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Sekhar Valalla

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Cloud DevOps and Platform Engineer with 10+ years of experience.

United States

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What I'm looking for

I seek a role that fosters innovation and collaboration in cloud solutions.

I am a seasoned Senior DevOps Engineer with over 10 years of experience in cloud-based product management. My technical background in cloud infrastructure has equipped me with the skills necessary to develop and execute successful cloud product strategies. In my current role at Gaayn LLC, I have led the development and launch of five cloud-based products, resulting in a remarkable 45% increase in annual revenue.

My expertise extends to overseeing the migration of enterprise clients' legacy systems to cloud infrastructure, which improved system efficiency by 70% and reduced operational costs by 40%. I thrive in collaborative environments, working effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure the technical feasibility of complex cloud solutions. I am particularly drawn to opportunities that allow me to contribute to innovative cloud solutions, leveraging my experience in market research to inform product development strategies.

Experience

Work history, roles, and key accomplishments

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Cloud DevOps Engineer

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Gaayn LLC

Jan 2015 - Present (10 years 5 months)

Designed and deployed scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform, reducing provisioning time by 70% and supporting a 3x increase in user traffic without downtime. Automated CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Ansible, Docker and Kubernetes. Implemented monitoring and alerting with Prometheus and Grafana, decreasing incident response time by 40% and enhancing system uptime to 99.98%.

AWS Terraform Jenkins Ansible Python CI CD Cloud Solutions Automation Gitlab BASH GitLab

Cloud DevOps Engineer

Convergent Retirement

Jan 2011 - Dec 2014 (3 years 11 months)

Led the migration of over 10 critical retirement applications to the cloud, achieving 80% cost savings and 90% performance improvement by implementing AWS cloud services and leveraging CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code best practices. Coordinated the deployment of development and production environments on the AWS cloud platform.

AWS CI CD Infrastructure as Code Ansible SDLC ITIL Docker Kubernetes Linux Shell Scripting

Senior IT Consultant

IBM

Jan 2003 - Dec 2010 (7 years 11 months)

Directed end-to-end implementation of enterprise content management solutions for Fortune 500 clients, streamlining document workflows and reducing processing time by 35%. Optimized IBM FileNet system configurations, achieving 99.98% uptime and enhancing application performance for over 10,000 users across multiple business units.

Enterprise Content Management IBM FileNet System Optimization Incident Resolution IT Consulting Incident resolution

Senior IT Consultant

PRICEWATERHOUSECOOPERS LLP

Sep 1998 - Dec 2002 (4 years 3 months)

Advised Fortune 500 clients on document management and imaging solutions, streamlining workflows and reducing processing time by up to 40% across multiple departments. Led end-to-end delivery of enterprise IT projects valued at $2M+, achieving 100% on-time completion and exceeding client satisfaction benchmarks by 25%.

Document Management Imaging Solutions Project Management Digital Transformation IT Consulting

Programmer Analyst

DOCUMENT TECHNOLOGY

Jun 1995 - Sep 1998 (3 years 3 months)

Engineered and streamlined document imaging workflows, reducing processing time by 35% and accelerating data retrieval for over 10,000 records each month. Designed and deployed an automated document classification system leveraging OCR technology, boosting indexing accuracy by 40% and decreasing manual processing requirements.

Document Imaging OCR Technology Document Classification Data Retrieval Workflow Automation Data retrieval