Venkatareddy Vattigunta — CTO

I am a Lead Multi-Cloud & DevSecOps Architect with 11+ years of experience designing, securing, and scaling modern cloud platforms across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Currently at Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories, I lead enterprise DevSecOps initiatives that embed security, reliability, and automation at the core of application and infrastructure delivery. Over the last two years, my work has focused on strengthening application and platform security by integrating SAST/DAST, container security, and automated vulnerability detection directly into CI/CD pipelines. I have driven secure-by-design practices across cloud and on-prem environments, leveraging open-source observability and analytics stacks such as ELK, while ensuring compliance, visibility, and operational excellence. My background spans DevSecOps, SRE, and Secure Platform Engineering, with deep hands-on expertise in Kubernetes, container lifecycle management, GitOps (Argo CD, FluxCD), CI/CD automation, and advanced observability using Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, and Dynatrace. I have led architecture design from concept to execution—covering HLD/LLD, HA/DR, SLO/SLA frameworks, Well-Architected Reviews, and FinOps-driven cost optimization. Previously, as a Senior Cloud Architect at ValueLabs and Senior Site Reliability Engineer at NextGen Healthcare, I designed and delivered scalable, resilient, and secure cloud solutions, executed large-scale cloud migrations, built future-state architectures, and advised stakeholders through proofs of concept and transformation roadmaps. My career foundation includes extensive experience in hybrid cloud, data center migrations, automation, and enterprise-grade cloud operations with organizations like DXC Technology, Indecomm, KPIT, and NTT Data. Certified as an AWS Solutions Architect and CCNA CyberOps, I bring a strong security-first mindset combined with pragmatic delivery leadership. I am passionate about digital transformation, mentoring teams, and enabling organizations to move faster—without compromising on security, reliability, or cost efficiency. If you’re looking to build secure, scalable, and future-ready cloud platforms, I bring both the strategic vision and the hands-on execution to make it happen.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a multi-cloud DevSecOps architect with expertise in enterprise-level cloud solutions.

Location: Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Experience: 11 yrs 4 mos

Skills

Devsecops Architecture & Implementation
Cloud Development
Cloud Architecture & Migration Strategy
Devops
Observability & Monitoring Engineering
Cloud Migration Strategy & Advisory
Architecture Design & Solution Engineering
Cloud Migration Strategy & Planning
Aws Infrastructure Design & Implementation

Career Highlights

Lead DevSecOps initiatives at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories.
Expert in multi-cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Strong security-first mindset with extensive DevSecOps experience.

Work Experience

Dr. Reddy's Laboratories

Lead DevSecOps Architect (2 yrs 8 mos)

ValueLabs

Senior Cloud Architect (1 yr 5 mos)

Cloud Architecture Consultant (1 yr 4 mos)

NextGen Healthcare

Site Reliability Engineer (9 mos)

Indecomm Global Services

Cloud Operations Engineer (1 yr 2 mos)

DXC Technology

Service Delivery Consultant II (3 yrs)

NTT DATA Services

Senior System Administrator (1 yr 4 mos)

Education

Master of Computer Applications - MCA at Andhra University

Bachelor of Science - BS at Barathi degree College

Venkatareddy Vattigunta

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Lead DevSecOps initiatives at Dr. Reddy's Laboratories.
Expert in multi-cloud architecture across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
Strong security-first mindset with extensive DevSecOps experience.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a multi-cloud DevSecOps architect with expertise in enterprise-level cloud solutions.

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Core Skills

Devsecops Architecture & ImplementationCloud DevelopmentCloud Architecture & Migration StrategyDevopsObservability & Monitoring EngineeringCloud Migration Strategy & AdvisoryArchitecture Design & Solution EngineeringCloud Migration Strategy & PlanningAws Infrastructure Design & Implementation

Other Skills

AWS CloudFormationAdvanced ObservabilityAmazon EC2Amazon Relational Database Service (RDS)Amazon VPCAmazon Web Services (AWS)Application Security IntegrationApplication gatewayArchitectureArchitecture & Design DocumentationArchitecture Governance & ReviewsAzure DevOpsCloud Platform & Tooling ExpertiseContainer Lifecycle StrategyContainer security

