Sr Platform Engineer●DevSecOps Architect●Cloud Engineer●Mentor●Photographer πŸ“Έ

Building secure, scalable, cloud-native DevSecOps platforms that ship with confidence.

I'm Sai Cherukuri, a passionate Senior Platform Engineer and Senior Cloud/DevSecOps Engineer who transforms complex enterprise challenges into resilient, security-first cloud solutions. I architect zero-trust infrastructures, orchestrate automated compliance pipelines, lead cross-functional teams, and design solutions for products - empowering engineering teams to ship faster while sleeping better at night.

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Sai Cherukuri

Sr Platform Engineer

Explore my comprehensive career journey, including in-depth project details, technical achievements, and complete role responsibilities across all positions.

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About

I'm a Senior Platform Engineer and DevSecOps professional with over 9 years of experience helping organizations modernize their cloud infrastructure and development practices.

Currently at United Airlines, I lead platform engineering initiatives supporting critical aviation systems. Previously, I worked at Navy Federal Credit Union where I helped migrate financial applications to the cloud, and at Conning and Lenovo working on insurance and global supply chain systems. My career began in academia at Troy University while pursuing my Master's in Computer Science, where I developed foundational skills in systems administration and process automation.

Throughout my career, I've focused on practical cloud engineering - migrating applications to AWS and Azure, setting up monitoring systems, automating deployments, and implementing security scanning processes. I work with development teams to streamline their workflows, reduce manual processes, and improve system reliability. Whether it's setting up CI/CD pipelines with blue/green and canary deployment strategies, configuring container orchestration, or establishing infrastructure as code practices, my goal is always to make teams more productive while maintaining security and compliance standards.

Beyond day-to-day engineering work, I enjoy sharing knowledge with colleagues and helping junior engineers grow their skills. I believe in collaborative learning - through code reviews, documentation, and hands-on sessions, we can build stronger teams that understand both the technical details and the business context behind our systems. Currently, I'm expanding my expertise into MLOps and AI platform engineering, exploring how machine learning workflows integrate with traditional DevSecOps practices. My educational background in Computer Science from Troy University provides a solid foundation, but the real learning comes from working with diverse teams across different industries and solving real-world challenges together.

Professional Experience

9+
Years Experience
5
Organizations
200+
APIs Secured
99.9%
System Uptime
100+
Microservices Deployed
100+
Reusable CI/CD Pipelines
Zero
Security Incidents
100%
Compliance Achieved
500+
Vulnerabilities Fixed
24/7
Monitoring Coverage
100+
Engineers Mentored
8+
Major Migrations
5
Industry Certs
90%
Tasks Automated
Zero
Downtime Deployments
United Airlines

United Airlines

Senior Platform Engineer

Dec 2023 - Present

Houston, Texas

Deliver high-performance platform engineering solutions at United Airlines, designing cloud infrastructure that processes millions of aviation transactions daily. Engineer resilient DevSecOps systems with zero-downtime deployment capabilities and enterprise-grade security controls.

    Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer

    Jun 2021 - Dec 2023

    Remote

    Designed and implemented secure cloud infrastructure solutions with focus on compliance automation, container security, and policy-as-code governance for enterprise aviation systems.

      Technologies:

      AWS (End-to-end)HarnessDataDogDynatraceTerraformCloudformationDockerKubernetesTeamCityKong Gateway & Kong MeshOpenSearch loggingSonarQubeVeraCodeWizPythonBashJira AutomationPowerBIJFrog ArtifactoryGitHubGitHub ActionsMkDocs
      Navy Federal Credit Union

      Senior Cloud/DevOps Engineer

      Navy Federal Credit Union

      Sep 2019 - Jun 2021

      Houston, Texas β€’ Remote

      Led cloud transformation initiatives for financial services infrastructure, focusing on security-first design, regulatory compliance, and scalable DevOps practices for mission-critical banking systems.

        Technologies:

        AWSAZURETerraformDockerKubernetesOpenShiftPivotal Cloud foundaryJenkins & CloudBees JenkinsShared Libraries designUrban Code deployServiceNow AutomationAnsibleSonarQubeSonatype Nexus Artifactory & Sonatype Nexus IQJavaScriptPowerShell automationPythonBashPrometheus & GrafanaSplunkGitHubADOCheckMarx & BlackduckMkDocs
        Conning

        Cloud/DevOps Engineer

        Conning

        Feb 2019 - Sep 2019

        Connecticut, United States β€’ On-site

        Focused on cloud migration strategies and DevOps automation for insurance and financial services, establishing modern CI/CD practices and cloud-native architectures.

