Hello! I’m Rishitha Mandava, a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer with over 11 years of experience delivering scalable cloud and DevOps solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and microservices. I focus on secure, high-quality software delivery, automation, and resilient architectures that help teams move faster with less risk. I’m passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and continuously improve processes. I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentor colleagues, and enjoy turning manual, error-prone tasks into repeatable, self-service workflows. My goal is to empower developers to ship confidently while ensuring security, compliance, and operational excellence across multi-cloud landscapes.

Rishitha Mandava

Hello! I’m Rishitha Mandava, a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer with over 11 years of experience delivering scalable cloud and DevOps solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and microservices. I focus on secure, high-quality software delivery, automation, and resilient architectures that help teams move faster with less risk. I’m passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and continuously improve processes. I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentor colleagues, and enjoy turning manual, error-prone tasks into repeatable, self-service workflows. My goal is to empower developers to ship confidently while ensuring security, compliance, and operational excellence across multi-cloud landscapes.

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Hello! I’m Rishitha Mandava, a Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer with over 11 years of experience delivering scalable cloud and DevOps solutions across AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and microservices. I focus on secure, high-quality software delivery, automation, and resilient architectures that help teams move faster with less risk. I’m passionate about collaborating with cross-functional teams to solve complex problems and continuously improve processes.

I thrive in fast-paced environments, mentor colleagues, and enjoy turning manual, error-prone tasks into repeatable, self-service workflows. My goal is to empower developers to ship confidently while ensuring security, compliance, and operational excellence across multi-cloud landscapes.

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Work Experience

DEVOPS / CLOUD ENGINEER at Alexi.com
October 1, 2025 - Present
Owned and managed enterprise Azure subscriptions, creating fully private, per-customer environments with no inter-subscription connectivity. Designed and deployed isolated Azure infrastructure per subscription using Terraform. Built VNets with private subnets and enforced private endpoints for all backend services. Deployed and managed applications on Azure Container Apps with auto-scaling. Configured Application Gateway for secure ingress, SSL termination, and traffic routing. Provisioned and maintained PostgreSQL, Redis, and Azure Storage for per-customer usage. Implemented Azure Key Vault and Managed Identities for secure secrets and service authentication. Set up Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Application Insights for logs, metrics, and alerts. Enabled automated backups and recovery for databases and critical services. Applied resource tagging, budgets, and alerts for subscription-level cost control.
DEVOPS ENGINEER at Virtasant
January 1, 2024 - June 1, 2024
Managed and supported CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub Actions, ensuring smooth and efficient software delivery. Administered version control systems, primarily GitHub, and assisted development teams in resolving merge conflicts and best practices. Maintained and optimized Artifactory for artifact management. Configured and maintained Spinnaker pipelines for automated deployments to AWS EKS clusters. Supported and maintained Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS, ensuring high availability and scalability. Responded to incidents related to CI/CD pipelines, version control systems, and deployment processes to minimize downtime.
DEVOPS ENGINEER at Bagel Network
July 1, 2024 - September 30, 2025
Deployed and managed EKS clusters with GPU nodes on AWS and GCP. Automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Ansible. Implemented self-hosted GitHub runners for cost-effective builds. Set up Grafana dashboards for API monitoring and user analytics. Integrated CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Slack alerts for real-time observability. Migrated DynamoDB to RDS PostgreSQL for improved query performance. Optimized Docker builds, reducing deployment time. Automated SSL certificate monitoring and renewal. Migrated and optimized OpenSearch clusters. Deployed fine-tuning AI models on Vertex AI and AWS. Documented projects with Docusaurus and tracked fine-tuning metrics in CloudWatch and Grafana. Integrated AWS Secrets Manager for secure handling of API keys and credentials.
Senior.DevOps Engineer at Mogo Finance Technology
December 1, 2020 - September 30, 2023
Expertise in Azure Administration and managing applications hosted on Azure, including IAAS VM deployments, SQL Azure, disaster recovery, scaling, and storage. Engineered resilient Azure solutions for high availability and DR. Led strategic planning and execution of technology solutions, contributing to the tech roadmap with DevSecOps initiatives. Implemented advanced Azure Compute and Active Directory for enterprise-scale apps. Optimized API management and integrated Azure services with CI/CD workflows. Designed and deployed secure network infrastructure with Azure VPN Gateway and DNS. Managed Azure SQL and NoSQL databases, automation of cloud operations with Azure Automation, and security/compliance practices. Mentored junior DevSecOps engineers and participated in on-call rotations. Migrated Ruby apps to Kubernetes and managed microservices with Helm on EKS. Maintained multi-cloud HA across AWS, Azure, and GCP, and leveraged Jira for deployment and testing metrics.
Agile DevOps Lead Consultant at Finning Canada
December 1, 2018 - December 31, 2020
Automated CI/CD processes using Jenkins, Maven, Ant, and related tools. Administered Jenkins and configured CI/CD automation for Linux and Windows builds across Java, .NET, and other codebases. Configured and maintained Spinnaker pipelines for deploying across development, testing, and production. Ensured application and infrastructure security with automation checks. Integrated Spinnaker with Kubernetes for streamlined container deployments. Worked in the Product business group for SCM-related retail products. Experienced with Azure Compute, Caching, SQL, NoSQL, Storage, AD, API Management, Autoscaling, VMs, DNS, VPN Gateway, and related services. Monitored Spinnaker performance and maintained security/compliance across cloud services. Led a global operations team ensuring 24x7 uptime and supported pre-prod/prod builds in a DevOps capacity. Implemented AWS-based deployments and managed containerized apps with Kubernetes and OpenShift.
DevOps Engineer at Mariner Innovations
March 1, 2016 - December 31, 2018
Agile delivery consulting across multiple tracks, aligning value streams with organizational agility. Implemented and managed CD pipelines using Spinnaker, increasing deployment efficiency by 40%. Migrated legacy apps to Spinnaker-driven deployments and mentored teams to establish an Agile practice. Built an Enterprise Agile Dashboard with technical, business, and operational metrics. Led release planning and backlog management using JIRA across nine Scrum teams. Implemented DevOps automation with Jenkins, GitHub, Selenium, and Docker. Supported end-to-end RPA and code coverage with SonarQube. Worked with Kubernetes and Docker components, and helped deliver a Policy Administration System (Encompass) for client domains.
System Administrator / Build & Release Engineer at Deloitte Consulting, Private Limited
March 1, 2014 - December 31, 2015
Maintained Subversion/GIT repositories, access controls, and day-to-day version control support. Troubleshot and resolved build, deployment, and performance issues; enhanced automated configuration management. Maintained and improved build procedures using Ant and Maven; managed branching/merging in CVS. Created Chef automation tools and improved manual processes. Evaluated and recommended open-source tools and methodologies to enhance productivity. Worked on web applications for Resolution Health Inc (RHI) as part of The WellPoint family.

Education

Bachelors: Computer Science and Engineering at JNTUH
January 11, 2030 - January 1, 2014

Qualifications

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional
January 11, 2030 - January 23, 2026

Industry Experience

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