Devops Engineer / SRE / Solution Architect
Resume:
Ashish Vishwakarma
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“Actively looking for remote roles and available to interview within 24-48 hours prior notice over phone/WebEx”
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PROFICIENCY PROFILE:
Performance-driven, solutions-focused Sr DevOps Engineer with over 10+ years of experience in IT.
Possesses technical knowledge in DevOps/Cloud Engineering best practices.
Excellent communication, decision making, conflict resolution, and negotiation skills.
Demonstrates resourceful engineering skills to resolve problems of varied complexity.
SUMMARY AND CAREER HIGHLIGHTS:
Certfied AWS Developer Associate and Certified AWS Solution Architect Associate and CSM.
10+ years experience in Information technology which includes leading efforts in requirement gathering, solution design, implementation and support of projects in Devops.
Implementing Devops to deliver automation and bring efficiency to the deliverables set by Leadership.
Completed projects with high level of complexity and developed effective engineering strategies to achieve more than 90% employer and customer satisfaction ratings at all times. Worked on Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and Waterfall methodologies.
EDUCATION:
Master of Science (M.Sc.)-Telecommunications, New Jersey Institute of Technology, NJ, Fall 2007
TECHNOLOGY STACK:
CICD tool likes Gitlab, Github and Bitbucket, AWS Code Pipeline.
Programming Language Exposure: Java Maven, Gradle Build tools, Nodejs (Yarn, cypress etc), Dotnet(.NET) Csharp ( can read code)
Harness, Helm, Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi
Linux, Windows OS
Kubernetes: EKS and Azure Kubernetes Services.
Security scanning : Contrast Security scanning tool, Sonarqube
Monitoring tool: Dynatrace, Splunk, Datadog.
Management tools: Atlassian Jira stack.
HIPA and FHIR compliance knowledge.
CERTIFICATIONS:
Certified Kubenetes Admin and Developer ( In Progress)
AWS Developer – Associate
AWS Solution Architect – Associate
BEA WebLogic Server 8.x System Administrator Certified Expert and received trainingon WebLogic 12c
IBM Certified System Administrator - WebSphere Application Server Network Deployment V5.0
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Solera LLC, Dallas Texas. Aug 2022 to Present.
Sr Engineer ( Devops/SRE)
Worked closely with Developers, Architects and Infra team on Containerization and Event driven Architectures. Helped them document and guide them through release planning, observability and performed root cause analysis.
Well versed with Disaster Recovery initiatives, RTO and RPO under Observability team.
Worked on migration from Gitlab to Github Actions, created templates for Java Grails, Gradle, Maven and Node js npm/yarn.
Extensive knowledge on Site reliability fundamentals and implementation.
Work extensively on AWS And Azure services and provision them via IAC such as Terraform and config management using Ansible.
Worked on AWS Kubernetes and Azure Kubernetes. Extensive knowledge on Kubernetes command line work and also K9s to do Kubenetes Administration. Worked on standing provisioning AWS services via cloudformation for EC2, RDS, etc.
Build CICD pipelines on GitHub Actions and Gitlab.
Upgraded, Installed and maintined Jenkins versions and OS.
Migrated CD from Harness NG to Helm Gitlab using High availability and auto scalling concepts.
Worked on Rancher and Harness NG.
Worked on SRE initiative on setting up monitoring and dashboards.
Worked on Terraform provisioning of IAC. Familiar with Pulumi IAC.
Lead initiative on template creation for CICD pipelines i.e Java Maven, Nodejs etc.
Proficient with Linux OS such as Ubuntu, CentOS, Amazon Linus and Alpine.
Lead initiative on SAST and DAST scanning under DevSecOps initiaives.
Proficient with Bash shell scripting and knowledge on Pyhton functions.
Have experience being oncall on rotation basis, follow the sun Model.
Cigna/Ever north, Minneapolis, MN Jan 2022 to Aug 2022
Sr Devops Engineer
Worked closely with Dev, Architects and Infra team on day to day basis.
Work extensivley on AWS And Azure services and provision them via IAC such as Terraform and config management using Ansible.
Worked on creating various integration within AWS likes EKS, EC2, RDS, Cloudfront, writing Lamda functions, Cloudfront CDN etc. Azure services like Azure Kubernetes services and Containers.
Written pipeline as a code for Jenkins, Gitlab and Github Actions to Build CICD pipelines.
Migrated repos from Jenkins to Gitlab.
Integrated Contrast Security for SAST (static) and DAST (Dynamic) scanning using Contrast Security Tool.
Production Releases: Taken part in Biweekly releases, open changes, get approval from Stakeholders, Deployed code during off hours, tested the application and sent release status to stake holders.
On-call: Been oncall for Devops team on rotation basis.
Worked on projects complying to HIPA and FHIR.
