Gowtham Manchasandra
Torino,Italy
Summary
DevOps Engineer with experience working on AWS cloud platform, Kubernetes, Terraform, and CI/CD pipelines. I focus on building stable, scalable systems and improving how teams deliver software. I’m looking for a DevOps role where I can support engineering teams and help strengthen modern cloud and automation workflows.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
Work history
DevOps & Systems Engineer
Teoresi Group
Turin, Italy
03.2023 - Current
- Kubernetes & Containerization
- Handled production Kubernetes clusters and tuned Deployments, StatefulSets, DaemonSets, RBAC rules, Services, and Ingress to keep microservices running smoothly and reliably.
- Created custom liveness and readiness probes and set up HPA, which helped improve application uptime and use resources more efficiently.
- Built and maintained Helm charts ensuring consistent deployments across environments.
- CI/CD Automation
- Built automated CI/CD pipeline jobs using Jenkins, Groovy, and shared libraries, making deployments fully hands‑free and much faster.
- Set up Git webhook triggers and improved branching workflows, including merging and conflict handling, to streamline collaboration.
- Infrastructure as Code & Cloud (AWS)
- Set up scalable AWS infrastructure using modular Terraform and followed IaC best practices to keep environments easy to manage and repeat.
- Managed secure network and compute environments using AWS EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, EBS, and Auto Scaling Groups to support application workloads.
- Linux & System Engineering
- Worked with Ubuntu Linux servers to support DevOps tasks like deployments, automation, updates, and security patching.
- Automated repetitive tasks by writing shell scripts, making everyday operations faster and easier.
- Docker & Image Optimization
- Implemented multi-stage Docker builds, shrinking container image sizes by over 40% and accelerating pipeline build performance.
- Built custom Dockerfiles to keep containerization workflows consistent across environments.
Devops Intern
Teoresi Group
Turin, Italy
09.2022 - 02.2023
- Set up CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins to automate builds, tests, and deployments.
- Managed Kubernetes workloads by adjusting Deployments, StatefulSet, DaemonSet, RBAC, Services, and Ingress to keep applications running smoothly.
- Used Docker to build images and run containers, keeping application setups consistent across development and testing environments.
Education
Masters in Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome
Rome, Italy 09.2018 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
Bengaluru 08.2014 - 04.2018
Skills
- Linux and shell scripting
- Version control with Git and GitHub
- Continuous integration with Jenkins
- Cloud computing with AWS
- Containerization using Docker
- Orchestration with Kubernetes
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform
- Package management with Helm
LANGUAGE SKILLS
ENGLISH
Fluent
ITALIAN
Intermediate
Accomplishments
- Kubernetes Upgrade
- "Orchestrated a zero-downtime major upgrade of self-managed EC2 clusters, seamlessly draining and replacing underlying nodes while maintaining 100% application uptime."
Devops Remote Training at IT Defined Bengaluru, India ( Feb 2021 - april 2022)
- Hands‑on work with Jenkins for building and managing CI/CD pipelines.
- Practical experience using Shell Script to automate routine tasks and workflows.
- Exposure to core AWS services used for cloud infrastructure and deployments.
- Experience using GitHub for version control, branching, and pull‑request workflows.
- Work with Docker to create images and run containerized application environments.
- Experience deploying and managing applications on Kubernetes clusters.
- Use of Helm charts to package and manage Kubernetes application releases.
- Hands‑on practice with ArgoCD for GitOps‑based deployments and environment sync.
Residence permit
Italian permanent Residence (No sponsorship required)
Timeline
DevOps & Systems Engineer
Teoresi Group
03.2023 - Current
Devops Intern
Teoresi Group
09.2022 - 02.2023
Masters in Aerospace Engineering - Aerospace Engineering
Sapienza University of Rome
09.2018 - 03.2022
Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering
Visvesvaraya Technological University (VTU)
08.2014 - 04.2018