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TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES
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AE GOUTHAMI

Hyderabad

Summary

Experienced Lead Cloud Automation Engineer with 15 years in designing and automating secure, scalable cloud infrastructure. Improved system performance and cost efficiency through automation and best practices. Focused on delivering resilient services across multi-cloud environments (AWS, Azure, OCI) while leading teams and driving enterprise-level transformation.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Lead Cloud Automation Engineer

Experian
Hyderabad
01.2024 - Current

• Specialize in re-architecting legacy applications and infrastructure to
cloud-native and hybrid models, improving system performance, resilience,
and operational efficiency
• Managed NA Health Windows patching and Linux server decommissioning
activities, ensuring compliance and minimal disruption
• Led Splunk and Cribl log onboarding for centralized observability across
cloud and on-premise workloads
• Drove cloud vulnerability remediation programs, ensuring timely patching
and hardening of EC2 instances and cloud resources
• Automated snapshot backup strategies for critical workloads, ensuring
data protection and disaster recovery readiness
• Provisioned EC2 instances using EEC golden AMIs, enforcing standardized,
security-hardened server builds
• Built and maintained multi-branch Jenkins pipelines for CI/CD across
multiple application teams and environments
• Integrated SonarQube scanning into CI/CD pipelines for automated code
quality and security analysis
• Developed ServiceNow (SNOW) shared libraries for common automation use
cases including change management, incident creation, and CMDB updates
• Drive cost optimization, reliability, and observability by implementing
automated provisioning, monitoring, and compliance controls
• Mentor engineers, review automation designs, and promote an automation-first,
reliability-focused culture while consistently delivering
• Designed reusable automation frameworks for multi-account AWS and
multi-subscription Azure environments
• Implemented cloud governance, security, and cost controls across AWS and Azure platforms

  • Designed automated workflows to streamline data processing tasks.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify automation opportunities.
  • Developed and maintained scripts for system integration and data transfer.

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Oracle India pvt ltd
Hyderabad
01.2021 - 01.2024
  • Optimized cloud infrastructure performance resulting in 99.99% uptime for all OCI services.
  • Improved site reliability by 25% through the development and implementation of automated monitoring and alerting systems.
  • Ensure the integrity, performance, reliability, and cost-effectiveness of cloud-based infrastructure and related systems supporting applications and platforms.
  • Oversaw software development, maintained performance, and resolved escalated site reliability issues.
  • Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by 20% by implementing cost optimization strategies.
  • Researched industry best practices and managed resources to enhance team capabilities.

Devops Artifact Management

HSBC Software Development Pvt Ltd
Hyderabad
11.2016 - 01.2021
  • Implemented automated remediation systems, reducing manual intervention in incident response by 75%.
  • Reduced average response time for critical incidents by 50%.
  • Developed and maintained monitoring and alerting systems, enabling proactive incident detection.
  • Ensured reliability and performance of cloud-based infrastructure, enhancing system availability.
  • Participated in on-call rotations, addressing site reliability issues to minimize downtime.

Devops Tech Lead

Cognizant
Hyderabad
09.2014 - 11.2016
  • Automated incremental build and deployment processes using ANT and Jenkins, enhancing deployment consistency.
  • Implemented build management and deployed releases across various test environments to streamline release processes.
  • Developed and maintained monitoring and alerting systems to ensure system reliability and performance.
  • Scheduling releases, deployment and rollback of releases in various environments.
  • Prepare, validate and update Installation Manual and the Release Notes for every release.
  • Performed administrative tasks and managed housekeeping activities on Unix platform.

