Karthika Pedoti
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********.******@*****.***
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Chicago, Illinois
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PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Experienced Core Infrastructure Administrator with expertise in designing, deploying, and managing scalable and resilient infrastructure solutions over 9 years. Skilled in AWS, Kubernetes, containerization (Docker), CI/CD pipelines, and automation (Terraform, chef, Helm). Extensive experience in managing DevOps toolchains, monitoring and security best practices. Proficient in administering Atlassian tools (Bamboo,Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket) and other DevOps platforms to optimize team productivity and collaboration. Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on high availability, performance optimization, and cost efficiency.
SKILLS
Ant
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Maven
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XML
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SHELL
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PERL
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Java
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Python
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Ruby
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NodeJs
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AWS
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Azure
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Stash/Bitbucket
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GitHub
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Bamboo
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Jenkins
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Harness
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Azure DevOps
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Chef
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Terraform
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Ansible
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Docker
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Kubernetes
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EKS
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SonarQube
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Veracode
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Windows
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Unix/Linux
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RHEL
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PostgreSQL
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MySQL
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MS Access
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Oracle 9i/10g
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SQL Server2005
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2008
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Jboss
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Tomcat
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Artifactory
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Jfrog
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Edge Nodes
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JIRA
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Solar Winds
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New Relic
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DataDog
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Sumo Logic
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EXPERIENCE
SR. CORE ENGINEER, Chicago, Illinois
Fitch Group Inc, January 2023-Present
Led the migration evaluation for Bamboo to GitHub Actions and Harness by developing a comprehensive POC to assess the performance, scalability, and ease of use for each platform
Integrated GitHub Actions and Harness with existing systems, facilitating quicker releases and faster recovery from build failures
Integrated Artifactory Edge Nodes to support a globally distributed team, improving access times for build and release artifacts
Automated the synchronization between central Artifactory instances and edge nodes, ensuring all build artifacts were consistent and up to date across regions
Installed, Upgraded and Administer and maintain SonarQube instances, ensuring accurate code quality analysis and secure scanning for multiple development teams
Worked closely with development teams to configure custom quality gates, ensuring adherence to security, performance, and code quality standards
Optimized cost management strategies, including the right-sizing of EC2 and RDS instances and leveraging AWS Reserved Instances and Spot Instances
Integrated Veracode security scanning with Bamboo to automate application security testing in the CI/CD pipeline, ensuring secure code before deployment
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LEAD SOFTWARE ENGINEER, Chicago, Illinois
Fitch Group Inc, April 2020-January 2023
Administered and optimized the Atlassian Suite (Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket, Bamboo) to streamline project management, documentation, and CI/CD pipelines for cross-functional teams.
Automated infrastructure provisioning and configuration using DevOps tools (Bamboo, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Terraform).
Led cloud migration of on-premise tools like Atlassian Jira and Confluence to Cloud
Migrated legacy applications and databases to AWS
Automated infrastructure provisioning and deployment pipelines using Terraform, reducing migration time
Collaborated with development teams to ensure smooth integration and deployment with Atlassian Bamboo
Performed upgrades numerous times on Atlassian tools to latest version for better features
