Aravind Annem

Over 14 years of experience in the IT industry, specializing in Cloud DevOps, SRE, Linux Administration, Configuration Management, Continuous Integration/Deployment (CI/CD), Release Management, and Project Management. Established CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps to deploy AI models into production, automating both infrastructure and model updates and enabling rapid scaling based on model demands. Developed and deployed Machine Learning (ML) models with AWS SageMaker, managing the complete ML lifecycle from training to deployment, and implemented automated monitoring with SageMaker Model Monitor to detect model drift and optimize AI predictions in production.

Leveraged AI-powered anomaly detection tools integrated into DevOps pipelines to proactively identify infrastructure failures and performance bottlenecks, reducing mean time to detection (MTTD) and enabling self-healing automation workflows across AWS and Azure environments. Integrated AI-assisted code review and intelligent test generation tools (GitHub Copilot, AI-driven SAST/DAST) into CI/CD pipelines, accelerating release velocity, improving code quality, and reducing security vulnerabilities in production deployments. Comprehensive knowledge of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) with experience in Agile and Scrum methodologies and tools such as JIRA.

Proficient in troubleshooting and diagnosing complex software issues with a deep understanding of application architecture, databases, and integration points; adept at identifying root causes and implementing effective solutions. Extensive hands-on experience designing and deploying AWS solutions, including EC2, EKS, S3, RDS, EBS, Elastic Load Balancer, Auto Scaling Groups, and more. Implemented and configured Okta Identity Cloud for Single Sign-On (SSO) and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA).

Experienced with a wide range of AWS Cloud services, including EC2, S3, ELB, VPC, Route 53, IAM, EBS, RDS, Aurora, Lambda, Auto Scaling, SNS, SQS, SSM, CloudFormation, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Glacier, and DynamoDB. Expertise in Azure development, including Azure Web Applications, App Services, Azure Storage, Azure SQL Database, Virtual Machines, Azure Active Directory, Azure Role-Based Access Control (RBAC), Azure DNS, Azure VPN Gateway, Notification Hub, and Virtual Networks.

Implemented

Office 365 and Azure Active Directory for single sign-on, authentication, and authorization, with extensive experience configuring Azure Virtual Networks. Designed and deployed infrastructure using Terraform, managing secret files with HashiCorp Vault. Experienced with Microsoft Azure services, including Virtual Networks, Virtual Machines, Resource Groups, ExpressRoute, Load Balancers, Application Gateways, Auto-Scaling, and Traffic Manager.

Production experience in large-scale environments using configuration management tools such as Puppet and Ansible. Designed and utilized multiple Continuous Integration (CI) tools, such as Jenkins and Concourse, to build pip

Senior DevOps Engineer - Charter Communications / Spectrum - Denver, CO

(2025-02)

• Designed, deployed, and maintained cloud infrastructure on AWS, including EC2 instances, FSx file systems, and VPC networking components.
• Troubleshot and resolved complex infrastructure issues across cloud and on-premises environments, performing root cause analysis and implementing long-term fixes.
• Developed automation scripts in Python and Bash, and authored Infrastructure-as-Code solutions using Terraform and CloudFormation to streamline provisioning and reduce manual toil.
• Monitored system performance using CloudWatch and Prometheus/Grafana dashboards; implemented alerting and ensured high availability of critical infrastructure components.
• Managed CI/CD pipelines and version control workflows using Git and GitHub Actions to support continuous infrastructure improvements and deployment automation.
• Enforced IAM policies, Security Groups, and VPC networking best practices to maintain a secure and compliant cloud environment.
• Documented processes, runbooks, and infrastructure best practices to facilitate team knowledge sharing and operational consistency.

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer - Costco - Dallas, TX

(2024-03 - 2024-12)

• Built CI/CD pipelines in Azure DevOps for .NET applications with automated testing and deployment.
• Implemented Infrastructure as Code using Terraform and Ansible to standardize cloud deployments.
• Integrated Azure Key Vault and monitoring tools to secure secrets and improve observability.

Senior DevOps / Site Reliability Engineer - VMware / Dish - Plano, TX

(2023-02 - 2023-12)

• Designed highly available Kubernetes clusters on AWS EKS and automated release pipelines.
• Automated certificate renewals using PowerShell and Azure DevOps, eliminating manual intervention.
• Provided on-call SRE support, reducing incident resolution time and minimizing production downtime.

Senior DevOps Engineer / SRE - Comcast - Denver, CO

(2015-08 - 2022-12)

• Built and maintained CI/CD pipelines, reducing manual deployment tasks by 95%.
• Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Terragrunt.
• Migrated applications from on-premises data centers to AWS cloud platforms.
• Implemented Kubernetes, Docker, Helm, and microservices automation at scale.

Linux System Engineer - Fifth Third Bank - Cincinnati, OH

(2014-12 - 2015-05)

• Administered Linux systems, automated provisioning workflows, and managed enterprise server environments.

Linux Administrator - Professional Access - Bangalore, India

(2010-08 - 2013-11)

• Supported enterprise Linux environments, developed automation scripts, and managed release management processes.

Master of Science - Computer Science - New York Institute of Technology (NYIT) (2015)

Bachelor of Technology - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University (JNTU) (2010)