MANOJ KUMAR MOVVA

Senior DevSecOps & Cloud Platform Engineer

Experience
6+
Years in Cloud & DevSecOps
AI-Powered Security · Multi-Cloud
Patent-Pending Inventor · IoT Platform
Embedded DevOps · Enterprise Scale
Technical Skills
Microsoft Azure
AzureAKSAI Foundry AGCApp ServiceAPIM Front DoorVNetACR Key VaultFunction AppsEvent Hub Blob StorageAzure Artifacts Azure ReposAzure Pipelines Cost MgmtLog Analytics Azure Monitor
Amazon Web Services
AWSEKSLambda S3EC2IAM SNSSESRoute 53 ELBDynamoDBCloudWatch
Google Cloud Platform
GCPVertex AIFirebase
DevSecOps & Security
Azure DevOpsJenkinsGit DockerKubernetes GitHub Black DuckPrisma Cloud SonarCloudCoverity TrivyMend Helm
Infra & Automation
TerraformAnsible PythonBash YAMLGroovy
AI/ML Platforms
Azure AI FoundryGCP Vertex AI ClaudeGPTChatGPT API
DB & Monitoring
MongoDB AtlasMySQL PrometheusGrafana CloudWatchRedis Azure Monitor
Messaging & Streaming
SNSSES KarixEvent Hub
Published Work
Havells Sentinel AI · Patent Pending
Azure DevOps Marketplace · Private
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Certification
Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator
AZ-104 · Microsoft · 2025
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Education
B.Tech — Computer Science & Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Kakinada • Andhra Pradesh
2019
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70%
Professional Summary

Senior DevSecOps & Cloud Platform Engineer with 6+ years architecting secure, scalable cloud infrastructure and autonomous AI-powered security platforms across Azure, AWS, and GCP. Specialized in Kubernetes orchestration, Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code, enterprise CI/CD automation, and DevSecOps integration. Proven track record reducing deployment time by 99%, achieving 70% reduction in security remediation effort, and delivering 30-35% infrastructure cost optimization. Founded patent-pending AI-powered autonomous DevSecOps platform published on Azure DevOps Marketplace combining Azure AI Foundry and GCP Vertex AI. Recognized with 5 organizational awards for platform engineering excellence supporting 150+ repositories and enterprise-scale cloud deployments. Expert in production Kubernetes clusters with multi-zone high-availability, disaster recovery systems enabling complete infrastructure rebuild in under 4 hours, embedded firmware CI/CD across 45+ projects, and enterprise security compliance achieving 100% SAST/SCA coverage across all technology stacks.

Work Experience
Research Engineer — DevSecOps & Cloud Platform Jul 2024 – Present
Havells India Ltd., Bengaluru
HavellsOne Platform Engineering — IoT Smart Home Platform
  • Architected production-grade Kubernetes clusters with multi-zone high-availability and traffic management for scalable enterprise applications
  • Implemented Rolling Updates, autoscaling, disruption management, and health monitoring ensuring zero-downtime releases and resilient performance
  • Configured API gateway-based traffic routing architecture for secure microservices communication and load distribution
  • Integrated Azure Event Hub for high-throughput IoT telemetry ingestion with stream processing pipelines enabling real-time device monitoring
  • Designed and deployed self-hosted CI/CD build agents on cloud and on-premises infrastructure optimizing pipeline performance and costs
  • Deployed containerized applications on Kubernetes using serverless functions and container services achieving 30-35% cost reduction
  • Implemented centralized storage and backup solutions across multi-environment cloud infrastructures
  • Configured centralized logging and monitoring systems with Log Analytics Workspace for real-time observability
  • Established Azure Cost Management for multi-subscription cost tracking and optimization
  • Implemented automated cloud cost monitoring and budget alerting across Azure and AWS environments to improve cost visibility and prevent unexpected spending increases
  • Configured Azure Monitor alerts with action groups for real-time incident response and automated remediation
  • Optimized AKS node pools with spot instances reducing compute costs by 40%
  • Implemented Azure Container Registry geo-replication for disaster recovery across regions
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🏆 Awards
Centralized CI/CD Library150 hrs→1 min across 150+ repos
Azure DevOps Cold Storage DROrg rebuild <4h · 99.9% reliability
Layered Terraform InfraSingle-run provisioning in 30 min
Embedded DevOps45+ projects · 5 IDEs · 50% cycle time reduction
Flutter App Service DeployCustom solution (no native support)
Patents
Havells Sentinel AI (2026)
5 patent-pending concepts · Dev time ↓70% · DevOps overhead ↓85%
Recognition
ISO-27001: 65% vuln. reduction · 100% SAST/SCA
Cost Optimization: 30-35% infra savings
Impact Metrics
70%
Dev Time
Saved
150+
Repos
Managed
65%
Vuln.
Reduced
60+
K8s Services
Managed
35%
Cost
Saved
<4h
DR Full
Recovery
45+
Embedded
Projects
99.9%
Platform
Uptime
Work Experience (Havells)
CI/CD Pipeline Automation
  • Built centralized YAML pipeline library controlling 150+ repositories reducing 150-hour tasks to 1-min deployments 🏆 (Award)
  • Established Git workflow strategies: 3-branch (dev, qa, main), trunk-based, and custom PR-enhanced workflow
  • Delivered CI/CD for backend (Node.js, Python), iOS with TestFlight, and Android with internal testing
  • Configured Azure Artifacts for private package management enabling dependency control across teams
  • Automated embedded firmware CI/CD across 45+ projects for 5 IDEs reducing cycle time 50% 🏆 (Award)
Infrastructure Automation & DR
  • Engineered first Azure DevOps cold storage DR enabling org rebuild in <4 hours, 60% storage reduction, 99.9% reliability 🏆 (Award)
  • Developed layered Terraform IaC enabling single-run provisioning in 30 minutes validated through DR testing 🏆 (Award)
Security & Compliance
  • Standardized ISO-27001 aligned Docker base images reducing vulnerabilities 65% with automated CVE patching
  • Integrated Black Duck, Prisma Cloud, SonarCloud, Coverity achieving 100% SAST/SCA coverage across all stacks
  • Delivered Flutter to Azure App Service through custom implementation 🏆(Award)
  • Managed MongoDB Atlas: v5→v8 upgrades, migration, configurations, scaling, provisioning, and monitoring
Havells Sentinel AI (Patent-Pending)
  • Founded patent-pending autonomous DevSecOps platform (Azure AI Foundry + GCP Vertex AI)
  • Reduced developer time 70% and DevOps overhead 85% through intelligent SAST/SCA remediation
  • Invented 5 patent-pending concepts (provisional 2026) for autonomous security workflows
  • Built AI engine with intelligent fix generation reducing MTTR 80%
Software Engineer — AWS DevOps May 2020 – Jul 2024
LIQUID
Synactive Inc.
  • Designed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, Git, Maven, SonarQube with canary deployment strategies
  • Provisioned AWS infrastructure using Terraform: VPC, EC2, IAM, RDS with environment-based workspaces
  • Implemented Lambda functions with SNS orchestration and SES automation reducing overhead 70%
  • Containerized applications with Docker/Kubernetes supporting autoscaling achieving 99.8% success
  • Established monitoring using CloudWatch, Prometheus, Grafana achieving 50% MTTD reduction
  • Configured IAM policies with least-privilege and Config rules for compliance monitoring
  • Deployed Systems Manager for patch management and automated AMI builds with Packer
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