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SAMAYA MAHAPATRA

SAMAYA MAHAPATRA

Automation And DevOps Engineer
Bhubaneswar,OD

Summary

Results-driven Automation and DevOps Engineer with over 4 years of experience delivering innovative cloud, infrastructure, automation, and networking solutions for industry leaders such as Philips, Cisco, and Viavi. Strong expertise in AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), Python automation, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Ansible, serverless architectures, observability, and enterprise operations. Proficient in Cisco networking technologies including Meraki, firewalls, routing, switching, L2/L3 protocols, and network automation. Proven track record of designing reusable Infrastructure as Code, deploying production workloads efficiently, automating operational processes to enhance productivity, and significantly improving platform reliability.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Automation & DevOps Engineer

Luxoft India LLP
10.2024 - Current
  • Designed and deployed AWS infrastructure using Terraform-based reusable modules for secure and scalable cloud provisioning.
  • Provisioned and managed AWS services, including Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, IAM, Secrets Manager, S3, and EKS.
  • Developed and refactored Python automation solutions using modular architecture and reusable components.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and Azure DevOps for infrastructure and application deployments.
  • Worked on Kubernetes (Amazon EKS) deployments, operational support, and environment management.
  • Integrated ServiceNow, Elasticsearch, Filebeat, and Metricbeat to support monitoring, incident management, and operational automation.
  • Supported Lambda deployments, secrets management, environment configuration, and production releases.
  • Supported cloud operations, network connectivity validation, firewall access reviews, and secure infrastructure deployments across enterprise environments.
  • Collaborated with infrastructure and security teams to troubleshoot AWS networking, access controls, firewall configurations, and connectivity issues.
  • Performed root-cause analysis, log investigation, and production issue resolution across Linux and cloud environments.

Key Project: Rule-Based Healing Framework – Designed and implemented an automated remediation platform integrating AWS Lambda, Terraform, Elasticsearch Watchers, ServiceNow, Azure DevOps Pipelines, and Ansible to automate incident detection, remediation, ticket updates, and operational workflows.

Test Engineer

Luxoft India LLP
04.2024 - 10.2024
  • Tested High-Speed Ethernet (HSE) Controller across 800G, 400G, and 2x400G profiles.
  • Automated L2 Layer statistics verification and API validation using PyTest.
  • Developed automated validation suites using Python, Robot Framework, and PyTest.
  • Performed protocol validation, traffic analysis, defect investigation, and test execution.
  • Collaborated with networking teams on Ethernet, switching, routing, and connectivity validation.

Technical Associate

Genpact India
03.2023 - 04.2024
  • Developed Python-based automation solutions for Cisco networking environments, covering DHCP, VLAN, OSPF, SSH, routing, switching, and protocol validation.
  • Automated API and CLI-based network testing using PyTest, Robot Framework, and Behave, improving test coverage and execution efficiency.
  • Worked extensively on L2/L3 networking technologies, protocol verification, packet flow validation, and network troubleshooting.
  • Supported Cisco Meraki environments for network monitoring, connectivity validation, operational troubleshooting, and infrastructure verification.
  • Participated in firewall rule validation, access control verification, network security testing, and connectivity issue analysis.
  • Collaborated with network engineering teams to investigate customer-reported issues, perform defect triage, and validate fixes.
  • Performed regression testing, environment setup, and protocol-level debugging across enterprise networking platforms.
  • Utilized Git, GitHub, JIRA, and Confluence for version control, defect management, test planning, and project collaboration.
  • Contributed to automation initiatives that reduced manual validation effort and improved overall testing efficiency.
  • Supported enterprise network infrastructure validation involving Cisco routers, switches, security controls, and connectivity management.

Technical Associate

Genpact India
03.2023 - 04.2024
  • Developed Python-based automation solutions for DHCP, VLAN, OSPF, SSH, routing, and switching validation.
  • Performed API and CLI automation using PyTest, Robot Framework, and Behave.
  • Worked on Cisco networking technologies, protocol testing, and network troubleshooting.
  • Supported Cisco Meraki environments, monitoring, and connectivity validation.
  • Participated in firewall rule validation, network security testing, and issue analysis.
  • Verified customer-reported defects, performed defect triage, and supported regression execution.

Technical Associate

Magnibot Technology Solutions
03.2022 - 03.2023
  • Developed BFSI applications using Python, Selenium WebDriver, AWS, Pandas, NumPy, PyTest, and MySQL, executing functional, regression, integration, and system testing for the Docucape platform to ensure software quality.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Biju Patnaik University of Technology
Bhubaneswar
04.2001 -

Skills

AWS (Lambda, API Gateway, Cognito, IAM, EC2, S3, EKS, Secrets Manager, CloudWatch)

Microsoft Azure, Azure DevOps

Terraform, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), Reusable Modules

Container orchestration

GitHub Actions, CI/CD Pipelines

Python, REST APIs, PyTest, Robot Framework, Selenium

Ansible, Linux, Shell Scripting

Elasticsearch, Filebeat, Metricbeat, Monitoring & Observability

ServiceNow, Moogsoft, JIRA, Confluence

Cisco Networking, Cisco Meraki, Firewalls

Routing & Switching, DHCP, VLAN, OSPF, SSH, TCP/IP, DNS, ARP

Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB

Timeline

Automation & DevOps Engineer

Luxoft India LLP
10.2024 - Current

Test Engineer

Luxoft India LLP
04.2024 - 10.2024

Technical Associate

Genpact India
03.2023 - 04.2024

Technical Associate

Genpact India
03.2023 - 04.2024

Technical Associate

Magnibot Technology Solutions
03.2022 - 03.2023

Bachelor of Technology - Mechanical Engineering

Biju Patnaik University of Technology
04.2001 -
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