NAGAKISHORE PANDI
Hyderabad
Summary
DevOps Engineer with 7+ years of expertise in Cloud Engineering, and SRE practices. Proven track record in managing scalable cloud infrastructure, containerization, and continuous delivery pipelines. Adept in incident management, observability, and troubleshooting complex systems. Proficient in AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, and modern monitoring tools such as Splunk, Azure Monitor.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior DevSecOps Engineer
AIS India Pvt Ltd
07.2024 - Current
- Monitored and optimized multi-cloud infrastructure (Azure, AWS) using Splunk, Azure Monitor, and custom scripts, ensuring 99.98% uptime across production and staging environments. Implemented log correlation and metric analysis that cut triage time by 35%.
Led Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for P1/P2 incidents involving containerized microservices and infrastructure failures. Conducted post-incident reviews with platform teams, reducing repeat incidents by 30% within 6 months.
Engineered and implemented intelligent alerting mechanisms using Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Splunk alerts, which reduced alert fatigue by over 40%.
Designed and deployed scalable containerized applications using Docker and managed orchestration through Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS). Integrated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Helm, accelerating release cycles by 25%.
Created cost analysis models and infrastructure sizing for client proposals, contributing to more accurate budgeting and securing projects totaling over $500K in annual revenue.
Collaborated with security and compliance teams to implement automated compliance checks and dashboards for NIST, SOC 2, and ISO 27001 standards using Splunk and Azure Policy, improving audit readiness and visibility.
Proactively identified and implemented process improvements, including Infrastructure as Code (IaC) best practices using Terraform and configuration management with Ansible, which led to 20% faster environment provisioning.
Built and maintained security hardening pipelines, integrating SAST/DAST tools (e.g., SonarQube, Checkmarx, whitesource) into CI/CD workflows to shift security left and remediate vulnerabilities early in the lifecycle.
Developed quality gates and automated test strategies within the deployment pipeline, improving deployment success rate to 98%+ while reducing post-deployment rollbacks.
Liaised with development, QA, and operations teams to align infrastructure decisions with business needs, ensuring consistent delivery standards and meeting critical project milestones.
Senior DevOps/Product Site Reliability Engineer
Accenture Technology
09.2021 - Current
- Designed infrastructure using Terraform and ARM templates to support scalable environments in Azure and AWS.
- Built and deployed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps to automate application releases and infrastructure deployments.
- Implemented secure cloud practices and managed multi-subscription environments for application teams.
- Developed diagnostics and automated remediations for network performance bottlenecks and latency issues.
- Oversaw quality control and health and safety matters for construction teams.
- Recorded daily events and activities in site diary to evaluate process and improve productivity.
- Supported property condition assessment reports, 3D scanning and retro-commissioning throughout buildings.
- Created work schedules and adjusted as needed to meet project deadlines and keep shifts properly staffed.
- Monitored and reported on test results and performance data to identify areas of opportunity for improvement.
- Proposed development and testing improvements to positively impact usability, function and performance.
- Met tight deadlines to satisfy client demands and project timelines.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams for identification and resolution of validation issues.
Junior DevOps Engineer
Altudo Consultancy Services
12.2020 - 09.2021
- Maintained and optimized CI/CD pipelines for enterprise-grade web applications hosted on Microsoft Azure, ensuring consistent and reliable build and deployment processes across development and production environments.
Implemented automated microservices delivery using Jenkins, Octopus Deploy, and Docker, significantly reducing manual deployment efforts by 60% and enhancing deployment frequency.
Automated infrastructure provisioning and updates using Terraform, managing declarative infrastructure for high-availability services deployed to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS).
Designed and delivered scalable applications and pipelines for data extraction, transformation, and analysis, improving data processing throughput by 40% and enabling real-time insights for key stakeholders.
Demonstrated success in meeting aggressive project deadlines and adapting to fast-paced, agile environments, consistently delivering high-quality solutions under pressure.
Authored and maintained technical documentation and standard operating procedures (SOPs) for CI/CD processes, infrastructure automation, and deployment workflows, enabling smoother knowledge transfer and onboarding for future IT personnel.
