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Q: What does Nandeeswar Reddy Polu specialize in?

Nandeeswar specializes in AWS cloud infrastructure, container orchestration (ECS, EKS), CI/CD pipeline automation using GitHub Actions and CodePipeline, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, and FinOps cost optimization. He has managed production workloads for 5 applications supporting 20+ engineers.

Q: What tools and technologies does Nandeeswar use?

Core stack: AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, VPC, S3, Lambda, RDS, Route 53, CloudWatch), Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, and HashiCorp Vault. He works across cloud platform, IaC, CI/CD, orchestration, observability, and security domains.

Q: What measurable results has Nandeeswar achieved?

Key metrics: 80% reduction in deployment time through CI/CD automation, approximately 60% annual savings in SaaS licensing by self-hosting tools, approximately 40% monthly reduction in idle compute costs via Lambda automation, MTTR under 20 minutes across all production incidents, and 100% elimination of hardcoded credentials through AWS Secrets Manager.

Q: Is Nandeeswar open to new opportunities?

Yes. Nandeeswar is based in Hyderabad, India and is open to remote and hybrid roles. He is looking for positions as a Senior DevOps Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), or MLOps Engineer.

Specializing in container orchestration (AWS ECS, EKS) and GitOps-driven deployment pipelines using Terraform.

Nandeeswar Reddy Polu is a DevOps and Cloud Engineer based in Hyderabad, India, with 2+ years of hands-on experience managing production AWS infrastructure. He serves as the sole DevOps owner for 5 live production applications at Yotta Tech Ports, supporting 3 development teams and 20+ engineers. His work has reduced deployment times by 80%, cut SaaS licensing costs by approximately 60%, and maintained MTTR under 20 minutes across all production incidents.

Contact Me Experience

Before

2hr Deploy

GitOps Win

12min Pipeline

Years Obsessed

99.9 %

Uptime Mindset

AWS

Expert

Skills

Stack & Tooling

Production-verified tools across cloud infrastructure, IaC, CI/CD, orchestration, observability, and security.

Last updated Q1 2026

Domain	Core Skillset	Experience
Cloud Platform	EC2ECSVPCS3EKSCloudWatchECRRDSLambdaRoute 53EventBridgeIdentity CenterEFSBedrock	2+
IaC & Automation	TerraformCloudFormationCDK	2+
Orchestration	DockerKubernetesHelm	2+
CI/CD Pipeline	GitHub ActionsGitLab CICodePipelineJenkins	2+
Observability	CloudWatchPrometheusGrafana	2+
Security & Compliance	IAMGuardDutyWAFVaultAWS SCPIdentity Center	2+

Experience

Where I've Shipped Real Impact

2 years. 5 live production systems. 3 dev teams. Zero dedicated infra team.
Every number here is something I built, broke, fixed, and automated myself.

Dec 2024 — Present Current

Cloud & DevOps Engineer

Yotta Tech Ports · Hyderabad, IN

Live Production
Apps

Dev Teams
Supported

20+

Engineers
on AWS

<20min

Avg MTTR

~60%

SaaS Cost
Saved

~40%

Compute
Cost Cut

Infrastructure Ownership +

Sole DevOps owner for 5 live production applications — GitLab, SonarQube, OpenProject, FlexHR, and a custom internal tool — hosted on AWS ECS and EC2, supporting 3 teams · 20+ engineers with no dedicated infra team
Provisioned and maintained full AWS stack per application: VPC, subnets, EFS, RDS, ALB, security groups — eliminating external vendor dependency and cutting estimated SaaS licensing costs by ~60% annually
Managed 5 custom subdomain configurations on Route 53 (CNAME and A records) across all production apps with zero unplanned DNS downtime

Incident Response & Reliability +

Maintained MTTR under 20 minutes across all production incidents, with avg initial response of <5 minutes from alert to active triage
Authored RCA playbooks for every major incident, reducing repeat resolution time by an estimated ~70% for similar failure patterns
Built a CloudWatch + SNS alerting system with custom dashboards covering 10+ metrics per application

Cost Optimization & FinOps +

Built a multi-account Lambda automation enforcing stop=true tagging to shut down idle EC2 instances daily — reducing idle compute spend by ~40%/month across 10+ AWS accounts
Conduct monthly AWS billing reviews across 10+ accounts, producing per-service cost reports that flag abnormal spend spikes
Automated EC2 and RDS shutdown for untagged resources via Lambda — enforcing compliance and eliminating costs from orphaned infrastructure

