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I’m a Cloud/DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing, migrating, and operating enterprise workloads on Azure and AWS. I specialize in Terraform (IaC), Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), and Azure DevOps CI/CD, and I automate tasks with PowerShell and Python. I partner closely with product and platform teams to refactor applications for the public cloud, implement secure patterns (RBAC, private networking, secrets/CMK in Key Vault), and build DR/BCP with <15m RTO / <5m RPO. My recent work includes Power Platform / Dynamics 365 integration (Dataverse API access, environment provisioning automation, DLP/connector governance, CMK/Key Vault alignment) and observability programs that reduced MTTR by ~40%.…I’m a Cloud/DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing, migrating, and operating enterprise workloads on Azure and AWS. I specialize in Terraform (IaC), Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), and Azure DevOps CI/CD, and I automate tasks with PowerShell and Python. I partner closely with product and platform teams to refactor applications for the public cloud, implement secure patterns (RBAC, private networking, secrets/CMK in Key Vault), and build DR/BCP with <15m RTO / <5m RPO. My recent work includes Power Platform / Dynamics 365 integration (Dataverse API access, environment provisioning automation, DLP/connector governance, CMK/Key Vault alignment) and observability programs that reduced MTTR by ~40%.

UMESH CHOWDARY

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I’m a Cloud/DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing, migrating, and operating enterprise workloads on Azure and AWS. I specialize in Terraform (IaC), Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), and Azure DevOps CI/CD, and I automate tasks with PowerShell and Python. I partner closely with product and platform teams to refactor applications for the public cloud, implement secure patterns (RBAC, private networking, secrets/CMK in Key Vault), and build DR/BCP with <15m RTO / <5m RPO. My recent work includes Power Platform / Dynamics 365 integration (Dataverse API access, environment provisioning automation, DLP/connector governance, CMK/Key Vault alignment) and observability programs that reduced MTTR by ~40%.…I’m a Cloud/DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing, migrating, and operating enterprise workloads on Azure and AWS. I specialize in Terraform (IaC), Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), and Azure DevOps CI/CD, and I automate tasks with PowerShell and Python. I partner closely with product and platform teams to refactor applications for the public cloud, implement secure patterns (RBAC, private networking, secrets/CMK in Key Vault), and build DR/BCP with <15m RTO / <5m RPO. My recent work includes Power Platform / Dynamics 365 integration (Dataverse API access, environment provisioning automation, DLP/connector governance, CMK/Key Vault alignment) and observability programs that reduced MTTR by ~40%.

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I’m a Cloud/DevOps Engineer with 6+ years of experience designing, migrating, and operating enterprise workloads on Azure and AWS. I specialize in Terraform (IaC), Kubernetes (AKS/EKS), and Azure DevOps CI/CD, and I automate tasks with PowerShell and Python.

I partner closely with product and platform teams to refactor applications for the public cloud, implement secure patterns (RBAC, private networking, secrets/CMK in Key Vault), and build DR/BCP with <15m RTO / <5m RPO. My recent work includes Power Platform / Dynamics 365 integration (Dataverse API access, environment provisioning automation, DLP/connector governance, CMK/Key Vault alignment) and observability programs that reduced MTTR by ~40%.

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Sr. DevOps Engineer at Confluence

November 1, 2024 - November 1, 2024

Designed and managed AKS clusters; implemented GitOps with Argo CD; maintained an internal Helm chart repository and standardized release workflows for 20+ microservices. Authored Helm charts and Terraform modules for an AI-driven document-processing platform using Azure OpenAI, Cognitive Search, and Document Intelligence. Drafted DR/BCP with multi-region AKS failover and geo-replicated databases; migrated from Azure Container Apps to AKS with zero-downtime cutover. Built Azure DevOps and Bitbucket YAML pipelines for builds, tests, container scans, and Helm deployments with automated rollbacks. Implemented GitHub Actions workflows for parallel builds of .NET and Node.js services. Deployed Grafana/Prometheus dashboards reducing MTTR by ~40%. Implemented Power Platform ALM (export-unpack-build-pack-import) with PAC CLI; automated environment provisioning and Dataverse connectivity patterns; governance for DLP and connectors; CMK/Key Vault integration. Enabled private networking for AKS w

