Hi, I’m Chandra Reddy Erigela, a DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions. I specialize in AWS, IaC, CI/CD automation, and Kubernetes orchestration, and I’m passionate about shifting security left and accelerating delivery through automation and collaborative problem-solving. I enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to design reliable architectures, automate compliance checks (ISO 27001, NIST CSF), and implement secure secrets management. I’m always learning and applying the latest DevSecOps practices to build resilient systems that support rapid, safe software delivery.

Chandra Reddy Erigela

Hi, I’m Chandra Reddy Erigela, a DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions. I specialize in AWS, IaC, CI/CD automation, and Kubernetes orchestration, and I’m passionate about shifting security left and accelerating delivery through automation and collaborative problem-solving. I enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to design reliable architectures, automate compliance checks (ISO 27001, NIST CSF), and implement secure secrets management. I’m always learning and applying the latest DevSecOps practices to build resilient systems that support rapid, safe software delivery.

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Hi, I’m Chandra Reddy Erigela, a DevOps & Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience delivering secure, scalable cloud solutions. I specialize in AWS, IaC, CI/CD automation, and Kubernetes orchestration, and I’m passionate about shifting security left and accelerating delivery through automation and collaborative problem-solving.

I enjoy partnering with cross-functional teams to design reliable architectures, automate compliance checks (ISO 27001, NIST CSF), and implement secure secrets management. I’m always learning and applying the latest DevSecOps practices to build resilient systems that support rapid, safe software delivery.

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Work Experience

DevOps Engineer at S&P Global
December 1, 2024 - November 5, 2025
Led DevOps initiatives to reduce deployment time by 25% and strengthen security by embedding automated Shift-Left checks (Snyk, SonarQube, Veracode) in CI/CD pipelines, achieving improved audit readiness and reduced manual validation effort. Automated scalable infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and remote state management. Provisioned ephemeral PostgreSQL and MySQL databases in Kubernetes to accelerate development and testing cycles. Built secure, multi-stage Docker images and implemented Secrets Manager integration with Kubernetes using IRSA and CSI. Contributed to threat modeling and security architecture reviews, and collaborated with the SRE team to implement centralized logging with Fluent Bit and the ELK stack. Designed automated backup strategies and disaster recovery plans to ensure data integrity and minimize downtime.
DevOps Engineer at Bridgewater Bank
November 1, 2024 - November 1, 2024
Implemented GitOps using Argo CD for automated Kubernetes deployments, enabling continuous sync and faster release cycles. Upgraded EKS clusters using blue-green strategies with integrated security scans in CI/CD pipelines. Collaborated across functions to design scalable, secure infrastructure and deployment strategies, and reduced cloud costs by rightsizing resources, enabling auto-scaling, and removing idle services.
DevOps Engineer at General Bank of Canada
July 1, 2024 - July 1, 2024
Contributed to high-availability and failover mechanisms for mission-critical banking applications. Automated configuration management and system hardening to enforce secure baselines and reduce drift across cloud and containers. Assisted VM-to-container migrations using Docker and Kubernetes and deployed containerized applications on EKS. Implemented Prometheus-based monitoring and alerting thresholds to ensure reliability.
DevOps Engineer at General Bank of Canada
August 1, 2022 - July 1, 2024
Contributed to high availability and failover strategies for critical banking apps. Automated configuration management and system hardening to reduce drift. Facilitated VM to container migration with Docker and Kubernetes, including vulnerability scanning. Deployed and managed containerized apps on EKS with Prometheus monitoring and alerting for resource and workload issues.
Associate DevOps Engineer at Ebix Software India Pvt. Ltd
May 1, 2022 - May 1, 2022
Designed and managed cloud infrastructure for dev and test environments, built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Nexus, and automated routine deployment tasks using Ansible roles. Containerized applications with Docker to streamline development workflows.
Associate DevOps Engineer at Ebix Software India Pvt. Ltd
January 1, 2021 - May 1, 2022
Created and managed cloud infrastructure for dev and test environments; built CI CD pipelines with Jenkins and Nexus. Automated routine deployment tasks with Ansible roles and authored containerized workflows using Docker.
System Administrator (L1/L2 Support) at Ebix Software India Pvt. Ltd
December 31, 2020 - December 31, 2020
Set up and configure Linux servers, desktops, and network devices for internal and client environments. Delivered L1/L2 technical support for hardware, software, printers, and network-related issues. Documented standard operating procedures, ticket resolutions, and setup guides in Confluence to support internal knowledge sharing.
System Administrator (L1/L2 Support) at Ebix Software India Pvt. Ltd
December 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020
Set up and configured Linux servers, desktops, and network devices for internal and client environments. Delivered L1/L2 technical support for hardware, software, printer, and network-related issues. Documented SOPs, ticket resolutions, and setup guides for repeat tasks in Confluence to support internal knowledge sharing.
System Administrator (L1/L2 Support) at Ebix Software India Pvt. Ltd
July 1, 2019 - December 1, 2020
Configured Linux servers and network devices, providing L1/L2 support for hardware, software, printers, and network issues. Documented standard operating procedures and setup guides in Confluence to support knowledge sharing.

Education

Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
July 1, 2014 - August 1, 2017
Bachelor of Technology in Electronics Engineering at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
July 1, 2014 - August 1, 2017
Bachelor of Technology at Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Hyderabad
July 1, 2014 - August 1, 2017

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services