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Aravind Pavirala

Hyderabad

Summary

Seasoned DevOps Engineer with a proven track record at Deutsche Bank, enhancing deployment efficiency by 30% through Terraform and Ansible. Expert in AWS, Kubernetes, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. Skilled in automating and optimizing cloud infrastructure, demonstrating leadership in high-stakes environments.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
2
2
years of post-secondary education

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Deutsche Bank
Pune
07.2023 - 11.2024
  • Designed and managed scalable, secure cloud infrastructure on AWS
  • Developed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, ensuring automated testing and reliable deployments
  • Enhanced system reliability with monitoring and logging solutions using Prometheus
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible, increasing deployment efficiency by 30%
  • Collaborated with security teams to integrate compliance and best practices
  • Mentored junior engineers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement

Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Virtusa
Hyderabad
05.2021 - 07.2023
  • Developed and maintained tools for infrastructure automation and continuous delivery
  • Managed Kubernetes clusters, ensuring high availability and scalability
  • Optimized system performance, reducing latency by 25% through effective troubleshooting
  • Designed disaster recovery strategies with automated backup solutions
  • Streamlined workflows with development teams, reducing deployment time by 40%
  • Administered Linux systems with 99.9% uptime for production environments
  • Created Bash and Python scripts for system automation and reporting

Senior Analyst

Dell Technologies
Hyderabad
06.2017 - 04.2021
  • Built and managed Hadoop clusters in Performance and Production environments
  • Installed, upgraded, and patched Cloudera CDH distributions
  • Monitored clusters and optimized performance, adding nodes/services as required
  • Provided L3 production support, troubleshooting job and environmental issues
  • Delivered on-call support for Hadoop jobs, ensuring timely issue resolution
  • Collaborated with vendors for job recovery and assisted developers with deployments

WebLogic Administrator

Cognizant
Hyderabad
11.2012 - 06.2017
  • Managed Development, Integration, and Production environments for critical applications
  • Troubleshot server issues, high CPU usage, and performed JVM tuning
  • Deployed EAR and WAR files manually and via automated hosting platforms
  • Resolved incidents, implemented changes, and ensured SLA compliance using ticketing tools
  • Provided 24/7 support for critical system operations, including backups during OS patching

Education

Master’s Degree - Wireless Networking

Glasgow Caledonian University
UK
09.2007 - 09.2009

Skills

  • AWS
  • Google Cloud (GCP)
  • Jenkins
  • GitHub
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Python
  • Bash
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Git
  • MySQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • Infrastructure hardening
  • Compliance
  • Auditing
  • DNS
  • TCP/IP
  • Load balancing
  • Cloudera CDH
  • HDFS
  • Yarn
  • Hive
  • Impala
  • HBase
  • Sqoop
  • Kafka
  • Spark
  • Apache Webserver
  • WebLogic
  • WebSphere
  • JBoss

Certification

  • Google Cloud Certified: Associate Cloud Engineer
  • ITIL Foundation Certified

Accomplishments

  • Designed and deployed fault-tolerant infrastructure supporting 1M+ daily transactions.
  • Reduced deployment failures by 50% with robust CI/CD pipeline implementation.
  • Automated 80% of infrastructure provisioning, saving 20+ hours weekly for the operations team.

Projects

Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Automation, Developed reusable Terraform modules for multi-cloud environments, reducing provisioning time by 40%. Centralized Logging System, Implemented an ELK stack for real-time log analysis across 200+ servers. Containerized Applications, Migrated legacy applications to Docker containers, improving scalability and reducing deployment time.

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

Deutsche Bank
07.2023 - 11.2024

Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Virtusa
05.2021 - 07.2023

Senior Analyst

Dell Technologies
06.2017 - 04.2021

WebLogic Administrator

Cognizant
11.2012 - 06.2017

Master’s Degree - Wireless Networking

Glasgow Caledonian University
09.2007 - 09.2009
Aravind Pavirala