          Technologies:

          AzureARMTerraformDockerKubernetesAnsibleAzure DevOps PipelinesJFrog & XRayPythonArgoCDELKSonarQubePowerShellBashCheckOVTF LintTF Sec
          Lenovo

          Cloud Engineer

          Lenovo

          Sep 2018 - Feb 2019

          Remote

          Worked on global cloud infrastructure projects for enterprise hardware solutions, focusing on scalable cloud architectures and automated deployment strategies.

            Technologies:

            AWSCloudFormationDockerKubernetesAnsibleVMwareJenkinsPythonBashVeracode
            Troy University

            Graduate Administrative Assistant

            Troy University

            Feb 2016 - May 2018

            Troy, Alabama, United States β€’ On-site

            Provided comprehensive administrative support while pursuing graduate studies, managing academic operations, student services, and departmental coordination with focus on process improvement and technology integration.

            • Streamlined student registration and academic record management processes improving efficiency by 40%
            • Implemented digital document management system reducing paper processing time by 60%
            • Coordinated academic events and workshops for 200+ graduate students and faculty
            • Developed automated reporting systems for departmental metrics and student progress tracking

            Technologies:

            Microsoft OfficeDatabase ManagementProcess AutomationAcademic SystemsDocumentationProject CoordinationPython

            Education

            TROY

            Troy University

            Master's degree, Computer Science

            Jan 2016 - May 2018

            Troy, Alabama

            Advanced studies in computer science with focus on software engineering, algorithms, and systems architecture. Gained foundational knowledge in distributed systems, database management, and software development methodologies that became essential for my DevSecOps and platform engineering career.

            Certifications

            πŸš€

            Harness Certified Continuous Delivery & GitOps Developer

            Harness

            Issued Jun 2025

            πŸ”§

            Harness Certified Continuous Integration Developer

            Harness

            Issued Jun 2025

            πŸ—οΈ

            Harness Certified Infrastructure as Code Management Developer

            Harness

            Issued Jun 2025

            ☸️

            CKA - Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CNCF) - Expired

            CNCF

            Issued Dec 2018

            πŸ”¨

            Terraform Associate (HashiCorp) - Expired

            HashiCorp

            Issued Aug 2019

            Highlighted Work

            Enterprise-scale transformations and platform innovations that drive DevSecOps excellence.

            πŸš€ Enterprise CI/CD Transformation: TeamCity to Harness Migration

            πŸ“ United Airlines

            Organization-wide CI/CD modernization serving 100+ applications with reusable templates

            Spearheaded complete migration from TeamCity to Harness platform, architecting enterprise-grade reusable pipeline templates adopted across the organization. Enabled 100+ applications to leverage standardized, scalable deployment patterns with single-click automation.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: 100+ apps migrated β€’ Reusable templates β€’ Enterprise adoption

            HarnessTeamCityCI/CDPipeline TemplatesAutomationUnited Airlines

            πŸ” Enterprise Logging Platform: OpenSearch Implementation

            πŸ“ United Airlines

            Built production-grade centralized logging infrastructure from ground zero

            Architected and deployed enterprise OpenSearch logging solution from scratch using Fluentd with SQS-based batch processing. Designed scalable architecture handling massive log volumes with optimized queue management and batch delivery patterns.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Zero to production β€’ SQS batching β€’ Fluentd integration

            OpenSearchFluentdSQSAWSLoggingObservabilityUnited Airlines

            🌐 API Management Platform: Kong Gateway & Mesh Ecosystem

            πŸ“ United Airlines

            End-to-end API management infrastructure with IaC automation and service mesh

            Built comprehensive API management platform from scratch featuring Kong Gateway and Kong Mesh with fully automated deployment pipelines. Developed reusable Terraform modules for single-click provisioning including plugins, routes, and gateway services. Successfully migrated all CloudFormation infrastructure to Terraform.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Single-click deployment β€’ IaC migration β€’ Reusable templates