Cloud DevOps Engineer at BMO Bank of Montreal

December 1, 2023 - December 1, 2023

Designed and operated production-grade AKS/EKS platforms; standardized Helm chart libraries and semantic versioning. Built reusable Terraform modules and remote state (Azure/S3) to provision network, identity, and data services consumed by Dataverse/Power Platform apps. Implemented Power Platform CI/CD in Azure DevOps using PAC CLI and Power Platform Build Tools, with stage approvals and artifact versioning. Stood up Dev/UAT/Prod Power Platform/D365 environments and automated security roles/teams, application users, and connection references via scripts and APIs. Defined and enforced DLP policies (tenant-wide + environment-specific), connector allow/deny lists, and custom connector review with security. Integrated CMK/Key Vault for Power Platform encryption keys and documented rotation processes; contributed to key access reviews. Established Dataverse backup/restore cadence and automated data export to ADLS Gen2 (incremental, secure), feeding downstream analytics. Automated ALM branch

Azure DevOps Engineer at Sun Life Financial

September 1, 2022 - September 1, 2022

Created Azure DevOps pipelines for CI/CD across multiple environments; provisioned AKS clusters and supporting infrastructure with Terraform. Containerized applications with Docker and deployed via Helm with zero-downtime patterns. Integrated SonarQube, container scans, and Azure Defender. Supported Azure SQL MI provisioning and DNS configurations via IaC. Implemented logging/alerting with Azure Monitor and Application Insights. Built rollout strategies (canary, blue/green) using ADO and Kubernetes; enforced encryption-at-rest and Key Vault-backed secrets; configured RBAC. Supported Dataverse exports with secure data handling and automated backups to ADLS Gen2. Drove ALM branching/versioning for solutions; integrated APIM policies for AKS-hosted APIs; built telemetry dashboards for admin/API data. Created runbooks and contributed to incident response for solution imports/connector authentication. Worked with compliance on DLP and data residency requirements and produced audit evidence

DevOps Engineer / AWS DevOps at WENCO International

June 1, 2021 - June 1, 2021

Provisioned production-grade EKS clusters using Terraform; built Helm charts from scratch for .NET and Node.js services with chart provenance and signed packaging. Created Jenkins pipelines for build/test/image creation/packaging/deploy; integrated container scans with Trivy. Authored Ansible playbooks and Puppet manifests to standardize OS baselines across 150+ EC2 instances. Implemented centralized logging with ELK and metrics/alerts with CloudWatch, Grafana, and Prometheus exporters. Automated VPC, subnets, IGW, NAT, and security groups; enforced IAM least-privilege roles. Integrated SonarQube SAST scans and dependency checks into Jenkins and enforced image signing via OPA Gatekeeper. Developed disaster-recovery runbooks for multi-AZ failover using RDS read replicas and S3 cross-region replication. Tagged resources and generated weekly cost reports with Athena/Quicksight. Configured PagerDuty integrations; reduced MTTR from 45 minutes to 18 minutes.

Jr. DevOps Engineer at Aptiv

July 1, 2018 - July 1, 2018

Supported configuration and deployment of AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, VPC). Built and deployed applications into EKS using Helm and Terraform. Monitored applications with CloudWatch and created custom dashboards. Assisted in setting up Jenkins pipelines for automated deployments and tests. Maintained pom.xml/package-lock.json, resolved merge conflicts, and managed dependency updates during patch cycles. Handled IAM roles and permissions for developers and pipelines. Followed GitFlow, and assisted in migrating from manual scripts to Terraform-based provisioning.