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Bothell, Wa, Us

Issaquah, Wa, Us

• Develop and regularly update Terraform scripts, deploying changes seamlessly through ADO CI/CD pipelines.• Build and maintain YAML-based build and release pipelines, automating builds triggered by every push.• Conduct proof-of-concepts in Azure, delivering tailored solutions to meet specific requirements.• Create and execute Azure CLI scripts to configure and update various Azure services.• Automated the provisioning and configuration of infrastructure across multiple environments using a set of reusable scripts.• Configure Agent pools and install ADO agents to facilitate efficient pipeline job execution.• Implemented Python scripts to automate the periodic clearing of Azure CDN content and to track Azure services, ensuring alignment with Terraform configurations.• Designed and configured Azure Networking services, such as Azure Virtual Network, subnets, network security groups (NSGs), private DNS, and private endpoints.• Utilized Docker and Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS) to manage local deployments within Kubernetes. Build self-hosted Kubernetes clusters using Jenkins CI/CD pipelines for efficient deployment management.• Recommend and implement a branching strategy for Azure Git repositories.• Develop and meticulously document build and deployment workflows for distinct project components (Core-infra, API, DB, UI).• Design and implement CI/CD pipelines for multiple project components.• Execute Terraform scripts within pipelines, building changes once and deploying them across selected environments.• Create and manage Variable groups in ADO, effectively segregating and governing deployments across diverse environments.• Established associations between Route Tables and VNET subnets to optimize network traffic flow and improve routing efficiency.• Created and configured Azure Dashboards for monitoring various Azure services, including Azure Front Door, Application Gateway, Azure App Service, and Azure Cosmos DB.

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Create Terraform scripts to manage and maintain Azure Infrastructure for multiple environments• Improve team workflows via automation using GitHub, Slack, Azure CLI, Alerts and Notifications, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Team Foundation Server/Azure DevOps Server• Create scripts and tools for automation, configuration and release management • Release process, disaster recovery plan & definition and execution of work processes in Azure• Optimized cost of resource utilization on Azure, reduced cost of the usage by approximately 25% and saved $10K monthly• Scale up/down the Azure Infrastructure as per application needs• Track and complete Certificate renewals from time to time to run Azure services without interruptions• Setup, manage and monitor dashboards of various monitoring systems (Azure/Graylog/Grafana)• Consolidate alerts which setup on various monitoring systems (Azure/Pingdom/Graylog) in one place • Collect fired alerts on weekly basis and analyze corresponding service logs to determine underlying issues• Setup, configure and Integrate PagerDuty with Internal monitoring services to collect, prevent and resolve business-impacting incidents• Create support requests and follow up with Microsoft when identified unexpected issues on Azure services/resources• Setup configurations to accomplish SonarQube - GitHub Integration which measures the code quality of NodeJS/Java projects• Configure Jenkins pipelines and schedule periodic builds (daily/weekly/bi-weekly) based on application needs• Investigate solutions and provide outcomes based on the features provided by Microsoft Azure services• Write scripts in Python and PowerShell to automate repetitive tasks and as well to reduce human intervention• Prepare demos and team presentations to share knowledge about the Azure environment and logs troubleshooting

Lakeland, Florida, Us

• Working with source control systems (GitHub, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps, Microsoft Team Foundation Server/Azure DevOps Server Writing automation scripts using C#, PowerShell, bash, Go and Python• Designing, implementing and documenting CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub, Gitlab and Azure DevOps Strong problem- determination skills and resolution experience• Designing, modifying, developing and implementing software solutions for the enterprise continuous integration and continuous deployment processes.• Creating and maintaining custom PowerShell, Shell, C# and other relevant script types to perform the automated tasks on servers.• Creating and maintaining Continuous Integration automation with platforms like Jenkins, Azure DevOps Server and Gitlab CI assists in defining DevOps and quality guidelines and standards.• Working closely with Architects to assure all systems are in line with the enterprise's strategy and Performing ongoing routine DevOps maintenance tasks.