DevOps Engineer
Pyramid IT Consulting
11.2019 - 07.2020
- Developed reusable, production-grade Terraform modules to standardize and manage Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) components in Azure, enabling consistent and scalable infrastructure provisioning across multiple environments.
Provisioned and automated Azure resources (VMs, VNet, NSGs, Storage Accounts, etc.) using Azure DevOps pipelines integrated with Terraform, reducing manual configuration time by over 50% and ensuring compliance with infrastructure standards.
Managed containerized workloads deployed on Azure Virtual Machine Scale Sets (VMSS) within custom Virtual Networks (VNets), improving deployment flexibility and resource utilization for stateful and stateless services.
Implemented infrastructure automation and deployment workflows aligned with GitOps and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles, supporting faster and more reliable application rollouts across dev, test, and production environments.
DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2017 - 09.2019
- Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines for both cloud-native and on-premise applications, utilizing tools such as Azure DevOps, Jenkins, and GitHub Actions, which accelerated software delivery cycles by 30% and improved deployment consistency.
Managed container orchestration environments using Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), ensuring high availability, scalability, and secure workload distribution across multiple clusters.
Led operational incident response and participated in 24/7 on-call rotations for critical services; actively contributed to post-incident reviews and automation improvements that helped reduce Mean Time to Resolution (MTTR) by 35%.
Implemented monitoring and alerting enhancements Azure Shared Dashboard. Azure Monitor, Log Analytics and Datadog.
Education
B.Tech - Electronics and Communications Engineering
Godavari Institute of Engineering And Technology
Rajahmundry01.2017
Diploma - Electronics and Communications Engineering
Sir C Ramalinga Reddy Polytechnic
Eluru01.2014
SSC -
Surya High School
Jangareddygudem01.2011
Skills
- Cloud Platforms:
Microsoft Azure, AWS Cloud Platform
CI/CD & DevOps Tools:
Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, TeamCity, Octopus Deploy
Infrastructure as Code (IaC):
Terraform, ARM Templates, Bicep
Containerization & Orchestration:
Docker, Kubernetes (AKS, EKS)
Monitoring & Logging:
Azure Monitor, Splunk
Scripting & Automation:
Python, PowerShell
Incident & Operational Management:
Root Cause Analysis, Post-Mortem Reviews, Alert Handling
Networking & Security:
Load Balancers, Firewalls
KEY PROJECTS
- Sitecore 10.1 Upgrade – Led containerization and CI/CD implementation for global content delivery.
- Wills Towers Watson – Led the SRE operations initiative to improve service reliability, incident response, and observability for mission-critical insurance analytics platform.
- Nuveen Cloud Migration – Deployed infrastructure on Azure using Terraform and ARM.
- IQVIA Observability – Built dashboards and alerting with Grafana, ELK Stack, and Datadog.
- BTLAW Microservices Deployment – Orchestrated rollout of over 25 microservices on AKS clusters.
Certification
- Microsoft Administrator Certified: AZ - 104
- Microsoft DevOps Expertise Certified: AZ - 400
Additional Information
Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills with cross-functional teams including QA, Product, and Security., Enjoys solving complex problems and working on challenging cloud engineering projects., Committed to continuous learning and innovation., Experienced in implementing self-healing scripts and automation workflows using Python and Bash., Strong documentation and knowledge-sharing practices., Hands-on with chaos engineering tools and methodologies., Focused on reducing mean time to resolution (MTTR) through advanced monitoring and automation.
Hobbies and Interests
- Playing Cricket
- Cooking
Timeline
Senior DevSecOps Engineer
AIS India Pvt Ltd
07.2024 - Current
Senior DevOps/Product Site Reliability Engineer
Accenture Technology
09.2021 - Current
Junior DevOps Engineer
Altudo Consultancy Services
12.2020 - 09.2021
DevOps Engineer
Pyramid IT Consulting
11.2019 - 07.2020
DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
05.2017 - 09.2019
B.Tech - Electronics and Communications Engineering
Godavari Institute of Engineering And Technology
Diploma - Electronics and Communications Engineering
Sir C Ramalinga Reddy Polytechnic
SSC -
Surya High School
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