R Bala Shankar
Hyderabad
Summary
DevOps Engineer with over 6 years of experience in IT, including 4+ years in DevOps, specializing in CI/CD, cloud computing (AWS), containerization, and infrastructure automation. Skilled in building, deploying, and managing scalable systems with expertise in Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible. Strong background in risk management, regulatory compliance, and quality assurance with the ability to lead technical teams and drive operational efficiency.
Overview
2025
2025
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate DevOps Engineer
- Managed Git repositories, branching strategies, and CI/CD pipelines
- Monitored system health and performance metrics using Grafana & Prometheus
- Automated infrastructure provisioning with Terraform and Ansible
- Created and managed Docker containers for development and production environments
- Configured Kubernetes for microservices deployment
DevOps Engineer
- Developed and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines
- Provisioned and managed AWS infrastructure, including EC2, S3, VPCs, and auto-scaling
- Deployed and managed containerized applications using Docker and Kubernetes
- Wrote Ansible playbooks for server configurations and automation
- Managed Terraform state files for infrastructure modifications
DevOps Engineer
MERIT NANO DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
03.2021 - Current
- CI/CD Pipeline Management: Configured Jenkins for automated builds, testing, and deployments
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS): Managed AWS services including EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, ELB, and Auto Scaling
- Monitoring & Logging: Installed and configured Grafana, Prometheus, and Site24x7 for system monitoring
- Containerization & Orchestration: Developed Dockerfiles to containerize applications
- Managed Kubernetes clusters, including deployments, ReplicaSets, pods, services, and ingress controllers
- Infrastructure Automation: Used Terraform for infrastructure provisioning and Ansible for configuration management
- Version Control: Implemented Git branching strategies, repository management, and workflow automation
- Security & Compliance: Ensured secure configurations, IAM roles, and automated compliance checks
Systems Administrator
MERIT NANO DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
09.2018 - 03.2021
Education
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Vardhaman College of Engineering
Hyderabad01.2016
Skills
- Git
- GitHub
- Maven
- Jenkins
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- AWS
- Nginx
- Apache
- Grafana
- Prometheus
- Site24x7
- Shell scripting
- YAML
- Python
- Linux
- Ubuntu
- CentOS
- Windows
- Jira
- Microsoft Office Suite
- CAD
- CATIA
- Autodesk
- Bluebeam
- MiTek 20/20
- Pryda
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
MERIT NANO DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
03.2021 - Current
Systems Administrator
MERIT NANO DIGITAL SOLUTIONS
09.2018 - 03.2021
Associate DevOps Engineer
DevOps Engineer
B.Tech - Mechanical Engineering
Vardhaman College of Engineering