Louisville, Kentucky, Us

• UFT Integration with TFS and automation of test case execution using VSTS build and release pipelines.• Created a training plan to guide a set of team members on how to migrate the UFT scripts from network shared drive to the Azure DevOps GitHub repository.• Creating architecture artefacts and approach for test case automation systems• Design utilities using .NET Framework which would run through Azure DevOps release pipeline and serves the following purpose:o Syncing the changes between VSTS branch and folder on the Servero Distribution and Parallel execution of more than 2000 UFT test scripts• Co-ordinate with multiple teams to get the required resources and permissions in place to drive the execution properly from the inception• Create utility for sending notifications and detailed results of UFT test scripts execution• Creating Release pipeline for triggering the test case execution of 2000 UFT test scripts.• Direct knowledge sharing sessions and assisting team members to run and monitor the utilities• Design and selection of Selenium based test case automation• Perform research of various Selenium automation tool options available and driving discussion to standardize the architecture and usage of selenium solutions. • Create multiple artefacts for design of selenium based automation testing in the project.• Requests for the SSL Certificate and install it in a keystore for enabling Https and to encrypt all the traffic on servers.• Wrote power shell scripts to create the parameter files automatically for all the services in Azure Resource Manager• Created build and release pipelines for automating the test case execution on a daily basis.• The build pipeline would ensure the utility would be run which would allow the server folder contents to be in sync with the GitHub repo on Azure DevOps

Santa Monica, California, Us

• Created and maintained continuous integration (CI) using tools Azure DevOps over different environments to facilitate an agile development process which is automated and repeatable, enabling teams to safely deploy code many times a day while ensuring operational best practices are supported.• Design and document CI/CD tools configuration management. • Responsible for orchestrating CI/CD processes by responding to Git triggers, human input, and dependency chains and environment setup. • Build and Deployment CI/CD Pipelines.• Managed User access control, Triggers, workflows, hooks, security and repository control in Bitbucket.• Performed Configuration of Azure Web Apps, App services, Application insights, AzureDNS, Azure Network Watcher and Implementing Azure site recovery, Azure stack, Backup and Automation• Experience in configuring ARM, VM Networking, Private Static IP Address and Public IP address in Azure• Created Virtual Networks in Azure for hybrid connectivity with On-premise networks (Express Route, VPN Gateways)

Gdansk, Pl

• Hands on Experience working with the Microsoft Azure Cloud Services and Deployed the servers through Azure Resource Manager Templates or Azure Portal.• Planning and implementing Disaster Recovery solutions, capacity planning, data archiving, backup/recovery strategies, Performance Analysis and optimization.• Strong Experience on Administration and Troubleshooting of Azure IAAS Components (VM, Storage, VNET, OMS, NSG, Site to Site VPN, RBAC, Load Balancers, Availability Sets).• Experience in setting up cluster environment for load balancing and high availability of Windows and Linux servers.• Experience in Creating the CI/CD Azure DevOps Pipeline for the .Net, java & UI based Web Applications.• Good Exposure in Azure Site Recovery and Azure Backup and Configuring Azure Backup vault for protecting required VMs to take the VM level backups for Azure and On Premises Environment.• Working knowledge on Azure Cloud IaaS and PaaS Services. Having Experience of Creating and Managing the users and groups in Azure AD.

• Interacted with different development teams to provide support in deployment activities.• Coordinate with different development, QA and IT operation teams to ensure that there are no resource conflicts.• Worked with multiple project managers from different vendors to understand the release plans and provided support according to their requirements.• Prepared, maintained release and deployment documents.• Created branches and tags in GIT for new development projects.• Involved in creation and modification for Ant scripts for the different development projects• For new applications, worked with development teams to get the requirements of application release process.• Consolidating the access request for Cloud, Linux, DB and client applications on daily basis and co-ordinating with the client to get it done.• Analysed and resolved conflicts related to merge of source code for GIT

• Worked on ASP.NET web applications and .NET WCF services with a little exposure to SQL Server 2012 database development• Created a Windows application with VB.NET, SQL Server to assist Warehouses, Stores getting full report about their sales, purchased, and numbers using Crystal Reports.• Involved in development life-cycle of the project from requirements gathering to transition using SCRUM Agile Methodology.• Worked on and deployed Web Services for implement the Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) and for implementing role-based security to authenticate the users.• Actively used XML, XSLT for creating templates with dynamic data from XML file, that XML Data is serialized• Initiated the development of Web Service to interact between mainframe and DB2• Consumed several WCF services• Maintaining existing application in terms of bug fixing, code review, enhancing the functionalities

Masters, Computer And Information Sciences, General

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science