Devops Engineer Site Reliability

Vinay Parava Mobile: +1-470-***-****

Lead Devops Engineer Email: *****.*******@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Around 12+ years of extensive experience in DevOps, Site Reliability Engineering (SRE), Cloud Management, and System administration and proven track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining robust infrastructure solutions to support enterprise-scale applications while adhering to Best Security Practices.

Proficient in cloud management, system administration, and automation, with a proven track record in Bank, Insurance, Healthcare, Retail, Pharma and Biotech domains (JPMorgan Chase & Co,Liberty Mutual, GE Healthcare, Manthan Software Services).

Expert in AWS and Azure, container orchestration, CI/CD, IaC( Terraform and CloudFormation), observability, and SRE practices

Strong scripting background in Python and Bash for automation and tooling. Expertise in monitoring and logging solutions like Dynatrace, Datadog and New Relic

Hands-on expertise with Splunk for deployment, configuration, troubleshooting, and dashboard development.

Extensive use of Git (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) for version control and collaboration. Proven experience in cloud migration (AWS to PaaS), disaster recovery planning, and managing projects focused on security and vulnerability remediation. Extensive experience with ticketing systems such as Jira, Remedy, and ServiceNow.

Certifications

AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate

Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)

ITIL® Foundation Certificate in IT Service Management

SKILL SET

Cloud Platforms: AWS(EC2, VPC, ELB, Lambda, S3, RDS, Glue, EMR, SageMaker, EKS), Azure (App Services, Azure Functions, Azure AD, Storage Solutions)

Source Code Management: Git, Bitbucket, AWS code commit.

Continuous Integration Tools: Jenkins, Harness, Bamboo, Jules, Spinnaker

DevSecOps: Secure Coding Practices,Vulnerability Scanning,Security Concepts (Integrity, Confidentiality,Availability), Access Control

Scripting and Programming: Bash, Python, PowerShell, Java, .Net

Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, Cloud Formation

Monitoring Tools: Datadog, New Relic, Cloud Watch, Dynatrace

Virtualization: VMware, Hyper-V

Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA, Remedy, Service Now

Log Management: Splunk, Cloud Trail

Configuration Management: Ansible

Containerization and Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, AWS EKS, ECS, Helm

Operating Systems: Red hat, CentOS, Ubuntu, and Windows family

Log management and Analytics: Elastic search/Open search, Kibana, Logstash

DevSecOps Practices: Secure coding, Vulnerability scanning, Risk management

Other: Agile/Scrum methodologies, Security & Vulnerability Management, Disaster Recovery Planning

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

JPMorgan Chase & Co July 2024 – Till Date

Lead Devops Engineer/ SRE

Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities:

Managed and maintained AWS infrastructure, including EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, Lambda, and other services, ensuring efficient operation and high availability.

Automated cluster provisioning and management for EKS, ECS, and AKS using Terraform and Helm Charts, improving deployment scalability and consistency.

Defined and managed YAML-based pipeline templates, Kubernetes manifests, and Helm charts ensuring portability of deployments.

Implemented infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation to provision scalable and secure environments.

Designed and maintained end-to-end CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins(Jules and Spinnaker), Git, and Bitbucket for microservices applications.

Built and maintained comprehensive observability solutions using Dynatrace, Prometheus, and Grafana; implemented proactive alerting and real-time analytics via Splunk, leading to a 30% reduction in incident MTTR.

Created Python/Bash automation scripts for monitoring, backup, failover, incident response, and remediation, reducing manual effort and increasing operational efficiency.

Defined and tracked key SLOs and SLAs in support of critical banking SLAs; participated in post-incident reviews, driving initiatives that improved overall service reliability by 20%.

Applied DevSecOps principles by integrating vulnerability scans, secrets management, and least privilege access into CI/CD workflows.

Coordinated release activities with cross-functional teams and external clients, maintaining clear communication channels and adhering to release schedules and procedures.

Actively participated in Agile methodologies (Kanban and SCRUM), contributing to sprint planning, stand-up meetings, and retrospectives.

Perform code reviews, evaluate implementations, and provide feedback for tool improvements.

Participate in architecture planning sessions with development team.

Liberty Mutual Aug 22 – June 2024

Senior DevOps Engineer

Dover, NH

Responsibilities:

Architected, deployed, and maintained multi-region infrastructure on AWS and Azure, ensuring compliance with regulatory security requirements

Implemented cloud security best practices, including IAM policies, encryption mechanisms, and compliance standards, to protect sensitive data and ensure regulatory compliance.

Developed and maintained Infrastructure as Code using Terraform/Cloud Formation, reducing manual errors and enhancing efficiency in resource provisioning.

Implemented and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Git, Jenkins, Jules, GitHub Actions,Spinnaker and Bamboo for automated testing and deployment processes.

Experience with container-base deployment using Docker, working with Docker images, Docker hub and Docker registries installation and configuring Kubernetes and clustering them.

Experience with managing Kubernetes clusters on AWS using EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service) and creating Helm charts and Kubernetes Operators to automate deployment and management tasks.

Used PowerShell, Bash and Python Scripts for various Administration tasks to automate repeated processes.

Conducted system security audits, implemented role-based IAM policies and pipeline security checks.

Independently handled system patching, vulnerability management, and upgrades to ensure system security and reliability.

Demonstrated proficiency in Linux system administration, networking, and internet protocols, troubleshooting complex issues and implementing performance optimizations.

