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Dhanushka Mogilicherla

Hyderabad

Summary

  • Results-driven AWS Cloud Engineer with over 1 year of comprehensive experience in architecting, implementing, and managing scalable, secure, and cost-efficient cloud solutions.
  • Adept at leveraging a wide range of AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, and CloudFormation, to design cloud infrastructures that meet diverse business requirements.
  • Demonstrated expertise in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, enabling efficient deployment, scalability, and repeatability of cloud resources.
  • Proven track record in streamlining and automating workflows through advanced scripting in Python and Bash, as well as monitoring systems using AWS CloudWatch to enhance system reliability.
  • Transitioned from a Quality Assurance Analyst role at NTT Data Services, where I developed a strong foundation in problem-solving, testing automation, and collaboration across cross-functional teams.
  • Skilled in optimizing cloud performance and reducing operational costs by implementing best practices in cost management, security, and high availability.
  • Delivered impactful results on key projects, such as the migration of a legacy e-commerce application to the AWS Cloud, resulting in improved scalability.
  • Committed to continuous learning and obtaining certifications, including AWS Certified cloud practioner and HashiCorp Terraform Associate, to stay updated with the latest advancements in cloud technology.
  • Recognized for the ability to troubleshoot and resolve complex cloud infrastructure challenges in collaboration with development and DevOps teams.
  • Motivated to contribute innovative cloud-based solutions that drive organizational success, enhance operational efficiency, and deliver superior user experiences.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

AWS Cloud Engineer

Rogers Communications
03.2023 - 07.2024
  • Designed and implemented scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure using AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployment using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, reducing manual effort by 40%.
  • Monitored and optimized system performance using AWS CloudWatch and set up alarms to identify potential bottlenecks and ensure 99.9% uptime.
  • Collaborated with development teams to containerize applications using Docker and deploy them on AWS infrastructure.
  • Implemented IAM roles, policies, and MFA to enforce secure access controls and meet compliance standards.
  • Optimized AWS resources using Cost Explorer and S3 Lifecycle Rules, achieving a 20% reduction in monthly cloud expenses.
  • Troubleshot application issues in cloud environments and resolved them in collaboration with the DevOps and development teams.

Key Project:

E-Commerce Platform Optimization

  • Migrated a legacy on-premise e-commerce application to AWS cloud, improving scalability and reliability.
  • Designed a multi-tier architecture with an Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) and Auto Scaling Groups to handle traffic spikes efficiently.
  • Utilized Amazon RDS (PostgreSQL) for a high-performance and scalable database solution with read replicas to offload query loads.
  • Implemented AWS CloudFront for faster content delivery and improved user experience.
  • Automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitHub for seamless deployment and version control.
  • Enhanced security by configuring a VPC with private and public subnets, NAT gateways, and security groups.Designed and implemented scalable, secure, and highly available cloud infrastructure using AWS services like EC2, S3, RDS, and VPC.
  • Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployment using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation, reducing manual effort by 40%.
  • Monitored and optimized system performance using AWS CloudWatch and set up alarms to identify potential bottlenecks and ensure 99.9% uptime.
  • Collaborated with development teams to containerize applications using Docker and deploy them on AWS infrastructure.
  • Implemented IAM roles, policies, and MFA to enforce secure access controls and meet compliance standards.
  • Optimized AWS resources using Cost Explorer and S3 Lifecycle Rules, achieving a 20% reduction in monthly cloud expenses.
  • Troubleshot application issues in cloud environments and resolved them in collaboration with the DevOps and development teams.

Quality Assurance Analyst

NTT DATA Services
05.2022 - 01.2023

Responsibilities:

· Responsible for developing and documenting software test strategies, test plans and preparing test cases for Functional testing, Integration testing, Regression testing, Sanity testing, and End-to-End testing.

· Working with Jira and confluence on gathering requirements, updating status.

· Finding defects and raising bugs and assigning them to developers.

· Follow up with developers for status of defects and taking ETA from them.

· Attending Scrum calls and every day and reporting to respective leaders.

· Interacting with other team members if required.

· Responsible for reviewing the requirements and design.

· Working with web application designed using salesforce.

· Execute business test cases, analyze the defects, and document results of software application and generate test reports.

· Design automated test scripts and regression suites for web-based applications using Selenium (Java), TestNG that are reusable.

· Testing the application for production support whenever deployment is happening.

· Working with Rest Assured Library for triggering API end points and automated the complete flow using Postman and Rest Assured.

· Identifying bugs and reporting to developers and having one-to-one interaction with developers.

· Interacting with business analysts to gather additional requirements.

· Reporting status update to scrum master in scrum meetings.

· Working on multiple repositories where the changes are required for master repository.

· Using GitHub working on conflict resolving, merging, pull, push, other workflows.

· Writing scripts, executing test cases, and debugging.

· Prepared user documentation with screenshots for UAT (User Acceptance testing).

· Assisting team members if they need any suggestions/help in automating scripts or whenever they get stuck in executing test cases.

Education

AEC Degree - Web Development And Digital Marketing

Montreal College Of Information Technology
Montreal, Canada
05-2021

Skills

  • Cloud Services: Amazon EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, CloudFormation, Elastic Load Balancer, Auto Scaling Groups, AWS IAM, VPC, CloudFront, CloudTrail, AWS Cost Explorer, SSM Parameter Store
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform, AWS CloudFormation
  • Scripting and Automation: Python, Bash
  • Monitoring and Logging: AWS CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Splunk
  • DevOps Tools: Jenkins, Git, Docker
  • Database Management: Amazon RDS (MySQL, PostgreSQL), DynamoDB
  • Networking: VPC, Subnets, Security Groups, Route Tables, NAT Gateways
  • Version Control: GitHub, Bitbucket
  • Operating Systems: Linux (Ubuntu, Amazon Linux), Windows Server

Certification

AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner

HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate

Timeline

AWS Cloud Engineer

Rogers Communications
03.2023 - 07.2024

Quality Assurance Analyst

NTT DATA Services
05.2022 - 01.2023

AEC Degree - Web Development And Digital Marketing

Montreal College Of Information Technology
Dhanushka Mogilicherla