Manideep Thota
Hyderabad
Summary
Tech Lead & DevOps Expert specializing in enterprise-scale cloud architecture and DevSecOps platforms. Delivered optimized distributed big data systems and designed multi-account AWS topologies while driving Kubernetes orchestration at scale. Developed and managed infrastructure as code, automated CI/CD pipelines, and established cloud governance, mentoring engineering teams through architectural reviews and migration strategies.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
DevOps Tech Lead (Project #6: Enterprise Platform & Big Data Modernization)
Wipro
10.2025 - Current
- Spearheaded the technical roadmap for a next-generation hybrid cloud data platform, leading a team of 6 engineers to deliver highly available infrastructure spanning multiple AWS regions.
- Designed and automated secure infrastructure for distributed AWS PySpark workloads running on EKS and EMR, cutting data processing costs by 35% using AWS Spot Instances and dynamic scaling policies.
- Led architecture team in zero-downtime migration of database and container platform, achieving platform availability of 99.99%.
- Executed GitOps-driven policy enforcement (Kyverno/OPA) and advanced RBAC for cloud environments and AWS PySpark analytics workspaces, strengthening security and compliance across shared CI/CD runners.
- Collaborated with Data Science and Engineering leaders to develop reusable Terraform modules for bootstrapping isolated AWS PySpark execution environments, incorporating AWS Secrets Manager to improve security.
- Tools: AWS, EKS, Terraform, AWS PySpark, GitHub Actions, Helm, Vault, Prometheus, Grafana, Python, AWS Security Hub, Kyverno
Senior DevOps Engineer (Project #5: Netdose)
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
08.2024 - 09.2025
- Led the design and implementation of a secure, multi-repo platform supporting 30+ teams, standardizing CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and reusable workflow templates.
- Migrated from legacy Jenkins to GitHub Actions, reducing pipeline execution time by 60% and enabling $200K annual savings through AWS Cost Explorer optimization audits.
- Deployed multi-account AWS infrastructure with Terraform (VPC, IAM, ECS, RDS, S3, Route53, ALB, WAF) and enforced security using SCPs and GuardDuty to enhance compliance and security posture.
- Implemented HashiCorp Vault for dynamic token rotation and established full-stack observability with Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry to monitor app metrics and optimize AWS PySpark cluster performance.
- Automated workflows for packaging and deploying AWS PySpark application scripts and dependencies into JFrog Artifactory, streamlining release cycle for analytics teams and reducing time to market.
- Tools: AWS, GitHub Actions, Terraform, AWS PySpark, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), CodeQL, JFrog Artifactory, SonarQube, Helm, Vault, Prometheus, Grafana, Bash, Python
DevOps Engineer (Project #4: System Integrated Information)
Tech Mahindra
09.2022 - 07.2024
- Designed and managed automated deployment pipelines using Jenkins and Docker, resulting in a 50% reduction in production deployment times.
- Provisioned cloud resources for AWS PySpark ETL tasks, managing data lake access policies and partitioning strategies on AWS S3 to enhance data processing efficiency.
- Built and maintained custom, reusable Terraform modules for VPC, EKS, RDS, and IAM, improving resource standardization by 30% across dev, QA, and production.
- Configured Kubernetes RBAC policies and cloud IAM roles, implementing centralized logging with ELK stack to secure and streamline log capture for container and analytical outputs.
- Orchestrated blue-green deployments and zero-downtime rollouts with Kubernetes ingress controls and service mesh configurations, ensuring high availability during updates.
- Tools: AWS, AWS PySpark, Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, Nexus, SonarQube, Linux, Bash Scripting, ELK Stack
DevOps Engineer (Project #3: System Integrated Information - Client: Capital Group)
Tech Mahindra
09.2022 - 07.2024
- Developed automated pipelines for provisioning temporary test clusters, enabling data analytics teams to validate AWS PySpark configurations efficiently.
- Implemented SonarQube quality gates into Jenkins pipelines to enforce strict code quality and security thresholds before environment promotion.
- Integrated Slack and Microsoft Teams alerts with Jenkins pipelines and CloudWatch, providing real-time notifications of build failures and infrastructure spikes to enhance team response.
- Co-led audits using AWS Security Hub, Compute Optimizer, and Kube-cost to identify and eliminate underutilized cloud resources.
- Tools: AWS, AWS PySpark, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, Nexus, SonarQube, Shell Scripting
DevOps Engineer (Project #2: Device Forums)
Hoozor Ecommerce Network Private Limited
07.2019 - 06.2022
- Administered multi-tier applications leveraging AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, ECS, CloudWatch, and Systems Manager.
- Configured local and staging environments for testing containerized AWS PySpark jobs with S3 connectivity and IAM instance profile restrictions to support cloud scaling.
- Documented and executed complete AWS EKS cluster version upgrades from 1.21 to 1.24 with zero downtime.
- Developed multi-stage Jenkins pipelines for continuous integration and delivery, integrating automated testing suites to ensure reliable deployments in staging and production.
- Tools: AWS, AWS PySpark, Git, GitHub, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Jenkins, Ansible, Linux
Linux Administrator (Project #1: Telematics)
Hoozor Ecommerce Network Private Limited
05.2017 - 06.2019
- Oversaw daily data center and cloud operations, ensuring seamless software installations, timely patches, efficient file system management, and maximizing system uptime.
- Managed user accounts, configured SSH key-based authentication, enforced file system quotas, and secured remote file transfers via SCP.
- Configured and optimized Apache Tomcat web servers, implementing automated real-time backup strategies to safeguard data integrity.
- Developed and maintained custom Bash shell scripts, automating system sanity checks and streamlining log rotations to enhance operational efficiency.
- Tools: Linux (RHEL/CentOS), Apache, Tomcat, Git, GitHub, Shell Scripting, RPM/YUM
Education
Graduation -
University of Madras
ChennaiSkills
- Microservices Architecture
- Continuous integration
- Kubernetes orchestration
- Cloud services
- Ansible configuration
- ELK monitoring
- GIT version control
- Maven management
- SonarQube, Terraform
- Agile Methodologies
- Containerization
- Cloud computing
- Team collaboration
- Vendor collaboration
- Infrastructure security
- DevOps lifecycle
- Issue resolution
- Infrastructure oversight
Timeline
DevOps Tech Lead (Project #6: Enterprise Platform & Big Data Modernization)
Wipro
10.2025 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer (Project #5: Netdose)
Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc.
08.2024 - 09.2025
DevOps Engineer (Project #4: System Integrated Information)
Tech Mahindra
09.2022 - 07.2024
DevOps Engineer (Project #3: System Integrated Information - Client: Capital Group)
Tech Mahindra
09.2022 - 07.2024
DevOps Engineer (Project #2: Device Forums)
Hoozor Ecommerce Network Private Limited
07.2019 - 06.2022
Linux Administrator (Project #1: Telematics)
Hoozor Ecommerce Network Private Limited
05.2017 - 06.2019
Graduation -
University of Madras