Experienced in creating various dashboards, metrics, alarms, and notifications for servers using Datadog, Dynatrace, Sumo Logic, New Relic and Cloud Watch

GE Health Care Feb 19 – Aug 22

Senior Devops Engineer

Bangalore, India

Responsibilities:

Experienced in creating, configuring and maintaining Infrastructure on AWS Cloud services including EC2, RDS, Redshift, EKS(Elastic Kubernetes Service), S3, IAM,SNS, CloudWatch and Secrets Manager

Orchestrated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab for Java and Python applications across AWS and Azure environments.

Implemented GitHub Actions triggers for infrastructure updates using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.

Maintained GitHub Actions-based testing workflows integrated with AWS RDS, AWS S3 test buckets, and Lambda mocks.

Established versioning, branching, and release strategies using Git and GitFlow, improving collaboration and code quality.

Automated provisioning of cloud infrastructure using Terraform and AWS CloudFormation.

Experienced in creating complex IAM policies, Roles, and user management for delegated access within AWS.

Collaborated closely with development teams to support application deployment and scaling, facilitating seamless integration with AWS infrastructure.

Designed and deployed containerized applications on Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability and scalability.

Championed the adoption of Serverless computing, leveraging AWS Lambda and API Gateway to build scalable and cost-effective solutions.

Ensured adherence to best practices in DevOps and Git Flow processes to maintain consistency and quality of code deployments.

Conducted vulnerability and security scans for code prior to production deployment, ensuring the integrity and security of deployed applications.

Python coding experience by using Lambda and Jupyter notebook.

Maintained Java-based applications using Spring Boot framework, ensuring high performance, scalability, and reliability.

Adept at utilizing various scripting languages (Python, Bash) to automate cloud-related tasks and enhance infrastructure efficiency

Troubleshoot and debug PowerShell scripts to identify and resolve issues in a timely manner.

Strong hands-on experience in scripting languages such as Python, JSON, YAML, Bash, XML, CLI, and Shell scripting

Established monitoring for micro services base applications using New Relic and Datadog

Utilized Excel for incident tracking, trend analysis, and operational reporting.

Experience in Software Development Life Cycle Methodologies Waterfall, and Agile

Manthan Software Services Oct 2014 – Oct 2018

Senior Cloud Engineer

Bangalore, India

Responsibilities:

Utilized advanced knowledge of Linux and Windows operating systems administration for efficient system management and troubleshooting.

Handled AWS cloud administration tools and management frameworks.

Managed system administration work on EC2 instances

Worked on AWS services like EC2, VPC, IAM, SNS, and RDS etc.

Assisted with IAM systems administration, enhancing identity lifecycle management and role-based access controls.

Responsible for managing source code repository Git, creating Tags, Branches and Branch Merges.

Configured GIT with Jenkins and scheduled jobs using the Poll SCM option

Installed and configured Docker on the deployment servers.

Manage AWS and install web certificates(SSL, Client Authentication Certificates)

Provide highly durable and available data by using S3 data store, versioning, lifecycle policies and create AMIs for Critical production servers for backup

Responsible for ensuring Continuous Delivery/Continuous Integration across all environments from UAT/TEST to Pre-Production and Production using Jenkins.

Strong understanding of Windows and Linux system administration, installation, security, user management, networking, disk configuration.

Configuration DHCP, DNS, MYSQL, MS SQL Server installation on servers.

Installing, configuration and troubleshooting network routers, switches, Wireless Controller, and security devices

Working on LVM to extending and reducing the file systems

File system management like creating partitions, File system creation and mounting the file systems.

Performing Differential copy and Full back up using Symantec backup policy

Provided implementation, administration and support of Active Directory

Handled Exchange, SharePoint, and Users in Office 365

Managing file system permissions & ACL

ITIL Service Support areas of incident, Problem, Change, Release and Configuration Management

Syngene International Limited Aug 2013 – Sep 2014

Senior Systems Admin

Bangalore, India

Responsibilities:

Managing the IT Helpdesk and provide Level1&2 technical support for the end users

Administrative experience in installing and configuring, performance tuning of MySQL and SQL server

Installing, configuring, and maintaining services such as MySQL, and Email servers.

Designing backup strategy for the sites and ensuring scheduled/unscheduled backups as per backup plan and restoration.

Remote Administration using Terminal Service and SSH.

Managing Accounts in Google Apps.

Managing and Monitoring VoIP services using C-Zentrix

Configuring VPN’s like Cisco any connect, Citrix, Forti client, Juniper, Windows VPN and web based VPN

Managing user accounts and giving share and security level permissions

Perform user administration on privilege and non-privilege in UNIX, Linux and Windows platforms.

Managing FTP and SFTP Services

LAN Administration; WAN administration; AD administration; Server 2003 Administration; Scientific Application support; Daily Backups.

Administering User level access using Group Policies.

Experience in handling of scientific software’s and handling the video conferences.

Managing and installing of check point full disk encryption server and Client systems

Checkpoint software server and Client installation and maintenance.

Responsible for documenting the configuration of the system

Info Services Nov 2012 – July 2013

Technical Support Engineer

Bangalore, India

Responsibilities:

Troubleshoots problems with computer systems, including troubleshooting hardware and software.

Monitored system performance and diagnosed software/hardware problems with performance monitor

Managed and created Active Directory accounts, network shares, and printing services

Configured, imaged, deployed, and integrated new equipment into the environment

Installing, configuring, managing and maintenance of all servers and workstations

Provided server maintenance and installation, desktop deployment and maintenance, and end user support

Performed daily duties including answering internal support calls, Data Center walkthroughs, system health checks and event notification

Interacted with vendors to manage licensing/maintenance agreements and resolve hardware/software issues

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science Engineering from Jawaharlal Nehru Technology University, India

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