Rakesh Reddy Koukuntla

DevOps Engineer

McKesson

Feb 2024 - Current (2 years 6 months)

• Architected and managed AWS EKS clusters on Linux servers using IaC, improving application resiliency and scalability by 45% . • Automated cloud provisioning using Terraform, Terragrunt, and Ansible, reducing manual operations by 70% . • Implemented GitHub Actions + ArgoCD CI/CD pipelines enabling zero downtime deployments. • Deployed Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry for full-stack observability and enhanced troubleshooting, cutting MTTR by 35% . • Optimized AWS cost using Savings Plans, autoscaling, and right sizing, lowering cloud spend by 20% .

Site Reliability Engineer

Regions Bank

May 2023 - Dec 2023 (8 months)

• Ensured 99.99% uptime and optimized cloud networking for mission critical banking systems supporting portfolio analytics & credit risk. • Developed automated monitoring stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK) reducing alert noise by 40% . • Enhanced CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins & GitHub Actions, reducing failures and improving release cadence. • Implemented disaster recovery, auto scaling, and multi-AZ resilience across AWS environments. • Enforced PCI-DSS & SOX controls through IAM hardening, Secrets Manager, and audit automation.

Graduate Teaching Assistant

Auburn University

Aug 2022 - Dec 2022 (5 months)

• Mentored 30+ students in programming, cloud, and DevOps fundamentals; improved performance by 20% . • Managed Docker-based lab infrastructure ensuring 100% uptime for coursework environments. • Resolved student technical issues in cloud labs (AWS, Azure) using Infrastructure as Code principles with IAM and GitOps, contributing to a smoother learning experience.

Cloud / DevOps Engineer

KPMG

Oct 2020 - May 2022 (1 year 8 months)

• Automated AWS environments with Terraform/CloudFormation cutting provisioning time by 45% . • Containerized legacy systems using Docker & Kubernetes reducing deployment failures by 60% . • Implemented CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins and GitLab improving delivery frequency by 50% . • Developed monitoring solutions using ELK, New Relic, and OpenTelemetry observability tools, decreasing incident resolution time by 30% . • Strengthened compliance using IAM policies, SSL/TLS, VPC isolation, and security automation.

DevOps Intern

Espire Infolabs

Mar 2020 - Sep 2020 (7 months)

• Built Azure resources and automated deployments using Terraform and Ansible, resulting in smoother and more efficient deployment processes • Configured CI/CD pipelines for Sitecore apps improving deployment reliability by 15% . • Contributed to containerization and environment automation using tools like Docker and Kubernetes, which streamlined deployment processes

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