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Tejeswararao Karri

Tejeswararao Karri

Senior Devops Engineer
Hyderabad

Summary

Enthusiastic and skilled IT professional with 12 years of comprehensive experience, including 8+ years specializing in DevOps and cloud. Proficient in optimizing deployment pipelines, automating workflows, and improving system reliability and scalability. Strong background in continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD), cloud services, and infrastructure as code (IaC). Adept at collaborating across teams to drive efficiency and deliver high-quality solutions in fast-paced environments.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
6
6
Certifications

Work History

Senior Devops Engineer

Advance Auto Parts
05.2022 - Current
  • Project Overview: Ecommerce-advanceautoparts.com
  • Set up and managed the entire continuous integration and deployment process, as well as monitoring systems to ensure smooth and reliable operations for an eCommerce project.
  • Designed and implemented an open-source Grafana and Loki cluster for centralized log monitoring, replacing Splunk, resulting in annual cost savings of $1 million for the company.
  • Contributed as a core member of the Platform Engineering team, driving organization-wide DevOps practices and fostering innovation to streamline operations.
  • Led the commerce migration from WebSphere Commerce Server (WCS) to HCL Commerce v9, developing Helm charts, Jenkins pipelines, and automating database tasks (dbclean, restore, stageprop, dataload) within Jenkins. Integrated Azure services for seamless resource provisioning.
  • Migrated commerce APIs from AWS Serverless Lambda to OpenShift and Azure, re-architecting them into robust microservices for improved scalability and performance.
  • Pioneered platform engineering proofs of concept (POCs), including a deployment audit solution to log updates in Confluence and databases, enabling visualization of deployment data through Power BI dashboards.
  • Developed a database refresh automation POC, reducing a two-day manual process (backup and restore across environments) to a streamlined Jenkins pipeline, saving significant time and effort for both Dev and DB teams.
  • Implemented Grafana POC for store systems monitoring using Prometheus and Grafana, extending the solution to include AWS monitoring (CAPI logs) and OpenShift cluster performance tracking.
  • Designed and maintained Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform for AWS (React, CAPI) and Azure (HCL Commerce), enabling scalable and repeatable deployments.
  • Spearheaded the migration POC from Bitbucket to GitHub, ensuring a seamless transition and optimizing version control .
  • Ensured the health and enhancement of platform engineering tools by upgrading Jenkins, Terraform, and onboarding new projects. Re-engineered enterprise pipelines to support new features and transitioned OpenShift DeploymentConfigs (DC) to Deployments ahead of deprecation.
  • Implemented new features released by HCL Commerce by upgrading base versions (e.g., 9.1.1.0 to 9.1.15.0), modifying dependencies, and improving team access to updated functionalities.
  • Reviewed and mentored team members on platform tool changes, ensuring high standards and alignment with best practices.
  • Automated critical tasks using Python and shell scripts, increasing operational efficiency and reducing manual effort.
  • Optimized cloud resource usage by analyzing cost metrics and recommending efficient configurations, resulting in significant cost savings.
  • Maintained and monitored applications and infrastructure, ensuring high availability and optimal performance for e-commerce platforms like https://shop.advanceautoparts.com/

Senior Devops Engineer

Oracle India Pvt Ltd
02.2020 - 05.2022
  • Project Overview: Oracle Dataraker - Utilities
  • Set up a CI/CD pipeline using Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, OKS (OpenShift Kubernetes Service), and OCI (Oracle Cloud Infrastructure) to enable seamless code integration, automated builds, containerization, and deployment to a scalable Kubernetes environment.
  • Set up robust monitoring for Windows, Linux, and MySQL servers using Prometheus and Grafana by deploying exporters like WMI for Windows, Node for Linux, and MySQL exporters. Developed visual dashboards to monitor system and database metrics.
  • Implemented basic Kubernetes monitoring with Prometheus and Grafana, enabling real-time visibility into cluster and pod performance.
  • Migrated source code repositories from Git to GitLab using a lift-and-shift approach, ensuring all commit history, branches, and tags were preserved.
  • Seamlessly transitioned CI builds from Jenkins to GitLab without downtime, using shell scripts to automate the migration and providing documentation and demos to the team.
  • Created a consolidated Docker image from multiple images, reducing operational overhead and improving efficiency in managing container environments.
  • Automated complex workflows with Python scripts, including parallel pipeline deployment, tenant-specific pod restarts, multi-tenant pod management, RabbitMQ queue repaving, and deployment automation from GitLab.
  • Added Redis and other required services to the environment by creating Dockerfiles, Kubernetes deployment templates, and workflows tailored to application requirements.
  • Developed a bash script for clearing old logs via cronjobs on SFTP and Linux servers, and Python scripts for counting pods across namespaces and validating missing files to assist the IE Ops team with alerts.
  • Set up and managed an Ansible environment for cloud server management and server statistics collection, improving operational efficiency.
  • Upgraded critical environment components, including JDK to version 1.8.0_311, OpenSSL, and Apache, to resolve vulnerabilities and enhance security.
  • Provisioned a highly available application for the OPOWER project on AWS using Terraform templates, ensuring scalability and reliability for the solution in production.

