Rahul G

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Sr Cloud DevOps Engineer at Cox Communications @ Cox Communications
Atlanta, GA
Rahul G's Location
Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex, United States, United States
About Rahul G

 Professional with 10+ years of experience in IT industry comprising of Linux Administration, build and release management and Containerization, Cloud Computing which includes OpenStack and AWS Worked on Amazon Web Services (AWS) Cloud services like EC2, S3, VPC, EBS, RDS, IAM, DMS, Amazon Glacier, Route 53, Redshift, CloudWatch, SNS, SQS, Auto Scaling, Cloud Formation, Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions, IOT, Aurora, CloudTrail, Elastic Load Balancing. Worked with DevOps related automation tools which include, application configuration management (Ansible) and container management tools (Docker, AWS ECS, CFT). Experienced in Ansible Tower 3.0.1 configuration, setup, and playbook setup and Worked on Ansible to spin up Jenkins server with all the dependencies like multiple Java versions and Jenkins dependencies. Written Ansible Playbooks for installing Software packages, web applications in Virtual Machines and AWS EC2 instances and also Wrote Ansible Playbooks with Python SSH as the Wrapper to Manage Configurations of AWS nodes and Tested Playbooks on AWS instances using Python. Managed Kubernetes, running Nodes, container snapshots and images, and used Kubernetes to provide a platform for automating deployment, scaling, and operations of application containers across clusters of hosts.  Created Ansible Playbooks to provision Apache Web servers, Tomcat servers, Nginx, and other applications on to multiple EC2 instances into multiple availability zones to provide HA.

