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Raghavendra Rao

@raghavendrarao

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Lead DevOps architect delivering secure CI/CD, Kubernetes automation, and resilient cloud operations.

India

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What I'm looking for

I’m looking to lead DevSecOps and GitOps-driven delivery for high-availability, cloud-native systems—optimizing CI/CD, Kubernetes automation, and IaC while mentoring teams and improving resilience through monitoring and blameless postmortems.

I’m a Lead DevOps architect and Certified DevOps Engineer with 16+ years of experience optimizing, automating, and supporting mission-critical deployments in high-availability environments. I focus on CI/CD excellence, infrastructure as code, and embedding security best practices into everyday delivery.

In my current role as Senior DevOps, I architect GitHub Actions workflows that auto-generate and publish OpenAPI specs for 40+ microservices, eliminating documentation drift. I also designed an 8-way parallel build strategy for a 40+ microservice monorepo with smarter change detection, caching, and a SonarQube compliance gate to reduce build times and avoid unnecessary full rebuilds.

As an Associate Manager/Technical Leader at Accenture, I led DevOps transformation across multi-cloud infrastructure and acted as Production Readiness Steward for high-availability systems. I migrated modules to Maven and introduced smart build optimization (up to 90% CI reduction), automated stale PR handling, and scaled GitOps delivery using ArgoCD for 100% environment synchronization while reducing manual deployment effort by 40%.

I build resilient platforms using IaC (OpenTofu/Terraform), integrated security tooling (Snyk, SonarQube), and centralized IAM (Keycloak and AWS IAM roles). I drive SRE culture through blameless postmortems and real-time monitoring with Prometheus/Grafana, and I back it with strong automation skills (Python utilities, Helm, Kubernetes/Helm, Jenkins) and an open-source mindset through multi-cloud EKS provisioning.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Senior DevOps

Current

Zact

Dec 2025 - Present (7 months)

Engineered a GitHub Actions workflow to auto-generate and publish OpenAPI specifications for 40+ microservices to Atlassian Compass on every release, eliminating documentation drift. Architected an 8-way parallel CI matrix build with smart change detection, Gradle/Jib caching, and a SonarQube compliance gate to reduce build times and avoid unnecessary full rebuilds.

GitHub Actions Atlassian Compass CI CD SonarQube Gradle Jib Microservices Parallel Build Optimization

Associate Manager

Accenture

Dec 2021 - Sep 2025 (3 years 9 months)

Provided technical leadership for multi-cloud (AWS/Azure) high-availability platforms, driving GitOps deployments with ArgoCD (100% environment synchronization) and integrating DevSecOps controls via Snyk and SonarQube. Optimized CI/CD by migrating modules to Maven (up to 90% CI build time reduction) and automating stale PR closure with GitHub Actions (saving ~8 hours per sprint), and built Python

AWS Azure GitHub Actions Maven Smart Builds Snyk SonarQube JFrog Artifactory

Team Leader

Amzur Infotech

Oct 2016 - Dec 2021 (5 years 2 months)

Designed and implemented a CI/CD flow using Jenkins, Bitbucket, and Artifactory, and configured SonarQube to generate code quality reports and surface bugs and security vulnerabilities. Architected a centralized .NET Core REST API for event handling and implemented Kafka-based real-time data integration using Zookeeper.

Jenkins Bitbucket Artifactory SonarQube .NET Core REST APIs Apache Kafka ZooKeeper Microservices

Senior Software Engineer

Tech Mahindra

Feb 2014 - Oct 2016 (2 years 8 months)

Collaborated with cross-functional teams to deliver high-availability solutions for mission-critical applications. Provided technical support and resolved complex issues for developers, project managers, and QA teams through code troubleshooting and quality assurance support.

High Availability Debugging Code Review Developer Support Quality Assurance

Software Engineer

NCPL

May 2012 - Jan 2014 (1 year 8 months)

Reviewed project specifications and designed technology solutions to meet high-performance expectations. Tuned database queries and optimized source code to improve readability and reusability while supporting client-side troubleshooting efforts.

Performance Engineering Database Optimization Troubleshooting Technical Design

Junior Software Engineer

IIGIS Technologies

Feb 2010 - May 2012 (2 years 3 months)

Tuned and improved software source code based on new user requirements and technical guidelines, consistently delivering within project deadlines. Worked on source-level improvements aligned to evolving requirements and delivery timelines.

Requirements Analysis Technical Guidelines Compliance Iterative Development