Sarah Romella Chikile

Sarah Romella Chikile

DevOps Engineer
Hyderabad, IN.

About

Highly motivated DevOps Engineer with over 2 years of experience in automating cloud infrastructure on AWS and Azure, specializing in building robust CI/CD pipelines and deploying applications with Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Helm. Proven ability to enhance deployment speed, system stability, and security within Agile frameworks, consistently delivering measurable improvements in operational efficiency and reliability. Eager to leverage expertise in cloud automation and infrastructure as code to drive innovation and optimize performance in a challenging environment.

Work

Accenture
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Custom Software Engineering Analyst

Summary

As a Custom Software Engineering Analyst, I led critical infrastructure automation and deployment initiatives, significantly enhancing system performance and reliability.

Highlights

Engineered CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins, Azure Pipelines, and Helm, reducing deployment errors by 40% and accelerating delivery time from 2 hours to 30 minutes.

Managed 10+ Kubernetes clusters supporting 50+ microservices, ensuring 99.9% uptime and improving resource efficiency by 35%.

Provisioned and maintained scalable AWS and Azure infrastructure using Terraform and IaC, reducing setup time by 60%.

Implemented Prometheus and Grafana dashboards for monitoring 30+ services, reducing Mean Time To Detect (MTTD) incidents by 40%.

Spearheaded GitOps adoption, integrating automated tests and vulnerability scans to reduce rollback rates by 30% and boost release velocity by 25%.

Accenture
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Custom Software Engineering Associate

Summary

In this role, I focused on configuring and optimizing cloud resources and CI/CD processes to enhance operational efficiency and application availability.

Highlights

Configured provisioning and auto-scaling for 50+ AWS resources using Terraform and CloudFormation, reducing manual setup time by 70%.

Developed CI/CD pipelines supporting over 200 deployments monthly, decreasing change lead time by 30% and enhancing release reliability.

Optimized Kubernetes environments hosting customer-facing applications, ensuring 24x7 uptime and achieving significant resource efficiency.

Performed Root Cause Analysis (RCA) for 20+ production incidents, reducing system downtime by 50% and preventing recurrence.

Education

Vignan University, Guntur

Bachelor of Technology

Bioinformatics

Grade: 8.28/10

Courses

Ranked in top 5% of department

Contributed to research in protein structure prediction, drug design, and genomic data analysis

Led a project using machine learning to identify biomarkers in healthcare datasets

Awards

Top Performer Award

Awarded By

Q2 2023, Project Excellence

Awarded for demonstrating exceptional project performance and achieving key objectives in Q2 2023.

Star of the Month

Awarded By

Accenture

Recognized for exceptional performance and contributions during tenure at Accenture.

Wall of Fame

Awarded By

Accenture

Honored for outstanding achievements and contributions within the company.

Best Innovation Award

Awarded By

Internal Hackathon (Cloud Optimization)

Received for innovative solutions presented during an internal hackathon focused on cloud optimization.

Cultural Champion

Awarded By

Intercollegiate Dance & Music Events

Recognized for leadership and significant contributions to intercollegiate cultural events.

Skills

Version Control & Artifact Management

Git, GitHub, Azure Repos, Azure Container Registry (ACR), InnerSource.

Security Tools

HashiCorp Vault, Keycloak.

Databases

MongoDB, Redis.

Languages

Python, Shell (Bash).

DevOps Engineering

Cloud Infrastructure, CI/CD Automation, Infrastructure as Code (IaC), ssAgile/Scrum Methodologies, Cloud Security Best Practices, Deployment Speed, System Stability, Security.

Cloud Platforms

AWS (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC), Azure (VMs, Resource Groups, ACR).

CI/CD Tools

Jenkins, Azure DevOps Pipelines, GitHub Actions, Helm.

Containerization & Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes.

IaC & Automation

Terraform, CloudFormation (basic), Bash Scripting.

Projects

GenWizard RE: Infrastructure Setup and Automation Specialist

Summary

Designed and managed scalable infrastructure on AWS and Azure to support high-availability workloads, focusing on automation and cost efficiency.