Senior DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience working in GCP, AWS and Azure cloud environments. Strong experience in CI/CD pipeline design and automation using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo CD, Harness, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible. Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, OpenShift, Helm, and GitOps-based deployment workflows. Experience implementing blue-green and canary deployments, DevSecOps practices including SAST and DAST security scanning, secrets management using Hashi Corp Vault, and IAM/RBAC controls. Solid understanding of SRE practices, monitoring, and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and Splunk. Proven ability to improve system reliability, automate infrastructure, reduce cloud costs, and support scalable production workloads.

Govinda Vara Prasad Yatam

Senior DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience working in GCP, AWS and Azure cloud environments. Strong experience in CI/CD pipeline design and automation using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo CD, Harness, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible. Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, OpenShift, Helm, and GitOps-based deployment workflows. Experience implementing blue-green and canary deployments, DevSecOps practices including SAST and DAST security scanning, secrets management using Hashi Corp Vault, and IAM/RBAC controls. Solid understanding of SRE practices, monitoring, and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and Splunk. Proven ability to improve system reliability, automate infrastructure, reduce cloud costs, and support scalable production workloads.

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Senior DevOps Engineer with 12+ years of experience working in GCP, AWS and Azure cloud environments. Strong experience in CI/CD pipeline design and automation using Jenkins, GitLab CI, Argo CD, Harness, Terraform, CloudFormation, and Ansible. Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, OpenShift, Helm, and GitOps-based deployment workflows. Experience implementing blue-green and canary deployments, DevSecOps practices including SAST and DAST security scanning, secrets management using Hashi Corp Vault, and IAM/RBAC controls. Solid understanding of SRE practices, monitoring, and observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and Splunk. Proven ability to improve system reliability, automate infrastructure, reduce cloud costs, and support scalable production workloads.

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Work Experience

Senior DevOps Engineer at Freddie Mac
July 1, 2024 - Present
Architected and operated production-grade Kubernetes clusters (on-premises and cloud) with multi-master high availability, automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform Enterprise and Ansible, and migration of legacy applications to containerized Kubernetes platforms. Designed and maintained custom Helm charts and OpenShift DeploymentConfigs, integrated Spinnaker for dynamic environment rollouts, and executed large-scale blue-green and canary deployments. Implemented Horizontal and Vertical Pod Autoscaling (HPA/VPA), and optimized StatefulSet workloads for PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Kafka, and Elasticsearch. Strengthened security with HashiCorp Vault for secrets management and integrated image vulnerability scanning with Prisma Cloud. Developed Python, Groovy, and Bash automation to streamline cluster operations and deployment workflows.
Senior DevOps Engineer at Cargill Business Services (Bangalore)
October 1, 2021 - July 1, 2024
Built and maintained enterprise CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions, Terraform, and Ansible to automate Kubernetes deployments across hybrid cloud and on-prem environments. Provisioned Rancher-managed Kubernetes (RKE2) clusters on AWS and Azure, configured Calico networking and network policies, and developed CSI plugin integrations for persistent storage. Implemented RBAC with enterprise SSO and centralized secrets management using Vault and Azure Key Vault. Enhanced monitoring with LogicMonitor, Prometheus, Splunk, and Grafana, and authored Helm charts for consistent, scalable releases. Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible, and created Python and shell automation tools to improve deployment efficiency and proactive troubleshooting.
Senior SRE Engineer at Hitachi Vantara (Bangalore)
May 1, 2019 - October 1, 2021
Architected and delivered PaaS/IaaS solutions across on-prem data centers and public clouds (AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, OpenShift) enabling enterprise-wide cloud adoption. Led Cloud workflow automation initiatives and built end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, and Terraform. Orchestrated IaC with Terraform and Ansible to provision scalable resources; hardening Kubernetes/OpenShift clusters with RBAC, audit logging, and secure Helm deployments. Implemented containerization with Docker and advanced observability strategies, and managed SSL/TLS certificate lifecycle for secure communications. Optimized Terraform state management and cloud resource provisioning processes to support rapid, compliant releases.
DevOps Engineer at SAP Labs (Bangalore)
February 1, 2014 - May 1, 2019
Automated provisioning and lifecycle management of infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and OpenStack using Ansible, Terraform, and cloud-native APIs, reducing environment setup time. Deployed SAP HANA and S/4HANA workloads on an OpenStack-based Converged Cloud and led migrations of SAP landscapes to OpenStack with tenant isolation and SDN networking. Architected secure multi-environment Kubernetes clusters (prod, stage, dev) with RBAC and Helm-based deployments, integrated with CI/CD pipelines. Designed Azure DevOps infrastructure using ARM templates, Terraform for scalable, fault-tolerant deployments. Delivered strong Linux administration and cross-team collaboration to support production-grade operations.

Education

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech) at JNTU University, Kakinada
January 1, 2008 - January 1, 2012

Qualifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026
Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
January 11, 2030 - January 27, 2026

Industry Experience

Software & Internet, Financial Services, Professional Services, Manufacturing, Other