Nitish Arya Email & Phone Number

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Toronto, Canada Area

Onboarded Hashicorp Vault as secret management solution for client applications. Architectured and implemented Splunk log monitoring for all Aviva Canada applications.. Managed PROD/Non-PROD infrastructure for DevOps tools. Onboarded new solutions focusing on DevOps methodology to streamline existing in house applications. Worked on setting up build/deploy Jenkins pipelines for new projects and integrating those with existing DevOps tools. Successfully integrated OCP with Hashicorp Vault and Splunk to create golden images to spin up containers. Automated change ticket creation process in Assyst triggered via JIRA ticket. Automated end to end build/deploy process from Dev to Prod environment with zero downtime. Designed and implemented on premise Ansible Tower solution for DevOps and application team. Created and managed Ansible Playbooks for environment management, routine upgrades etc. Troubleshoot any application/infrastructure issues during or post deployment. Maintained and optimized all in-house DevOps tools : Jenkins, Artifactory, Bitbucket, Xray, SonarQube, Checkmarx, Vault, Splunk, Vagrant, Ansible.

Toronto, Canada Area

 Designed and deployed highly scalable, redundant, environments in the Azure cloud using tools, such as Packer, Jenkins, Octopus Deploy and numerous other tools and platforms. Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, security policies and routing. Deployed Azure IaaS virtual machines (VMs) and Cloud services (PaaS role instances) into secure VNets and subnets. Implemented high availability environments with Azure Classic and Azure Resource Manager deployment models. Created automated project deployment jobs for Dev, QA, Staging and Production using Octopus deploy. Setup and maintain CI for new and existing projects using TeamCity. Responsible for designing and automation of On-Premise infrastructure migration to cloud. Create step templates in Octopus Deploy coupled with automation scripts to implement infrastructure as code in Azure. Design and implement end to end infrastructure setup for applications which include steps from code branching, CI setup, VM/Application/Network setup and deployment. Responsible for the performance, uptime, and efficiency of all backend related initiatives and systems.

Noida Area, India

Noida Area, India

•Involved in the User Requirement Analysis.•Creating builds manually using MSBuild, Visual Studio Ver: 2008, 2010, 2013 and automated builds using Jenkins.•Maintaining code repository in SVN.•Work on creating builds for .net and JAVA projects.•Work with development team on resolving .net projects build and release issues.•Managing daily builds and releases to QA. Debugged build failures and work with developers and QA personnel to resolve related issues.•Support build management and release engineering.•Perform build and release of all software cycles engineering, test, production, update, patches, and maintenance.•Create packages using Installscript (Installshield 2014).•InstallShield programs for Windows application installations.•Develop VB scripts for system administration activities.•Hands on experience creating single suite Installer for multiple applications using Installshield Suite.•Work on creation of N Tier Package installers using Installshield.•Contributed to several aspects of the installation technology development for DOS and Windows, in addition to work on in-house tools and solutions, including both development of InstallShield installations and collaboration with InstallShield toward improvements to their product.•Design and document Project configuration management and release processes.•Smoke Test the packages to be deployed for standard functionality of the application.•Automate changes in configuration and property files during installation as per Client requirement.•Troubleshoot any issues occurring during Build/Package deployment in QA/PROD environment.•Final gatekeeper for releasing structured products to clients.

•Handled work assignment activity for team of 8, and worked as a standalone candidate from India.•Designed and Managed Continuous Build and Integration environments.•Automated the creation of WebLogic Application server’s instances, providing processes to automate configuration/restoration and backups.•Took care of deployment of over 2000 Apps of various Levels of Business on daily basis using BladeLogic as deployment tool.•Addressed software configuration management issues in coordination with development team.•Automated deploys to QA/PROD and DR servers through BMC BladeLogic.•Implemented code builds and automated deployment procedures.•Maintained and updated source code repositories on a regular basis.•Verification and validation of promoted code and labels in Starteam Repository.•Assisted code integration and coordination between teams and partners.•Resolved various issues being faced during QA/PROD/DR deployment.•Resolved build and release dependencies in collaboration with other departments.•Worked closely with offshore colleagues and provided support and advice on best practices for SCM and build automation.•Resolved system issues and inconsistencies in coordination with quality assurance and engineering teams.•Train entry level engineers into Build/Release positions.