Dinesh Potnuru
Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer
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Senior Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing, automating, and optimizing scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructures on AWS and Azure. Strong expertise in CI/CD automation, Infrastructure as Code, container orchestration, DevSecOps practices, and production support for enterprise-grade systems.
Experience
Cloud DevOps Engineer - VAMC LTD - UK
(2023-10)
- Designed and automated scalable AWS infrastructure using Terraform and CloudFormation with reusable modules
- Built robust CI/CD pipelines for .NET and Java applications using Jenkins, improving deployment frequency and reducing release failures
- Implemented DevSecOps by integrating SonarQube and Fortify into pipelines for continuous code quality and security scanning
- Designed secure and highly available AWS architectures using VPC, subnets, NAT Gateways, Security Groups, and NACLs
- Implemented Kubernetes (EKS) based container orchestration with Dockerized microservices deployments
- Introduced centralized monitoring and alerting using CloudWatch and log aggregation strategies
- Automated operational tasks and infrastructure management using Python, Bash, and PowerShell scripts
- Improved system reliability through proactive incident response and root cause analysis
Cloud DevOps Engineer - Nasstar - Ipswich, UK
(2022-10 - 2023-09)
- Designed and managed AWS cloud infrastructure across multi-environment setups (DEV/TEST/PROD)
- Automated infrastructure provisioning using CloudFormation and reduced manual configuration overhead
- Developed Chef cookbooks for middleware automation and standardized server provisioning
- Built and maintained Kubernetes-based private cloud environments
- Implemented security hardening using CIS benchmarks for Apache and Tomcat servers
- Designed centralized logging and monitoring solutions using ELK stack
- Improved system uptime through proactive monitoring and alerting
DevOps Engineer - Allstate - India
(2020-05 - 2022-10)
- Managed and optimized CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Maven, and Ant for Java/J2EE applications
- Migrated legacy build systems to Maven improving build stability and dependency management
- Automated deployments to WebLogic and Oracle database environments
- Integrated Git workflows with Jenkins for continuous integration and delivery
- Implemented Nagios-based monitoring for production systems
- Reduced deployment time through automation improvements
DevOps Engineer - Tech Tammina - India
(2015-09 - 2019-08)
- Implemented AWS cloud solutions using EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, ELB, and Auto Scaling
- Designed Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and CloudFormation
- Built disaster recovery strategies using AMIs and snapshot-based backups
- Developed serverless solutions using AWS Lambda and Kinesis
- Automated application deployments using Shell scripting and Maven
- Improved system scalability and fault tolerance through AWS best practices
Education
MSc - Computer Science with Advanced Practice - Northumbria University (2019 - 2021)
B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering - Andhra University (2011 - 2015)
