Houston, Texas, USA — Available for Enterprise Roles

Hari Paruchuri Senior Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer

Designing secure, scalable, and automated cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Ansible. Building infrastructure for the next decade.

2
Cloud Platforms
50+
Terraform Modules
HIPAA
Compliance Work
About Me

Engineering Validated Through Practice

# engineer.profile.yaml
 
name: "Hari Paruchuri"
title: "Senior Cloud Infra & Automation"
experience: 8 # years
 
cloud_platforms:
  - AWS
  - Azure
 
specializations:
  - Infrastructure as Code
  - Platform Engineering
  - DevSecOps
  - Automation Engineering
 
approach: "Lab-validated, enterprise-ready"
background: "Computer Science"
compliance_domains:
  - HIPAA
  - FedRAMP
  - NIST 800-53

I'm a Senior Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer with 8+ years of experience designing and building enterprise-grade cloud platforms across AWS and Azure for healthcare, Fortune 500, and Federal organizations.

With a background in Computer Science, I bring systems thinking to infrastructure design — understanding how platforms behave under load, failure, compliance controls, and scale before they're deployed in production.

"I believe infrastructure decisions should be validated through real-world engineering, not just documentation. Every framework, automation platform, Terraform module, CI/CD pipeline, and security control I introduce into enterprise environments is first built, tested, broken, improved, and validated in my own lab environments."

My focus spans Infrastructure as Code, Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, and automation-first engineering. I specialize in building the foundational platforms that enable organizations to modernize safely, at scale, and sustainably.

Core Expertise

Technology Stack

Cloud Platforms
Cloud Infrastructure
AWSAzure VPC / VNetIAM Multi-AccountLanding Zones
Infrastructure as Code
IaC Frameworks
TerraformCloudFormation Terraform ModulesCDK State Management
Configuration Management
Automation Platforms
AnsibleAAP AWXPlaybooks RolesCollections
Containers & Orchestration
Kubernetes Platforms
KubernetesEKS AKSDocker OpenShiftHelm
CI/CD
Pipeline Engineering
GitLab CI/CDJenkins GitHub ActionsAzure DevOps ArgoCD
Programming
Scripting & Automation
PythonBash PowerShellYAML HCLJinja2
Observability
Monitoring & Logging
SplunkPrometheus GrafanaELK CloudWatchDatadog
Security & Compliance
DevSecOps
FedRAMP HighNIST 800-53 CheckovOPA Policies SonarQubeCheckmarx
Featured Projects

Enterprise Engineering Work

01 / INFRASTRUCTURE AS CODE
IaC

Enterprise Terraform Module Framework

Designed and built a reusable Terraform module library for multi-account AWS environments. Standardized VPC, IAM, security groups, and compute modules with opinionated defaults aligned to organizational security baselines.

TerraformAWSGitLabOPACheckov
GitLab Registry Terraform Modules AWS Multi-Account
Reduced provisioning time by 70%, standardized 40+ AWS accounts
02 / CI/CD PLATFORM
DevOps

GitLab CI/CD Platform Automation

Built enterprise-grade shared CI/CD pipelines on GitLab with reusable templates, policy-as-code controls, automated security scanning, compliance gates, and cross-team inheritance for modules and live repositories.

GitLab CI/CDPolicy as CodeOPACheckovKubernetes
Code Push Policy Gates K8s Deploy
Enabled 200+ teams, cut deployment cycle from days to hours
03 / AUTOMATION PLATFORM
Config Mgmt

Ansible Automation Platform Deployment

Deployed and scaled Ansible Automation Platform (AAP) for enterprise-wide configuration management, config-as-code team onboarding, custom execution environments, Event-Driven Ansible, credential management, and self-service job templates.

AnsibleAAPConfig as CodeEDARBAC
AAP Controller EE Containers Managed Nodes
Automated 85% of routine infrastructure ops, zero-touch patching
04 / FEDERAL CLOUD
FedRAMP

FedRAMP High Multi-Account AWS

Designed and implemented compliant multi-account AWS environments for healthcare and regulated workloads, including HIPAA-aligned controls, FedRAMP High/NIST 800-53 baselines, GuardDuty, Security Hub, and automated compliance reporting.

AWSHIPAAFedRAMP HighNIST 800-53Security Hub
AWS Organizations Security Hub NIST Controls
Automated healthcare and federal compliance controls across regulated cloud environments
05 / NETWORK PLATFORM
Networking

AWS Network Management Services Platform

Designed hub-and-spoke networking using AWS Transit Gateway, centralized DNS, Network Firewall, and VPC flow logs aggregation across 50+ accounts and 3 regions.

Transit GatewayNetwork FirewallRoute53VPC
Transit Gateway Inspection VPC Spoke VPCs
Centralized network security across 50+ accounts, 3 AWS regions
06 / KUBERNETES
K8s

Kubernetes Platform Automation

Built production-grade EKS platform with GitOps workflows, cluster autoscaling, Istio service mesh, OPA Gatekeeper policies, and automated Day-2 operations via Ansible and Terraform.

