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Shyam Irava

Shyam Irava

Hyderabad

Summary

DevOps / Site Reliability / Cloud Engineer skilled in AWS, container orchestration, infrastructure as code, and Python automation. Experienced in designing, developing, and supporting enterprise-grade solutions with a focus on automation, CI/CD pipeline optimization, incident management, and partial data engineering. Proven track record of improving system reliability and deployment efficiency while maintaining high availability. Strong collaborator driving secure, scalable cloud-native infrastructure and seamless cross-team operations.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Career Project 5

DevOps SRE & Data Engineering Support | Verisk Analytics IS&T - US
Verisk Analytics India PVT LTD Hyderabad
01.2024 - Current
  • Managed AWS infrastructure and CI/CD pipelines using Bitbucket and Bamboo, ensuring automated deployments and version control workflows.
  • Developed and maintained Databricks ETL pipelines for large-scale data processing, optimizing performance and scalability.
  • Built Power BI dashboards and Python scripts for reporting, operational metrics, and workflow automation.
  • Monitored API health, system performance, and operational activities with alerting and logging for proactive issue detection and provided on-call support during Indian business hours.
  • Implemented Python scripts to streamline repetitive tasks and routine email reports where automation was practical.
  • Conducted data quality checks, compliance validations, and workflow optimization to ensure secure, reliable, and efficient operations.

Career Project 4

Application SRE Lead | BMW Teleservices- Germany & DevOps SRE Flytta Logistics- India
Achala IT Solutions Hyderabad
05.2022 - 01.2024

BMW Teleservices

  • Led delivery of microservices, managing L3 infrastructure and sprint-based deployments to meet KPIs.
  • Bridged Operations and Development teams, implementing process improvements for smooth operations.
  • Mentored team members on DevOps practices and application management for operational efficiency.
  • Participated in management meetings to address challenges and implement process enhancements.

Flytta Logistics

  • Built AWS infrastructure using CloudFormation, Elastic Beanstalk, API Gateway, Lambda, and MongoDB clusters.
  • Automated daily and recurring tasks with Python and Bash scripts.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines and deployments for application stability and environment consistency.
  • Monitored APIs, system health, and performance metrics with proactive alerts.
  • Optimized infrastructure and processes to improve reliability, fault tolerance, and performance.
  • Coordinated with RPA teams to streamline operational workflows and reduce manual effort.

Career Project 3

Cloud DevOps Engineer | Aeldra Financial Inc. - US
Achala IT Solutions Hyderabad, India
10.2020 - 05.2022
  • Worked in Agile sprints to design and enhance CI/CD pipelines, supporting development and operations during releases, hotfixes, and deployments.
  • Managed GitLab repositories, user access, code backups, and branch management; performed biweekly restoration dry runs for disaster recovery.
  • Built and maintained containers using Docker and Elastic Kubernetes Service, including deployment, service, and ingress configurations.
  • Configured Jenkins for CI/CD deployments, and automated operational tasks using Bash scripting for daily workflows.
  • Monitored infrastructure and applications using CloudWatch, S3 for logs, and ECR for container storage, implementing alerts for deviations.
  • Used Terraform for infrastructure provisioning, maintained MongoDB clusters, optimized application performance, and coordinated with internal automation teams.

Career Project 2

DevOps Engineer | GVK EMRI - India
Achala IT Solutions Hyderabad, India
12.2017 - 09.2020
  • Provisioned and configured Linux servers, managed OS patching, firmware upgrades, network bonding, and disaster recovery/high availability testing.
  • Set up and maintained GitLab repositories with project/user management, MFA-based access, folder structures, and periodic backups.
  • Built HAProxy clusters, Nginx and Tomcat setups for microservices, and configured NFS/Rsync for centralized logs and image sync.
  • Managed Jenkins CI/CD pipelines integrating Maven, Gradle, Node.js, and SonarQube.
  • Administered MySQL clusters with primary/secondary replication, multi-source channels, backups, and daily maintenance of tables, indexes, views, and stored procedures.
  • Automated operational tasks and database workflows using Bash and Ansible; implemented Nagios monitoring and security configurations to ensure system stability.

Career Project 1

Platform team Admin | Harland Clarke - US
HCL Technologies Chennai
03.2016 - 11.2017
  • Managed VMware ESX hosts, provisioned servers, and installed Red Hat Linux 5.x/6.x for development and test environments.
  • Configured network bonding, LVM volumes, file systems, and NFS/FTP servers for centralized access.
  • Web-hosted applications and deployed J2EE services in IBM WebSphere Application Server using rolling deployments.
  • Performed end-to-end OS patching, firmware upgrades, and system maintenance for production stability.
  • Automated operational tasks and software package management using Shell scripts, YUM, and RPM repositories.
  • Monitored system performance and server health using Linux monitoring tools; troubleshot hardware and OS issues.

Education

B. Tech - Electrical And Electronics Engineering

NRI Institute of Technology
Agiripalli Nuzvid Mandal
01.2015

Skills

Version Control & CI/CD: Git, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Maven, Gradle, NPM, CI/CD pipelines

Infrastructure & Cloud: AWS, AWS management, Terraform, Infrastructure as code, Cloud architecture, VMware

Containerization & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Containerization technologies

Monitoring & Observability: Datadog, API monitoring, Databricks

Programming & Scripting: Python, PySpark, SQL / NoSQL

Web & Application Servers: Nginx, Apache, Tomcat, IBM WAS

Operating Systems & Administration: Linux administration

DevOps / SRE Practices: DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps principles, Performance optimization, Security implementations, Data integrity checks

Certifications & Frameworks: ITIL Foundation, AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Soft Skills & Project Expertise: Problem solving, Cost-benefit analysis, Technical expertise, Effective communication, Project coordination

Certification

  • Certification in AWS SAA, 2022
  • Certification in ITIL V4 Foundation, 2020

Languages

Telugu
Native
Native
English
Advanced (C1)
C1
Tamil
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2
Hindi
Upper Intermediate (B2)
B2

Timeline

Career Project 5

DevOps SRE & Data Engineering Support | Verisk Analytics IS&T - US
01.2024 - Current

Career Project 4

Application SRE Lead | BMW Teleservices- Germany & DevOps SRE Flytta Logistics- India
05.2022 - 01.2024

Career Project 3

Cloud DevOps Engineer | Aeldra Financial Inc. - US
10.2020 - 05.2022

Career Project 2

DevOps Engineer | GVK EMRI - India
12.2017 - 09.2020

Career Project 1

Platform team Admin | Harland Clarke - US
03.2016 - 11.2017

B. Tech - Electrical And Electronics Engineering

NRI Institute of Technology
Shyam Irava