Vikranth Kumar Gedela

Senior Cloud Architect with a strong background in Agile methodologies and cloud solutions. Expertise in Docker and Kubernetes for efficient deployments, enhancing collaboration and operational efficiency. Proven track record in designing secure cloud infrastructures, significantly improving system reliability. Advanced skills in AWS and Google Cloud, with a focus on automation tools like Terraform and Ansible, leading to enhanced scalability and security.

• Google Cloud professional Architect Link: https://www.credly.com/badges/8645e342-6172-4bd5-9401-622befe3b900/public_url
• ITIL V4 Foundation

Telugu, English, Hindi

Net surfing, Reading Books, Participating in Technical Discussions.

• Roles & Responsibilities:
• Teaching the computer Science subjects to the students according to the Curriculum syllabus.
• Counselling the students and guide them towards their career goals.
• Conducting the technical quizzes and coding puzzles to students.
• Conducting the parent meetings to know the standard of the Children.
• Giving guidance towards their Research and Publications.
• Understand the student ability and interest and guide them towards their interests.

Infrastructure as Code (IaC): automated the provisioning and management of cloud resources on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Terraform, ensuring version-controlled infrastructure and efficient deployments

• Designed and implemented infrastructure blueprints for deploying Compute Engine, GKE clusters, VPC networks, and other GCP services using reusable Terraform modules
• Networking and routing: architected and configured VPCs with custom subnets, routing, and firewall rules, securing communication between internal resources and ensuring performance across cloud environments.
  Deployed Cloud NAT, Private Google Access, and VPC Peering to optimize network performance and security while reducing latency between GCP and external resources
• BGP and connectivity: configured BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) for hybrid connectivity, linking on-premises data centers to GCP via secure VPN tunnels and Cloud Interconnect solutions, led the upgrade of Partner Interconnect speed from 1 Gbps to 10 Gbps, enhancing network performance and providing high-throughput connections for mission-critical applications
• I am (Identity and Access Management): designed and implemented Google Cloud IAM policies to manage user access and permissions, ensuring that cloud resources are secure and access is limited based on the principle of least privilege, configured IAM roles for teams and service accounts to ensure secure and controlled access to critical resources such as GKE clusters, Cloud Storage, and Cloud SQL, utilized Cloud Identity and IAM conditions to enforce security policies based on attributes such as time, location, and resource type, reducing potential attack vectors
• Resource hierarchy and organization management: architected Google Cloud resource hierarchy using organizations, folders, and projects to structure cloud resources for ease of management, scalability, and cost optimization, implemented resource policies at the organization and folder levels, enabling consistent governance across multiple projects, leveraged Resource Manager to manage permissions at the project and folder levels, ensuring clear demarcation of roles and responsibilities across cloud teams
• CI/CD and automation with Google Cloud Build: developed and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Google Cloud Build for automated testing, integration, and deployment of both infrastructure and applications, integrated Terraform with Google Cloud Build to automatically provision infrastructure as part of a fully automated deployment pipeline, reducing manual configuration errors
• GKE and container orchestration: designed and deployed highly available and scalable GKE clusters using Terraform, ensuring consistent performance during scaling events, and automating resource management, configured auto-scaling and horizontal pod scaling in GKE clusters to dynamically adapt to workloads, improving overall application uptime, and reducing operational costs
• Technical issue resolution and troubleshooting: Diagnosed and resolved complex networking issues involving VPC routing, BGP configurations, and interconnects, ensuring uninterrupted connectivity, troubleshot, and resolved IAM permissions issues, ensuring that teams had appropriate access while adhering to security best practices
• Collaboration and documentation: collaborated with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure design with business objectives and security requirements, ensuring a seamless cloud migration experience, authored detailed documentation on IAM policies, resource hierarchy, and cloud architecture to promote knowledge sharing and ease of management for future projects.
• Cloud Cost Optimization: Used Google Cloud Pricing Calculator and Resource Manager to track resource utilization and optimize cloud spending, saving 25% in cloud infrastructure costs.
• Release Automation: Automated blue/green deployment strategies for smoother application updates and minimized downtime in production environments.
• Self-Healing Infrastructure: Implemented self-healing mechanisms using Kubernetes and Google Cloud Managed Instance Groups to automatically replace unhealthy instances.
• Incident Response: Automated incident response protocols using Google Cloud Functions and Cloud Pub/Sub to trigger automatic alerts and remediation actions when issues arise in production environments.