Hi, I’m Mahesh Kumar Avula, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructures, primarily on Azure and AWS. I specialize in building scalable, secure systems, automating CI/CD pipelines, and delivering reliable applications with close collaboration across cross-functional teams. Over the past two years at Cigniti Technologies, I’ve improved deployment speed, uptime, and monitoring with tools like Azure DevOps, AKS, Terraform, and Key Vault, and I’m passionate about continuously learning new cloud technologies to drive operational excellence.

Mahesh Kumar Avula

Hi, I’m Mahesh Kumar Avula, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructures, primarily on Azure and AWS. I specialize in building scalable, secure systems, automating CI/CD pipelines, and delivering reliable applications with close collaboration across cross-functional teams. Over the past two years at Cigniti Technologies, I’ve improved deployment speed, uptime, and monitoring with tools like Azure DevOps, AKS, Terraform, and Key Vault, and I’m passionate about continuously learning new cloud technologies to drive operational excellence.

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Hi, I’m Mahesh Kumar Avula, a Cloud & DevOps Engineer with hands-on experience in designing, deploying, and managing cloud infrastructures, primarily on Azure and AWS. I specialize in building scalable, secure systems, automating CI/CD pipelines, and delivering reliable applications with close collaboration across cross-functional teams.

Over the past two years at Cigniti Technologies, I’ve improved deployment speed, uptime, and monitoring with tools like Azure DevOps, AKS, Terraform, and Key Vault, and I’m passionate about continuously learning new cloud technologies to drive operational excellence.

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Experience Level

Expert
Expert
Expert
Expert
Intermediate

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Cloud & DevOps Engineer at Cigniti Technologies
December 1, 2021 - December 1, 2023
Led the design, deployment, and management of scalable Azure-based cloud infrastructure for multiple clients. Automated 50+ CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps, improving software delivery cycles by 20% and reducing feature deployment times by 15%. Configured Azure Load Balancers and Traffic Manager to optimize traffic, achieving 99.9% application availability. Implemented automation scripts to manage updates for over 10 Azure web applications, reducing deployment errors by 25%. Customized Azure Boards, test plans, and cross-team workflows to enhance project tracking for three client projects. Practiced Infrastructure as Code with Terraform and ARM templates; containerized apps with Docker and orchestrated via AKS. Implemented monitoring via Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights; enforced RBAC, Azure AD, Key Vault, and NSGs for security. Troubleshot infrastructure and deployment issues to ensure reliability and performance and collaborated with clients and development t

Education

B.Tech Computer Science at KITS Engineering College, Guntur
June 1, 2017 - August 1, 2021
MSc Cloud Computing at National College of Ireland
January 1, 2024 - April 1, 2025

Qualifications

Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
April 1, 2022 - May 2, 2026
Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-104)
June 1, 2022 - May 2, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Professional Services, Computers & Electronics, Education