I am a DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience supporting cloud-native applications across AWS environments, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized platforms. I specialize in Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, and Jenkins, with a strong background in infrastructure automation, deployment reliability, and production support. I have experience working with global teams, blending a solid engineering foundation with practical DevOps execution to drive deployment stability, incident response, and scalable operations.

Sai Kamal Challa

I am a DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience supporting cloud-native applications across AWS environments, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized platforms. I specialize in Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, and Jenkins, with a strong background in infrastructure automation, deployment reliability, and production support. I have experience working with global teams, blending a solid engineering foundation with practical DevOps execution to drive deployment stability, incident response, and scalable operations.

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I am a DevOps Engineer with 4+ years of hands-on experience supporting cloud-native applications across AWS environments, CI/CD pipelines, and containerized platforms. I specialize in Docker, Kubernetes (EKS), Terraform, and Jenkins, with a strong background in infrastructure automation, deployment reliability, and production support.

I have experience working with global teams, blending a solid engineering foundation with practical DevOps execution to drive deployment stability, incident response, and scalable operations.

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Work Experience

DevOps Engineer (Contract) at HCL Tech
October 1, 2025 - Present
Integrated with existing AWS and Kubernetes (EKS) environments to support application deployments, configuration updates, and production stability. Executed Terraform-based infrastructure updates across environments to ensure consistency and compliance with cloud standards. Assisted CI/CD pipeline executions and release activities, collaborating with development teams to resolve deployment-related issues. Observed infrastructure & application alerts using AWS CloudWatch and dashboards, with incident triage during on-call rotations. Documented deployment steps and troubleshooting procedures to support ongoing operations.
DevOps Engineer at Mindtree
June 1, 2021 - November 1, 2023
Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub, enabling faster and more reliable deployments across development and QA environments. Built and managed Docker container images and supported deployments on Kubernetes clusters, improving deployment consistency and reducing environment-related issues by ~30%. Implemented Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform to provision AWS resources including EC2, VPC, IAM, and Load Balancers, reducing manual provisioning effort by ~40%. Collaborated with development teams to troubleshoot build and deployment failures, performing root cause analysis and improving pipeline stability, increasing successful deployments by ~25%. Configured and monitored cloud and application metrics using AWS CloudWatch to support alerting and log analysis. Participated in Agile ceremonies & worked with cross-functional teams to support release planning and workflow improvements.
Cloud Engineer at Hexaware Technologies
January 1, 2020 - May 1, 2021
Supported & maintained AWS-based cloud infrastructure ensuring reliable development and testing environments. Assisted in provisioning and configuring cloud resources using AWS console & automation scripts, reducing manual setup effort by ~25%. Collaborated with DevOps and application teams to deploy application builds through CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git, improving deployment consistency. Performed Linux system administration tasks including user management, service monitoring, log analysis, and basic shell scripting for routine operations. Monitored application and infrastructure health using AWS CloudWatch, resolving common issues and contributing to a 15% reduction in recurring environment-related incidents. Documented cloud setup procedures, access controls, and operational runbooks, enabling faster onboarding and reducing environment-related queries by ~20%.

Education

Master of Science in Computer Sciences at Central Michigan University
January 11, 2030 - December 1, 2025
Bachelor’s in Computer Science at Anurag Engineering College
January 11, 2030 - May 1, 2021

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Industry Experience

Software & Internet