Samhitha Tummala
Dubai,United Arab Emirates
Summary
Cloud engineer with extensive experience in AWS, Azure, GCP, and Oracle Cloud. Expertise in container orchestration technologies such as Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, and Helm. Proven ability to implement infrastructure as code using Terraform, Ansible, and Python, alongside CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, GitLab, and Argo CD. Strong skills in monitoring and logging solutions including Prometheus, Grafana, and Nagios, complemented by proficiency in Python, Shell, and PowerShell scripting.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work history
Principal Cloud Engineer
First Abu Dhabi
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
2025.07 - Current
- Optimised infrastructure cost by implementing Terraform IAC tooling in AWS, Azure and OCI environments.
- Provisioned and managed EKS, GKE, AKS, and ARO clusters across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
- Developed automation scripts for routine tasks in managing the company's public and private clouds reducing manual efforts significantly.
- Leveraged industry-leading tools to develop and implement robust CI/CD pipelines (Gitlab).
- Deployed Infrastructure as Code approaches using Terraform improving environmental consistency.
Senior DevOps Engineer
OpenText
2023.03 - 2025.06
- Working on setting up K8s cluster using Terraform and deployment of application via ansible playbooks in Vcloud.
- Setting up Gitlab pipelines for application build and deployment.
- Provided an innovative idea to automate the regular jobs done using Rundeck.
- Provisioning and managing EKS, GKE, AKS and ARO clusters in AWS, GCP and Azure respectively.
- Automated provisioning and configuration of database VM’s in Vcloud using IaaS (Terraform+ansible)
- Configuring OpenLDAP and Azure Application gateway based on the application requirements to the team.
DevOps Engineer
HighRadius
2019.08 - 2023.02
- Developed Ansible playbooks to automate configuration and deployment.
- Implemented Terraform for AWS and Azure infrastructure automation.
- Managed Jenkins pipelines for continuous integration and deployment.
- Developed self-healing Rundeck jobs to keep applications up and running.
- Monitored system performance using Prometheus and Grafana.
Cloud and DevOps Consultant
Emirates NBD Bank (Virtusa)
2017.10 - 2019.02
- Set up and managed OpenShift clusters, enabling PaaS solutions in the Bank.
- Used PaaS (Redhat OpenShift) multitenancy and applied auto scaling features to achieve HA.
- Developed Docker images and automated deployments using Kubernetes.
- Integrated security tools like Twistlock and Aquasec into container environment.
Software Engineer
Virtusa
2015.05 - 2017.10
- Provisioned infrastructure using Terraform on Azure.
- Developed Docker container for UI, backend microservices and set up private container registries.
- Used Terraform and GoCD for CI/CD pipelines.
- Configured OpenShift clusters for microservices deployment.
- Used Nginx for load balancing and reverse proxy setup.
Education
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
CMR College of Engineering and Technology
Hyderabad, IndiaSkills
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle Cloud
- Container Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, OpenShift, Helm
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Ansible, Python scripts
- CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, GitLab, Argo CD, Jfrog, Nexus, Rundeck
- Monitoring & Logging: Prometheus, Grafana, Nagios
- Programming/Scripting Languages: Python, Shell, Poweshell
Certification
- AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate
- AWS Technical Professional
Timeline
Principal Cloud Engineer
First Abu Dhabi
2025.07 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer
OpenText
2023.03 - 2025.06
DevOps Engineer
HighRadius
2019.08 - 2023.02
Cloud and DevOps Consultant
Emirates NBD Bank (Virtusa)
2017.10 - 2019.02
Software Engineer
Virtusa
2015.05 - 2017.10
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science and Engineering
CMR College of Engineering and Technology