Devops Engineer Cloud Architect

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

•Passionate Public Clouds Azure, AWS Certified Devops Engineer/Cloud Architect with 10+ years of IT experience.

•Currently working as a Cloud Consultant/Architect/Devops Engineer from last 6+ years.

•4+ Years worked as an Oracle DBA handled various multi-Terabyte, 24x7 uptime Oracle databases and SQL Server databases on Linux/UNIX and Windows servers.

•Design build & maintain the infrastructure in Azure/AWS for multiple products across multiple subscriptions.

•Experience in working in multi cloud Azure and AWS. {Can work in GCP as well.)

•Expertise in working with IAC tools Terraform, ARM, Cloud Formation.

•Expertise in designing Cl/CD for infrastructure/application automation {Cl/CD) i.e., Terraform! AC/application code using Jenkins/Azure Devops pipelines & GitHub Actions.

•Cloud Migration of Infra resources from On-Premises to Azure/AWS.

•Expertise in working with Kubernetes, most experience is in working with AKS, EKS.

•Experience in administering message bus system Apache Pulsar which is hosted in Azure Kubernetes.

•Knowledge on Helm, OpenShift, PCF Platforms.

•Experience working with Azure Front door, Application Gateways, Traffic Manager, Firewalls, ALB's.

•SSL Certificate install/Update in all the OS Servers like Windows/Linux ..

•Expertise on Compute, Storage, Networking, VPC/VNet, Subnets, 1AM, MFA, Kubernetes, Load Balancers, Vulnerability management & Cost Explorer in Public clouds.

•Expertise on building infrastructure considering High Availability, Reliability and Performance.

•Expertise in configuring monitoring and alerting in Signalfx, Splunk, Grafana & Data Dog.

•Expertise in Creating dashboards/alerts in Signalfx and Splunk-on-call/Victorops.

•Expertise in working on Digital Experience Platform Sitecore.

•Expertise in working with Ansible and Docker.

•Expertise in working in Blue/Green and other deployment strategies.

•Experience in working with version control systems GIT, Git-hub and accountable for branching, maintain branch policies, branch security, tagging etc. and complete repository management.

•Build Management and Release Management expertise using Azure Devops/VSTS/TFS, Jenkins.

•Passion for experiencing new technologies in CNCF.

•Experience in Agile framework such as Scrum/Kanban.

•Interacting with stakeholders for optimization of Process, Infrastructure, Cost & work on customer action plans.

•Experience in working and troubleshooting in web servers like IIS, Weblogic, Apache Tomcat and Jboss.

•As an Oracle DBA, worked on databases like Oracle 9i/10g/llg, RAC and SQL Servers DB (2005 & 2008).

•Good knowledge on Oracle database concepts, architecture, installation, backup, and recovery (RMAN), OEM SSMS.

Tablespace & User Administration.

•Expertise in working with UNIX, LINUX, and WINDOWS servers.

•Continuous & Quick Learner, open-minded, Adaptable, Result Driven.

•Good at mentoring team members and effectively communicating with leadership.

• Passionate about Cloud Engineering, DevOps, Databases. Continuous/Quick learner. Individual contributor and Expertise in Customer handling, remote working, Team handling and helping customers accelerate their business goals.

EDUCATION:

Bachelors in Computer Science & Engineering from JNTUK, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh - 2013

CERTIFICATIONS

•Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator

•Certified Kubernetes Administrator

•AWS Certified System Architect Associate

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems

Linux - all Flavors, Unix and Windows Family, RHEL

Public Clouds

Azure, AWS, GCP, Snowflake

Scripting Languages

Shell, PowerShell, Python, JSON, YAML,C,#C,.NET, Groovy, java, javascript, Angular, React Js

Application/Web Servers

Windows IIS, Weblogic, Jboss, Tomcat

Configuration management

Ansible and PowerShell DSC

Cl, Test & Build Systems

Azure Devops/ VSTS, TFS, Jenkins, Ansible, SonarQube, GitHub Actions

Container & Container Orchestration

Docker, Kubernetes, IBM Udeploy

SCM Tools

GIT, GitHub, TFS Git, SVN, Bitbucket

Logging & Monitoring Tools

Splunk Observability, NAGIOS, Grafana, Data Dog, Twist-lock, RabbitMQ, Prometheus

Ticketing Tools

ServiceNow, JIRA, Remedy.

IACTools

Terraform, CloudFormation & ARM

Databases

Oracle, SQL Server, RDS, PostgreSQL, Cassandra, Solr, Redis

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Citi Bank - Irving, TX

Sr. AWS DevOps Engineer I Mar 2022 to Till Now Responsibilities:

• Design, deploy, and manage cloud-based infrastructure on AWS, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security. This includes configuring Compute, Storage, Networking, and other AWS services.

