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Pravalika Sherkhanpally

@pravalikasherkhanpal

Azure Cloud Engineer at American Express who developed reusable Terraform modules and templates that cut infrastructure provisioning time by 30%.

Canada

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At American Express, I design and manage Azure infrastructure for enterprise workloads. I developed reusable Terraform modules and ARM/Bicep templates that reduced provisioning time by 30% and improved deployment consistency.

I also support secure, reliable cloud operations through Azure networking and governance, CI/CD automation, monitoring, and disaster recovery. Earlier, at Accenture, I supported Azure infrastructure and production incidents, and at Cognizant I developed Java applications and REST APIs as an intern.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

Current

Azure Cloud Engineer

Current

American Express

Jan 2025 - Present (1 year 9 months)

Designed and managed Azure infrastructure including VMs, VMSS, Storage, Azure SQL, VNets, NSGs, Load Balancers, and Private Endpoints. Built reusable Terraform modules and ARM/Bicep templates, reducing provisioning time by 30% and improving deployment consistency.

Cloud Engineer

Accenture

Nov 2021 - Nov 2023 (2 years)

Managed and supported Microsoft Azure infrastructure including Virtual Machines, VNets, NSGs, Storage Accounts, Azure SQL, and App Services. Provided L2 production support and implemented security controls using Microsoft Entra ID, RBAC, and Key Vault.

Azure Terraform ARM Templates Azure CLI PowerShell Azure DevOps GitHub Actions Jenkins Microsoft Entra ID RBAC Managed Identities Key Vaults NSG Azure Policy Microsoft Defender for Cloud Python

Java Developer (Intern)

Cognizant

Jun 2021 - Oct 2021 (4 months)

Developed and maintained Java applications using Core Java, OOP, Collections, and Java 8 features. Built REST APIs with Spring Boot and worked with SQL databases, Git, and Maven in Agile/Scrum environments.

Java Spring Boot REST APIs SQL Git GitHub Maven Agile Scrum

Education

Degrees, certifications, and relevant coursework

University of Windsor

Master of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering

2024 - 2025

Pursued a Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Windsor from January 2024 to April 2025.

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900), Cloud Fundamentals

Earned the Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) certification.

SAP

SAP S/4HANA Materials Management (MM), Materials Management

Earned the SAP S/4HANA Materials Management (MM) certification.

SQL

SQL, Database

Completed a SQL certification.

Python Programming

Python Programming, Programming

Completed a Python Programming certification.

VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology

Bachelor of Technology, Electrical and Electronics Engineering

2017 - 2021

Earned a Bachelor of Technology in Electrical and Electronics Engineering from VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of Engineering and Technology from May 2017 to July 2021.