Security & Governance +

Built a Lambda auto-remediation function that detects and removes overly permissive security groups (0.0.0.0/0) — reducing manual audit effort by ~90%
Managed AWS IAM Identity Center for 3+ project teams — created roles, groups, and least-privilege policies ensuring zero over-permissioned access
Secured all application secrets across 5 applications in AWS Secrets Manager, eliminating 100% of hardcoded credentials

Automation & IaC +

Used Terraform to manage Lambda runtime upgrades across multiple functions — reducing manual update effort by ~75% per release cycle
Reduced AWS access provisioning turnaround from days to <30 minutes per engineer by standardizing IAM user creation workflows
Hosted Frappe/FlexHR on EC2 as a fully configured HR tool for internal teams, handling end-to-end setup and domain routing

In Progress — Deploying microservices on AWS EKS via GitHub Actions · Integrating Prometheus + Grafana for full observability

AWS ECSAWS EKSDockerECRCodePipelineLambdaTerraformCloudWatchSNSRoute 53IAM Identity CenterSecrets ManagerGitHub ActionsPrometheusGrafana

Jun 2024 — Dec 2024 Foundation

Junior Cloud Engineer

Yotta Tech Ports · Hyderabad, IN

~80%

Deploy Time
Saved

$3–5K

Annual License
Savings

4 wks

Solo Full-Stack
Build

RPO 7d

Backup
Established

100%

Secrets
Removed

GitLab Self-Hosting — Built From Zero +

Designed and delivered a production-grade self-managed GitLab on AWS ECS using Docker — saving an estimated ~$3,000–$5,000/year in SaaS licensing costs
Engineered a full AWS CodePipeline reducing deployment effort from multi-step manual process to a single approval click — cutting deployment time by ~80%
Provisioned complete AWS infrastructure from scratch in under 4 weeks: ECS, VPC, EFS, RDS, and ALB — with SSH and HTTPS fully working

CI/CD Automation & Custom Scripts +

Built a custom Dockerfile and buildspec.yml automating image build and ECR push — reducing configuration effort by ~65%
Wrote a fetchsecrets.sh script removing 100% of hardcoded secrets from the pipeline
Developed a custom webhook config file that fires automatically on repository creation — saving developers 5–10 minutes of manual setup

Observability, Backup & Recovery +

Configured weekly AWS Backup on EFS protecting all GitLab repository data — establishing an RPO of 7 days
Built a CloudWatch + EventBridge metrics dashboard with alerts across 10+ infra metrics, providing real-time visibility into GitLab health

AWS ECSDockerCodePipelineGitLab Self-HostedECREFSRDSVPCCloudWatchEventBridgeAWS BackupSecrets ManagerBash

Blogs

Built & Published

Open-source infrastructure projects on GitHub and published technical articles on Medium, covering DevOps and cloud architecture.

Technical Breakdown

Terraform Basics: Modular AWS Infrastructure

A production-ready collection of modular HCL patterns designed for high-availability AWS environments, focusing on networking and ECS orchestration.

Terraform AWS ECS VPC

Explore Repository

Medium Article

4 AWS IAM Truths for Cloud Security

An exploration of the Principle of Least Privilege and why standard IAM configurations often fail basic security audits in enterprise environments.

AWS IAM Security Medium

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Medium Article

Demystifying Docker: 5 Foundational Concepts

Everything you need to know about container orchestration, from layers and storage to networking and production best practices.

Docker Containers Medium

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FAQ

Frequently Asked

What does Nandeeswar Reddy Polu specialize in? +

Nandeeswar specializes in AWS cloud infrastructure, container orchestration (ECS, EKS), CI/CD pipeline automation using GitHub Actions and CodePipeline, Infrastructure as Code with Terraform, and FinOps cost optimization. He has managed production workloads for 5 applications supporting 20+ engineers.

What tools and technologies does Nandeeswar use? +

Core stack: AWS (EC2, ECS, EKS, VPC, S3, Lambda, RDS, Route 53, CloudWatch), Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, Helm, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, Jenkins, Prometheus, Grafana, and HashiCorp Vault. He works across cloud platform, IaC, CI/CD, orchestration, observability, and security domains.

What measurable results has Nandeeswar achieved? +

Key metrics: 80% reduction in deployment time through CI/CD automation, approximately 60% annual savings in SaaS licensing by self-hosting tools, approximately 40% monthly reduction in idle compute costs via Lambda automation, MTTR under 20 minutes across all production incidents, and 100% elimination of hardcoded credentials through AWS Secrets Manager.

Is Nandeeswar open to new opportunities? +

Yes. Nandeeswar is based in Hyderabad, India and is open to remote and hybrid roles. He is looking for positions as a Senior DevOps Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer (SRE), or MLOps Engineer.

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