•Responsible for creating the end-to-end infrastructure using Cloud Formation on AWS cloud.

•Responsible for troubleshooting and fixing the issues on all Compute, Storage, Networking, and other AWS services.

•Configuring VPC, Routing Tables, NAT Gateways, Security Groups, Load Balancers etc.

•Ownership of Weekly Prod Deployments using Blue/Green strategy to maintain 100% uptime.

•Creation of multiple Geo-replicated EKS clusters using Cloud Formation.

•Automated infrastructure provisioning and application deployment using Ansible playbooks and roles.

•Designed and implemented scalable, secure AWS infrastructure using EC2, S3, 1AM, VPC, CloudFormation, and CloudWatch.

•Implement and maintain Cl/CD pipelines to automate software delivery processes using AWS Code Pipeline.

•Responsible for Administrative tasks like patch management, Certificate management on all EC2 and IAAS services.

•Configuring Life cycle management on S3 buckets.

•Deploying the apps in EKS and automated the Cl/CD application deployments by integrating AWS KMS.

• Configure alerts and dashboards based on different metrics for EC2 instance, DB Servers, EKS & other AWS Services on Cloud Watch.

•Creation of RDB's, Dynamo DB's on AWS by using Cloud Formation.

•Conducted performance tuning and troubleshooting of Tomcat servers, enhancing application stability in production.

•Built and deployed Java-based microservices using Maven, integrated with Tomcat for seamless application hosting.

•Created Python scripts to support operational tasks such as server provisioning, patching, and performance monitoring.

•Create alerts on Cloud Watch for all types of Infrastructure and Applications.

•Expertise in configuring Event-based triggers in Cloud watch to make the systems highly available and reliable.

•Create and manage 1AM policies to manage multiple AWS Accounts.

•Experience in configuring API Gateways for several applications.

•Spearheaded the migration of legacy systems to Docker containers on AWS, improving scalability and resource utilization.

•Maintain and execute DR drills on a quarterly basis and ensure our applications are 99.99% available.

Wells Fargo-Charlotte, NC

AWS DevOps Engineer I Jun 2020 to Feb 2022

Responsibilities:

•Responsible for interacting with the clients during onboarding of new products and to get the Infrastructure Architecture design as per the product requirement and in provisioning the resources as per the design by following Cloud Adoption Framework.

•Responsible for creating the end-to-end infrastructure using Terraform IAC for multiple products in Azure and AWS clouds.

• Expertise in Compute, Storage, Networking, Database, Traffic Manager & Log monitoring in Azure and Windows IIS Webserver logs.

•Implemented robust Cl/CD pipelines in automating application and infrastructure deployments on Jenkins and Azure Devops.

•Created reusable Terraform modules to provision Azure resources in a consistent and compliant manner.

•Experience integrating Azure DevOps with third-party tools and services such as Jira, Teams, ServiceNow, and others to enhance collaboration, reporting, and workflow automation.

•Building infrastructure considering High Availability, Reliability and Performance.

•Migrated to transition applications from Pivotal Cloud Foundry {PCF) to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), orchestrating the seamless transfer of critical workloads to the Azure cloud platform.

•Generate SonarQube Code review reports and share it with clients & developers on code coverage compliance.

•Updating Ansible Inventory files whenever there are any changes in the Server Inventory.

•Creation/Updating of Roles, Playbooks for repetitive tasks and scheduling them to run on desired servers.

•Create and configure Azure Traffic Manager based on the customer requirements.

•Creating and Maintaining Agent Queues, Task Groups, Deployment pools in TFS/VSTS/Azure Devops.

•Involved in troubleshooting and resolved build and deployment issues in Cl/CD.

•Quarterly SSL updates, Monthly Patching, Config file updates/deletes on all the infrastructure servers using Ansible.

•Creation/Updating of Roles, Playbooks for repetitive tasks and scheduling them to run on desired servers.

•Automate or Schedule deployments to multiple environments like Dev, QA, UAT & PROD environments.

•Configuring backup policies/MARS agents on VM's for disaster recovery or PITR purpose.

•Configured Key-vaults for secret management and integrated with Azure Devops Cl CD pipelines.

•Configure alerts based on different metrics for Windows/Linux servers, Websites, DB Servers on Data Dog.

• Proficient in Agile methodologies and tools like Scrum and Kanban boards within Azure DevOps, facilitating collaboration among development, operations, and quality assurance teams.

