Devops Engineer Azure

Legal Name: Rishi Koushik Duggi

Mail: ***********@*****.***

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rishi-d-906dev Phone no: +1-513-***-****

IT Professional with extensive experience in various domains like Insurance, Petroleum/Energy, and HVAC. Expert in deploying and managing cloud services with AWS and Azure. Directed to improve DevOps processes and managed critical deployments in Azure through CI/CD optimization. My areas of expertise are Infrastructure as Code (IAC), Configuration Management using Ansible, experience with Cloud platforms like Azure, Platform as a Service using Kubernetes, OpenShift, Pivotal Cloud Platform (PCF), Azure Monitor, Observability tools like Splunk, Dynatrace, Datadog, AppDynamics, etc. Proficient in managing environments and identities, scripting, and leading CI/CD processes. Additionally, Prime focuses on DevSecOps, Infrastructure, Site Reliability, Observability/Monitoring, and Platform engineering.

WORK SUMMARY :

• Infrastructure as code (IaC): Well-versed in AZURE, CloudFormation, ARM, GRM, and Terraform with various cloud SDKs, specialized in creating and managing scalable and efficient cloud infrastructure.

• DevSecOps Advocate: Focused on security, implemented a comprehensive DevSecOps pipeline to enhance security and efficiency in the software development lifecycle. Reduced critical vulnerabilities by 40%, reduced security defect remediation time by 60% and promoted a security-first culture in the development process through MEND and SPLUNK tools.

• Deep understanding of underlying architecture and terminology to ensure consistent and reliable system configurations across various platforms.

• Source Code Management (SCM) Expertise: Experienced in maintaining branching, staging, and version control across environments using SCM tools such as Git (GitHub, Bitbucket, Gitlab) to ensure efficient and organized code repositories.

• CI/CD Pipeline and Infrastructure Development for Microservices: Development and deployment of microservices architecture using build tools such as Terraform, GitHub, GitHub Actions, Maven, Gradle, and ANT, deployment tools such as Ansible, containerization using Docker, orchestrated deployment of Docker images on Azure AKS.

• Observability/Monitoring: Integration with tools using Prometheus, Dynatrace, .

• Scripting Skills: Experienced in Python, Shell, Node.js, JavaScript, and PowerShell to automate tasks to increase system performance and efficiency.

• Environment and Identity Management: Proficient in managing different development environments (Dev, QA, SIT, Production) with a focus on SSO, IAM, and Azure AD to ensure secure and efficient access and identity management.

• Automation: Passionate about automating CI/CD pipelines for Testing, Infrastructure, and Applications and constantly looking for ways to improve deployment cycles and product delivery.

• Well versed in various deployment strategies including Rollback, canary, and bluegreen deployments ensuring the controlled and seamless transition of applications.

• Directed Azure Directory/okta to manage devices used to access cloud applications and services.

TOOLS SUMMARY :

EXPERIENCE:

Client: Lennox International, Richardson, TX

Senior DevOps Engineer -Cloud Operations May 2023 – July 2024

• Acquired proficiency in streamlining IT development processes through automation, resulting in accelerated release cycles.

• Proficient in creating and managing CI/CD pipelines across diverse environments.

• Orchestrated .NET, python & Java applications through DevOps practices and worked on all pipelines build failures related to those applications to make the builds execute.

• Controlled/Directed Internal SDLC and security-related tools like CALM and MEND. Facilitated project migration and container orchestration in Azure DevOps and Docker.

• Directed and supported Azure Cloud activities.

• Skilled in coordinating DevOps practices and advocating for Agile/Hybrid methodologies. Cloud Environments AWS, Azure, PCF

AWS Services EC2, ELB, VPC, RDS, AMI, IAM, Cloud Formation, S3, Cloud Watch Scripting Languages Shell Scripting, Python, PowerShell Methodologies Agile, Scrum.

Configuration Tools Ansible, Chef, Puppet, Terraform (IAC) Programming Languages C#, .NET, Java, Python.

Version Control GIT, SVN, Bitbucket, Clear Case, GitLab Build Tools Maven, ANT, Gradle, Nexus

Container and

Management

Docker, Kubernetes, ECS, Azure container services

CI/CD Tools Jenkins, Azure DevOps

Monitoring Tools Splunk, Nagios, AppDynamics, Dynatrace, AWS cloud watch Operating Systems Unix/Linux (Red Hat 5/6, CentOS), Solaris 9/10, Ubuntu 14, windows Web Servers JBoss, Tomcat, Web Logic, WebSphere

Databases Oracle, MYSQL, Sybase, SQL, MongoDB

Reporting & Ticketing

Tools

Jira, Service Now, Power BI, Tableau

• Experienced in infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code (IaC) using Terraform, ARM, Bicep, CFT and PowerShell.

• Proficient in version control management with tools like ADO, TFS, Jenkins, and GIT Worked on container orchestration services with Docker and Kubernetes and Supervised Azure Boards support.

