Darshan Jesrani
Lifelong technologist and engineer with the personality to unite the
priorities of Developers, Operations, QA and marketing seeking DevOps role which demands Continuous Improvement of process Work Experience
02/2017 – Present
Self-directed DevOps training
Freelance
Accomplishments
• Self-motivated learning of DevOps culture and tooling using a mixture of publicly available Internet resources and paid online coursework
• Immersion in the AWS cloud platform and practice with the various AWS services which would constitute an organization’s datacenter: EC2, VPC, Route 52, IAM.
• Practice automating AWS infrastructure programmatically using the AWS command-line interface called from bash script to build out a complete datacenter https://github.com/dmjesrani/AWS-work
• Practice running data analysis drills using Python and the Pandas library, running on AWS EC2 instances
https://github.com/dmjesrani/pandas-work
• Practice integrating open-source devops tools running on AWS EC2 instances into a DevOps build/test/deploy pipeline
• Installation and configuration of Gitlab
• Installation and configuration of Jenkins and its connection to Gitlab repo using webhooks and REST API
• Usage of Maven for build/test stages
• Usage of cobertura and Sonarqube for code coverage reporting
• Integration of Jenkins with Docker for containerization and deployment of tested web app
• Practice with Puppet agent and Server for configuration management between nodes, troubleshooting of SSH/certificate issues between agent and server
• Practice with NRPE and Nagios for monitoring of remote nodes 01/2002 – Present
Composer, producer, engineer, studio owner
Freelance
Accomplishments
• Wrote, produced and delivered critically-acclaimed recordings for independent and major labels
• World-wide touring and performance (as musician and DJ) at esteemed commercial venues Discography and CV available upon request.
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Brooklyn, NY
Certifications
Edureka Devops Engineer
Certification (full pipeline),
Grade A. Cert. GRFRKRH5
AWS Certified Solutions
Architect (Associate)
Cert. AWS-ASA-35755
Skills
Amazon Web Services API
REST API/web-hooks
Linux (RHEL, Ubuntu)
SQL, MySQL
Bind/DNS
Bash/shell
Perl
Python
Puppet
Jenkins
Maven
Docker
Nagios
Creative problem solver
Self-starter and fast learner
Strong written and verbal
communication
Firm believer in CI/CD principles and
Agile development, willing to
evangelize
Balance of detail and goal-
orientation.
Technical Writing
Interests
Automation
Design and typography
Acoustics and music spaces
Politics and history
Art and philosophy
Food and cooking
8/2001-1/2002
Systems Engineer, Application Support
Igicom
Accomplishments
• Coordinated engineering improvements to Igicom’s proprietary web-based content- management tool contingent upon feedback from client
• Automated the collection and storage of logs for client’s Oracle table-space
• Developed (in Perl) a monitoring and reporting tool for the client to ensure site-reliability
• Developed (in Perl) custom application and service monitoring tools to ensure application and network availability to client
1/2000-3/2001
Assistant System Administrator, Network Manager
Loquesea.com
Accomplishments
• Developed (in Perl) a log-collection scheme to aid in the maintenance of a load-balanced pool of Apache servers running on Solaris machines
• Installed and configured bind at new ISP and acted as DNS administrator
• Migrated 50+ domains from old provider to new
• Created an internal-use technical repository and discussion forum for our system administration and site-reliability team to share information
• Automated the collection and analysis of web server logs and used a third party application to graph and display data in a format deliverable to non-technical personnel
7/1999-12/1999
Junior Engineer
U.S. Web/CKS
Accomplishments
• Built a custom server/site-reliability solution to monitor the availability of the client’s http and SMTP services, ASP functionality and IP connectivity
• Used HP OpenView Network Node manager and Remedy AR trouble-ticket submission system to monitor the frame-relay/WAN for a national airline and the internet-telephony gateways of an internet-based long-distance company 4/1997-7/1999
Senior Technical Support Engineer
Aladdin Knowledge Systems
Accomplisments
• Provided second-tier technical support to software developers for Aladdin’s HASP product, a hardware-based copy-protection and license-management tool for Macintosh, IBM, Alpha and open systems
• Required to create detailed problem reports and act as a liaison between AKSI’s software developer clients and a Tel Aviv-based development team to ensure that problems got solved in a timely and efficient manner
Education
9/1991-6/1995
Bachelor of the Arts in
Computer Science,
Colgate University
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