Sampath is available for hire

Sampath Inturi

Verified Expert in Engineering

Software Developer

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Toptal member since August 7, 2019

Expertise

AWS Cloud System Administration Cloud Engineering SaaS AWS Solutions Linux AWS Apache Ubuntu DevOps Jenkins Nginx

Bio

Sampath has more than a decade of experience in system administration, DevOps, and Linux. A strong leader and team player, he has excellent organizational and communication skills with the ability to conceive and present complex solutions in simple, easy-to-understand language. He regularly collaborates with developers, delivering thought leadership, roadmaps, and technical recommendations regarding cloud infrastructure and platform designs.

Portfolio

Fournine Cloud Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, IN-TG

Magento, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS)...

Singapore Post Limited, Singapore

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache2, MySQL, Linux, Magento, Amazon EC2...

9Acts Cloud Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, IN-AP

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Tomcat, Jenkins, Rundeck, Linux, Amazon EC2...

Experience

Linux - 15 years
Amazon Web Services (AWS) - 15 years
Ansible - 6 years
Google Cloud Platform (GCP) - 6 years
Magento - 6 years
Kubernetes - 6 years
AWS CloudFormation - 5 years
AWS Lambda - 4 years

Availability

Full-time

Preferred Environment

Amazon Web Services (AWS), Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Linux

The most amazing...

...thing I've done is manage multiple eCommerce sites with 99.99% availability and automated 80% workloads.

Work Experience

Founder and Chief Cloud Solutions Architect

2017 - PRESENT

Fournine Cloud Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, IN-TG

Designed infrastructure solutions for the cloud. Deployed Kubernetes services to production.
Set up production environments on the cloud and provided managed services support.
Provided DevOps support, complete CI/CD solutions, and automation.
Managed Magento Enterprise eCommerce customers across the globe.
Solved application scaling and performance issues. Debugged production issues and coordinated with developers to fix those.

Technologies: Magento, Kubernetes, Docker, DevOps, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Google Cloud, Amazon EC2, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Red Hat Linux, System Administration, Python, Agile, Go, PHP, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CentOS, NGINX, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon EKS, Unix Shell Scripting, Terraform, Rundeck, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), HAProxy, Containers, Cloud, AWS Cloud Architecture, Ubuntu, Jenkins, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Amazon Athena, Ansible, Continuous Deployment, Amazon Linux, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, Networking, Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), SolarWinds, Datadog, Helm, JavaScript, Bash Script, GAP Analysis, SaaS, CI/CD Pipelines, Containerization, DevSecOps, GitOps, Orchestration, Rancher, Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE)

DevOps Architect

2015 - 2017

Singapore Post Limited, Singapore

Re-architected the Magento eCommerce production environment to take full advantage of AWS services such as Amazon CloudFront, AWS Auto Scaling, load balancing, Amazon Route 53, EC2, and Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS).
Innovated the design and implementation of a Visitor Prioritization (Waiting Room) system for an online site. The cost of this system was less than 5% compared to commercial products, saved $200,000 a year, and increased customer revenue by 500%.
Successfully achieved 100% uptime during the last four consecutive holiday seasons (Black Friday and Cyber Monday) sales for all the SingPost-managed eCommerce sites.
Modernized the entire production environment for 15+ eCommerce customers such as Adidas, Levis, Uniqlo, and Canon; independently, with accurate monitoring and automation, fully onboarded the production environment.
Optimized the AWS cost and reduced it by 20–30% without compromising the performance and availability.
Performed regular security scans using security tools such as QualysGuard and Amazon Inspector and collaborated with the development teams to patch vulnerabilities and release them into production.
Hardened and patched the production environment to satisfy all the requirements for PCI-DSS compliance.
Constructed security tools to monitor the production environment to prevent attacks and notified the Ops team immediately in response to alerts.
Implemented complete CI/D, which increased production release speed by 400%.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache2, MySQL, Linux, Magento, Amazon EC2, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Red Hat Linux, System Administration, Python, Agile, Go, DevOps, PHP, AWS Certified Solution Architect, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CentOS, NGINX, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Continuous Integration (CI), Amazon EKS, Unix Shell Scripting, Terraform, Rundeck, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), HAProxy, Containers, Cloud, AWS Cloud Architecture, Ubuntu, Jenkins, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Amazon Athena, Ansible, Continuous Deployment, Amazon Linux, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, Networking, Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Kubernetes, SolarWinds, Datadog, Nagios, Helm, JavaScript, Bash Script, GAP Analysis, SaaS, CI/CD Pipelines, DevSecOps

Co-founder and CTO

2015 - 2015

9Acts Cloud Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Hyderabad, IN-AP

Onboarded new clients to Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud. Implemented zero downtime migrations.
Familiarized new clients with the cloud and the cloud best practices.
Designed and implemented highly available, scalable, and reliable architectures on Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache Tomcat, Jenkins, Rundeck, Linux, Amazon EC2, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Red Hat Linux, System Administration, Python, DevOps, PHP, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CentOS, NGINX, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Continuous Integration (CI), Unix Shell Scripting, Containers, Cloud, AWS Cloud Architecture, Ubuntu, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Ansible, Continuous Deployment, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, Networking, Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), SolarWinds, Datadog, Bash Script

