RAJESH KANCHARLA SRE

Supported Azure infrastructure operations and production platform health checks across multiple environments. Provisioned and managed Azure resources using Terraform and ARM Templates (Resource Groups, Service Principals, ACR, AKS, Service Bus, App Service, Logic Apps, Function Apps). Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines for repeatable deployments with validation, release controls, and rollback support. Automated operational tasks using PowerShell, Python, Bash, YAML, and JSON to reduce manual effort. Administered 45+ Azure subscriptions by standardizing governance, RBAC, and provisioning practices. Managed AKS clusters across environments, troubleshooting Kubernetes workloads, networking, configuration, and deployments. Monitored systems using Azure Monitor/Application Insights/Log Analytics and supported incident triage, root-cause analysis, and corrective actions, including ~2 production deployments per week.

Implemented Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code for consistent Azure provisioning and controlled environment standardization. Developed Azure DevOps YAML CI/CD pipelines for automated build, validation, controlled deployment, and environment readiness. Supported AKS setup, Kubernetes deployments, cluster upgrades, health checks, troubleshooting, and production operations across multiple environments. Integrated SonarQube for code quality/security validation and used Azure Key Vault for secure secret management in pipelines. Monitored AKS pod logs and infrastructure/application metrics, triaged alerts, and investigated issues. Managed deployments with least-privilege access, handled SSL certificate installation/renewals, and supported production hotfix/rollback planning and operational handoff. Deployed and operated agent-based microservices on AKS integrating Azure Service Bus, Storage, and Key Vault; also supported Python REST APIs using Azure services.

Applied DevOps/SRE practices to improve availability, scalability, performance, and proactive remediation for production systems. Conducted root-cause analysis for recurring incidents and documented corrective/preventive actions to improve operational procedures. Managed AWS networking components including VPCs, subnets, route tables, security groups, load balancing, and private connectivity. Provisioned AWS infrastructure with Terraform (VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, ECR, and supporting services) and automated operational activities using Terraform, Python, Bash, and CI/CD. Implemented monitoring and investigation workflows using Amazon CloudWatch/Logs. Built containerized deployment workflows with Docker, ECR, Kubernetes, Helm, and ArgoCD, and used Jenkins/Git workflows across Dev/QA/UAT/Production. Supported Dockerized apps on AWS EKS and supported MySQL/PostgreSQL/MongoDB migration activities including on-premises-to-AWS migration.