Rahul G's Current Company Details
Cox Communications

Cox Communications

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Sr Cloud DevOps Engineer at Cox Communications
Atlanta, GA
Website:
cox.com
Company phone:
(866) 961-0027
Rahul G Work Experience Details
  • Cox Communications
    Sr Aws Cloud Devops Engineer
    Cox Communications Apr 2019 - Present
    Atlanta, Ga, Us
    ● Responsible for implementing containerized based applications on Azure Kubernetes by using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), Kubernetes Cluster, which are responsible for cluster management, Virtual Network to deploy agent nodes, Ingress API Gateway, MySQL Databases, and Cosmo DB for stateless storage of external data, and set up reverses proxy Nginx in the cluster.● Deployed and optimized two-tier Java, Python web applications to Azure DevOps CI/CD to focus on development by using services such as Repos to commit codes, Test Plans to unit test, deploy App Service, Azure Application Insight collects health performance and usage data of the process, stored artifacts in blob storages.● Managed Azure Infrastructure Azure Web Roles, Worker Roles, SQL Azure, Azure Storage, Azure AD Licenses. Virtual Machine Backup and Recover from a Recovery Services Vault using Azure PowerShell and Portal.● Developed a continuous deployment pipeline using Jenkins, Shell Scripts using Jenkins AWS Code Deploy plug-in to deploy to AWS. Operated with Terraform key features such as Infrastructure as code, Execution plans, Resource Graphs, Change Automation as well as used for server provisioning.  Extensively used Ruby scripting on Chef Automation for creating cookbooks comprising all resources, data bags, templates, attributes and used commands to manage Nodes.  Handled several Docker components like Docker Engine, Hub, Machine, Compose and Docker Registry and experience with Docker container service and Dockerized applications by creating Docker images from Docker file and running them to create the Docker containers and Docker consoles for managing the application life cycle.  Written Modules to automate infrastructure using Puppet Configuring CRON Jobs for executing daily activities such as Backup/Archive etc. in Puppet.
  • Ericsson
    Sr. Aws Cloud Devops Engineer
    Ericsson Oct 2017 - Mar 2019
    Kista, Stockholm, Se
     Worked with Ansible playbooks for virtual and physical instance provisioning, configuration management, patching and software deployment on AWS and Open stack environments through automated tools Developed infrastructure using Terraform and Cloud Formation and automated end-to-end transit hub connectivity resource deployment in AWS via Terraform.  Provisioned AWS resources using management console as well as Command Line Interface (CLI).  Created Ansible playbacks to deploy and automatically scale applications with minimal dependencies. Automated and implemented the Cloud Formation Stacks (JSON Scripts) for creating/administering the AWS resources like VPC, Subnets, Gateways, Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancers, creating DB Instances and many others across different Availability Zones.  Designing and implemented the complex, HA multi-tier, end-to-end solutions using a wide variety of private and public cloud offerings, including AWS EC2, S3, ELB, RDS, Cloud Hardware Security Module, Route 53, RDS, IAM, Cloudfront and Auto Scaling.  Designing and delivering automated solutions for CI & CD into a cloud environment like Amazon AWS Worked on EC2, S3, CloudFormation, CFT, SNS, VPC, CloudWatch, Autoscaling and ELB Services Responsible for log analysis, and performance metrics. Wrote generic CloudFormation Templates to be used for all the environments so as to minimize maintaining versions on them. Experience in using Build Automation DevOps tools like, Jenkins, Puppet, Chef, GITHUB. Created Docker images, upload/download in and out from the Docker Hub and Worked on setting up new tools such as Kubernetes with Docker to assist with auto-scaling, continuous integration, rolling updates with no downtime. Experience in configuring the apps to Openshift v3 and containerization of apps using docker.
  • Mobileforming
    Cloud Devops Engineer
    Mobileforming May 2015 - Sep 2017
    • Designed and implemented scalable, secure cloud architecture based on Amazon Web Services.• Leveraged AWS cloud services such as EC2, autoscaling, and VPC (Virtual Private Cloud) to build secure, highly scalable and flexible systems that handled expected and unexpected load bursts, • Expertise in AWS environment including AWS Storage and content Delivery, Databases, Networking, Management Tools, Security & Identity etc. • Handled AWS Cloud Operations starting from Design till Application delivery.• Created migration plan to AWS public Cloud regions, designed architecture models compliant with security policies.• Leading the team of Cloud Engineers and handling cloud operations like EC2, EBS, RDS, VPC, ELB, Auto Scaling etc. and Designing Database High Availability Solutions on MS SQL & MySQL Multi-AZ RDS.• Created, configured and implemented Virtual Private Cloud (VPC), Security Groups, Network Access Control List (NACL), Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2 instances), Elastic Block Store (EBS), Simple Storage Service (S3), Elastic Load Balancer (ELB), RDS MySQL, Subnets, Snapshots, Auto-Scaling groups, Route 53 DNS, Glacier, Elastic File System (EFS), CloudFront, Cloudwatch, Cloudtrail. • Assigned Roles and Policies to Users, Security Groups by using Identity and Access Management. • Gave architecture guidance for selected Business Units, assessing migration feasibility and deployment strategy based on AWS Architecture best practices.• Designed and deployed company-wide security training for all employees, wrote formal security incident response plan, overhauled public vulnerability reporting process, and wrote extensive documentation on security processes and best practices.• Worked on Ingress and egress of data to and from AWS.• Designed, built, and deployed a multitude application utilizing the AWS stack (Including EC2, R53, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, SQS, IAM, and EMR), focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling.
  • Yum! Brands
    Cloud Devops Engineer
    Yum! Brands Jun 2014 - Jun 2015
    Louisville, Ky, Us
    ● Planning, deploying, monitoring, and maintaining Amazon AWS cloud infrastructure consisting of multiple EC2 nodes and VMWare VM's as required in the environment.● Used security groups, network ACLs, Internet Gateways, NAT instances and Route tables to ensure a secure zone for organizations in AWS public cloud.● On boarded and migrated test and staging use cases for applications to AWS cloud with public and private IP ranges to increase development productivity by reducing test-run times.● Created monitors, alarms and notifications for EC2 hosts using Cloud Watch.● Implemented and maintained Chef Configuration management spanning several environments in VMware and the AWS cloud.● Working on Multiple AWS instances, set the security groups, Elastic Load Balancer and AMIs, Auto scaling to design cost effective, fault tolerant and highly available systems.● Creating S3 buckets and managing policies for S3 buckets and Utilized S3 bucket and Glacier for Archival storage and backup on AWS.● Worked on integrating GIT into the continuous Integration (CI) environment along with Anthill-Pro, Jenkins.● Wrote Ansible playbooks with Python SSH as a wrapper to manage configurations and the test playbooks on AWS instances using Python.● Used Nagios as a monitoring tool to identify and resolve infrastructure problems before they affect critical processes and worked on Nagios Event handlers in case of automatic restart of failed applications and services.● Well Versed with Configuring Access for inbound and outbound traffic RDS DB services, Dynamo DB tables, EBS volumes to set alarms for notifications or automated actions.● Expert Knowledge in Bash Shell Scripting, Automation of CRON Jobs.● Implemented a GIT mirror for SVN repository, which enables users to use both GIT and SVN.● Implemented Continuous Integration using Jenkins and GIT.
  • Ramnet Communications Pvt. Ltd. - India
    Linux Administrator
    Ramnet Communications Pvt. Ltd. - India Jan 2012 - Dec 2013
    Chennai, Tamil Nadu, In
    • Installed, Configured and maintained Red Hat Linux, CentOS, AIX and Solaris servers.• Support to Red Hat Linux ES 4.x, 5.1, 5.2 and CentOS on various IBM hardware Servers.• Installed and configured VMware ESX server on Solaris servers.• Installation of Oracle Linux server as a firewall and Internet proxy server.• Implementation of Samba to help printing and file sharing in the mixed Environment.• Remotely managed Linux servers using ILO, DRAC, and Virtual Console Center.• Managed networking between Linux and Windows environment.• Have experience in working with various Linux machines which hosts various messaging services like mailing lists, mass email systems, and Imap services.• Design, implementation and regular maintenance of VXFS, VVM and VERITAS Cluster, MC/Service guard Packages, load balancing.• Configuration and administration of Fiber Card Adapter’s and handling of SAN (SAN arrays, HITACHI, EMC)• Scheduling of Daily, weekly, Monthly backups using Omni Backup, VERITAS Net backup 3.4 and TSM Backups.• Shell Scripting for automating the System Admin tasks.• Installation & Maintenance like replacing bad disks including bootable disks, OS, patch installation, Configuration of DNS, auto mount, and NIS and NFS services.• Created users, printers and assigned user profiles and responsibilities to users.• File system management over SAN (EMC).• Troubleshooting VMware ESX server related issues, maintaining their virtual server environment, creating and deleting virtual servers.• Worked on Ticket based problem management.• Excellent working knowledge in implementing LDAP security models using Netscape LDAP and IBM secure way (LTPA).