Worked on Docker, Container Registeries, Github, Gitlab, Kubernetes integration via Pipeline creation.
Debug Code and advice Dev team on making change to Build and Deployment.
Worked on Build and Deploy for Python, Java, Nodejs and Dotnet Apps.
Configured Harness NG for Kubernetes deployment in EKS and Azure EKS
Proficient in Linux command line and Linux env like Ubuntu, Centos etc.
Worked on Various AWS services such as ECS, EC2, S3, ELB etc.
Perform root cause analysis after P1 and P2 tickets are dealt with using latest tools such as Splunk, NewRelic and Datadog.
Experience in Bug Tracking, Project Management tools like JIRA Atlassian Stack.
Good understanding of the principles and best practices of Software Configuration Management (SCM) in Agile,Kanban, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
Jostens, Minneapolis, MN April 2021 to Jan 2022
Sr Devops Engineer
Primary supplier of Super Bowl Rings and high school memorabilia.
Responsible for deliverables in Development and Infrastructure teams by working closely with Stakeholders, Agile teams and Leadership.
Extensively engaged with Development and Infra resources on DevOps initiatives coupled with best practices.
Implemented CI pipeline using Jenkins and Gitlab, performed upgrades on Jenkins.
Writen Dockerfile and created Images and provisioned images to AWS ECR and AWS ECS Fargate. Worked on Harness to do deployments to Kubernetes clusters hosted on AWS.
AWS: worked on various services such as EC2, DB, ELB, S3, Redis Cache, AWS Code Pipeline.
Terraform: Implemented Infrastructure as code leveraging Terraform and deployed them on AWS Cloud
Ansible: Written Playbooks in Ansible for Config management.
Gitlab/BitBucket/Github: Expert in handling git level ops work and managing branches for Development and release.
Proficient in Linux system Administration for past 10+ years such as RHEL, Ubuntu and Centos. Have written Linux Bash shell scripts.
Good understanding of Spring Boot Java framework comprising of Eureka and Zuul gateway /AWS API gateway for APIs/Microservices.
Proficient in MySQL DB.
Implemented Sumologic, New Relic for monitoring app logs and also created Splunk Dashboards for monitoring. Worked on Solarwinds for monitoring the server farm.
Understanding of networking technologies and components, sub netting, firewalls and VPNs
Excellent problem solving, analytical skills and technical troubleshooting skills.
Clarity and precision in verbal and written communications.
Optum/UHG, Minneapolis, MN April 2020 to March 2021
Devops Engineer
A renowned organization in Health Insurance and committed to providing best health services and leading way to better experiences.
Responsible for deliverables in Devops/Cloud team by working closely with Business stakeholders, Agile teams and Leadership.
Lead team of 6 offshore and 2 onshore resources under Devops.
Enhance provider experience by continuously automating and enhancing applications both at Front End and Backend.
Build CI CD pipeline in Jenkins automated builds, tested and performed deployments.
Azure: Deployed resources to Azure cloud environment using Terraform.
AWS: Worked on AWS IAM service to manage users and group to allow access to APIs/Services. Created EC2 instances/autoscaled them, created VPC/Subnets and implemented VPC Peering for cross VPC communication, setup AWS Application and Network Load balancers(ELB). Enabled S3 to host static contents on S3 bucket. Created MySQL RDBMS on AWS and Administered the instances.
AWS Networking: Created subnets and VPCs for Production and Lower envs.
Docker/Kubernetes: Created docker containers to deploy Java Spring boot apps(REST API and Web app) written as Microservices. Have written dockerfile and configured Kubernetes environment for apps to be deployed on Openshift and AWS.
Pro actively monitor and support ops team in Root cause analysis and reduce P1 and P2s. Participate in War rooms as a Service Level Owner.
Proficient in POSTMAN and SOAPUI to test API end points and determine root cause.
Debug Code and advice Dev team on making change to Build and Deployment.
Infrastructure Configuration management done with Ansible playbooks written in YAML.
Written Shell scripts and integrated them in Jenkins as Jobs
Fannie Mae, Herndon, VA November 2018 to April 2020
Devops Engineer
A renowned government sponsorsed Enterprise Giants known for keeping Mortgage market stable and home loans affordable.
Responsible for delivelarables in Devops team by working with Development/Infra teams in architecting, developing and re engineering applications using Devops principle for On Prem and Cloud forward Technologies such as GCP/AWS and Redhat Openshift.
Worked closely with Project Managers/Scrum Masters, Enterprise architects and Development team on gathering requirement, creating blue prints, document SOPs, testing and cross training the Devops team.
Build and Release: Work Independently on monthly releases and deploy Microservices and Legacy applications to Cloud and On Prem environment.
