Cloud Engineer · DevOps · Agentic AI

MUNAGALA KARTHIK

// kubernetes · ansible · agents that ship.
karthik@novaguard:~$
karthik@novaguard:~$
Cloud Security Visualization
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About Me

Munagala Karthik
// MUNAGALA KARTHIK.EXE
~/about.txt — karthik@novaguard
$ cat about.txt
# -- WHO I AM ------------------------------------------------
name          =  "Munagala Karthik"
location      =  "Nellore, Andhra Pradesh, India"
role          =  "Cloud Engineer · DevOps · Agentic AI @ NovaGuard"
background    =  "B.Tech CSE (AI & ML) → Cloud, DevOps & Agentic AI"
# -- WHAT I DO -----------------------------------------------
mission       =  "Automate the stack. Orchestrate the agents."
focus         =  ["Kubernetes", "Ansible", "Agentic AI", "IAM policy design", "cloud automation"]
environments  =  ["AWS", "OCI", "Kubernetes", "multi-cloud"]
# -- PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY ------------------------------------
>>>
  I am a Cloud Engineer at NovaGuard focused on DevOps,
  Kubernetes, Ansible, and Agentic AI. I automate cloud
  operations with infrastructure-as-code, container orchestration,
  and agentic workflows — while hardening multi-cloud environments
  (AWS, OCI) with IAM guardrails and CI/CD security reviews.
<<<
# -- CURRENT OBJECTIVE ---------------------------------------
certification =  "AWS Security Specialty (SCS-C02)"  # in progress
goal          =  "Senior Cloud / DevOps Engineer · Agentic AI"
open_to       =  ["DevOps roles", "cloud automation", "agentic AI projects"]
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Technical Arsenal

AWS Services
IAMECSLambdaGuardDutyCloudTrailSecurity HubConfigKMSWAFCloudFrontS3DynamoDBCognitoRoute 53VPC
Oracle Cloud (OCI)
IAMQuota PoliciesCompartmentsObject StorageAudit Logs
Security Domains
IAM & Access ControlThreat ModellingCSPMIncident ResponseSTRIDEPASTAMITRE ATT&CKCIS BenchmarksQuota Engineering
Programming & Tools
Pythonboto3BashGitSQLHTML/CSSVS CodeClaude Code
DevOps & Agentic AI
KubernetesAnsibleAgentic AIDockerTerraformCI/CDLLM AgentsInfrastructure Automation
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Field Experience

NovaGuard Tech
Cloud Engineer · DevOps · Agentic AI
Sep 2025 — Present · Full-time
Nellore, Andhra Pradesh
novaguard.in ↗
  • End-to-end owner of eTaxVault — NovaGuard product spanning requirements, architecture, implementation, cloud infrastructure, and delivery.
  • Diagnosed and resolved a critical AWS ECS failure (pam-app-tunnel-preprod) — invalid encryption key in task definition revision :49 — restoring production availability.
  • Built a Python / boto3 IAM Security Audit Script to identify over-privileged users, inactive access keys, and missing MFA enforcement across AWS accounts.
  • Worked with Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) — hands-on with IAM, Quota Policies, Compartments, and Object Storage.
  • Architected and deployed Gather & Glow — a full serverless app on AWS using Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, Cognito (Google SSO + OTP), Stripe, API Gateway, and CloudFront.
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Deployments

NOVAGUARD
// PRODUCT · END-TO-END OWNER
eTaxVault
NovaGuard product built end-to-end — sole / primary owner from requirements and architecture through implementation, cloud infrastructure, and delivery.
AWSOCIPythonCloud InfraProduct
NovaGuard Product
NOVAGUARD
// AWS
IAM Security Audit Script
Python/boto3 tool scanning AWS accounts for over-privileged users, inactive access keys, and missing MFA. Generates actionable security reports.
AWS IAMPythonboto3Audit
Private — On Request
NOVAGUARD
// AWS SERVERLESS
Gather & Glow
Full serverless event-booking web app on AWS — Lambda functions, DynamoDB, S3 storage, Cognito auth (Google SSO + OTP), Stripe payments, API Gateway, and CloudFront CDN for global delivery.
LambdaDynamoDBCognitoCloudFrontStripePython
ACADEMIC
// ML
CKD Prediction — 96% Accuracy
Random Forest classification model predicting Chronic Kidney Disease on Kaggle dataset using Scikit-learn and Flask, with an associated published literature survey.
PythonScikit-learnRandom ForestFlask
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Clearances & Training

IN PROGRESS
AWS Security Specialty
Amazon Web Services · SCS-C02
Target: Q4 2026
COMPLETED
AI and ML with Python
Bright Geeks Technologies
COMPLETED
AWS Cloud Fundamentals
Udemy · Stephane Maarek
COMPLETED
Web Development (HTML, CSS, JS)
edX · IBM
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Origin Story

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B.Tech — CSE (AI & ML)
Siddartha Institute of Science & Technology, Puttur
2021 – 2025 · Board of JNTUA · Andhra Pradesh, India
AI & Machine Learning Computer Science Python SQL → Cloud, DevOps & Agentic AI
02
Intermediate — MPC
Narayana Jr. College, Brahmadevam, Nellore
2019 – 2021 · BIEAP · Andhra Pradesh, India
Mathematics Physics Chemistry → Stepped into Engineering
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Secondary School Certificate — SSC
Sri Chaitanya High School, Buchireddypalem, Nellore
2019 · BSEAP · Andhra Pradesh, India
Mathematics General Science Social Studies English → Foundation Year
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Interactive Terminal

karthik@munagalakarthik.com — bash — 80x24
$ cat welcome.txt
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
Welcome to karthik@munagalakarthik.com
Cloud Engineer · DevOps · Agentic AI // NovaGuard Tech
Type a command below or click a suggestion.
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// initialize contact
Let's Connect
Open to collaborations, security consulting, and good conversations.
ONLINE
SCS-C02 IN PROGRESS
// HOME
00:00:00 IST
munagalakarthik.com