Cibi Chakkravarthy J M
Summary
16+ years of professional experience in IT industry.
Sound knowledge in DevOps area covering all the 4 pillars – Build & Release Management, Software Configuration Management, Infrastructure & Environment management, and Tools integration. Industrious Dev Operations Engineer background setting up CI and CD pipelines and scripting deployment activities. Well-rounded and conscientious professional committed to proactively managing change and quickly deploying critical applications. Expertise in configuration management and Agile, Scrum and Waterfall methodologies. Complex problem-solver with analytical and driven mindset. Dedicated to achieving demanding development objectives according to tight schedules while producing impeccable code. Detail-oriented team player with strong organizational skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior Devops Engineer
Coles
07.2021 - Current
- Project: Cloud Engineering
- Tech Stack: Azure ,Azuredevops, PostgreSql, SonarQube, Terraform, TFE, Datadog, Pagerduty, JFrog, Python, Bash Shell scripting, PowerBI, Paloalto
- Led orchestration and deployment of Azure DevOps agents in VM Scale set, optimizing resource allocation and reducing costs by 20 percent and bringing wait time down to ~5 minutes
- Automated end-to-end project creation in Azure DevOps, including SPN generation and Azure KeyVault secrets, ensuring efficient and error-free project initiation
- Enabled monitoring capability using datadog dashboard and monitors, configured alerting through pagerduty mechanism for DOA(DevopsAgents),SQ,TFE
- Automation of patching on DOA server,SQ and TFE servers
- Involved in end to end migration of projects and repos from Bitbucket to AZDO
- Automated and implemented collection of Azure resource data and created reports in powerBI, which helped us in cost reduction of under utilized resources
- Involved in designing and implementation on migrating TFE workspaces into Jfrog
- Mentored DevOps engineer interns on proper engineering methods.
- Corrected, modified and upgraded software to improve performance.
- Developed custom scripts using Python or Bash languages to automate repetitive tasks or integrate disparate systems effectively streamlining workflows across departments
Senior Devops Engineer
NAB
11.2018 - 06.2021
- Project: Customer Master
- Tech Stack: Git, Ansible, PostgreSql, Oracle plsql, Sonar, Ant, AWS, Jenkins, Splunk, Terraform, Cloud formation, Groovy, gradle
- Responsible for continuous build and deployment
- Designed and Implemented new build architecture to reduce overall build time and improve efficiency
- Part of core team involved in developing framework to automate deployment of various oracle applications used by NAB
- Integrated automation testing framework in Jenkins pipeline
- Implemented Git branching strategies
- Automated git merges between branches to facilitate developers to work on multiple branches
- Supporting monthly production deployments
- Worked on Lambda,S3 ,RDS,ECS,API gateway through cloud formation & Terraform
- Actively facilitated complex designs and technical discussions.
- Facilitated knowledge sharing among team members by documenting processes, best practices, and lessons learned from past experiences
- Created team strategy for SDLC automation, configuration management and release management
- Championed a DevOps culture within the organization that emphasized collaboration between development, operations, and QA teams for seamless software delivery
- Reduced deployment times with the introduction of CI/CD pipelines for multiple projects
Application Development Specialist
Accenture - Client: NBN
03.2016 - 10.2018
- Project: CIS Platform
- T ech Stack: Java, Git, GoCD, Ansible, Oracle plsql, Sonar, Maven, AWS, Cucumber, Jenkins, Splunk, Terraform
- Providing CI/CD solutions to CIS Java applications – implemented one-click deployments from Dev to Production using GoCD tool
- Involved in developing the features/enhancements in scripting for the application
- Implemented Git branching strategies
- Automated git merges between branches to facilitate developers to work on multiple branches
- Supporting weekly/monthly production deployments spanning multiple teams from client side
- Ansible scripting to automate application deployments
- Enhanced Ansible scripts to automate the bootstrapping of new infrastructure and build large scale environments at a rapid pace
- Performed the role of “Release & Configuration Manager” for the release and co-ordination for every monthly release
- Automated deployment & smoke tests through Jenkins pipeline
- Automate smoke and regression test cases and integrate with GoCD tool
- Database deployment was automated and integrated with GoCD tool
- Worked on Lambda,S3 through terraform.
- Collaborated with stakeholders regarding project capabilities and limitations to deliver optimal functionality.
Application Development Specialist
Accenture - Client: NAB
01.2014 - 02.2016
- Git, Mintpress, Weblogic, SOA,OSB, WLST, Shell scripting, IOD/ EXA servers
- Create detailed design, DB design and OS detailed design documents for Small tenant assets
- Raise cert requests for OTD and weblogic domain
- Co-ordinate across vendors in case of design issues
- Review on the technical documents and json files
- Run mintpress jobs to perform techstack build
- Prepare run-sheet for asset delivery as per the delivery date
- Attend status call and provide detailed report on daily progress
- Co-ordinate across vendors in case of design issues found during the build
- To Frame the test cases for Connectivity, App TVT and Functional
- Requirements gathering and clarification from the customers, analysing the complexity of the requirements.
