-green deployments. Supported Terraform/AWS CDK infrastructure and operational automation including encrypted backup/restore (80% less manual effort), automated DNS/TLS management with Route 53/PowerDNS, and improvements to PostgreSQL and Sidekiq performance.

AWS Terraform AWS CDK EKS Helm Ruby on Rails PostgreSQL Jenkins Route 53 KMS

Product Intern

Xebia

Sep 2021 - Jun 2022 (9 months)

Built internal cloud-native tooling with AWS CDK to reduce backend setup time for new services. Developed backend services using Go and AWS Lambda and contributed to CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions and Docker to improve onboarding and release workflows.

AWS CDK AWS Lambda Go Docker Backend Development Cloud Native Workflows Automation

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

CMR Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Computer Science and Technology

2022 -

Activities and societies: First Place, Cybersecurity Capture the Flag (Inter-department competition); Winner, Inter-department Basketball Skills.

B.Tech in Computer Science and Technology at CMR Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, beginning Jan 2022. Recognized with first-place achievement in a cybersecurity capture-the-flag competition.