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Gta, Ontario

• Designing and implementing High Available Kubernetes clusters in Dev, QA, and Prod environments, taking ownership of all Kubernetes clusters.• Champion Site Reliability Engineering practices and Infrastructure-as-Code methodologies.• Installing and configuring multi-master high available Kubernetes clusters on OpenStack.• Develop infrastructure using heat templates in OpenStack for instance creation, security group setup, networking, VIPs, etc.• Deploy, configure, and maintain MongoDB databases and replica sets across multiple environments, including upgrades and migrations.• Monitor and optimize MongoDB performance using Ops Manager, MongoDB Cloud Manager, and various tuning techniques.• Creating Docker images for microservices applications and automate deployment pipelines using Jenkins.• Write Jenkins Pipelines/Libraries to automate end-to-end deployment pipelines.• Automate CI/CD processes for microservices using Stash/GitLab, Maven, JUnit, SonarQube, Docker, Kubernetes, Selenium, and JFrog Artifactory.• Migrating data between cloud storage services (Google Storage, AWS S3) and data warehouses (Google BigQuery) using Airflow/Cloud Composer and Spark/Scala.• Automate application deployments to Kubernetes using YAMLs and HELM charts.• Monitor applications using New Relic and implement custom monitoring solutions.• Design and deploy canary-based deployments on AWS with custom CRDs.• Implement and maintain global-properties for Java microservices.

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

• Designed and configured Azure Virtual Networks (VNets), subnets, Azure network settings, DHCP address blocks, DNS settings, security policies, and routing.• Set up Azure Virtual Appliances (VMs) to fulfill security requirements as software-based appliance functions (firewall).• Managed Azure Compute Services, including Auto Scaling, Elastic Load Balancing, VM Scale Set, Application Gateway, Network Security Group, Web role, and Worker role for scaling and management.• Configured Azure Web apps/Function apps, App Insights, Active Directory, Azure Key Vault, and encryption.• Led the operation of migrating existing DevOps tools to Azure DevOps. Configured Azure DevOps portal, created Repos for Source Code Management, set up Azure Pipelines for build operations, Artifacts in Azure DevOps for storing Artifacts, and Boards for scheduling, ticketing, and task updates.• Managed software artifacts using JFrog Artifactory and integrated it with Azure DevOps pipelines for Continuous Integration.• Utilized Shared Image Gallery to store created images and built Azure pipelines in Azure DevOps.• Implemented Terraform templates to provision a wide range of resources in Azure and automated it with parameterized YAML pipelines in Azure DevOps.• Provisioned resources such as Virtual Networks, Subnets, VM Scale Sets, Load Balancers, and NAT rules using Terraform templates.• Set up AKS (Azure Kubernetes Services) for container orchestration, deploying applications for scalability and performance. Developed CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for AKS to ensure zero downtime.• Deployed microservices-based applications on Azure Kubernetes using Ingress API Gateway, MySQL, SQL Databases, and Cosmo DB. Configured reverse proxy Nginx servers and encrypted with SSL/TLS.• Created Ansible playbooks for automating package installation, configuration changes, and deployment of new builds.

Hyderabad, Telangana, India

• Automated builds and deployment processes using Python scripting.• Created a fully automated build and deployment platform, coordinating code builds promotions, and orchestrating deployments using Jenkins, Harness, and GitHub.• Automated infrastructure and deployment with Terraform, Harness, Ansible, and Jenkins.• Developed shell scripts for canary and full deployment through Harness.• Built, deployed, and versioned infrastructure using Terraform.• Provisioned highly available EC2 instances using Terraform.• Utilized various AWS services such as EC2, S3, VPCs, Auto-scaling policies/groups, security groups, Route 53, Secrets Manager, and CloudWatch.• Wrote Terraform scripts for EC2, ECS, S3 across multiple accounts.• Set up staging and production environments for CI workflow using Jenkins and its plugins.• Managed keys and created secrets in Secrets Manager (AWS service).• Deployed Amazon Machine Images (AMI’s) on EC2 instances and monitored performance issues.• Created and wrote python Scripts for automating tasks.• Installed, configured, and managed monitoring tools such as AppDynamics and CloudWatch for resource monitoring.• Administered Jenkins, Proposed and implemented branching strategy suitable for agile/scrum development in a Fast-Paced Engineering Environment. • Collaborated with product development to resolve build-related issues in all projects.• Set up monitors, alarms, and notifications for EC2 hosts using CloudWatch.• Supported development teams by building, maintaining, and scaling infrastructure to support applications used by millions of users.

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India

• Spearheaded Integration and Consolidation of multiple monitoring platforms.• Conducted System Administration tasks including Installation, Configuration, Maintenance, and Administration of RHEL 4/5/6/7 and Sun Solaris 8/9/10.• Assisted in multiple refreshes and migrations of entire environments, ensuring project deadlines were met or exceeded.• Provided 24x7 Production support for all Unix systems.• Implemented Server Virtualization using VMware/Hyper-V.• Designed Storage solutions such as Storage Area Network (SAN).• Utilized VMware ESX for virtualization.• Employed LVM for creating volumes and file systems.• Installed patches, updated them for security enhancement, and addressed vulnerabilities.• Managed RPMs, patches, and OS kernel upgrades as necessary.• Created and cloned Linux Virtual Machines and templates using VMware vSphere client 5, and migrated servers between ESXi hosts.• Installed RedHat Linux using kickstart and enforced security policies for server hardening.• Conducted package administration on Linux using rpm and yum through RHN Satellite and subscription manager.• Conducted troubleshooting, performance, and security analysis for Dev, QA, and Prod UNIX systems.• Installed and configured Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.x/6.x and Solaris 10/11 Operating System on physical servers as well as Virtual Machines for development and test environments.• Provided on-call support for application/hardware/storage, and database teams.• Collaborated with clients/vendors to provide 24/7 technical support.• Experienced in installation, configuration, administration, troubleshooting, tuning, security, backup, recovery, and upgrades of RHEL Linux.