Gowthami M
Senior Software Engineer-Devops
Mangalore
Summary
Dynamic DevOps Engineer with over 5 years of experience delivering highly available cloud-based SaaS solutions, specializing in AWS and Azure DevOps. Expertise in CI/CD pipeline development, infrastructure and process automation, and application containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes. Proven ability to troubleshoot across Windows and Linux environments, ensuring optimal application performance and reliability while driving continuous improvement. Recognized for strong leadership skills, effectively communicating complex technical requirements to non-technical stakeholders and fostering collaboration within cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior software engineer-1-DevOps
AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2023 - Current
- Contributed significantly to the SaaS transformation of an enterprise product.
- Played a key role in hosting, designing, and developing multi-staged pipelines for 11+ containerized microservices hosted on Kubernetes, deployed using Helm charts across all environments (Dev to Production).
- Remediated FedRAMP POA&M items.
- Collaborated with the security team to remediate container image vulnerabilities detected via AWS ECR and CrowdStrike, thereby supporting a shift-left security strategy and runtime protection.
- Initiated and implemented unit tests and code coverage in the CI pipeline, across React, Python, and C# codebases using test frameworks like Jest, Pytest, and dotnet test.
- Deployed Karpenter for EKS node autoscaling across all clusters, leading to infrastructure cost reduction.
- Implemented 60% Spot Instances usage in lower environments to optimize cost, while ensuring high availability by implementing Kubernetes pod anti-affinity rules, Pod Disruption Budgets (PDB), and other strategies.
- Deployed a Kubernetes-based Selenium Grid for automated testing.
- Built reusable Terraform modules for consistent AWS infrastructure provisioning.
- Provisioned Kubernetes dashboard with RBAC for different internal user groups.
- Contributed to the architectural decision-making and deployment of a WebSocket-based chatbot on Amazon EKS.
- Experienced in deploying GPU-based workloads on EKS clusters for chatbot and AI/ML applications.
- Developed a proof of concept for a self-managed Redis cluster on EKS.
Software engineer-2-DevOps
AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2022 - 12.2022
- Worked on applying S3 lifecycle policies to Optimize S3 storage cost.
- Automated Azure agent service account rotation using PowerShell.
- Developed PowerShell scripts to take remote DB backups and store it in S3.
- Performed Docker image patching and EKS cluster upgrades.
- Performed SonarQube upgrade activity with minimum downtime.
- Experienced in working for Production Go live and Product releases.
Software engineer-1-DevOps
AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2021 - 12.2021
- Led the migration of build servers from Windows Server 2012 to 2016 and also optimized build time of the pipelines.
- Integrated SonarQube and MEND with pipelines (Code Quality and SCA) and managed SonarQube upgrades.
- Automated integration of Application Load Balancers (ALB) with web applications.
- Automated Pendo integration with the product.
DevOps engineer Intern
AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2020 - 12.2020
- Served as a key member of the Process Automation team, automating IIS site configuration using PowerShell scripting and AWS CLI.
- Implemented a cost optimization project by automating bulk package cleanup using Azure REST APIs and enforced feed retention policy, saving $28,824 annually.
- Automated EC2 start/stop cycles based on scheduled usage, reducing compute costs.
- Developing and maintaining CICD pipelines.
Education
B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Bengaluru, India01.2020
Skills
Expertise in Azure DevOps
Proficient in Terraform for cloud infrastructure
Proficient in PowerShell and Bash scripting
Expert in managing AWS infrastructure
Certification
AWS Certified Solution Architect Associate
Awards
Spot Award - Invent and simplify x3, Team Award - FedRAMP ATO Achievement, Team Award - CrowdStrike outage recovery
Timeline
Senior software engineer-1-DevOps
AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2023 - Current
Software engineer-2-DevOps
AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2022 - 12.2022
Software engineer-1-DevOps
AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2021 - 12.2021
DevOps engineer Intern
AURIGO SOFTWARE TECHNOLOGIES
01.2020 - 12.2020
B.E. - Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering
R V COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING