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I'm Vaikunta Rao

AWS DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of experience architecting scalable cloud infrastructure, automating CI/CD pipelines, and implementing DevSecOps practices for enterprise applications.

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Vaikunta Rao Jagalingi
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About Me

Professional DevOps Engineer passionate about cloud automation

Professional Summary

AWS DevOps Engineer | Cloud Infrastructure Specialist

Results-driven AWS DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of hands-on experience designing, automating, and operating cloud platforms for enterprise applications in the banking and energy sectors.

Expertise across Terraform, Kubernetes (EKS), and CI/CD automation to deliver resilient systems, faster releases, and measurable business impact.

Zero-downtime deployments
87% faster environment provisioning
25% AWS cost optimization
99.9% system availability
Location Bangalore, India
Education B.Tech in Mechanical Engineering (85%)
Current Role AWS DevOps Engineer at LBG (via Wipro)

Impact Snapshot

Quantified outcomes from infrastructure, automation, and DevSecOps initiatives.

87%
Faster Environment Setup
25%
Monthly Cost Reduction
200+
Vulnerabilities Remediated
99.9%
System Uptime
40%
Faster Deployments
60%
Security Issues Reduced
My Expertise

Technical Skills

Technologies and tools I work with daily

Cloud & AWS

EC2
EKS
ECS
VPC
IAM
ALB
Route 53
S3
RDS
Lambda
CloudWatch
ECR

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform 95%
CloudFormation 75%
Ansible 80%
Modules Remote State Workspaces Playbooks

Containers & Orchestration

Kubernetes (EKS) 90%
Docker 90%
Helm 85%
Microservices Multi-stage Builds RBAC Ingress HPA Cluster Autoscaler

CI/CD & GitOps

Jenkins 88%
Argo CD 82%
Git / GitHub / GitLab 92%
Blue-Green Deployment Canary Trunk-Based Dev GitOps

DevSecOps & Security

SonarQube
Veracode
Dependabot
ECR Scanning
GuardDuty
CloudTrail
WAF
KMS
Secrets Manager

Monitoring & Observability

Prometheus 85%
Grafana 85%
ELK Stack 75%
CloudWatch 88%

Scripting & Languages

Python 85%
Bash / Shell 90%
Linux (RHEL/Ubuntu) 88%
AWS CLI Boto3 YAML JSON

Methodologies & Collaboration

Agile/Scrum
Jira
Confluence
ServiceNow
Incident Mgmt
Problem Solving
Career Journey

Work Experience

My professional journey in DevOps and cloud engineering

Jul 2024 - Present

AWS DevOps Engineer

LBG (Lloyds Banking Group) | Banking Sector

Bangalore, India via Wipro

HA/DR Infrastructure

10K+ users, 99.9% availability

EKS Upgrades

Zero-downtime v1.24 → v1.29

Terraform Modules

25+ reusable modules, 87% faster

DevSecOps

200+ vulnerabilities fixed, 60% reduction

CI/CD Optimization

40% faster deployments, 20% cost cut

Cost Optimization

25% monthly reduction via FinOps

  • Architected HA/DR infrastructure on AWS using VPC, ALB, Auto Scaling Groups, and EKS across multiple Availability Zones with defined RTO/RPO targets, supporting 10K+ daily users at 99.9% availability
  • Executed zero-downtime Amazon EKS upgrades from v1.24 to v1.29 using rolling node group replacement while maintaining uninterrupted production services
  • Developed 25+ reusable Terraform modules (VPC, EC2, RDS, EKS) using IaC principles with remote state, cutting environment setup time by 87%
  • Embedded Shift-Left security into CI/CD by integrating SonarQube, Veracode, ECR image scanning, and Dependabot, remediating 200+ vulnerabilities
  • Cut security-related issues by 60% and reduced defects escaping to QA/production by 50%
  • Streamlined centralized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Argo CD (GitOps) with Helm-based releases across 4 engineering teams
  • Migrated branching strategy from GitFlow to trunk-based development, decreasing merge conflicts by 50%
  • Optimized AWS costs through FinOps practices including rightsizing, Reserved/Spot Instances, S3 Intelligent-Tiering, achieving 25% monthly cost reduction
  • Deployed observability stack (Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch), lowering MTTD from 45 minutes to under 5 minutes
  • Collaborated in Agile/Scrum ceremonies with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure delivery with sprint goals
AWS EKS Terraform Jenkins Argo CD Helm SonarQube Veracode Prometheus Grafana Python Bash
Mar 2023 - Jun 2024

Cloud Engineer

BP (British Petroleum) | Energy Sector

Bangalore, India via Wipro

Docker Optimization

40% faster builds, multi-stage

IaC Provisioning

2 days → 90 minutes setup

EKS Management

8 apps, 99.9% availability

Migration

VM → Microservices, 60% faster

CI/CD Pipelines

Automated build-test-deploy

Helm Charts

12+ microservices, 70% fewer errors

  • Optimized Docker images using multi-stage builds, enabling build once run anywhere approach, reducing build time by 40%
  • Provisioned AWS infrastructure using Terraform workspaces and remote state across 6 engineering teams, reducing environment setup time from 2 days to 90 minutes
  • Managed Amazon EKS clusters including RBAC, Helm, rolling updates, HPA, and workload scaling, sustaining 99.9% availability across 8 production microservices
  • Migrated legacy VM-based monolithic applications to Kubernetes (EKS)-based microservices architecture, achieving 60% faster deployments
  • Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins to automate build, test, and deployment stages
  • Standardized Helm charts for 12+ microservices, enabling parameterized deployments with 70% fewer config errors
  • Partnered with development, QA, and infrastructure teams across Agile SDLC to coordinate releases and troubleshoot production issues
  • Automated Linux administration and configuration management using Ansible, Python, Bash, AWS CLI, and Boto3
AWS EKS Docker Terraform Jenkins Helm Ansible Python Bash Kubernetes
Portfolio

Key Projects & Achievements

Highlighting impactful infrastructure and automation projects

Multi-AZ HA/DR Infrastructure

Designed and deployed highly available, disaster-recovery-ready infrastructure on AWS spanning multiple availability zones using VPC, ALB, Auto Scaling, and Amazon EKS.

10K+ Daily Users
99.9% Uptime
AWS VPC EKS ALB Auto Scaling

DevSecOps CI/CD Pipeline

Integrated comprehensive security scanning into CI/CD pipelines with SonarQube, Veracode, ECR image scanning, and Dependabot to implement shift-left security practices.

200+ Vulnerabilities Fixed
60% Issue Reduction
Jenkins SonarQube Veracode ECR Dependabot

Terraform IaC Framework

Built a library of 25+ reusable Terraform modules for VPC, EC2, RDS, and EKS with remote state management, enabling consistent and repeatable infrastructure deployments.

87% Faster Setup
25+ Modules
Terraform AWS Modules Remote State

Zero-Downtime EKS Upgrade

Successfully upgraded Amazon EKS clusters from version 1.24 to 1.29 using rolling node group replacement strategy while maintaining uninterrupted production services.

0 Downtime
5 Version Upgrades
EKS Kubernetes Rolling Update AWS

AWS Cost Optimization Initiative

Implemented comprehensive FinOps practices including rightsizing, Reserved/Spot Instances, S3 Intelligent-Tiering, and automated shutdown scheduling for non-production environments.

25% Cost Reduction
Monthly Savings
AWS Lambda EventBridge FinOps

Observability & Monitoring Stack

Deployed comprehensive observability solution using Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch with alerting integrated to Jira and ServiceNow for proactive incident management.

5 min MTTD
89% Faster Detection
Prometheus Grafana CloudWatch Alertmanager

VM to Microservices Migration

Led the migration of legacy VM-based monolithic applications to containerized microservices architecture on Amazon EKS, dramatically improving deployment speed and scalability.

60% Faster Deployments
8 Applications
Kubernetes Docker EKS Microservices

GitOps with Argo CD Implementation

Streamlined deployment workflow by implementing GitOps practices using Argo CD with Helm charts, enabling declarative, version-controlled deployments across multiple environments.

40% Faster Deployments
4 Engineering Teams
Argo CD GitOps Helm Kubernetes
Credentials

Certifications

Professional certifications validating my expertise

HashiCorp Certified

Terraform Associate (004)

Infrastructure as Code specialist certification

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AWS Certified

Solutions Architect - Associate

Designing distributed systems on AWS (SAA-C03)

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AWS Certified

Cloud Practitioner

Foundational AWS cloud knowledge

View Credential

AWS Certified

SysOps Administrator - Associate

AWS systems operations and deployment (SOA-C02)

View Credential

AWS Certified

Developer - Associate

AWS application development and deployment skills

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GitHub Copilot

Certification

AI-assisted development and coding

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Get In Touch

Contact Me

Reach me directly through the channels below

Email

vaikuntaraojagalingi@gmail.com

Phone

+91-8142616227

Location

Bangalore, India

LinkedIn

linkedin.com/in/vaikuntarao

GitHub

github.com/vicky-1729