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Poojitha Soma

@poojithasoma

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I build reliable multi-cloud DevOps platforms with Kubernetes, Terraform, and automated CI/CD.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I'm looking to build reliable cloud platforms and deployment pipelines where I can apply Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, observability, and automation to improve stability, reduce manual work, and support secure multi-cloud operations.

I'm currently supporting Scholastic's AWS and Azure infrastructure with Terraform, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Grafana, and HashiCorp Vault. I build reusable infrastructure modules, automate delivery workflows, and help maintain reliable production platforms.

At NTT Data, I engineered AWS platforms and CI/CD pipelines that reduced deployment time by 40% and eliminated 70% of manual release activities. I automated infrastructure across EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EKS, RDS, and CloudWatch while supporting zero-downtime Kubernetes deployments.

I also bring hands-on Linux infrastructure experience from Extra Marks Education, where I administered RHEL and CentOS servers, networking services, patching, capacity planning, and operational automation.

I'm a Google Cloud Associate Cloud Engineer certified DevOps professional who enjoys improving platform stability through infrastructure as code, observability, secrets management, and practical Python and Bash automation.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

DevOps Engineer (Contract)

Current

Scholastic

Jan 2026 - Present (7 months)

Provisioned and managed cloud infrastructure using Terraform across AWS and Azure, building reusable IaC modules. Supported Kubernetes platform operations on AKS and EKS, implemented GitOps workflows with ArgoCD and GitHub Actions, and configured observability with Prometheus and Grafana.

Terraform AWS Azure Kubernetes AKS Helm ArgoCD GitHub Actions Python BASH Prometheus Grafana Linux

DevOps Engineer

NTT Data

Nov 2021 - Nov 2023 (2 years)

Engineered and operated AWS cloud platforms using Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), Jenkins, Docker, and GitHub Actions. Designed CI/CD pipelines reducing deployment time by 40% and eliminating 70% of manual release activities, and automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform.

AWS EC2 VPC IAM S3 RDS Cloudwatch Terraform Kubernetes Docker Helm Jenkins GitHub Actions Python BASH Prometheus Grafana PostgreSQL MySQL Linux

Infrastructure Engineer

Extra Marks Education Pvt. Ltd.

Jul 2020 - Oct 2021 (1 year 3 months)

Administered Linux (RHEL/CentOS) servers, automated tasks with Bash scripting, and configured networking services. Performed server patching, capacity planning, and performance tuning to maintain secure and highly available environments.