Cloud & Devops Engineer

Deloitte USI
06.2018 - 01.2020
  • Project Overview: Sanofi-Healthcare
  • Primarily worked on AWS Cloud, creating infrastructure through Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and automating workflows with Jenkins pipelines.
  • Set up and managed end-to-end DevOps pipelines for a healthcare project using Bitbucket, Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes, ensuring seamless build and deployment processes.
  • Developed Dockerfiles and built container images for UI, application, and data services, which continue to be used without modifications due to their robustness.
  • Defined and implemented a Git branching strategy, providing clear guidelines to the development team for efficient version control and collaboration.
  • Managed Kubernetes clusters, including troubleshooting, deploying, and configuring objects like deployments, services, and configmaps, as well as modifying existing resources to meet project requirements.
  • Redesigned AWS infrastructure provisioning workflows by rewriting Terraform templates for resources such as VPCs, subnets, and route tables, ensuring optimized and reliable configurations.
  • Created parameterized Jenkins jobs to empower developers to build code directly from feature branches, reducing the overall number of Jenkins jobs and simplifying maintenance.
  • Configured and managed infrastructure using Ansible, ensuring consistency and automation in server configurations and deployments.
  • Gained expertise in Jenkins pipeline creation and troubleshooting Jenkins server issues to ensure high availability and performance.
  • Implemented a shell script-based alternative to Ansible for fetching server stats from on-premises servers, offering a lightweight and efficient solution.

AWS Cloud and Devops Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
02.2016 - 06.2018
  • Project Overview: EDF Energy
  • Worked in Infrastructure Engineering Team provisioning infrastructure for Different projects and clients
  • Worked on projects involving provisioning and supporting AWS services such as EC2,S3,VPC,Route53,Lambda,RDS,SQS,SNS etc
  • Setup basic Devops pipeline including Git, Jenkins and Artifactory
  • Created Terraform templates for the most of the AWS services and maintained in GIT repository to reused them for provisioning infrastructure for clients
  • Provided training for multiple internal teams on AWS Cloud
  • Worked on setting up devops pipelines for multiple projects based on Git, jenkins and Docker

IBM Lotus Notes Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
10.2012 - 01.2016
  • Company Overview: PWC Canada,UK
  • Began my career in the Event Management team at PwC, working in a 24/7 project to monitor server statistics, resource utilization, database metrics, and generate daily reports using SCOM (System Center Operations Manager).
  • Promoted to IBM Lotus Notes Administrator, where I assisted clients with administrative tasks, including creating and managing user accounts, setting up mailboxes, resetting passwords, and handling transfer requests.
  • Worked on advanced Lotus Notes server administration tasks such as installing and configuring servers, resolving server space and memory issues, troubleshooting file-related problems, and ensuring seamless server operations.
  • Advanced to the AWS Infrastructure Engineering team, contributing to cloud infrastructure setup and management, enhancing scalability and reliability for enterprise projects.

Education

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

GMR Institute OfTechnology(JNTU KKD)
Rajam
06.2008 - 4 2012

Skills

    DevOps

    Prometheus

    Grafana

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Certification

CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator

Accomplishments

  • Working as Evangelist at Scaler and aspiring Teaching Assistant.
  • Received Appreciations and #LeadBoldChange Award for my Unwavering support & collaboration across various Initiatives in 2024 like Data-refresh-automation, CAPI ARO Migration, Github Migration, Building SSB Automation utility, HCL-C OOB data load migration, refactoring of Various HCL-C batch Jobs etc.
  • Highly appreciated for driving cost optimization by transitioning from Splunk to open-source solutions Grafana and Loki, resulting in savings of approximately $1 million for the company.

Timeline

Senior Devops Engineer

Advance Auto Parts
05.2022 - Current

Senior Devops Engineer

Oracle India Pvt Ltd
02.2020 - 05.2022

Cloud & Devops Engineer

Deloitte USI
06.2018 - 01.2020

AWS Cloud and Devops Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
02.2016 - 06.2018

IBM Lotus Notes Administrator

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
10.2012 - 01.2016

Bachelor of Technology - Information Technology

GMR Institute OfTechnology(JNTU KKD)
06.2008 - 4 2012

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