Ratna Pradeep Vattikalla

I’m an Azure Cloud Engineer with 5+ years focused on building cloud automation, infrastructure provisioning, and deployment management that delivers optimized, scalable, and cost-efficient outcomes. Over 7 years of IT experience, I specialize in designing architectures that meet enterprise governance, resiliency, and fault-tolerance expectations.

I architect and operate high-availability, cloud-native solutions on Microsoft Azure—managing networking security and hybrid connectivity with components like VPN Gateways, ExpressRoute, NSGs, and Private Endpoints. I also design event-driven integrations using Azure API Management, Service Bus, Event Grid, and Logic Apps with enforced security controls through Managed Identities, Azure Key Vault, Azure Policy, and Defender for Cloud.

I’m hands-on with Kubernetes and containers, deploying and running AKS workloads with autoscaling, security hardening, and streamlined image management via Azure Container Registry. I build CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and automate infrastructure provisioning through Terraform and ARM Templates to reduce deployment time and ensure consistent environments.

I drive operational excellence with proactive monitoring and troubleshooting using Azure Monitor, Grafana, and Datadog, while enforcing secure access via Azure Active Directory and RBAC. I also lead cost optimization initiatives and implement disaster recovery using Azure Backup and Azure Site Recovery to support rapid recovery and minimal business disruption.