Ramchandra Ganta

• IT professional with 13 years of experience, including 7 years specializing in DevOps, CI/CD pipeline development, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP) infrastructure design.
• Proven expertise in cloud strategy, automation, and scalable infrastructure across Linux environments (RedHat, Ubuntu, CentOS, Rocky Linux).
• Adept at designing and implementing DevOps roadmaps, managing complex deployments, and optimizing performance across production environments.
• Designed and implemented GCP cloud strategy including infrastructure components like GCE, ILB, Auto Scaling, GCS, Cloud DNS, IAM, VPC, Firewalls and more.
• Migrated Jenkins jobs from on-premise data center to GCP, ensuring seamless CI/CD operations.
• Automated provisioning and environment setup for Dev, QA, and Production using reusable Terraform modules.
• Managed and secured Terraform state files using remote backends, and implemented environment isolation via separate state files.
• Built and maintained modules, reusable Terraform code bases with parameterization using variables.tf, Terraform.tfvars, etc.
• Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins, including freestyle, scripted, declarative, multibranch, and organization-level jobs.
• Managed GitHub repositories and implemented branching strategies to support collaborative development workflows.
• Deployed application versions using Salt Stack and Chef in GCP environments.
• Designed, deployed, and managed Kubernetes clusters across development, staging, and production environments.
• Managed Kubernetes manifests and version-controlled deployments using Argo CD.
• Created Dockerfiles for test and production builds, leveraging multi-stage builds to reduce image sizes by up to 60%.
• Performed rolling updates and canary deployments to minimize downtime during releases.
• Monitored cluster health and performance using Prometheus and Grafana.

• Greater Than Award – Recognized for exceptional performance and significant contributions to CI/CD Jenkins job migrations.
• Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA) Certificate ID: LF-ymk0bwbymn
• Oracle Human Capital Management Cloud 2017 Implementation Specialist Credential ID: OC1740598

Project: Capital One BestBuy Aiva Assist Speech butterfly

Duration: July 2020 – Present

Role: GCP / DevOps / SRE Engineer

Organization: 247.ai

🔧 Key Responsibilities

• Managed GitHub access for suspended users and repository permissions; enabled GitHub Copilot access for developers.
• Attended daily scrum meetings to provide updates and track issue resolution progress.
• Diagnosed and resolved Jenkins job failures; conducted root cause analysis (RCA) and documented findings in Jira and Confluence.
• Performed monthly patching on CentOS and Rocky Linux hosts using Foreman.
• Installed and configured SentinelOne across hosts for vulnerability scanning and endpoint protection.
• Provisioned and configured Rocky Linux Chef servers and workstations across multiple environments.
• Integrated Selenium for automated testing; installed Chrome binaries and Xvfb for headless browser testing.
• Renewed service account JSON keys quarterly across all GCP projects to maintain secure access.
• Upgraded GitHub versions in alignment with official releases; ensured compatibility and stability.
• Updated host-level tools including Maven, Gradle, Grails, Node.js, and Python based versions on developer requirements.
• Automated deployment of .tar.gz files from Nexus to GCS buckets using Jenkins jobs.
• Uploaded Lower environment(sv2, sjc02) RPM and .tar.gz packages to GCP Nexus repository as per user requests.
• Collaborated with SRE and Engineering teams to troubleshoot and resolve daily infrastructure issues.
• Migrated from Oracle JDK to OpenJDK across all environment servers to align with licensing and performance goals.
• Created GCS buckets and configured CMEK (Customer-Managed Encryption Keys); assigned access to relevant service accounts.
• Delivered consistent results and built trust through reliable execution and team collaboration.
• Conducted knowledge transfer sessions to upskill team members and ensure operational continuity.
• Monitored cloud infrastructure and application health using Zenduty, ELK stack, and GCP Cloud Monitoring.

Project: Kier Group

Duration: January 2017 – June 2019

Role: Cloud / DevOps Engineer

Organization: Accenture

🔧 Key Responsibilities:

• Diagnosed and resolved Jenkins job failures; performed root cause analysis and documented findings in Jira and Confluence.
• Conducted monthly patching on CentOS and Rocky Linux hosts using Tanium.
• Migrated GitHub repositories from on-premise data center to GCP-hosted GitHub.
• Installed SentinelOne across hosts for vulnerability scanning and endpoint protection.
• Managed user access by suspending accounts of departed employees.
• Executed Jenkins jobs to update application credentials on Vault servers.
• Created Docker files, built container images, and pushed them to GCP Nexus based on user requirements.
• Cleared temporary files and workspaces on Jenkins worker nodes to maintain performance.
• Scaled GCP instances by upgrading machine types (e.g., n1-standard-4) based on traffic demands.
• Monitored cloud infrastructure and application health using Zenduty and ELK stack.
• Participated in daily scrum meetings to provide updates and collaborate on issue resolution.

Project: BestBuy

Duration: December 2013 – December 2016

Role: Oracle Applications Consultant

Organization: Accenture

🔧 Key Responsibilities:

• Provided production support and resolved critical issues to ensure system stability.
• Customized Oracle reports to meet enhancement requests and client specifications.
• Prepared and maintained technical documentation for ongoing and completed tasks.
• Updated service flags, workforce configurations, skills, and contest setups per client requirements.
• Performed AOL (Application Object Library) activities as needed.
• Developed ad-hoc reports tailored to client needs for operational insights.