• Troubleshooted apps related to PowerShell, Shell, and Python.

• Engaged in DevSecOps activities & emphasized security standards. Worked Geographically across teams present abroad.

• Maintained and worked on Azure Cloud container space storage by checking up the tags and validating the cleanup accordingly to the recent and previous releases in the Production through PowerShell script with the mitigation of docker files and docker images when pushed to ACR.

• Did base-level scanning for Segment applications from a security standpoint and validated through the MEND security tool.

• Collaborated and communicated through various segment teams on DevSecOps activities and made sure all the pipeline builds were working fine without any build failures concerning .NET, PowerShell, Java, and Python.

• Hands-on experience in Knowledgebase of analytics, problem-solving, monitoring, logging, and adapting.

• Involved and participated in the discussions of new tool introductions to the team segments and gave the necessary inputs to the research done for mitigating and bringing out the best possible solution for new ones to the organization.

• Associated with ServiceNow tool for ticketing infrastructure and Issue management. Client: Marathon Petroleum Corporation, San Antonio, TX Azure DevOps Engineer – Infrastructure Operations Aug 2021- May 2023

• CI/CD platform operations comprehensively, overseeing access, projects, deployments, tools, and system health.

• Implemented Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines in Agile projects, managing Azure Git repositories and permissions. Deployed NGINX and HELMCHARTS mitigating through Azure Kubernetes Clusters (Directed AKS).

• Deployed Azure Data Factory (ADF) using ARM templates and Microsoft Azure pipelines across environments.

• Developed Ansible playbooks and integrated Octopus for continuous deployment. Indulged in project migration and cloud migration activities.

• Monitored builds/releases through Microsoft Azure DevOps dashboard. Upgraded TFS to Azure DevOps Server, ensuring policy adherence.

• Contributed to enterprise DevOps initiatives, emphasizing integrations and NuGet packaging. Troubleshoot build failures, ensuring proper packaging with NuGet.

• Resolved ARM template issues on Azure and deployed solutions via Octopus. Supported Java, Maven, and Gradle tools, deploying ASP.NET apps to Azure.

• Directed Azure Data Factory and designed .NET & GOLANG application frameworks. Configured Windows agents on Azure DevOps for automated testing.

• Expertise in serverless hands-on development and architecture experience implementing Azure Functions, Logic apps, etc. Orchestrated the installation of SSL certificate.

• Setup of Windows tentacles for Octopus deploy tool projects.

• Setup of Linux and Windows build agents on Azure DevOps and generated automated scripts on UFT and ALM by creating new build agents on Azure.

• Controlled all versions of .NET apps and deployed them successfully. Good Hands on working with Terraform.

• Directed the Azure data factory using Azure pipelines and Octopus deploy tool and designed MVP framework (Minimal Viable Product) to support a set of apps related to.NET 4,5,6, Core and .NET framework.

• Associated with ServiceNow tool for ticketing infrastructure and Issue management. Integrated Prometheus for Azure monitoring system configuration. Client: Anthem Inc. (Elevance Health), Indianapolis, IN Cloud Engineer - Aug 2018 - Aug 2021

• Automated cloud deployments with Chef, Python, and AWS Cloud Formatting

• Implemented Continuous Delivery with Jenkins, Puppet, and Maven

• Managed Kubernetes cluster and designed container orchestration systems with Docker Swarm and Kubernetes Worked with various cloud providers and API’s including AWS EC2, S3, VPC, Cloud Sigma, and GFS Storage, established continuous integration practices with JIRA, Jenkins, Bamboo, and Stash.

• Configured build protocols using Ansible and Jenkins, and conducted system analysis and upgrades Designed roles and groups with AWS IAM, automated build and deployments in AWS

• Directed Jenkins for job creation, utilized Groovy Scripting for Jenkins file pipelines, and handled user administration

• Created and managed Docker containers and monitored logs using AWS CloudWatch. Client: Pike Solutions, Hyderabad, India

Systems Administrator July 2015 - July 2016

• Application Development: Proficient in designing and developing applications using C and Informix 4GL, including integration and testing operating System Management: Experienced in installing, configuring, and upgrading Solaris and Linux operating systems.

• System Administration and Configuration: Skilled in managing storage devices, networking, and system administration tasks such as installing and configuring software, performing kernel upgrades, and scripting for backup and integration tasks. Education Information:

• Master of Science/Computer Information Security Aug 2016 – May 2018 University of Kentucky Cumberland – KY, USA

• Bachelors in computer science and technology. July 2011- July 2015 VIT University, Vellore– India.

Certifications:

• AZ-700 Azure Network Engineer Associate

• AZ-400 Designing and Implementation Microsoft DevOps Solutions

• AZ-104 Certified Microsoft Azure Admin associate.

• AWS certified- AWS certified Developer associate.

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