DevOps Engineer

Polaris Financial technology Ltd
Hyderabad
04.2011 - 09.2014
  • Scheduled releases, deployed updates, and rolled back changes across multiple environments to ensure system stability.
  • Deployment of releases across different test environments.
  • Troubleshot RTC, SVN, and VSS activities to resolve issues efficiently.
  • Performed administration and housekeeping tasks on Unix platform to maintain optimal system performance.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - IT

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Nandyal
04-2010

Skills

Automation at Scale

Designed reusable automation frameworks for multi-account AWS and multi-subscription Azure environments; built multi-branch Jenkins pipelines and ServiceNow shared libraries to eliminate manual toil

Observability & Log Management

Drove Splunk and Cribl log onboarding for centralized observability; implemented automated monitoring, alerting, and remediation — reducing manual incident intervention by 75%

Cloud Security & Compliance

Managed cloud vulnerability remediation, NA Health Windows patching, and server decommissioning; enforced governance and cost controls across multi-cloud platforms

Cost Optimization

Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by 20-25% through right-sizing, snapshot backup strategies, and golden AMI standardization

Python Automation & AI/ML Integration
Proficient in Python for infrastructure automation, scripting, and building cloud-native tooling; experienced with Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, ReAct Agents, and LangGraph for developing AI/ML-powered DevOps solutions and intelligent automation workflows

Event-Driven Architecture & Serverless

Developed event-driven solutions using AWS Lambda, SQS, Dead Letter Queues(DLQ), and DynamoDB for decoupled, resilient, and scalable workflows

Technical Leadership & Mentorship

Mentor engineers, review automation designs, and promote an automation-first, reliability-focused culture; trained new SREs and led cross-functional DevOps teams across 15 years of experience

TOOLS & TECHNOLOGIES

Cloud Platforms          : AWS, Azure, OCI
AWS Services             : EC2, S3, Lambda, SQS, DLQ, DynamoDB, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, IAM, VPC,     EBS, Route53, SNS, API Gateway, Step Functions, Bedrock, EventBridge, Secrets Manager, Systems Manager (SSM), CloudTrail, Config, GuardDuty, WAF, ECS, ECR, EKS, CodePipeline, Cost Explorer
AWS AI/ML & Agents   : Amazon Bedrock, LangChain, ReAct Agents, LangGraph, Prompt Engineering, RAG
Azure Services               :  Azure DevOps, Azure VMs, Azure Monitor
IaC & Configuration      : Terraform, Ansible, Puppet, Chef, CloudFormation

CI/CD                             : Jenkins (multi-branch pipelines), TeamCity, SonarQube, Nexus, JFrog Artifactory
Build Tools                    : Maven, ANT, NANT
Containers & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker
Version Control             : Git, SVN, PVCS, VSS, RTC
Scripting & Languages  : Python, Shell/Bash, PowerShell, SQL
Monitoring & Observability: Splunk, Cribl, Grafana, Kibana, Wily, CloudWatch, Dynatrace
Log Management          : Splunk, Cribl, ELK Stack
ITSM & Workflow           : ServiceNow (SNOW), JIRA, Control-M
Security & Compliance   : SonarQube, Vulnerability Remediation,Golden AMI / EEC Images, Cloud Governance
 Operating Systems        : Linux (RHEL, CentOS, Ubuntu), Unix, Windows Server
 Databases                      : DynamoDB, SQL Server, Oracle DB
 Methodologies               : Agile, Scrum (Scrum Master), DevOps, SRE, ITIL

Certification

  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate
  • Lean Six Sigma Yellow Belt Certified
  • OCI Foundations Associate
  • FLEX - Leadership Training Program

Accomplishments

  • Achieved 99.99% uptime for all OCI services through infrastructure optimization
  • Reduced critical incident response time by 50% at HSBC
  • Cut manual incident intervention by 75% via automated remediation systems
  • Reduced cloud infrastructure costs by 20% through optimization strategies
  • Improved site reliability by 25% with automated monitoring and alerting
  • Reduced deployment time by 50% through process automation
  • Reduced system downtime by 40% through complex problem-solving

AWARDS

  • Employee of the Year
  • Cloud Innovation Award

Timeline

Lead Cloud Automation Engineer

Experian
01.2024 - Current

Senior Site Reliability Engineer

Oracle India pvt ltd
01.2021 - 01.2024

Devops Artifact Management

HSBC Software Development Pvt Ltd
11.2016 - 01.2021

Devops Tech Lead

Cognizant
09.2014 - 11.2016

DevOps Engineer

Polaris Financial technology Ltd
04.2011 - 09.2014

Bachelor of Technology - IT

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
AE GOUTHAMI