SRI HARI SHARANYA BHAMIDIPATI

DevOps Engineer

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About

Highly accomplished Strategic DevOps Engineer with 10 years of IT experience, including 7+ years specializing in automation, CI/CD, and cloud-native solutions that significantly improved platform stability and saved over $1M. Proven expert in Kubernetes, AWS, Ansible, and Python/Shell scripting, consistently reducing manual effort by 50% and streamlining infrastructure operations. Leveraging an MS in Big Data Systems with AI/ML coursework, I am now applying MLOps skills to build innovative solutions like an OpenAI-powered Kubernetes automation assistant for advanced infrastructure automation.

Work Experience

Engineer III - Consultant DevOps

VERIZON DATA SERVICES PRIVATE LTD

Jul 2016 - Jun 2024

Hyderabad, TG, IN

Led DevOps initiatives for Amazon EKS and CI/CD pipelines, optimizing infrastructure, reducing deployment times, and achieving significant cost savings.

  • Managed and maintained Amazon EKS clusters, configuring RBAC/IAM roles, and optimizing DNS for ingress routing, ensuring automated and compliant node updates via Nebula.
  • Engineered an automated deployment pipeline for the Rating & Billing Manager utilizing Python and CI/CD tools, successfully reducing deployment time from hours to 5-10 minutes.
  • Designed and implemented robust CI/CD pipelines with GitLab, Ansible, Python, and YAML, migrating over 100 Java/Python batch jobs from uDeploy to open-source tooling, resulting in annual savings exceeding $1M.
  • Automated the fault-tolerant transfer of over 10,000 files across environments using Python/Shell scripts, reducing processing time by 70% and improving system uptime by 40%.
  • Developed shell and Python-based health check scripts with integrated email alerting, significantly improving incident response times and accelerating detection and recovery of infrastructure issues.

Senior Software Engineer

NTT DATA GLOBAL DELIVERY SERVICES LTD

Mar 2014 - Jul 2016

Hyderabad, TG, IN

Provided 24x7 production support and developed automation solutions for a retail platform, enhancing system stability and operational efficiency.

  • Provided 24x7 production support for a high-volume retail platform, enhancing system stability and ensuring high customer satisfaction.
  • Automated audit report generation using Unix Shell scripting and CRON, significantly reducing manual workload and ensuring timely mainframe data delivery.
  • Collaborated with cross-functional clients to deliver timely functional insights, improving support quality and building strong stakeholder trust.
  • Resolved recurring production issues through in-depth root cause analysis, significantly reducing incident frequency and improving system reliability.
  • Participated in SLA optimization initiatives, contributing to enhanced service performance and a reduction in escalations.

Education

Big Data Systems

ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY

4.0/4.0

Aug 2023 - May 2025

Tempe, AZ, US

Courses

  • NoSQL Project and Hotspot Analysis using Scala, Apache Spark and Hadoop
  • Extracting Time Series Properties of Glucose Levels in Artificial Pancreas
  • Machine Model Training to distinguish Meal and No-Meal data
  • Anomaly Detection with Negative Selection

Computer Science Engineering

ACHARYA NAGARJUNA UNIVERSITY

71%

Sep 2009 - Jul 2013

Guntur, AP, IN

Certificates

OCI 2024 Gen AI Professional Certificate

Oracle

Jul 2024

CKAD (Certified Kubernetes Application Developer)

Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF)

Jul 2024

PCEP (Python Certified Entry-level Programmer)

Python Institute

Mar 2024

Oracle Certified Java Programmer, SE 6

Oracle

Oct 2013

Projects

LLMOps Kubernetes Assistant

Jan 2025 - Jan 2025

Built an AI-powered DevOps tool integrating OpenAI GPT, MCP server, and Kubernetes clusters to convert natural language prompts into live `kubectl` commands. Supported real-time execution via CLI with user confirmation and Minikube integration.

Terraform-Based CI/CD Workflow with Python Validation

Jan 2025 - Jan 2025

Designed and implemented a mini CI/CD workflow using Terraform to provision Kubernetes resources (namespace, deployment, service) on Minikube, with a Python script performing health checks and HTTP validation for the deployed Nginx service.

Languages

English

Skills

Programming & Scripting

  • Python
  • Shell
  • Groovy
  • SQL
  • HTML
  • YAML

DevOps & Cloud

  • AWS (EKS, EC2, RDS)
  • Kubernetes
  • Ansible
  • Jenkins
  • Git
  • IBM uDeploy

Monitoring & QA

  • New Relic
  • Fortify
  • SonarQube
  • Artifactory

Tools & Workflow

  • JIRA
  • Agile
  • CI/CD
  • Kafka
  • GitHub Actions

Data & ML

  • PostgreSQL
  • Oracle
  • Numpy
  • Pandas
  • Scikit-learn
  • Matplotlib
  • Seaborn
  • Hadoop
  • Spark