Rahul G Skills

Git Amazon Web Services Nagios Maven Mongodb Nginix Web Services Api Tomcat Microsoft Azure Amazon Rds Jenkins Cassandra Agile Methodologies Apache Kafka Weblogic Apache Ant Json Enterprise Javabeans Tomcat 5 Amazon Ec2 Linux Server Red Hat Linux Nosql Api Hibernate Puppet Chef Sql Software Development Life Cycle Cisco Routers Jboss Version Control Amazon S3 Amazon Vpc

Rahul G Education Details

  • California State University, Fullerton
    California State University, Fullerton
    Computer Engineering
  • Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
    Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
    Electronics And Communications Engineering

Frequently Asked Questions about Rahul G

What company does Rahul G work for?

Rahul G works for Cox Communications

What is Rahul G's role at the current company?

Rahul G's current role is Sr Cloud DevOps Engineer at Cox Communications.

What schools did Rahul G attend?

Rahul G attended California State University, Fullerton, Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University.

What skills is Rahul G known for?

Rahul G has skills like Git, Amazon Web Services, Nagios, Maven, Mongodb, Nginix, Web Services Api, Tomcat, Microsoft Azure, Amazon Rds, Jenkins, Cassandra.

Who are Rahul G's colleagues?

Rahul G's colleagues are Mary Helen Vicuna, Paul Stephenson, Harold Watkins, Trisha Manzetti, Dario Alvarado, Nancy Scott, Chris Britt.

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