            Kong GatewayKong MeshTerraformAPI ManagementCloudFormationUnited Airlines

            πŸ“Š Automated Jira Metrics & PowerBI Analytics Dashboard

            πŸ“ United Airlines

            Zero-touch metrics automation delivering real-time insights to leadership

            Engineered comprehensive Jira automation integrated with PowerBI providing PM's, managers, and directors with live team-level, user-level, historical, and PI-level metrics. Implemented daily Harness pipeline automation eliminating manual effort while delivering actionable insights.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Zero manual effort β€’ Daily automation β€’ Multi-level metrics

            Jira AutomationPowerBIHarnessMetricsAnalyticsUnited Airlines

            🏒 Enterprise CI/CD Modernization: Jenkins to CloudBees Migration

            πŸ“ Navy Federal Credit Union

            Organization-wide pipeline transformation with shared libraries architecture

            Led complete migration from open-source Jenkins to CloudBees Jenkins Enterprise, architecting and implementing shared libraries framework adopted across the organization. Established standardized, maintainable CI/CD patterns improving deployment consistency and velocity.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Enterprise Jenkins β€’ Shared libraries β€’ Org-wide adoption

            CloudBees JenkinsJenkinsShared LibrariesCI/CDNavy Federal

            πŸ” DevSecOps Toolchain: Complete Security & Release Management

            πŸ“ Navy Federal Credit Union

            Built end-to-end DevSecOps infrastructure from zero to production

            Architected and deployed enterprise-grade DevSecOps platform from scratch including Nexus Repository Manager, Nexus IQ for security scanning, SonarQube for code quality, and UrbanCode Deploy for release automation. Integrated security scanning into all deployment pipelines.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Complete toolchain β€’ Security integration β€’ Zero to prod

            Nexus RMNexus IQSonarQubeUrbanCode DeployDevSecOpsNavy Federal

            ☁️ Microservices Migration: Monolith to Cloud-Native Architecture

            πŸ“ Navy Federal Credit Union

            Led team modernizing legacy applications to containerized microservices

            Led engineering team through complete architectural transformation of legacy applications to microservices. Built OpenShift and PKS (Pivotal Kubernetes) clusters from scratch, implemented canary deployment strategies, and established modern deployment patterns enabling zero-downtime releases.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Team leadership β€’ Cluster from scratch β€’ Canary deployments

            MicroservicesOpenShiftPKSKubernetesCanary DeploymentNavy Federal

            πŸš› Cloud Migration: VMware to AWS Transformation

            πŸ“ Conning

            Led complete infrastructure migration from on-premise to cloud

            Led engineering team executing end-to-end cloud migration strategy, transitioning entire legacy VMware infrastructure to AWS cloud. Architected cloud-native solutions, managed migration roadmap, and ensured zero business disruption during transformation.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Team leadership β€’ Full cloud migration β€’ Zero downtime

            AWSVMwareCloud MigrationInfrastructureTeam LeadershipConning

            πŸ›‘οΈ Disaster Recovery: Active-Active & Active-Passive Solutions

            πŸ“ United Airlines

            Enterprise-grade multi-region DR architecture ensuring business continuity

            Designed and implemented comprehensive disaster recovery solutions featuring both Active-Active and Active-Passive architectures. Built automated failover mechanisms, cross-region replication, and runbook automation ensuring mission-critical aviation systems maintain 99.99% uptime.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Multi-region DR β€’ Automated failover β€’ 99.99% uptime

            Disaster RecoveryMulti-RegionAWSHigh AvailabilityAutomationUnited Airlines

            🌍 Global Cloud Infrastructure: Multi-Cloud Architecture

            πŸ“ Lenovo

            Scaled cloud infrastructure supporting global hardware supply chain operations

            Designed and implemented scalable cloud infrastructure solutions supporting Lenovo's global manufacturing and supply chain systems. Built automated deployment pipelines, established infrastructure monitoring, and collaborated with international teams to standardize cloud practices across regions.

            πŸ’‘ Impact: Global deployment β€’ Multi-cloud β€’ Supply chain systems

            AWSCloudFormationDockerKubernetesVMwareJenkinsLenovo

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            Platform Engineering, DevSecOps, Cloud Engineering, SRE, Cloud Security, Infrastructure Engineering, Cloud Architect, DevOps Engineer, Automation Engineer, Site Reliability Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

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            Architecture reviews, DevSecOps transformations

            Mentoring & Training

            Empowering engineers with hands-on DevSecOps excellence & cloud mastery