EKSIstioArgoCDOPAKarpenter
ArgoCD GitOps EKS Cluster Istio Mesh
Zero-downtime deployments, 99.99% platform SLA achieved
Engineering Lab

Hands-On Experimentation

Every technology, framework, and pattern I introduce into enterprise environments is first built, broken, improved, and validated here. My lab is where production-grade ideas are born.

TF
Terraform Repositories
terraform-aws-landing-zone HCL
terraform-eks-platform HCL
terraform-network-hub HCL
terraform-security-baseline HCL
terraform-module-testing HCL
CI
GitLab CI/CD Pipelines
gitlab-ci-templates YAML
pipeline-security-gates YAML
terraform-pipeline-framework YAML
k8s-deploy-automation YAML
compliance-pipeline-lib YAML
AN
Ansible Automation
ansible-linux-hardening YAML
ansible-aws-ec2-patching YAML
ansible-k8s-nodes YAML
ansible-cis-benchmark YAML
aap-execution-environments Python
K8
Kubernetes Labs
eks-platform-bootstrap HCL
opa-gatekeeper-policies Rego
istio-service-mesh-lab YAML
argocd-gitops-setup YAML
karpenter-autoscaling YAML
GITHUB PROFILE
@pharidp
All automation frameworks, IaC modules, and lab experiments live here
50+
Repos
200+
Commits
View GitHub →
Engineering Mindset

Engineering Principles

01
Automation First
Every manual process is a future incident. If it runs more than once, it gets automated with proper error handling, logging, and idempotency.
02
Security By Design
Security controls are baked into platforms from day one — not bolted on after. Every resource ships with guardrails, policies, and audit trails by default.
03
Platform Thinking
Build once, enable many. The goal is not to solve one team's problem, but to build the platform that enables every team to solve their own problems safely.
04
Reusability Over Duplication
Terraform modules, Ansible roles, and pipeline templates should be written once with parameterization, and reused across teams, accounts, and regions.
05
Infrastructure as Code
All infrastructure is code — versioned, reviewed, tested, and deployed through pipelines. ClickOps is not infrastructure management, it's technical debt.
06
Observability Built-In
Metrics, logs, and traces are not optional extras. Every platform ships with dashboards, alerting, and runbooks so on-call engineers know what to do at 2 AM.
07
Continuous Improvement
The best infrastructure is never finished. Every post-incident review, every toil ticket, and every performance bottleneck is an engineering improvement opportunity.
Experience

Engineering Timeline

CURRENT ROLE
HealthPartners
Senior DevOps Cloud Automation Engineer
Remote, United States
  • Designed and implemented enterprise Terraform module framework standardizing cloud provisioning across 40+ AWS accounts
  • Built and maintained shared GitLab CI/CD pipelines with policy-as-code controls for Terraform modules and live infrastructure repositories
  • Deployed and scaled Ansible Automation Platform for enterprise configuration management, config-as-code onboarding, Event-Driven Ansible, and zero-touch patching
  • Designed HIPAA and FedRAMP-aligned cloud environments with NIST 800-53 controls, Security Hub, and automated compliance reporting
  • Led Kubernetes platform engineering — EKS clusters with GitOps, service mesh, and OPA policy enforcement
PREVIOUS ROLE
LTI — Larsen & Toubro Infotech
Cloud & Automation Engineer
Hyderabad, India
  • Designed AWS landing zones with multi-account governance, centralized logging, and identity federation
  • Built Infrastructure as Code library using Terraform and CloudFormation for rapid, standardized cloud provisioning
  • Automated application deployments and infrastructure operations using Ansible and Python scripting
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines integrating security scanning (SAST, DAST) and compliance checks into deployment workflows
EARLY CAREER
ICICI Bank
Infrastructure & Automation Engineer
Bangalore, India
  • Managed hybrid cloud infrastructure across on-premises data centers and cloud environments
  • Introduced automation-first approach to server provisioning, reducing deployment time from weeks to hours
  • Built monitoring and alerting infrastructure using Splunk and ELK stack for critical banking systems
  • Developed Python and Bash automation scripts for routine operational tasks and incident response workflows
Certifications & Learning

Credentials & Expertise

AWS
AWS Cloud Certification
Certified | Professional / Associate Level
AWS
AWS DevOps Engineering
Working knowledge | Professional Level
Azure
Azure Administration
Working knowledge | Associate Level
Azure
Azure DevOps Engineering
Working knowledge | Expert Level
HashiCorp
Terraform Infrastructure as Code
Working knowledge | Module development
CNCF
Kubernetes Administration
Working knowledge | Platform Engineering
Red Hat
Ansible Automation
Working knowledge | AAP / EDA
Security
FedRAMP High Controls
Working knowledge | NIST 800-53 Controls
LET'S BUILD SOMETHING

Ready to Build
the Next Platform?

Available for senior cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, and DevSecOps roles across healthcare, enterprise, and regulated cloud environments.

"I build infrastructure that is secure today, scalable tomorrow,
and maintainable for the next decade."


— Hari Paruchuri, Senior Cloud Infrastructure & Automation Engineer