Chicago, Illinois · Available for hire

Hello,

Roshan
Kakarla

I'm a ☁️ DevSecOps Engineer & SRE with 7+ years of experience building secure, scalable cloud platforms across AWS, Azure & GCP.

All things cloud: Kubernetes. Terraform. CI/CD. Security. Reliability. Yep, I do them all.

Let's build infrastructure that doesn't wake you up at 3am. 🚀

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Roshan Kakarla
☁️ AWS · Azure · GCP
🔒 DevSecOps · SRE
DevSecOps Engineering Cloud Infrastructure Kubernetes & OpenShift Terraform & Ansible Site Reliability Engineering CI/CD Automation AWS · Azure · GCP Prometheus & Grafana AI-Driven Security Research DevSecOps Engineering Cloud Infrastructure Kubernetes & OpenShift Terraform & Ansible Site Reliability Engineering CI/CD Automation AWS · Azure · GCP Prometheus & Grafana AI-Driven Security Research

About me

The engineer
behind the
uptime.

I'm Roshan Kakarla — a DevSecOps Engineer and Site Reliability Engineer based in Chicago, Illinois, with 7+ years of experience keeping large-scale cloud platforms secure, stable, and fast.

My career has taken me through some of the most demanding production environments in the country — from TransUnion's regulated fintech infrastructure to Dollar General's massive retail supply chain, and Procter & Gamble's mission-critical enterprise systems.

I believe security shouldn't slow teams down. I embed DevSecOps controls directly into delivery pipelines so that shipping fast and shipping safe aren't a trade-off. When systems break at 2am — and they do — I'm the person on-call who makes them not break again.

Beyond engineering, I actively publish research at the intersection of AI and cloud security. 5 peer-reviewed papers covering AI-driven compliance, multi-cloud governance, and predictive security systems.

☁️ AWS · Azure · GCP ⎈ Kubernetes 🔒 DevSecOps 📡 SRE 🏗️ Terraform 📊 Observability 🤖 AI Research 📍 Chicago, IL
7+
Years in cloud ops
5
Published papers
3
Cloud platforms
∞
Uptime obsession
Roshan Kakarla
"Build infrastructure that doesn't wake you up at 3am."
— Roshan's engineering philosophy
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01 — Work history

Where I've
worked.

Enterprise-scale platforms across fintech, retail, FMCG & SaaS — 4 companies, 2 continents.

Jan 2025 – Present
TransUnion
Chicago, IL · AWS
DevSecOps Engineer

AWS enterprise platforms supporting highly regulated, business-critical workloads. Security-by-design across cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and Kubernetes — without slowing delivery.

  • Designed secure AWS infrastructure (EC2, EKS, IAM, VPC, ALB, CloudWatch) for regulated workloads
  • Implemented Terraform IaC with security guardrails & standardized modules
  • Embedded DevSecOps controls into Jenkins & GitHub Actions pipelines
  • Managed Kubernetes security posture on EKS: RBAC, isolation, blast radius controls
  • Built observability with CloudWatch, Prometheus, and Grafana
  • On-call: RCA, incident response, and long-term remediation
  • Enforced least-privilege and environment isolation across AWS & Kubernetes
  • Authored runbooks, security standards, and compliance documentation
AWS EKSTerraformKubernetesJenkinsGitHub ActionsPrometheusGrafanaIAMRBAC
Jun 2023 – Dec 2024
Dollar General
Goodlettsville, TN · Azure
DevOps Cloud Engineer

Azure cloud platforms for large-scale retail and supply-chain systems. Built reliable infrastructure, standardized CI/CD, and improved operational efficiency through automation.

  • Built Azure infrastructure (AKS, VNets, Load Balancers, Storage, Azure Monitor)
  • Provisioned resources with Terraform and Azure-native automation
  • Designed CI/CD with Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions
  • Supported Kubernetes microservices platforms on AKS
  • Implemented Azure Monitor, Log Analytics, and Grafana observability
  • Drove cloud cost optimization via right-sizing and resource cleanup
Azure AKSTerraformAzure DevOpsGitHub ActionsLog AnalyticsGrafana
Jan 2022 – May 2023
P&G
Cincinnati, OH · On-prem / Hybrid
Site Reliability Engineer

Mission-critical on-prem and hybrid enterprise systems at Procter & Gamble. Strict focus on availability, performance, and operational stability.