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Experience

Dr. reddy's laboratories

Lead DevSecOps Architect

Jul 2023 – Present · 2 yrs 8 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India · On-site

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❖ DevSecOps Program Ownership: Heading and driving enterprise DevSecOps initiatives end-to-end, ensuring successful delivery of project milestones, quality standards, timelines, and alignment with business and compliance objectives.
❖ Source Code & Access Governance: Creating and maintaining centralized code repositories, defining and enforcing branching, tagging, and versioning strategies, and configuring secure role-based access controls across development teams.
❖ CI/CD Automation Framework: Designing and implementing robust CI/CD pipelines by automating build, installation, and release processes using Jenkins, Maven, Shell scripting, and Maven Release Plugin to enable faster and reliable deployments.
❖ Quality Assurance Enablement: Setting up and managing regression testing and build sanity environments, integrating QA automation tools to validate application stability and improve overall release confidence.
❖ Application Security Integration: Designing, implementing, and governing application security testing practices within CI/CD pipelines to proactively identify vulnerabilities and enforce secure coding standards.
❖ Container Lifecycle Strategy: Managing the complete container lifecycle from build to deployment, while providing architectural guidance and best practices to internal development teams for container-based application delivery.
❖ Architecture & Design Documentation: Developing concept designs, detailed HLD and LLD documentation, and delivering clear oral and written technical presentations to support project designs, proposals, and reviews.
❖ Stakeholder Coordination & Delivery: Coordinating with cross-functional teams and stakeholders, conducting site visits, managing budgets and schedules, and ensuring final solutions meet client requirements and technical specifications.

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Valuelabs

2 roles

Senior Cloud Architect

Dec 2021 – May 2023 · 1 yr 5 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

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❖ Cloud Architecture & Migration Strategy: Designed, planned, and executed re-hosting and modernization of cloud services across AWS and Azure, delivering scalable and resilient cloud solutions.
❖ Multi-Cloud Proof of Concepts: Executed proof-of-concepts across AWS, Azure, and GCP, providing proactive architectural guidance to internal and external stakeholders and validating solution feasibility.
❖ Enterprise Architecture Roadmaps: Created current-state and future-state architecture definitions, including detailed architecture roadmaps aligned with long-term business and technology objectives.
❖ Architecture Governance & Reviews: Partnered with peer architects and participated in CTO and CIO architecture reviews to ensure alignment with enterprise architecture standards and strategic directives.
❖ Cloud Platform & Tooling Expertise: Worked extensively across public and private cloud platforms including AWS, Azure, GCP, Nutanix, and VMware, leveraging CI/CD and DevOps tools such as Git, GitHub, Azure DevOps, SonarQube, JFrog, AWS CodePipeline, Maven, and NPM.
❖ Containerized Application Hosting: Designed and implemented containerized Python applications using Docker and AWS ECS, supporting Flask and FastAPI workloads with integrated CI/CD pipelines.
❖ Reliability, Monitoring & Cost Optimization: Implemented load balancing, auto scaling, monitoring, observability, and Site Reliability Engineering practices, while applying FinOps principles for cost optimization.
❖ Architecture Standards & Best Practices: Applied Well-Architected Framework principles, produced HLD and LLD documentation, and defined SOA, SLO, SLA, HA, DR, DevOps, and GitOps practices using Argo CD and FluxCD.

Software as a Service (SaaS)DevOpsProblem SolvingContent Distribution NetworksApplication gatewayAmazon EC2+18

Cloud Architecture Consultant

Dec 2020 – Apr 2022 · 1 yr 4 mos · Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Software as a Service (SaaS)Cloud DevelopmentDevOpsProblem SolvingContent Distribution NetworksApplication gateway+19

