“Engineering the sky—from concept to cloud, deployment to delivery.”

Hi, I'm Maria Arpitha — a Cloud & DevOps Engineer with 3+ years of AWS production experience, 6 cloud certifications and 6 hands-on projects built to production standards.

My background includes provisioning and managing AWS infrastructure using Terraform, building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and Jenkins, and designing secure multi-AZ architectures — gained through real production work at an EdTech SaaS company serving clients across the US, UK, and Southeast Asia.

Based in Bristol, CT — open to remote and hybrid roles. Fully authorized to work in the US (H4 EAD, no sponsorship required).

• Cloud Platforms: AWS, GCP, Azure
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
• Configuration Mangament: Ansible
• CI/CD Pipelines: Jenkins, GitHub Actions
• Security & Governance: IAM, Shared Responsibility Model
• Monitoring & Logging: Amazon CloudWatch, CloudTrail
• Version Control Tools: Git, GitHub
• Scripting: Bash, YAML, JSON
• Operating Systems: Linux, Windows
• AI Tools: GitHub Copilot, Claude Code

Cloud and DevOps Engineer (Self-Directed Cloud Engineering)

• Following relocation to the US, dedicated this period to earning 6 cloud certifications across AWS, GCP, and Azure — and building 6 production-equivalent projects to stay technically current and US market-ready. Fully authorized to work in the US (H4 EAD — no sponsorship required).

AWS 3-Tier Architecture with Terraform

• Production-equivalent 3-tier AWS environment (VPC, ALB, ASG, EC2, RDS) across 2 AZs — fully automated with Terraform, zero SSH exposure via SSM only.
• GitHub Actions CI/CD pipeline for automated build, test, and deployment — infrastructure changes versioned and auditable end-to-end.

End-to-End DevOps Pipeline — Full-Stack Application

• Full DevOps lifecycle: provisioned AWS infrastructure (VPC, EC2, ALB, RDS) via AWS CLI, containerized a Java app with Docker, deployed via automated Jenkins pipelines.
• Every GitHub commit triggers automated build, Docker image push to DockerHub, and zero-touch EC2 deployment.

End-to-End Infrastructure Automation — Terraform + GitHub Actions

• One pipeline to provision, configure, and deploy — Terraform handles IaC, GitHub Actions orchestrates the full workflow.
• Zero manual steps from commit to live infrastructure — mirrors how mature DevOps teams operate at scale.

Automated CI/CD Pipeline — GitHub Actions + AWS EC2

• End-to-end pipeline from code commit to deployed EC2 — CI runs tests, builds app, and packages artifacts; CD deploys automatically on success.
• Zero manual deployment steps — production-ready releases verified live via PM2.

Serverless Password Rotation — Lambda + Secrets Manager + EventBridge

• Automated credential lifecycle — Python Lambda generates and rotates secrets on EventBridge cron schedule, fully hands-off post-deployment.
• Least-privilege IAM enforced (SecretsManagerReadWrite, kms:Decrypt) — KMS-encrypted, zero standing access.

Static Website Hosting — S3 + CloudFront + Route 53 + ACM

• Production-grade static site — private S3 bucket served securely via CloudFront with Origin Access Control (OAC), never publicly exposed.
• End-to-end HTTPS with ACM SSL, Route 53 DNS, custom domain mapped and validated.

Configuration Managemnt Engineer (Jul 2021 – Feb 2023)

• Provisioned and managed production AWS infrastructure (EC2, ALB, ASG, VPC, RDS, S3, Lambda, CloudWatch) using Terraform and AWS CLI.
• Built and maintained Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for automated application deployments — reducing manual release effort significantly.
• Implemented Ansible-based configuration management for automated deployments and system updates across environments.
• Enforced IAM roles, policies, and security groups following least-privilege principles across all production resources.
• Configured CloudWatch metrics, alarms, and log groups to improve infrastructure reliability and operational visibility.
• Created AMIs and golden images to standardize environments and accelerate disaster recovery.

Cloud Infrastructure Trainee (Mar 2020 – May 2021)

• Delivered training sessions on AWS core services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC, RDS, CloudWatch) and cloud security fundamentals including the Shared Responsibility Model.
• Developed hands-on labs, guides, and assessments — accelerating onboarding for new engineering trainees.
• Provisioned EC2 instances, configured IAM roles and policies, and set up CloudWatch monitoring on live internal projects.
• Gained foundational exposure to Terraform, Jenkins, Docker, and GitHub — forming the technical base for subsequent production roles.

Junior Associate (Customer Support) (Jun 2018 – Feb 2020)

• Delivered end-to-end customer support for US-based clients through high-volume inbound and outbound calls, resolving service requests with clarity, empathy, and professionalism

Bachelors in Information Science & Engineering (2017)