Performed DR on kubernetes and legacy EC2 applications
Led the migration of multiple EC2-based applications to Kubernetes (EKS), utilizing containerization with Docker to improve deployment flexibility and enable automatic scaling based on application load
Upgraded kubernetes cluster versions
Developed Kubernetes deployment strategies including blue-green deployments to ensure seamless application updates with zero downtime
Automated the migration process, including the creation of Kubernetes manifests, Helm charts, and ConfigMaps
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SR. DEVOPS ENGINEER, Chicago, Illinois
Fitch Ratings, September 2017-March 2020
Created a complete solution for CI/CD for legacy and new services
Release Process Implementation like DevOps and Continuous Delivery methodologies to existing Build & Deployment Strategies
Address business and technology challenges related to improving customer and employee experience
Defining, designing, and implementing complex enterprise system integration solutions with Industry standard technologies such as Oracle, LDAP, Active Directory, and CRM applications;
Providing end to end SCM consultation and implementation
Implementing Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) design principles and best practices;
Developing reusable Mule extensions;
Implement and manage continuous delivery systems and methodologies
Responsible for to develop Chef Cookbooks to install and configure Apache, Tomcat, Splunk, Jenkins, WebLogic, RabbitMQ, Docker and deployment automation
Responsible for Chef Roles and Environment files based on the Environments
Automating Chef Cookbooks, Roles, Environments, Data Bags deployment using Jenkins jobs
Integrating Jenkins and Docker to Achieve CI and CD Process in different Environment
Responsible for implementing Containerized Micro services with Amazon EC2 Container Service and Application Load Balancer)
Implemented a Continuous Delivery (CD) pipeline with Docker containers, Jenkins and GitHub, Bit bucket and AWS AMI's
Working on orchestration frameworks and managing Docker containers using kubernetes
Developing reusable Mule extensions;
Configuring, deploying and testing enterprise software applications;
Identifying and addressing client needs by actively participating in client discussions and meetings, and communicating a broad range of Firm services;
Delivering clear requests for information, and demonstrating flexibility in prioritizing and completing tasks
Communicating potential conflicts to direct supervisors and management;
Performing as a high-functioning team leader by understanding personal and team roles;
Contributing to a positive work environment by building solid relationships with team members;
Seeking guidance, clarification, and feedback, while providing candid and meaningful feedback to less-experienced team members
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DEVOPS ENGINEER, San Francisco, CA
Formac Inc., May 2015-September 2017
Working in an Agile based project with 2 weeks iterations which includes daily standup and iteration planning, backlog grooming sessions every 2 weeks
DevOps Engineer for a team that involved different development teams and multiple simultaneous software releases
Migrated SVN repositories to Stash
Installed and configured Bamboo from scratch
Responsible for build, design and maintain the platform automation infrastructure using Chef
Developed Chef Multiple cookbooks to install and configure Applications, Atlassian tools and also Upgraded all Atlassian tools
Responsible for Managing all Atlassian tools and Monitor servers using new relic and solar winds
Integrated Bamboo and Chef
Helped Developers to setup Workstations in Windows, Linux and Mac to work with Chef
Written Chef Cookbooks and recipes to Provision several pre-prod environments consisting of Deployment automation
Developed Python/Ruby scripts for rolling deployments using AWS CodeDeploy
Responsible for the development and maintenance of processes and associated scripts/tools for automated build, testing and deployment of the products to various developments
Responsible in deploying the application WARs, EARs on Jboss/Tomcat applications servers and troubleshoot any deployment issue
Involved in all projects that move to production and work closely with the Data Center, Development, Quality Assurance and Management teams to ensure cross communication and confirmed approval of all production changes
Developed build using ANT and MAVEN as build tools and used Bamboo to builds Jobs
Working closely with developers, users, business Analysts and Operations group to triage and resolve build failures
Resolving build issues and deploying to multiple environments
Carried Deployments and builds on various environments
Configured Apache webserver with Jboss application server through proxy plug-in
Wrote Maven Scripts to automate the build process
Responsible for build pipelines in Bamboo which will deploy builds to applications
Developed and implemented Software Release Management strategies for various applications according to the agile process
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EDUCATION
COMPLETED COURSEWORK TOWARDS BACHELOR IN ELECTRONICS & COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University,
COMPLETED COURSEWORK TOWARDS MASTER IN COMPUTER SCIENCE, CA
NATIONAL UNIVERSITY,
TECHNICALSUMMARY
Ant, Maven, XML, SHELL, PERL, Java, Python, Ruby, NodeJs, AWS, Azure, Stash/Bitbucket, GitHub, Bamboo, Jenkins, Harness, Azure DevOps, Chef, Terraform, Ansible, Terraform, Sceptre, Docker, Kubernetes, EKS, SonarQube, Veracode, Windows, Unix/Linux, RHEL, PostgreSQL, MySQL, MS Access, Oracle 9i/10g, SQL Server2005, 2008, Jboss, Tomcat, Artifactory, Jfrog, Edge Nodes, JIRA, Solar Winds, New Relic, DataDog, Sumo Logic