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Harika Chinthala

Harika Chinthala

Point Cook,Australia

Summary

Results-oriented DevOps Consultant with comprehensive expertise at Datamatics Global Services, focusing on CI/CD pipeline development and automation of cloud infrastructure.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Consultant

Datamatics Global services Pvt Ltd
06.2024 - Current
  • CI/CD Pipeline Development: Automated deployment workflows using Azure DevOps Pipelines for seamless continuous integration and continuous delivery, supporting Docker, Kubernetes (AKS cluster deployments), PaaS, CaaS, and Terraform for infrastructure-as-code.
  • Established deployments with docker images and Helm charts - zero downtime deployments (Blue-Green).
  • Experienced in designing, building and deploying scalable applications & APIs.
  • Has good experience with .Net Framework and deploying those applications on Azure Platform.
  • Expert in creating AKS YAML files for smooth deployments, maintain strict documents on AKS YAMLs, resolved AKS errors and on the entire deployment process.
  • Handled several production deployments in Bupa. Troubleshooted production deployment issues quickly.
  • Skilled in managing cross-functional stakeholders and ensuring alignment on DevOps goals and delivery timelines through effective communication.
  • Cloud Infrastructure & Automation: Designed, implemented, and optimized CI/CD pipelines for cloud-native applications using Azure DevOps, enabling faster and more reliable software delivery cycles.
  • Environment Setup & Management: Assisted clients in setting up and configuring Azure DevOps environments, including creating Azure Resource Groups, Virtual Machines (VMs), Key Vaults, App Services, and Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) for improved scalability and performance.
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Implemented Terraform and ARM Templates to provision and manage cloud resources, ensuring repeatable, version-controlled infrastructure deployments.
  • Agile & DevOps Process Improvement: Led the adoption of Agile practices, collaborating with development and operations teams to foster a culture of continuous improvement, resulting in a 30% reduction in deployment times.

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Deloitte USI
11.2021 - 08.2023
  • Developed and implemented robust CI/CD pipelines of numerous Tax team cloud-migration projects using Azure DevOps resulting in 50% reduction in deployment time and an increase in overall system stability.
  • Deployed Microservice-based application on Azure Kubernetes Service using CI/CD pipelines in Blue Green deployment model resulting in very minimum application downtime.
  • Build, Share and Run applications (Angular, Dot Net & AIML python) by Containerizing using Dockers, Azure CLI and ARM templates on Azure Cloud.
  • Experienced in creating Docker images using Docker File via CI pipeline & deploy to ACR and integrating with AKS to deploy image as a container.
  • Expert in creating AKS YAML files for smooth deployments, maintain strict documents on AKS YAMLs, resolved AKS errors and on the entire deployment process.
  • Experienced in creating Virtual Machines (Linux and Windows) behind load balancers in Virtual networks, configuring Network security group rules, configuring load balancing rules and NAT rules, adding extensions, and enabling log analytics workspace.
  • Adept in working on Azure Gateways, updating them with required certificates and configuring the routing pool agents.
  • Expert in securing the application with Azure Front Door, API Management, Azure WAF policies, passing DB strings via pipeline variables etc.
  • Troubleshooting the critical issues of higher environments infrastructure and SQL Databases on the cloud.
  • Has good experience with Venafi software for certificate management.

DevOps Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2018 - 11.2021
  • Worked as DevOps Engineer for two products that are being developed by TCS, where I was expected to set up the end-to-end DevOps processes (Build & Release) in an Agile environment.
  • Set up CI/CD pipelines for Angular, Dot Net & AIML (python) applications using Azure DevOps services.
  • Build, Share and Run applications by Containerizing using Dockers.
  • Deploy them to Azure Container Registries, Azure WebApps and Azure Kubernetes Services (AKS).
  • Maintain 4 environments (for each product), deployments, and troubleshoot errors proactively.
  • Maintain strict documents on AKS Yaml files, issues resolved and on the entire deployment process.
  • Troubleshoot critical issues that occurred during deployments.
  • Continuous support for production issues from the infrastructure side.
  • Train associates in DevOps culture.
  • Continuous contiguity with the client during major Production release period.

Education

B.Tech - Mechanical

MVGR College of Engineering
01.2017

Class 12 -

SPVR Jr College
01.2013

Class 10 -

Delhi Public School
01.2011

Skills

  • Azure services
  • CI/CD pipeline development
  • Version control systems
  • Container orchestration
  • Infrastructure as code
  • API management
  • Web application deployment
  • Cloud security management
  • Microservices architecture
  • Production troubleshooting

Certification

Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate, 2023

Accomplishments

  • I received a couple of Sprint Hero Awards for excellence in production releases from Bupa
  • Attained certification on 104 - Azure Administrator Associate by Microsoft Azure
  • Received 'Star of the Quarter' award from Deloitte for outstanding technical work on Microsoft Azure
  • Honored with the 'Star of the Month' award from TCS for contributions during major production releases
  • Received many appreciations and vantage points during my work at Deloitte
  • Received appreciation from clients for skills in Jenkins and Git during the consulting phase
  • Received Learning Achievement Awards for continuous learning and upscaling in digital courses
  • Received appreciation from the TCS Learning and Leadership team for developing a DevOps curriculum
  • Received the Service Commitment Award for dedicated work for over 3 years at TCS
  • Received appreciation from managers for troubleshooting critical issues in Kubernetes

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Title: CLOUD DEVOPS ENGINEER

References

Will be available upon request.

Timeline

DevOps Consultant

Datamatics Global services Pvt Ltd
06.2024 - Current

Senior Cloud DevOps Engineer

Deloitte USI
11.2021 - 08.2023

DevOps Engineer

Tata Consultancy Services
03.2018 - 11.2021

B.Tech - Mechanical

MVGR College of Engineering

Class 12 -

SPVR Jr College

Class 10 -

Delhi Public School
Harika Chinthala