I'm a Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and optimizing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, helping teams accelerate cloud adoption and modernize their environments. I specialize in automating infrastructure as code with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Pulumi; building and integrating CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI; containerization and orchestration with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, and service meshes like Istio and Linkerd; and implementing observability and security to keep systems reliable and compliant. I’m comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-stakes environments and am passionate about delivering resilient, scalable solutions that align with business goals and regulatory requirements.

Veera Venkata Garapati

I'm a Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and optimizing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, helping teams accelerate cloud adoption and modernize their environments. I specialize in automating infrastructure as code with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Pulumi; building and integrating CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI; containerization and orchestration with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, and service meshes like Istio and Linkerd; and implementing observability and security to keep systems reliable and compliant. I’m comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-stakes environments and am passionate about delivering resilient, scalable solutions that align with business goals and regulatory requirements.

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I’m a Cloud Engineer with 5+ years of experience designing, deploying, and optimizing scalable, secure, and cost-effective cloud infrastructures across AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, helping teams accelerate cloud adoption and modernize their environments.

I specialize in automating infrastructure as code with Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and Pulumi; building and integrating CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitHub Actions, and GitLab CI; containerization and orchestration with Docker, Kubernetes (EKS, AKS, GKE), Helm, and service meshes like Istio and Linkerd; and implementing observability and security to keep systems reliable and compliant. I’m comfortable operating in fast-paced, high-stakes environments and am passionate about delivering resilient, scalable solutions that align with business goals and regulatory requirements.

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Experience Level

Expert

Language

English
Fluent

Work Experience

Cloud Engineer at Netflix
December 1, 2023 - October 31, 2025
Led the architecture of multi-region, fault-tolerant cloud infrastructure on AWS to support high-volume, low-latency media delivery. Used Terraform and Spinnaker to automate provisioning of EC2 instances, S3 buckets, IAM roles, and VPCs, improving service reliability and reducing manual operations by 65%. Designed and maintained 150+ reusable IaC modules (Terraform + Packer) for Netflix's AWS environments, enabling standardized configurations and ensuring policy compliance. Built secure, scalable CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Spinnaker, and GitHub Actions to automate encoding/transcoding services, content delivery modules, and real-time analytics, reducing release cycle time by 70% while preserving rollback safety. Administered Kubernetes clusters (EKS) with custom Helm charts, Istio service mesh, and advanced pod autoscaling for streaming workloads, achieving 99.95% uptime across global regions. Integrated observability stacks (Netflix Atlas, Prometheus, ELK) for real-time telemetry a
Cloud Systems Engineer at Accenture
December 1, 2022 - December 1, 2022
Architected real-time, scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation to support automated, zero-downtime deployments across global environments, reducing provisioning errors by 60%. Automated infrastructure deployments and patching workflows with Ansible, AWS Systems Manager, and Azure DevOps pipelines, saving 40+ engineer hours monthly and improving system compliance across audited environments. Deployed container-based microservices using Docker and Kubernetes (EKS & AKS), implementing autoscaling, namespace isolation, and RBAC policies to enhance deployment agility and workload isolation. Designed and deployed scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform for real-time applications, lowering provisioning errors and improving deployment reliability. Streamlined access management with IAM roles, SSO integration, and RBAC, improving cloud security governance and meeting quarterly audit benchmarks for multiple enterprise clients. Configured secure storage and backup strat

Education

Master of Science in Information Technology at Hood College
January 1, 2023 - May 1, 2024

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Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Software & Internet, Professional Services