Solutions Architect — Cloud Operations

2013 - 2015

Minjar Cloud Solutions Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, IN-KA

Designed and implemented cloud architecture for Amazon Web Services (AWS).
Led the cloud-managed services team of 10 members. Migrated and managed 20+ customers in a cloud environment.
Onboarded customer applications onto the cloud with security best practices.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), Apache2, Magento, PHP, Linux, Amazon EC2, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Red Hat Linux, System Administration, Python, Agile, DevOps, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CentOS, NGINX, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Continuous Integration (CI), Unix Shell Scripting, Containers, Cloud, AWS Cloud Architecture, Ubuntu, Jenkins, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Ansible, Continuous Deployment, Amazon Linux, AWS CloudFormation, AWS Lambda, Networking, Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), SolarWinds, Datadog, Nagios, Bash Script, CI/CD Pipelines

Tech Lead — Cloud Operations

2009 - 2013

Kuliza Technologies Pvt. Ltd, Bangalore, IN-KA

Configured production, dev, and UAT environments on AWS EC2.
Performed Oracle and MySQL database administration.
Deployed and loaded balanced web applications to AWS.
Automated production, dev, and UAT deployments using Shell scripts.
Defined the cloud best practices by collaborating with clients.

Technologies: Amazon Web Services (AWS), PHP, Apache2, Oracle, MySQL, Apache Tomcat, Linux, Amazon EC2, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Red Hat Linux, System Administration, Python, Agile, DevOps, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, CentOS, NGINX, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Continuous Integration (CI), Unix Shell Scripting, Containers, Cloud, AWS Cloud Architecture, Ubuntu, Jenkins, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudFront CDN, Ansible, Continuous Deployment, AWS Lambda, Networking, Cloud Security, Continuous Delivery (CD), SolarWinds, Nagios, Bash Script

Experience

Visitor Prioritization (Waiting Room) System for an Online Shop

I designed and implemented a new visitor prioritization (waiting room) system for online site visitors on AWS for Adidas. The cost of this system was less than 5% compared to commercial products. The system saved $200,000 a year and increased revenue by 500%.

Cloud Solution for Dimensioning Devices

I built a serverless application on AWS to manage dimensioning devices which spread across different warehouses. All of these are tiny devices powered by Linux operating system. The app I built connects all these devices and helps customers run firmware updates, command executions, logs collection, and monitoring. The application processes the data collected from the devices in near real time and presents it to the customer.

CI/CD Solutions for a Magento eCommerce Site

I used Jenkins and Ansible to build a complete end-to-end CI/CD solution for a Magento Enterprise eCommerce customer serving six markets in the EU region.

Education

2002 - 2006

Bachelor of Technology Degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University - Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Certifications

JULY 2022 - JULY 2024

Google Cloud Certified — Professional Cloud Architect

Google Cloud

JULY 2020 - PRESENT

Certified Kubernetes Administrator

CNCF

SEPTEMBER 2019 - SEPTEMBER 2022

AWS Certified Security - Specialty

Amazon Web Services

FEBRUARY 2018 - PRESENT

Docker Certified Associate

Docker, Inc

APRIL 2016 - APRIL 2018

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer - Professional (DOP)

Amazon Web Services

APRIL 2016 - APRIL 2019

AWS Certified DevOps Engineer Professional

AWS

MARCH 2015 - OCTOBER 2020

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional (SAP)

Amazon Web Services

MAY 2014 - APRIL 2016

AWS Certified SysOps Administrator - Associate (SOA)

Amazon Web Services

AUGUST 2013 - OCTOBER 2020

AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Associate (SAA)

Amazon Web Services

SEPTEMBER 2009 - PRESENT

Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE) for the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.1

Red Hat

Skills

Tools

Terraform, Jenkins, NGINX, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE), Amazon Athena, Amazon CloudWatch, Amazon CloudFront CDN, AWS SDK, Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Rundeck, Ansible, AWS CloudFormation, Amazon EKS, SolarWinds, Nagios, Helm, Apache Tomcat

Languages

Bash Script, PHP, Python, Go, JavaScript

Paradigms

DevOps, DevSecOps, Continuous Delivery (CD), Continuous Integration (CI), Continuous Deployment, Agile

Platforms

Linux, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google Cloud Platform (GCP), Apache2, CentOS, Ubuntu, Amazon EC2, Red Hat Linux, Magento, Docker, Kubernetes, Amazon Linux, AWS Lambda, Rancher, Oracle

Storage

Google Cloud, MySQL, Datadog

Frameworks

Laravel

Other

Unix Shell Scripting, AWS Certified DevOps Engineer, AWS Certified Solution Architect, HAProxy, Electronics, Cost Analysis, Cost Control, Cloud Security, Containers, Cloud, AWS Cloud Architecture, System Administration, Networking, GAP Analysis, SaaS, Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA), CI/CD Pipelines, Containerization, GitOps, Orchestration, Web Application Firewall (WAF), Rancher Kubernetes Engine (RKE)

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