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I'm Spandana Gardas, a Sr DevOps Engineer with 7 years of experience architecting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and OpenTofu, building GPU-enabled AI/ML workloads, and provisioning Kubernetes clusters with NVIDIA CUDA runtimes. My focus is on creating reliable, automated platforms that power data pipelines and machine-learning workflows at scale. I design resilient CI/CD pipelines, emphasize security and compliance, and implement observability with CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Prometheus, and Datadog. I enjoy automating complex operations with Python, Bash, and Ansible, and collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver rapid, safe software delivery and AI readiness.…I'm Spandana Gardas, a Sr DevOps Engineer with 7 years of experience architecting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and OpenTofu, building GPU-enabled AI/ML workloads, and provisioning Kubernetes clusters with NVIDIA CUDA runtimes. My focus is on creating reliable, automated platforms that power data pipelines and machine-learning workflows at scale. I design resilient CI/CD pipelines, emphasize security and compliance, and implement observability with CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Prometheus, and Datadog. I enjoy automating complex operations with Python, Bash, and Ansible, and collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver rapid, safe software delivery and AI readiness.

Spandana Gardas

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I'm Spandana Gardas, a Sr DevOps Engineer with 7 years of experience architecting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and OpenTofu, building GPU-enabled AI/ML workloads, and provisioning Kubernetes clusters with NVIDIA CUDA runtimes. My focus is on creating reliable, automated platforms that power data pipelines and machine-learning workflows at scale. I design resilient CI/CD pipelines, emphasize security and compliance, and implement observability with CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Prometheus, and Datadog. I enjoy automating complex operations with Python, Bash, and Ansible, and collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver rapid, safe software delivery and AI readiness.…I'm Spandana Gardas, a Sr DevOps Engineer with 7 years of experience architecting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and OpenTofu, building GPU-enabled AI/ML workloads, and provisioning Kubernetes clusters with NVIDIA CUDA runtimes. My focus is on creating reliable, automated platforms that power data pipelines and machine-learning workflows at scale. I design resilient CI/CD pipelines, emphasize security and compliance, and implement observability with CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Prometheus, and Datadog. I enjoy automating complex operations with Python, Bash, and Ansible, and collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver rapid, safe software delivery and AI readiness.

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I’m Spandana Gardas, a Sr DevOps Engineer with 7 years of experience architecting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP. I specialize in Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and OpenTofu, building GPU-enabled AI/ML workloads, and provisioning Kubernetes clusters with NVIDIA CUDA runtimes. My focus is on creating reliable, automated platforms that power data pipelines and machine-learning workflows at scale.

I design resilient CI/CD pipelines, emphasize security and compliance, and implement observability with CloudWatch, OpenSearch, Prometheus, and Datadog. I enjoy automating complex operations with Python, Bash, and Ansible, and collaborating across cross-functional teams to deliver rapid, safe software delivery and AI readiness.

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Senior DevOps Engineer / Platform Engineer at HiBid (Contract via 402 Ventures)

March 1, 2025 - July 1, 2025

Built modular, reusable OpenTofu (Terraform) modules to provision AWS infrastructure including VPCs, subnets, IAM roles, Lambda, ECS (Fargate), and OpenSearch. Implemented multi-environment support (DEV, STG, PROD) using Terragrunt with consistent tagging and environment isolation. Automated deployment of GPU-enabled ECS/EKS workloads for AI/ML pipelines, reduced costs by 15% via Lambda-based schedules and S3 lifecycle policies. Migrated legacy applications to AWS using CloudFormation, EC2, RDS, ELB, and EKS, improving uptime by 40%.

Cloud DevOps Engineer at Southwest Airlines, Dallas

October 1, 2023 - February 1, 2025

Designed and managed CI/CD pipelines across development, QA, and production environments; optimized Azure DevOps services (Repos, Boards, Test Plans) for streamlined delivery. Deployed and managed applications on AWS EC2 with S3-backed backup and versioning. Built Jenkins-based CI/CD pipelines, automated infrastructure with Terraform, and deployed Kubernetes on AKS with GitOps via Argo CD. Implemented DevSecOps practices with security auditing, WAF rules, and encryption to mitigate threats.

AWS DevOps Engineer at T Mobile – Bellevue, WA

December 1, 2022 - September 1, 2023

Managed AWS infrastructure; created AMIs for production backups, configured IAM user accounts, and worked with RDS, Route 53, VPC, DynamoDB, SES, SQS, and SNS. Designed and deployed AWS networking components (VPCs, public/private subnets, security groups, route tables, ELB). Automated provisioning with Terraform (EC2, S3, VPC) and CloudFormation templates. Implemented CI/CD pipelines with Docker, Jenkins, and GitHub; automated autoscaling with CloudWatch; deployed and managed Docker containers; automated infrastructure configuration with Ansible on agentless nodes.

AWS DevOps Engineer at Toyota Connected, India

June 1, 2021 - July 1, 2022

Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using AWS CloudFormation and Terraform, automating provisioning and management of EC2, S3, Lambda, and RDS. Managed multi-environment deployments with modular templates and IaC version control. Implemented cloud monitoring (CloudWatch, Datadog, Prometheus) and centralized logging; deployed and scaled Kubernetes workloads on AKS; collaborated with developers to align infrastructure with application requirements.

DevOps Engineer at Symbiosis Software Solutions, India

December 1, 2019 - May 1, 2021

Managed Azure services (VNets, VMs, Resource Groups, VPN, Azure DNS, Load Balancing, App Gateway, Traffic Manager) for high availability. Automated provisioning with Puppet, Shell, and Python. Implemented Azure AD SSO, integrating SaaS apps for security and accessibility. Deployed Azure IaaS VMs and PaaS services; built Puppet manifests for Apache/Tomcat/Nginx/Spark; designed Jenkins pipelines for CI/CD; monitored with Log Analytics, App Insights, Cosmos DB, and Azure Monitor.

Build/Release Engineer at Kascade Systems, India

July 1, 2018 - November 1, 2019

Administered and maintained RHEL servers; led deployment and release management across Dev, QA, UAT, and Production. Managed build/deployment pipelines for Java apps with Jenkins, Ant, and Tomcat repositories; automated tasks with Bash/SSH; used Python for data handling; deployed and managed WebLogic-based applications.