Kaiser Permanente - Atlanta, GA DevOps Engineer Jan 2019 to May 2020 Responsibilities:

•Developed and maintained Python scripts for automating infrastructure tasks, improving deployment efficiency by 40%.

•Deployed and managed scalable infrastructure on AWS (EC2, S3, 1AM, VPC, CloudWatch) using Python and AWS

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•Created and managed Ansible playbooks for configuration management and application deployment across multiple environments.

•Containerized applications using Docker, enabling consistent environments and reducing deployment issues.

•Utilized AWS CU for managing cloud resources, automating backup routines, and scripting deployments.

•Built and deployed Java applications using Maven and integrated with Tomcat for application server management.

•Implemented Cl/CD pipelines using Jenkins to automate testing, building, and deployment of applications.

•Configured and monitored system health and application performance using New Relic, resulting in 25% reduction in downtime.

•Set up and optimized Nginx as a reverse proxy and load balancer for high-availability architecture.

•Wrote robust Python scripts for log parsing, data transformation, and system automation tasks.

•Managed incident tracking and change management using JIRA and ServiceNow in alignment with ITIL practices.

•Collaborated with development and QA teams to streamline workflows using Jenkins pipelines and Ansible automation.

•Integrated Tomcat servers with Cl/CD processes and ensured secure deployment practices on AWS environments.

•Developed custom monitoring alerts and dashboards in New Relic for proactive system monitoring.

•Automated routine maintenance and deployment processes using a combination of Bash and Python scripting.

HSBC - Hyderabad, India

Linux Administrator Aug 2013 to Nov 2017 Responsibilities:

•Strong Experience in creating user, Computer and auto logon accounts.

•Created Bash/shell scripts to monitor system resources and system maintenance.

•Troubleshooting and maintaining of TCP/IP, Apache HTTP/HTTPS, SMTP and DNS applications.

•Created and maintained user accounts in Redhat Enterprise Linux (ndeQuery)and other operating systems.

•Upgraded Memory, CPU and Disk size on the existing VMware Sessions on ESX Servers.

• Managed performance of the server and resolved issues with Virtual Memory and swap space on operating environments and configured & monitored the DHCP server.

•Configured and administered DNS (Bind on Linux), Web (Apache), Mail (Exchange 2003), DHCP and FTP Servers.

• Created virtual machine using Oracle Virtual Manager, creating server pool, VM cloning. Conceived, Designed, Installed and Implemented Cl/CD automation system.

•Created users, Groups and set up their home directories and appropriate access restrictions to software in the Active Directory environment and NIS domains.

•Installed and configured servers using the Redhat Linux Kickstart method.

•Assigned folder permissions to the users by gathering approval from the group owners.

• Managed system installation, troubleshooting, maintenance, performance tuning, managing storage resources and network configuration to fit application and database requirements.

•Aided in TCP/IP Networking troubleshooting and Linux Network Administration.

•Implemented and maintained server virtualization using VMware and Oracle Virtual Manager.

•Deployed Open Stacking multi-node, highly available environment to support scalable cloud infrastructure.

•Deployed and managed CM tools (Jira, Confluence, Git, Jenkins) for DevOps automation and R&D needs.

•Conducted regular security audits and updates, ensuring compliance with industry standards and internal policies within OpenStack infrastructure.

•Collaborated with the software development team to automate integration processes, writing Ansible scripts for server configuration and deployment.

•InstalledandconfiguredVMwareESXi6.xandvCenterserversforvirtualizedinfrastructuremanagement.

•Pro visioned and managed VM son OpenStack and VM ware clouds, deploying various OS images.

•Provided daily support for Open Stack VMware, and data center environments, addressing performance, network, and security issues.

•Utilized network troubleshooting tools (e.g., Iptables, TCP dump) for diagnosing and resolving infra issues.

•Worked with Ansible to automate cloud infrastructure pro visioning,reducing manual setup time.

•Implemented proactive monitoring with tools like Nagios, Prome the us, and Grafana to optimize resource utilization and system performance.

•Perform automated installations of Operating System PXE using kick start file for RedHat Enterprise Linux 6/7.

•Wrote shell scripts for system tasks such as back-ups, collecting and sorting logs, installation and monitoring

•Administered Nagios monitoring tools for servers monitoring and incident alerts

•Provide support 24/7 on Redhat, Ubuntu and Centos servers for over200+users

•Optimized AWS Cloud infra structure (EC2, S3, VPC), ensuring high performance and security

• Implemented disaster recovery solutions, migrating Har borregis try to Helm with minimal downtime

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