  • Maintained large-scale Linux & Windows Server production systems with strict SLOs
  • Automated provisioning with Ansible, Bash, and Python
  • Monitoring and alerting with Prometheus and Grafana
  • On-call rotations; RCA and corrective actions after incidents
  • Developed runbooks to reduce MTTR across teams
  • Introduced DevOps automation into traditional on-prem operations
AnsiblePythonBashPrometheusGrafanaLinuxHybrid Cloud
Jan 2019 – Jun 2021
Cosmicvent
Hyderabad, India · AWS SaaS
DevOps Engineer

Built foundational DevOps capabilities for AWS-hosted SaaS platforms — CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and reliable deployment workflows from scratch.

  • Designed AWS infrastructure (EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, VPC) for SaaS apps
  • Built CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins and Git
  • Containerized apps with Docker; early Kubernetes adoption
  • CloudWatch monitoring and open-source logging tools
  • Maintained infrastructure diagrams, runbooks, and deployment guides
AWSJenkinsDockerKubernetesCloudWatchRDS
02 — Technical skills

The full
toolkit.

Everything I use to design, secure, and operate production infrastructure at scale.

Cloud platforms
AWS · Azure · GCP
EC2EKSAKSVPCIAMCloudWatchAzure Monitor
Containers & orchestration
Kubernetes & OpenShift
KubernetesOpenShiftDockerHelm
Infrastructure as code
Terraform & Ansible
TerraformAnsiblePackerYAML
CI/CD & release
Jenkins · GitHub Actions
JenkinsGitHub ActionsGitLab CI/CDAzure DevOps
Observability & reliability
Prometheus & Grafana
PrometheusGrafanaELK StackSplunkLog Analytics
Security & compliance
DevSecOps
IAMRBACSecrets MgmtPolicy EnforcementVuln Scanning
Scripting & automation
Python & Bash
PythonBashYAML
Networking & systems
High Availability
Load BalancingDNSTLS/SSLFault ToleranceCapacity Planning
Version control
Git & GitOps
GitGitHubGitLabGitOps
03 — Research & publications

Published
work.

Peer-reviewed research at the intersection of AI, cloud security, and DevOps automation. View all on ResearchGate.

01
AI · DevSecOps · Cloud Security
AI-Driven DevSecOps Automation: An Intelligent Framework for Continuous Cloud Security and Regulatory Compliance
🔬 View on ResearchGate ↗
02
Multi-Cloud · Reinforcement Learning
Multi-Cloud Governance Using Reinforcement Learning
🔬 View on ResearchGate ↗
03
NLP · Compliance · Policy-as-Code
Predictive Compliance Automation Using NLP and Policy-as-Code
🔬 View on ResearchGate ↗
04
Container Security · Supply Chain · AI
AI-Based Supply Chain Security for Containerized Applications
🔬 View on ResearchGate ↗
05
CI/CD · DevOps Automation · AI
AI Driven DevOps Automation for CI/CD Pipeline Optimization
🔬 View on ResearchGate ↗
04 — Side projects

Things I've
built.

Personal projects exploring full-stack dev beyond the day job.

01
Web app
Faith Church App

Community platform — live sermon streaming, event management, and integrated donations. Built for real users, deployed in production.

React.jsFirebaseFlaskCloud Functions
GitHub ↗
02
Automation
Self Check-In System

Automated check-in and payment with QR validation and Stripe payments. RBAC for staff and visitors, deployed on AWS.

FastAPIReact.jsStripePostgreSQLAWS
GitHub ↗
03
Platform
Parking Lot Reservation

Real-time slot booking with RBAC for admins and users. JWT-secured REST APIs throughout.

Node.jsExpressReact.jsMySQLJWT
GitHub ↗
Let's work together
Get in
touch.
💼
LinkedIn
linkedin.com/in/roshan-k-221681200
🔬
ResearchGate
5 published papers
🐙
GitHub
github.com/Rkaka1041
📄
Resume
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📞
Phone
(224) 255-3103