Yashwanth Goduguchintha

• Supported cloud DevOps and platform engineering initiatives for 8+ years, automating build, deployment, infrastructure provisioning, application management, and release workflows across development, test, and production environments.
• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions, connecting Git, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and artifact repositories to automate build, deployment, and environment promotion. Worked with AWS services including EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, ALB, NLB, Route 53, NAT Gateway, Transit Gateway, RDS, Aurora PostgreSQL, CloudFront, CloudWatch, and Auto Scaling.
• Provisioned and supported AWS infrastructure with Terraform and Terragrunt, including VPCs, EC2, security groups, S3, IAM, Aurora PostgreSQL/RDS, load balancers, and DNS, while assisting with Terraform CI workflows. Worked with Docker and Kubernetes to build Dockerfiles and images, manage containers, support microservices, and create and maintain Helm charts and Kubernetes configurations.
• Implemented GitOps Kubernetes deployments with Argo CD and Kustomize, including automated Appian application releases and environment-specific configuration management.
• Created Ansible playbooks to automate application installation, configuration, service management, and server provisioning across Windows environments, including Hyland web/app components, Appian, and IIS. Automated IIS installation, configuration, security hardening, and standard server setup with Ansible, reducing manual deployment effort and configuration drift.
• Used JFrog Artifactory for artifact and repository management and connected source control with Git in CI/CD workflows.
• Managed AWS S3 setup, including bucket policies, IAM policies, replication, and event-based integrations, and configured database connectivity and security for Aurora PostgreSQL/RDS. Supported Appian and OutSystems platforms across application development, infrastructure deployment, and environment management, and managed lower-environment deployments through Appian Service Studio/Designer and OutSystems One-Click Publishing.
• Moved manual and IDE-based deployments to automated CI/CD pipelines, improving deployment consistency, repeatability, and reducing manual intervention.
• Supported application deployment, infrastructure connectivity, and environment troubleshooting across Appian, OutSystems, Kubernetes, Windows, and AWS environments. Installed, configured, maintained, and upgraded Dynatrace and Datadog for application performance monitoring, infrastructure monitoring, and observability.
• Monitored .NET and ASP.NET Core applications with Azure Application Insights and Azure Logic Monitoring services, reviewing response times, throughput, errors, dependencies, transactions, and application health.
• Supported Performance Engineering and application teams by analyzing metrics, identifying performance bottlenecks, troubleshooting infrastructure/application issues, and performing root-cause analysis.
• Monitored Kubernetes clusters supporting Appian using Komodor, including pod health, resource utilization, disk usage, workload status, configuration validation, and application availability.
• Performed proactive Kubernetes health checks and troubleshooting, identifying unhealthy pods, resource constraints, disk-space issues, deployment/configuration problems, and application incidents.

Health Payer Platform (HPP) – Healthcare / Medicaid Platform

· Supported Health Payer Platform (HPP), a Medicaid enterprise healthcare solution serving state clients including Virginia, Vermont, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, North Dakota, and other client environments.

· Supported .NET and .NET Core applications hosted on Microsoft IIS, providing platform, infrastructure, deployment, configuration, and production support across Development, Test, and Production environments.

· Worked across AWS and Microsoft Azure cloud environments, supporting Windows EC2 instances, Azure Virtual Machines, networking, server configuration, patching, and infrastructure operations.

· Performed Windows OS patching, security patching, and server maintenance across AWS EC2 and Azure VM environments, coordinating updates and validating application availability after patching.

· Supported .NET Framework upgrades and application platform updates, including deployment validation and troubleshooting compatibility, configuration, and runtime issues.

· Used Nexus Agent security and vulnerability reports to identify required security updates, track patch compliance, and support vulnerability remediation across Windows servers.

· Supported infrastructure provisioning and application deployment using Azure DevOps (ADO), including build, release, deployment, and environment management processes.

· Used an internally developed ASP.NET-based DevOps deployment tool suite to automate and manage UX, BAS, and Batch application deployments across HPP environments.

· Performed pre- and post-deployment validation by capturing server/application snapshots and performing configuration comparisons to verify deployment changes and maintain environment consistency.

· Used Azure ARM templates to provision and configure Azure Virtual Machines and SQL Server infrastructure for HPP environments.

· Managed ServiceNow incidents and service requests for application, infrastructure, and server support, including application outages, runtime errors, application/server access, configuration issues, infrastructure requirements, patching, and deployment-related issues.

· Performed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for application, infrastructure, connectivity, configuration, and deployment incidents; identified underlying issues, documented findings, and coordinated corrective and preventive actions.

· Supported Windows server access and Remote Desktop (RDP) issues, including NLA (Network Level Authentication) configuration/connectivity problems and expired RDP licensing, troubleshooting access issues and coordinating resolution with infrastructure teams.

· Performed application configuration management, including AppSettings, IOC settings, menus, security roles, and menu-item changes, using database and tenant comparison tools.

· Used an internally developed Tenant Compare Tool built with ADO.NET and ASP.NET to retrieve database configuration/data and display environment-specific differences for validation and troubleshooting.

· Supported Active Directory (AD) and AD FS role migrations for new environments using PowerShell automation and batch job scheduling.

· Supported deployment of CEF modules, including Pharmacy, Med/Dent, SVCS, EDI Gateway, and VUE360, by launching and executing Ansible Job Templates in AWX/Ansible Tower for automated application deployment and configuration.

· Troubleshot .NET/IIS applications, Windows servers, RDP/NLA, databases, connectivity, configuration, deployment, patching, and infrastructure issues across cloud and on-premises environments.

· Followed healthcare security and compliance requirements, including PHI/PII protection, access controls, vulnerability remediation, and secure handling of application and infrastructure environments.

· Coordinated with application, infrastructure, database, security, and DevOps teams for environment setup, deployments, OS/security patching, .NET upgrades, server access, configuration changes, pre/post-deployment validation, incident resolution, RCA, and infrastructure requirements.

· Worked within the Gainwell Technologies healthcare technology environment, supporting HPP as part of its Medicaid/healthcare platform portfolio.