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Soumya Perala

Senior DevOps Engineer specializing in cloud infrastructure and CI/CD automation

Wide Open WestSan José State UniversitySunnyvale, CA9 Years ExperienceSenior LevelWorks On-Site

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Backend/platform engineer who has owned a real-time data ingestion/processing/reporting API built with FastAPI, Redis, and Celery, including performance tuning via query/index optimization, caching, and async workers. Strong Kubernetes + CI/CD + GitOps (ArgoCD) experience, plus hands-on monitoring/logging (Prometheus/Grafana/ELK) and a Kafka/Spark real-time streaming project from their master’s program.

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Key Strengths

  • Owned end-to-end backend architecture for a scalable real-time REST API (FastAPI/Redis/Celery)
  • Performance bottleneck diagnosis and remediation (execution plan analysis, indexing, caching, async offloading)
  • Production Kubernetes deployment experience with autoscaling, probes, resource limits, and rolling updates
  • Built CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions) to test, build, publish images, and deploy via Helm/kubectl
  • GitOps implementation with ArgoCD (Git as source of truth, PR-based changes, automated sync/rollback)
  • Planned and executed phased legacy-to-cloud migration with dependency decoupling, staging validation, and rollback planning
  • Real-time streaming pipeline design using Kafka + Spark Structured Streaming with fault-tolerance techniques

Reference Highlights

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  • Strong Python proficiency
  • Able to tackle complex problems
  • Breaks down problems into smaller issues
  • Strong troubleshooting skills
  • Hands-on project experience
  • Contributed significantly to architecture design
  • Thorough in testing API endpoints
  • Focus on scalability and reliability
  • Helped deliver a fault-tolerant product
  • Efficiently handled migrations
  • Proactive in handling production issues
  • Strong understanding of low-latency requirements
  • Thoughtful about system trade-offs
  • Clear communicator during real-time troubleshooting
  • Collaborates well with cross-functional teams
  • Thrives in fast-paced/startup environments
  • Proactive communication
  • Open to feedback
  • Effective alignment with product/engineering/operations
  • Adaptable and focused under pressure
  • Willing to contribute beyond assigned responsibilities
  • Committed and delivers results under tight deadlines
  • Consistently delivers high-quality work

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Experience

DevOps EngineerWide Open West · Feb 2023 – Sep 2025
Build and Release EngineerRisk Management Solutions · Feb 2021 – Jan 2022
DevOps EngineerTata Consultancy Services · Sep 2018 – Dec 2021
System AdministratorTata Consultancy Services · Jan 2016 – Aug 2018

Education

San José State Universitymaster, Software Engineering (2023)
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological Universitybachelor, Information Technology (2015)

Languages

English

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – AssociateHashiCorp Certified: Terraform AssociateMicrosoft Certified: Azure Fundamentals

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