Roshan Kakarla

DevSecOps Engineer

AWS Enterprise Platforms – Security & Reliability

• Designed and operated secure AWS infrastructure (EKS, EC2, IAM, VPC, ALB, CloudWatch) for production workloads.
• Implemented Infrastructure as Code with Terraform modules and security guardrails to reduce misconfigurations.
• Embedded DevSecOps controls into CI/CD using Jenkins and GitHub Actions with secure secrets practices.
• Managed Kubernetes security posture on AWS EKS using RBAC, isolation controls, and secure deployment patterns.
• Implemented monitoring and observability using CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana for production services.
• Supported on-call rotations, incident response, root cause analysis, and remediation for reliability/security issues.
• Enforced least-privilege access and environment isolation across AWS accounts, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Authored runbooks, operational docs, and audit-ready standards for compliance and production operations.

DevOps Cloud Engineer

Azure Cloud Platforms – Retail & Supply Chain Systems

• Built and managed Azure infrastructure using AKS, VNets, Load Balancers, Storage Accounts, and Azure Monitor.
• Provisioned and standardized cloud resources using Terraform and automation to improve reliability and consistency.
• Designed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions for automated deployments.
• Supported Kubernetes on Azure, ensuring cluster stability, deployment readiness, and capacity planning.
• Implemented monitoring/alerting using Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Grafana for faster detection/response.
• Partnered with application teams to streamline deployments and reduce manual operations.
• Supported cloud cost optimization via right-sizing, usage analysis, and cleanup of unused resources.
• Created runbooks and operational documentation to support production support and on-call execution.

Site Reliability Engineer (SRE)

On-Prem & Hybrid Enterprise Systems

• Supported large-scale on-prem and hybrid production systems across Linux and Windows Server with strict SLOs.
• Automated provisioning and operational workflows using Ansible, Bash, and Python for consistent execution.
• Built monitoring dashboards using Prometheus and Grafana to improve real-time visibility and alerting.
• Participated in on-call rotations and led incident response to restore services and reduce downtime.
• Performed RCA and implemented long-term corrective actions to prevent repeat incidents and improve reliability.
• Created and maintained runbooks and operational procedures to reduce MTTR and improve response quality.
• Collaborated with engineering teams on capacity planning, performance tuning, and resilience improvements.
• Introduced DevOps automation practices into traditional operations to improve stability and speed of change.

DevOps Engineer

AWS-Hosted SaaS Platforms

• Designed and managed AWS infrastructure using EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, and VPC for SaaS environments.
• Built CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Git to automate builds, testing, and deployments across environments.
• Containerized services using Docker and supported early Kubernetes adoption for consistent deployments.
• Implemented monitoring and logging using CloudWatch and open-source tools for operational visibility.
• Supported release management and production deployments with structured change practices.
• Collaborated with developers to streamline release workflows and promote DevOps best practices.
• Assisted with infrastructure security, access controls, and environment hardening practices.
• Maintained documentation including infrastructure diagrams, runbooks, and deployment guides.

Cloud Reliability

Improved production stability with monitoring, alerting, and incident response practices.

Delivery Automation

Automated CI/CD and Infrastructure as Code to reduce manual deployments and drift.

Security & Compliance

Implemented least-privilege access and DevSecOps controls across pipelines and clusters.