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Himamshu Velamakuri

Hyderabad

Summary

Results-driven Azure Cloud & DevOps Engineer with a proven track record at Elabs Infotech, enhancing CI/CD workflows and reducing deployment time by 30%. Skilled in Azure DevOps and effective communication, I excel in automating cloud administration and mentoring teams to achieve SLA-driven performance.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Azure Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Elabs Infotech
05.2022 - Current
  • Company Overview: Client: LTI Mindtree
  • DevOps Automation:
  • - Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for provisioning infrastructure and application deployments.
  • - Integrated GitHub and Azure Repos for version control and collaborated with development teams.
  • - Automated deployments using ARM templates, YAML pipelines, and service connections.
  • - Wrote Helm charts and used Docker to containerize internal applications deployed to AKS.
  • - Planned releases and participated in sprint-based delivery cycles.
  • Cloud Administration:
  • - Managed Azure AD: user provisioning, RBAC, MFA, and Conditional Access.
  • - Migrated on-prem Active Directory to Azure using AD Connect.
  • - Monitored Azure compute capacity across regions; conducted pre-deployment assessments.
  • - Resolved deployment failures and performed detailed RCA documentation.
  • - Managed clusters in/out of rotation and automated daily reports via Power BI.
  • Achievements:
  • - Reduced manual reporting effort by 20% through automation.
  • - Improved deployment time by 30% via optimized CI/CD workflows.

L1 Support Engineer & Azure Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services
08.2018 - 05.2022
  • Company Overview: Client: Ernst & Young
  • - Provided Tier 1 support across APAC, EMEIA, and Americas for Active Directory, VPN, MFA, and Outlook.
  • - Assisted users with Azure AD registration and device troubleshooting.
  • - Configured Azure VMs, VNets, NSGs; supported auto-scaling and load balancing.
  • - Developed internal quality trackers; trained and mentored 10+ junior associates.
  • - Resolved Linux VM issues and documented fixes.
  • Achievements:
  • - Maintained 95%+ SLA adherence consistently.
  • - Recognized by EY support leads for quality handling of VIP users.

Information Process Enabler

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2017 - 08.2018
  • - Managed updates for P&C insurance policies, including validation of customer documentation.
  • - Created process trackers for audit and quality control.
  • - Trained 36 associates on secure processing standards.
  • USAA Project

Education

Post Graduate Program in Management -

IMT Ghaziabad
01.2022

Bachelor of Commerce - Accountancy & Taxation

VSKUB University
01.2017

Skills

  • - Cloud Administration: Azure Active Directory, RBAC, Conditional Access, Azure VMs, VNet, NSG, AD Connect, Azure Portal
  • CI/CD pipelines
  • Infrastructure provisioning
  • Cloud administration
  • Containerization
  • Active Directory management
  • Employee training
  • Problem solving
  • Version control systems
  • - DevOps Tools & Automation: Azure DevOps, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes (AKS), Helm Charts, Maven, PowerShell, YAML
  • - CI/CD Pipelines: Automated infrastructure deployment using Azure Pipelines and ARM templates
  • - Incident & Capacity Management: Deployment failure RCA, compute capacity monitoring, escalation handling
  • - Reporting & Dashboards: Power BI, Excel, ServiceNow, automated progress and capacity dashboards
  • - Systems & Networking: Windows Server, Linux, VPN, DNS, IP routing, remote access tools
  • - Soft Skills: Effective communicator, stakeholder engagement, mentoring, SLA-driven performance
  • Azure AD, Azure Portal, Azure DevOps, AD Connect, Power BI, YAML, Helm, AKS, Docker, GitHub, Excel, ARM Templates, ServiceNow, Outlook, Windows OS, Linux, Networking Fundamentals (VPN, DNS, IP Routing)

Certification

  • - Microsoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900) - 2023
  • - Windows Server Administrator (2016) - 2020
  • - ITIL Foundation Certification - 2018
  • - Lean Six Sigma Green Belt - 2019
  • - Agile Foundation Certification - 2018

Timeline

Azure Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Elabs Infotech
05.2022 - Current

L1 Support Engineer & Azure Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services
08.2018 - 05.2022

Information Process Enabler

Tata Consultancy Services
09.2017 - 08.2018

Post Graduate Program in Management -

IMT Ghaziabad

Bachelor of Commerce - Accountancy & Taxation

VSKUB University
Himamshu Velamakuri