SHAIK SAFIYA MUHEETH

Summary

Results-driven Azure Cloud Engineer with 6+ years of experience in Azure Administration, Kubernetes, and DevOps automation. Proven ability to design, deploy, and optimize secure, scalable cloud environments with expertise in CI/CD, containerization, and cloud governance. Skilled at cost optimization, proactive monitoring, and high-availability deployments.

Overview

Certificates

Language

years of professional experience

Work History

Azure Devops Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services

Hyderabad

10.2022 - Current

Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Jenkins, including YAML-based workflow modifications for automated deployments.
Automated infrastructure provisioning and environment setup using Terraform for scalable and secure Azure environments.
Administered containerized workloads on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) with Nginx ingress controllers for efficient routing.
Managed artifact versioning through JFrog Artifactory within CI/CD workflows.
Integrated and maintained Azure Key Vault for managing secrets, keys, and SSL certificates securely.
Implemented SSL/TLS configurations, Application Gateway, and Web Application Firewall (WAF) policies for secure application delivery.
Configured Azure networking (Load Balancers, Application Gateway, DNS Zones, and API Management) for high availability.
Executed incident response, root cause analysis, and performance optimization in production environments.
Collaborated with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure automation and deployment strategies with business goals.

Azure Cloud Engineer

Infosys

Hyderabad

05.2021 - 09.2022

Supported end-to-end deployments using Azure DevOps, GitLab, and Jenkins pipelines.
Assisted in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with basic Terraform for Azure resource automation.
Worked with Docker and AKS for container deployment and environment setup.
Managed Azure resources like Virtual Machines, Function Apps, and Load Balancers.
Configured and monitored Azure Log Analytics and Application Insights for performance visibility.
Implemented security configurations (RBAC, NSGs, firewall rules) and maintained access control.
Documented deployment procedures and standard operating practices.

Azure Administrator (L1 Role)

HCL Technologies

Bengaluru

02.2019 - 05.2021

Performed daily monitoring, health checks, and maintenance of Azure resources including VMs and Storage.
Supported incident management and troubleshooting for infrastructure performance and availability.
Managed user access controls (IAM, RBAC), Network Security Groups (NSGs), and firewall policies.
Assisted in VM provisioning, backups, patching, and recovery operations.
Configured Azure Monitor and Log Analytics for tracking system performance.
Created and updated SOPs for configuration and operational consistency.

Education

B.Tech - ECE

Swarnandhra College of Engineering & Technology

04-2018

Skills

Cloud Platforms: Azure (VMs, VNet, NSG, Load Balancer, Key Vault, Storage, SSL, WAF, Firewall)

DevOps & Automation: Jenkins, GitLab, Terraform, Podman, Docker, CI/CD Pipelines

Containerization & Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, Podman, Helm, AKS

Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure DevOps Engineer Expert (AZ-400)

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