Cloud-Native DevOps Engineer | Kubernetes, AWS

Venkat Mani Venkatachalam Mani

I design, operate, and scale Kubernetes-based platforms with a focus on dependable cloud infrastructure, automation, and production-ready engineering practices.

Kubernetes Experience designing, operating, and scaling Kubernetes-based platforms.
AWS Cloud infrastructure experience across production DevOps environments.
DevOps Long-running ownership across build engineering, automation, and platform work.

About

Cloud platform engineer with deep DevOps experience.

I am a Cloud-Native DevOps Engineer based in Philadelphia with experience designing, operating, and scaling Kubernetes-based platforms. My background spans DevOps engineering, build engineering, web development, AWS, and Kubernetes, with a career foundation built across Cognizant and Tata Consultancy Services.

Selected Work

The kind of platform work I have grown into.

Platform Operations

Kubernetes Platform Operations

Designed, operated, and supported Kubernetes and Amazon EKS platforms with attention to reliability, deployment workflows, and day-to-day production maintainability.

Kubernetes and EKS platforms

Cloud Infrastructure

AWS DevOps Engineering

Worked across AWS-backed environments as a cloud administrator and DevOps engineer, focusing on automation, infrastructure consistency, and operational execution.

AWS cloud administration

Build Engineering

CI/CD and Release Workflows

Built experience in build engineering and web development before moving deeper into DevOps, platform operations, and cloud-native systems.

Build and delivery systems

Skills

The core areas I keep building around.

DevOps

Automation, CI/CD, build and release practices, operational execution.

AWS Cloud

AWS administration, cloud infrastructure support, reliability, and governance.

Kubernetes

Kubernetes, Amazon EKS, cloud-native platform operations, production reliability.

Experience

A concise version of my career path.

Recent

Senior DevOps / AWS / EKS Engineer

December 2015 to present. Worked across Senior DevOps Engineer, Senior AWS Cloud Administrator, Senior EKS Administrator, and Cloud Engineer responsibilities, with a focus on AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes/EKS platforms, automation, and production operations.

Before

Build Engineer and Web Developer

September 2011 to December 2015 in the Chennai Area, India. Progressed from web development into build engineering before moving into DevOps.

Education

SRM University

Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology, 2007 to 2011.

Contact

I am looking ahead to meaningful cloud platform work.

I want to keep growing in DevOps, Kubernetes, AWS, and cloud platform engineering, especially in roles where reliability, automation, and ownership matter.