Nextgen healthcare

Site Reliability Engineer

Mar 2020 – Dec 2020 · 9 mos · Greater Bengaluru Area

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❖ Observability & Monitoring Engineering: Implemented and managed enterprise-grade monitoring and observability solutions using Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, Sumo Logic, Dynatrace, and ELK to ensure system reliability and performance.
❖ DevOps & Platform Automation: Applied DevOps best practices and tooling including Git, Jenkins, Argo CD, SonarQube, Maven, AWS CodeBuild, and Azure DevOps to automate build, deployment, and operational workflows.
❖ Container & Kubernetes Operations: Designed, deployed, and supported containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes to enable scalable, resilient, and cloud-native application platforms.
❖ Cloud Architecture & Migration Advisory: Provided cloud migration recommendations, designed reference architectures, and created technical implementation roadmaps for AWS and Azure adoption, addressing scalability, security, reliability, and performance requirements.
❖ Cloud Cost Management & Best Practices: Estimated AWS costs, identified cost control mechanisms, educated stakeholders on AWS/Azure best practices, and guided teams through the full project lifecycle using services such as EC2, VPC, ELB, Route53, S3, EFS, IAM, CloudFormation, Lambda, VMs, virtual networks, and ExpressRoute.

Software as a Service (SaaS)DevOpsProblem SolvingContent Distribution NetworksApplication gatewayAmazon EC2+16

Indecomm global services

Cloud Operations Engineer

Jan 2019 – Mar 2020 · 1 yr 2 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

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❖ Cloud Migration Strategy & Advisory: Provided cloud migration recommendations and prepared detailed technical implementation roadmaps for AWS and Azure adoption based on customer business and technical requirements.
❖ Architecture Design & Solution Engineering: Created functional design specifications and reference architectures, designing secure, scalable, and high-performance AWS and Azure solutions that leveraged existing cloud and on-premise investments.
❖ Hybrid Cloud & Datacenter Transformation: Designed and implemented hybrid cloud solutions for enterprise customers, consulting on datacenter strategy and leading migrations from on-premise environments to AWS and Azure.
❖ Cloud Platform Implementation & PoCs: Developed AWS and Azure proof-of-concepts by implementing VPCs, IAM, EC2, EBS, Route53, AWS Config, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, and Azure IaaS services including VMs, virtual networks, ExpressRoute, and Standard/Premium storage.
❖ Enterprise Application Deployment & Optimization: Deployed and supported enterprise applications on AWS and Azure, performed monitoring and performance tuning, collaborated with sales teams to drive cloud adoption and revenue, and delivered cloud migration plans and execution strategies.

Cloud DevelopmentDevOpsAWS CloudFormationAmazon EC2Internet SecurityVirtualization+12

Dxc technology

Service Delivery Consultant II

Jan 2016 – Jan 2019 · 3 yrs · Bengaluru Area, India

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❖ Cloud Migration Strategy & Planning: Defined strategies to migrate infrastructure and data from on-premises datacenters to AWS, selecting appropriate AWS services based on compute, database, storage, and security requirements.
❖ AWS Infrastructure Design & Implementation: Designed and implemented AWS solutions including EC2, VPCs, Elastic Load Balancers, S3, EBS, ACLs, and workload migrations, ensuring secure, scalable, and highly available architectures.
❖ Automation & High Availability Engineering: Developed CloudFormation templates to deploy highly available and fault-tolerant environments with auto scaling and CI/CD integration for consistent and repeatable deployments.
❖ Security, Monitoring & Operations Management: Managed network security using ELB, security groups, NACLs, and IAM roles, while maintaining monitoring, alerting, backups, AMI build practices, and operational documentation using Amazon CloudWatch.
❖ Hybrid, Multi-Cloud & Cost Optimization Architecture: Designed hybrid and multi-cloud application architectures, performed capacity planning and utilization reviews, responded to RFI/RFPs in collaboration with sales teams, and proposed cost-optimization strategies through infrastructure right-sizing.

DevOpsVirtualizationNetwork AdministrationPython (Programming Language)Linux System AdministrationLinux+4

Ntt data services

Senior System Administrator

Sep 2014 – Jan 2016 · 1 yr 4 mos · Bengaluru Area, India

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❖ MPLS Network Operations & Migration: Provided end-to-end support for MPLS backbone infrastructure, including PE and CE device management, and executed customer-driven CE migrations and upgrades to ensure network stability, performance, and continuity of service.

Cloud DevelopmentInternet SecurityVirtualizationNetwork AdministrationMySQLLinux System Administration+2