AJAY GADDAM

Cloud Engineer
Seattle, US.

About

Highly accomplished Cloud Engineer with 5 years of experience specializing in designing and implementing scalable, cloud-native data pipelines across Azure, AWS, and GCP. Proven expertise in optimizing infrastructure costs, enhancing data quality, and automating CI/CD workflows, consistently delivering high-impact, data-driven solutions through strong cross-functional collaboration.

Skills

Cloud Platforms

AWS (S3, EC2, Redshift, Glue, Lambda), Azure (Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Monitor), GCP (Big Query, Dataflow, Pub/Sub, Cloud Composer), Azure Monitor, CloudWatch.

Data Engineering/ETL

Apache Spark, Databricks, Hadoop, NiFi, Airflow, Informatica, Talend, SSIS, Snowflake, Big Query, Redshift, SQL Server, Oracle, MongoDB, Teradata, Presto, ETL Pipeline Development, Data Validation, Data Pipeline Automation.

DevOps/Automation

Terraform, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Docker, Git, PyTest, CI/CD, DataOps, CloudFormation, Autosys, Ansible.

BI & Analytics

Power BI, Tableau, ELK Stack, Apache Superset, DBeaver, Toad, Google Data Studio.

Security & Governance

IAM Policies, Audit Logs, Secret Manager, HIPAA Compliance.

Programming

Python, SQL, Bash, PySpark, R.

Machine Learning

ML Pipelines, Azure Machine Learning, MLflow.

Soft Skills

Collaboration, Communication, Time Management, Critical Thinking, Problem Solving.

Work

LTIMindtree | Microsoft
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Cloud Engineer

Seattle, Washington, US

Highlights

• Led development and management of Azure VMs, AWS EC2 instances, and storage accounts, successfully migrating on-premise servers to cloud platforms. This initiative reduced manual provisioning efforts by approximately 40% while maintaining high availability via Azure availability sets and AWS Auto Scaling groups.

• Configured and optimized Azure Web Apps, App Services, Application Insights, alongside AWS Elastic Beanstalk and CloudWatch. Automated disaster recovery processes using Azure Site Recovery and AWS Backup, leveraging Azure Automation and AWS Lambda, which decreased manual oversight by 35%.

• Managed the overall Azure and AWS infrastructure portfolio, including Azure web roles, EC2 instances, RDS, Azure SQL databases, storage solutions, Azure Active Directory, and IAM roles. These efforts enhanced resource utilization and reduced manual access management tasks by 25%.

• Led migration of multiple data centers to cloud environments using AWS DMS and Azure migration tools, which cut manual data transfer and configuration labor by half. Employed Log Analytics and CloudWatch for real-time monitoring and quick resolution of issues.

• Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, automating cloud deployments with PowerShell, AWS CLI, and Terraform scripts. This approach shortened deployment times by 60% and ensured consistent environment setups.

• Implemented Nagios monitoring tools integrated with cloud platforms, reducing manual troubleshooting efforts by 35%. Coordinated issue tracking via JIRA and Confluence, improving incident management efficiency by 20%.

• Deployed and managed Kubernetes clusters on Azure (AKS) and AWS (EKS) using Helm and Terraform charts, ensuring consistent builds and cutting manual configuration errors by 50%.

• Applied DevSecOps best practices with SonarQube, Trivy, and AWS Security Hub, automating static code analysis and vulnerability scanning. These measures reduced manual security reviews by 45% and strengthened compliance with cloud security policies

ReCreadence IT Solutions
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Cloud Engineer

Huntersville, North Carolina, US

Summary

Automated CI/CD delivery pipelines and managed cloud migrations on Azure and AWS, transitioning systems from on-premises to cloud environments.

Highlights

Automated CI/CD delivery pipelines using Jenkins, Docker, and Kubernetes to streamline deployments and enable microservices architecture.

Managed comprehensive cloud migrations on Azure and AWS, successfully transitioning from on-premises to resilient cloud environments.

Administered web applications and services on Azure and AWS, implementing monitoring with Application Insights and CloudWatch to enhance service reliability.

Developed containerized deployments with Docker, increasing deployment efficiency by 20% and optimizing resource utilization.

Provisioned and managed infrastructure as code with Terraform across AWS, Azure, and GCP, ensuring resource consistency and security.

HCL Technologies
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Senior Analyst

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

Summary

Automated system patching and managed incident processes, improving reliability and service quality through DevOps practices.

Highlights

Automated monthly system patching with Jenkins, reducing manual effort by 40% and significantly improving system reliability.

Developed custom Jenkins pipelines for patch scheduling, testing, and validation, ensuring zero downtime during critical deployments.

Integrated Git version control with Ansible automation, decreasing configuration errors by 15% across various systems.

Managed incident and change management processes, improving response time by 20% and enhancing overall service quality.

Monitored patch deployment status using Jenkins, delivering real-time reporting and compliance documentation for audits.

Certificates

Microsoft Certified: Fabric Data Engineer Associate DP-700

Issued By

Microsoft

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate AZ-104

Issued By

Microsoft

Education

Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, New Jersey, United States of America

Masters of Science

Data Science

Grade: GPA: 3.9

Courses

Completed advanced coursework in big data analytics (Spark, data mining, cloud computing, statistical programming (Python, R), data visualization (Tableau, Power BI)).

Built and deployed multiple data science pipelines integrating data engineering, predictive modeling, and business-focused visualization.

Malla Reddy Engineering College
Hyderabad, Telangana, India

BTech

Computer Science and Engineering

Grade: GPA: 9.3

Projects

Credit Card Fraud Detection and Analytics

Summary

Designed and implemented a comprehensive data analysis workflow for detecting fraudulent credit card transactions.

Streaming Framework

Summary

Built a Kafka-to-Big Query streaming pipeline with schema registry, audit trails, and GDPR-compliant data lineage.