- Collaborated with multidisciplinary teams to design and implement new technology features.
Senior Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies - Client: ERICSSON
08.2011 - 01.2014
- OSSRC-SCK
- T ech Stack: Shell scripting, Veritas cluster, Sun Solaris 9/10/11 (X86, SPARC), Perl, Jenkins, Jira, Ericsson Network Manager
- Working as OSS-RC initial install Designer
- Responsible for Integration design and testing of the OSS-RC product
- Responsible for setting up infrastructure Install and Upgrade the OSS-RC product
- Handling the trouble reports from Testing teams and from the customer sites and deliver the fixes
- OSS Design & Planning for Initial Installation and Veritas cluster server setup Solution Analysis, Integration and Deployment
- Ericsson OSS system administration and infrastructure maintenance, incl
- OSS-RC,UAS, MWS etc
- Development of specific shell/Perl scripts according to customer needs for Initial Install (SCK) and OSS monitoring
- Single point of contact for Functional Testing on OSS-RC
- Involved in Functional Testing of OSS-RC products
- Development of automation scripts using Perl and Shell scripting
- Team Management activity (lead role for a team of 5 people)
- Quality reviewer for all the customer document reviews
- Solaris errors handling, troubleshooting (Veritas explorer, dtrace, snoop, Sar, lsof, preventive check with Perl/tcsh/ksh/bash/bsh scripting etc.)
- Handling of OSS user’s problems and complaints, problems diagnostic and analysis, CSR handling from Ericsson
- High level management of Ericsson OSS-RC environment, upgrade/expansion planning and management, costing for Resources, Delivery Planning.
- Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
- Trained and mentored junior developers and engineers, teaching skills in automation and working to improve overall team performance.
- Led software testing initiative as subject matter expert and primary point-of-contact for project management staff.
Senior Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies - Client: NORTEL
09.2007 - 07.2011
- Shell scripting, Sun Solaris, Perl , C
- Involved in solving various internal and external customer CR's
- Automated sanity process, which reduces time and reducing human errors during sanity
- I had involved in writing UT, FIT/FV and execution of test cases for SPUT parallel upgrades I was sanity prime, ensured sanity is going fine every week without failure
- I was Lab prime, ensured always machines are in working state and any issues is been addressed
- I was the SME for modules upgrade and Backup & Restore and given suggestions and improvement plan, bug fixing on these modules
- Creating new patches based on requirement
- Building patches for critical issues
- Co-Ordinator for soaking patches in customer sites
- Key patch reviewer for new patches
- Prepared and executed test plan and test cases for patches
- Worked on Fast Feature Patch back activities.
- Checked client code for bugs and weaknesses using approved troubleshooting methods.
- Worked with project managers, developers, quality assurance and customers to resolve technical issues.
Education
Master - Software Engineering
BITS
Bachelor of Science - Computer Technology
K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology
Master of Business Administration - Project Management
Sikkim Manipal University
Skills
- P>Cloud services: AWS, Azure
- P>CI/CD Tools : AzureDevops, GoCD, Jenkins ,
- P>Programming Skills : Shell scripting, Perl, C, WLST, Python, groovy
- P>IAC : Terraform, Cloudformation, Ansible
- P>Databases Postgres, Oracle plsql, Sybase
- P>Version Control Git, Clearcase, Bitbucket
- P>Others: Jfrog, PowerBI, JIRA, Confluence, Plutora, Weblogic, Maven, Remedy, SPLUNK, Datadog, App dynamics, Pagerduty, Paloalto
Certification
AWS Devops Engineer - Professional
Microsoft certified -Azure Administrator
AWS Solutions Architect – Associate
ITIL and Safe Practitioner 4.0
PagerDuty Administrator
Timeline
Senior Devops Engineer
Coles
07.2021 - Current
Senior Devops Engineer
NAB
11.2018 - 06.2021
Application Development Specialist
Accenture - Client: NBN
03.2016 - 10.2018
Application Development Specialist
Accenture - Client: NAB
01.2014 - 02.2016
Senior Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies - Client: ERICSSON
08.2011 - 01.2014
Senior Software Engineer
Wipro Technologies - Client: NORTEL
09.2007 - 07.2011
Master - Software Engineering
BITS
Bachelor of Science - Computer Technology
K.S.Rangasamy College of Technology
Master of Business Administration - Project Management
Sikkim Manipal University
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