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Pavan kumar Thopugunta

@pavankumarthopugunta

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Cloud/DevOps Engineer with expertise in Azure and AWS.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I am seeking a role that fosters innovation, collaboration, and growth in cloud technologies.

I am a Cloud/DevOps Engineer with over 6 years of experience in IT, specializing in Azure and AWS. My expertise lies in automating CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, Terraform, and PowerShell, ensuring efficient infrastructure management and deployment. I have hands-on experience with Azure IaaS/PaaS, including VM provisioning, networking, and Cosmos DB, which has allowed me to deliver high-quality solutions to my clients.

Throughout my career, I have successfully managed and supported Azure Kubernetes infrastructure, implementing security measures and optimizing performance. I have developed robust automation scripts in Python and PowerShell, significantly improving deployment processes. My strong background in both Linux and Windows systems, along with proficiency in various databases, enables me to tackle diverse challenges in cloud environments effectively.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Azure DevOps Engineer

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Wells Fargo

Jan 2024 - Present (1 year 6 months)

Administered and supported the company's Azure Kubernetes infrastructure, ensuring security, resilience, and performance while coordinating complete DevOps activities with the development team. Configured Azure web apps, App services, Application Insights, Application Gateway, DNS, and Traffic Manager, implementing REST services with Golang and microservices architecture.

Azure Kubernetes DevOps CI CD PowerShell Golang Ansible Jenkins Docker Chef Maven Bitbucket Bamboo SonarQube Artifactory Splunk Selenium GitHub Nexus Websphere Istio HTTPS Ingress Controller

GCP DevOps Engineer

Parkland Health and Hospital Systems

Oct 2023 - Dec 2023 (2 months)

Designed, deployed, and managed scalable and secure infrastructure using GCP services like Compute Engine, Cloud Storage, VPC, Cloud Functions, and Cloud SQL. Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration with Terraform, GCP Deployment Manager, and Python/Shell scripting, building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Cloud Build, and Cloud Source Repositories.

GCP Compute Cloud Storage VPC Cloud Functions Cloud SQL Terraform Python Shell Scripting Jenkins Cloud Build IAM KMS GKE Docker Kubernetes

Cloud Engineer

Providence Global Centre

Sep 2020 - Jun 2023 (2 years 9 months)

Provided high availability for IaaS VMs and PaaS role instances with Azure Internal Load Balancer and automated deployments using Cloud Formation. Utilized Azure OMS & Power BI for visualizing activities and worked on Azure App Insights, Alerts, and Log Analytics for monitoring.

Azure Azure OMS Power BI Terraform Jenkins Ansible Chef Docker Kubernetes VMWare Splunk Oracle Apache Tomcat Nginx Nexus GitHub

System Engineer - Automation

VST Industries Ltd.

Jul 2019 - Aug 2020 (1 year 1 month)

Managed user accounts and automated administration tasks using Perl and shell scripting, working on JBoss, Apache, Mail Server, and Firewall in development and production environments. Developed OpenStack infrastructure with automation and configuration management tools like Puppet and custom-built cloud-hosted applications.

Perl Shell Scripting Git OpenStack Puppet JBoss Apache Firewalls BASH Ruby Python PowerShell Kubernetes Docker Ansible Jenkins Groovy Azure

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of North Texas

Masters, Information Technology

Completed a Masters in Information Technology, focusing on advanced topics and practical applications within the field. Gained expertise in various IT domains relevant to modern technological landscapes.