Software Engineer Spring Boot

ANANTHA CH

Atlanta, GA +1-940-***-**** *************@*****.*** linkedin.com/in/ananthach/

SUMMARY

Experienced Software Engineer with 5 years of experience specializing in Infrastructure, Platform Engineering, SRE and DevOps designing, automating, and scaling mission-critical systems across cloud and on-premises environments. Skilled in Linux, cloud- native solutions (AWS, Azure), infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible), and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes). Adept at optimizing performance, ensuring high availability, and driving operational excellence through robust CI/CD pipelines, monitoring (Grafana, Prometheus), and automation.

SKILLS

Programming Languages: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Typescript, Python, Java, Golang, Bash, PowerShell, YAML, JSON, HCL Backend Technologies: Spring boot, gRPC, MVC, RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, Unit Testing, System integration testing, Functional Testing Mockito, Junit.

Databases: MySQL (SQL database), PostgreSQL, Snowflake. Cloud Services: Amazon Web Services (EC2, S3, CloudFormation, API Gateway, CloudWatch, IAM, RDS, Lambda), Microsoft Azure, GCP

Networking Protocols: TCP, TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/HTTPS, SSH, TLS, DNS, SMTP, FTP CI/CD & DevOps: Git, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, Docker, Kubernetes, Docker Compose, Cloud Watch, Dynatrace, Grafana, Prometheus, Terraform (IAC), CloudFormation, Ansible. System Design: Microservices Architecture, High Availability, Scalability, Fault Tolerance, API Design Operating Systems: Linux, Unix, Windows, macOS

Other skills: Analytical thinking, Troubleshooting, Debugging, on-call rotation, Team Collaboration. Mentorship. EXPERIENCE

BlackRock Atlanta, GA, USA

Software Engineer - Site Reliability Engineer Aug2023 - present

Designed and implemented robust Java Spring Boot microservices that efficiently processed over 10K API requests daily while maintaining an impressive uptime of 99.9%, ensuring seamless business operations.

Migrated all Java services from Java 8 to Java 17, ensuring compatibility and seamless operation in production environments, with a focus on automated testing best practices to validate functionality.

Built and managed CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to deploy Docker container image to Amazon EKS, improving deployment speed by 40% and ensuring high availability for critical Aladdin services.

Leveraged custom Lambda Functions and SNS for targeted notifications enabling rapid detection and response to security alerts and threats detected by CloudWatch.

Deployed and managed production-grade Kubernetes (EKS) clusters on AWS, configuring multi-AZ node groups and TCP/HTTP-based Ingress controllers, achieving 99.99% uptime for microservices.

Configured AWS Security Groups and VPCs to manage TCP, UDP, HTTP, HTTPS, and SSH traffic, implementing least- privilege access and integrating AWS Secrets Manager for secure HTTPS certificate handling.

Designed and maintained VPC architectures with subnets, routing tables, security groups for optimal security and performance.

Responsible for companywide systems to be vulnerability free by implementing a comprehensive application security scanning process, including DAST and SAST, reducing the risk of vulnerabilities and improving overall security.

Managing a team of DevOps engineers for infrastructure support on AWS cloud Creating cloud formation scripts for hosting software on AWS cloud and automating the installation of software through PowerShell scripts. Tata Consultancy Services Hyderabad, India

Systems Engineer - DevOps Engineer Apr 2019 -Dec 2021

Developed and optimized RESTful APIs using Java (Spring Boot), implementing pagination, error handling, and JWT-based authentication, which improved response times and enhanced security for critical services.

Automated resource cleanup scripts by using python for unused Elastic IPs, unattached EBS volumes, and idle Lambda functions, saving an estimated $10,000 annually across dev/test environments.

Configured EC2 security groups, ALB target groups, and NGINX routing for scalable load balancing across Kubernetes.

Integrated several AWS services, including RDS for managed databases and terraform for infrastructure as code, reducing setup time by 50%.

Implemented end-to-end observability using Prometheus and Grafana for real-time monitoring and alerting of microservices deployed on AWS EC2 and EKS; integrated CloudWatch metrics via exporters and custom dashboards for infrastructure and application insights.

Integrated AWS services such as EC2, Lambda, and S3 to deploy and scale Java backend applications, improving system reliability and reducing downtime by 20%.

Assisted with DevOps processes using Jenkins and Terraform, automating infrastructure provisioning and code deployments.

Creating, versioning, and testing scripts (Bash, PowerShell), Chef, Nagios, Maven, Git, Jenkins, Python, and Ruby to achieve a high level of automation.

Responsible for Multiple AWS instances, setting the security groups, Elastic Load Balancer and AMIs, and Auto scaling to design cost-effective, fault-tolerant, and highly available systems.

Developed reusable Helm charts for Kubernetes microservices, enabling consistent deployments with customizable HTTP/HTTPS configurations, improving deployment efficiency by 25%.

Configured Kubernetes RBAC policies and AWS IAM roles to enforce least-privilege access for containerized services, ensuring secure TCP/HTTP traffic and 100% audit compliance.

Diagnosed and troubleshooting container crashes during on-call rotations using kubectl and ELK Stack logs, maintaining 99.98% uptime for mission-critical applications.

Locuz Hyderabad, India

DevOps Engineer Oct 2018 – Mar 2019

Built and maintained basic CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and Azure DevOps, enabling automated builds, tests, and deployments for small-scale applications.

Containerized microservices with Docker and deployed them on Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), improving scalability and application availability.

Automated infrastructure provisioning using Terraform and Ansible, ensuring consistent environment setup across dev and test systems.

Configured monitoring and alerting with Azure Monitor, Prometheus, and Grafana, helping track application performance and uptime.

Assisted in implementing Azure Active Directory (AAD) role-based access controls to strengthen authentication and security practices.

Practiced blue-green and canary deployment strategies in lab environments to reduce downtime during application updates.

Set up centralized logging using the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) to support faster troubleshooting.

Collaborated with teams in Agile sprints, participating in stand-ups and contributing to faster project delivery.

Helped design basic disaster recovery strategies using Azure Backup and Site Recovery, ensuring data resilience.

Created simple DevOps playbooks and reusable pipelines to support self-service deployments for developers.

Ability to build deployment, scripts, and automated solutions using various scripting languages such as Shell, PowerShell, Python.

EDUCATION

University of North Texas, G. Brint Ryan College of Business Jan 2022 - May 2023 Master of Science, Information Systems and Technologies GPA: 3.7/4.0 Gitam Deemed to be University Jun2015 - April 2019 Bachelor’s in information technology

ACHIEVEMENTS

Awarded Star of the Month Award at “Tata Consultancy Services” for outstanding contributions, including delivering projects ahead of deadlines and improving team efficiency.

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