CICD AWS : Initiate, Lead and Troubleshoot issues in Jenkins on prem, AWS/GCP Cloud for Java Spring Boot Microservices and Node js applications, work closely with Dev team to resolve issues with Src code, test cases written in Junit, Integration tests and work with Developers to resolve them.
CI CD Jenkins: Create jobs in Jenkins to monitor/schedule activities.
Webhooks and Auto build in CICD: Configured web hooks and enables auto build and deploy for each check in by Dev team.
Git/Bitbucket: Used Gitbash commandline and also Collabnet Giteye / Bitbucket UI to have the repositories created, administered Git branches for release, cut branches for new development/release and merge/tag them as required by the Dev team. Implement Branching best practices for development and release work.
Scripting: Create Bash shell scripts to monitor server health, logs, space and monitor microservices urls to send out alerts to Distribution list. Shell script to copy file from AWS S3 to On prem mount for a third party application to consume it after extracting data from JSON response file.
Build and Deploy Java J2EE Spring boot Microservices using Java Spring Cloud/ both On Prem and on Container/Cloud. Build and deployed Java Spring Cloud Netflix components such as Zuul, Eureka and Config services.
Docker/Kubernetes: Created docker containers to deploy Java Spring boot apps(REST API and Web app) written as Microservices. Have written dockerfile and configured Kubernetes environment for apps to be deployed on Openshift and few instances on GCP.
Integrated Quality gates in CI CD Pipeline that make API call to Sealights and Sonar cube within CI CD Pipeline as code and report code coverage to Agile teams.
Worked on Nexus Repository for having our code snapshot and Jfrog repository.
Install SSL certs for On prem Tomcat and Jboss servers using Venafi.
Blue Green Deployment: Implemented Blue Green Deployment on AWS and on Prem using Appview X to seamlessly deploy Loan Pricing application and save deployment time during weekends.
IAM and Security: Worked on IAM module for GCP and AWS to manage access for APIs/Services i.e enable and disable them. Establish SSO for apps hosted on prem using Ping Federate.
Monitoring: Created Dashboards and Alerts in SPLUNK and New Relic.
Land O Lakes Inc, St Paul-Minneapolis, MN October 2013 to August 2018
Sr Devops Engineer/Sr UCM Middleware Admin
A renowned agricultural cooperative with about 300,000 agricultural producers mainly focused onthe dairy industry and distributing agricultural products.
Responsible for working in the Middleware/Devopsinfrastructure team by assisting the application development teams in architecting, developing, and re-engineering applications with cloud forward technologies on AWS and RedHat Openshift.
Delegated tasks and mentored junior team members both onsite and offshore.
Ensured that the applications are HA and have a DR plan.
Paticipated in deployment strategy discussion with other teams and delivered open source solution to auto deploys hence saving cost and time.
Installed Jenkins, Chef, created Redhat Openshift containers/pods, Docker and Sumologic. I was responsible to deliver Automated deployments using Jenkins. Configured and deployed Docker containers and automated monitoring of logs via Sumologic/Splunk.
AWS: Created EC2 instances, autoscaled them and deployed enterprise applications.
Git: created repository, cut branch, merge branch and remote repository code checkin using Bitbucket/Giteye.
Docker: Created containers on Redhat Openshift platform to deploy nodejs/ php application.
Jenkins: Have created automated deployment to do one click build/deploy and send alerts when build fails. Implemented CI CD Pipeline.
Security and IAM : Implemented SSO for on Prem servers using Ping Federate Identity management suite. Installed and configured Oracle Virtual Directory /LDAP and ODSEE and integrate them with enterprise wide application.
Texas Department of Public Safety, Austin, TX January 2010 to October 2013
Senior Engineer (Devops, IAM and Middleware)
The Texas Department of Public Safety is a department of the government of the state of Texas.
Accountable for managing a fast-paced, dynamic environment for the delivery and administration of a variety of Middleware and IAM infrastructure in support of business initiatives.
Build Jenkins/Bamboo env for build and deploying J2EE based apps.
Installed, configured and supported Enterprise Applications which includedSOA 11g,Weblogic12c/11g, Apacheand F5/CSM for Driver Licence Application for state of Texas.
Was solely responsible for setting up Oracle Fusion Middleware and Identity management stack. Lead and delivered the intitiatve.
Worked for the Texas Map Hurricane Application by installing and configuring Google earth software with IIS and SQL servers.
Monsanto, St Louis MO June 2008 to January 2010
Middleware Engineer
Performed highly complex analysis, design, development, testing, and debugging of computer software to support distinct product hardware and technical service lines of businesses.
Installed, configured and supported WebLogic 10g, Oracle Service Bus, Oracle Service repository, Oracle SOA/BPM, and other Oracle/IBM application stacks.
NihilentTechnologies,Pune, India January 2006 to August 2006
Java Developer
Java development using Spring, Struts frame work. Build jsp and servlets and deploying them on Tomcat servers.
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