Dinesh Potnuru

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.

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

MSc - Computer Science with Advanced Practice - Northumbria University (2019 - 2021)

B.Tech - Computer Science & Engineering - Andhra University (2011 - 2015)