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Sridhar Siddureddy

Sridhar Siddureddy

Summary

Results-driven Sr. Platform & DevOps Engineer with 9 years of experience architecting and automating enterprise-grade Azure & Kubernetes platforms. Proven track record delivering 75% faster deployments, 99.98% uptime, and 20% cost savings through automation, cost optimization, and observability. Skilled in GitOps, CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates, ASO), and cloud security, with expertise in building secure, scalable, and developer-friendly environments.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
6
6

Certifications

Work History

Sr. Platform & DevOps Engineer

InTwo (RIB)
05.2022 - Current
  • Serving as Technical Lead for designing and implementing Azure Landing Zone architecture for an enterprise SaaS platform, enabling secure, scalable, and policy-compliant cloud environments. Directing technical decisions and collaborating with security, networking, and compliance teams to ensure alignment with organizational governance and best practices.
  • Reduced Azure infrastructure and Kubernetes provisioning time by 75% via GitOps (Flux), ASO, Bicep, and PowerShell scripting.
  • Deployed and managed 35+ integrated microservices (tools) across 4 production-grade AKS clusters with 99.98% uptime using blue-green and canary deployment strategies.
  • Led platform security and compliance automation, embedding Policy-as-Code into Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Bicep, ARM Templates) pipelines to achieve ISO 27001 audit readiness and reduce manual reviews by 60%.
  • Designed and implemented a Prometheus + Grafana observability stack with 120+ custom alerts and dashboards, improving Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR) from 2 hrs to
  • Built and led the development of an internal Django-based self-service portal for provisioning and environment management, reducing platform team workload by 40% and accelerating developer onboarding.
  • Implemented robust backup and recovery plans, ensuring minimal data loss during infrastructure upgrades, patching, or unforeseen events or disasters.
  • Designed and managed real-time data pipelines using Apache Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, and Service Bus for event-driven architectures. Leveraged Azure Databricks (Apache Spark) for scalable data processing and analytics, and integrated with Azure Data Lake and Azure Synapse Analytics for enterprise reporting and insights.
  • Delivered targeted training sessions on Azure Cloud technologies, Kubernetes, and DevOps best practices to internal teams, enhancing technical capabilities and improving operational efficiency across platform engineering functions.

Sr. Infrastructure Developer

Cognizant (Centrica)
05.2020 - 04.2022
  • Shortened release cycles from 2 weeks to 3 days via optimized Azure DevOps pipelines.
  • Developed Power BI dashboards for KPI tracking across 10+ delivery streams, improving reporting speed and accuracy.
  • Implemented active monitoring for Azure and D365 services, increasing incident detection rate by 35% and reducing MTTR by 40%.
  • Automated configuration management to eliminate drift and cut deployment errors by 60%.
  • Proved successful working within tight deadlines and a fast-paced environment.
  • Reduced development time by creating reusable code libraries for future projects.

Associate Consultant

Capgemini (USAA & C-COE)
11.2018 - 04.2020
  • Introduced new DevOps tooling and processes, improving pipeline throughput by 25%.
  • Built secure CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Azure DevOps, and Ansible, reducing deployment failures by 30%.
  • Standardized provisioning workflows, reducing environment setup time from weeks to days.

Azure Cloud Engineer

Sutherland (Microsoft)
10.2016 - 08.2018
  • Resolved 200+ Azure IaaS/PaaS incidents with a 95% CSAT score.
  • Delivered cost optimization strategies reducing Azure spend by up to 20%.
  • Guided migration for 500+ workloads to Azure, ensuring security and compliance alignment.

Education

Bachelor of Engineering (B.E) - Aeronautical Engineering

Anna University, Chennai, India

Skills

  • Microsoft Azure
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes & OpenShift
  • Docker
  • Terraform
  • Bicep
  • Azure Service Operator
  • ARM Templates
  • Azure DevOps
  • GitOps (Flux)
  • Jenkins
  • GitLab CI
  • Ansible
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • ELK Stack
  • Splunk
  • Python
  • Go
  • PowerShell
  • Bash
  • Policy-as-Code
  • ISO 27001
  • RBAC
  • Cloud Cost Optimization
  • Gremlin
  • Kafka, Databricks, Synapse, Data Lake
  • Dynamics 365
  • Power BI

Certification

  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Solutions Architect Expert (AZ-305)
  • Azure DevOps Expert (AZ-400)
  • Azure Administrator (AZ-104)
  • AWS Certified Developer – Associate (DVA-C02)
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • PadhAI Deep Learning Certification

Timeline

Sr. Platform & DevOps Engineer - InTwo (RIB)
05.2022 - Current
Sr. Infrastructure Developer - Cognizant (Centrica)
05.2020 - 04.2022
Associate Consultant - Capgemini (USAA & C-COE)
11.2018 - 04.2020
Azure Cloud Engineer - Sutherland (Microsoft)
10.2016 - 08.2018
Anna University - Bachelor of Engineering (B.E), Aeronautical Engineering
Sridhar Siddureddy