Akula Srija

Guided 400+ students in core computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, object-oriented design, and software development best practices using Java and Python. Designed and graded coding assignments and algorithmic problem sets, reinforcing efficient solutions, debugging practices, and performance optimization. Mentored students in database design and SQL query optimization (joins, indexing, transactions), improving query execution efficiency by up to 40% in lab projects. Facilitated workshops on software testing (JUnit, PyTest), modular design, and debugging, preparing students for real-world software engineering environments.

Architected and operated multi-region AWS EKS / ECS Kubernetes clusters supporting 10+ production microservices, reducing manual provisioning effort by 70% through autoscaling policies and automated cluster lifecycle management. Built a reusable Terraform + Helm + Ansible infrastructure automation library standardizing deployments across all environments, reducing configuration drift by 95% and cutting new environment setup time from days to under 30 minutes. Designed an SLO-based observability platform using Prometheus and Grafana with tiered alerting across 10+ services, reducing Mean Time to Detect (MTTD) by 60% and accelerating incident resolution through automated runbooks. Implemented zero-trust IAM policies, mutual TLS enforcement, and automated container vulnerability scanning pipelines, reducing critical security exposure while enabling blue-green and canary deployments with zero downtime. Established distributed tracing and log aggregation with the ELK Stack, enabling root-cause identification for production incidents in under 15 minutes — down from a 2-hour average.

Identified and remediated 100+ critical vulnerabilities across hybrid AWS and on-premises Linux workloads using automated scanning pipelines with Qualys, Nessus, and Trivy, raising environment compliance score by 35%. Implemented least-privilege IAM governance framework, auditing and removing 40+ over-privileged accounts and restructuring container and cloud workload permissions to enforce zero-trust access principles. Automated configuration auditing and patch management workflows using AWS Systems Manager and Linux shell scripting, reducing vulnerability remediation cycle time by 50% and eliminating manual audit overhead.

Built responsive, cross-browser web applications using HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and PHP, improving user engagement by 20% and reducing page load times by 30% through backend and database optimizations. • Enhanced platform security and scalability by implementing real-time validation, secure session handling, and refactoring the legacy codebase into modular components, enabling 25% faster feature delivery in an Agile team environment.

Built secure CI/CD pipelines using AWS CodePipeline and CodeDeploy with integrated IAM role-based access control and artifact validation, accelerating release cycles by 75% compared to manual deployment processes. Validated high-availability architectures incorporating ELB, Auto Scaling Groups, and Route 53 health checks through simulated failover drills, sustaining 99.99% uptime with RTO/RPO consistently under 5 minutes. Standardized Linux server provisioning across environments using Puppet configuration manifests, reducing environment setup time by 45% and achieving fully reproducible infrastructure deployments.