Alochana G

EMAIL: Alog1637@gmail.com Azure DevOps Engineer

770-765-2813

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

 I have over 11+ years of IT experience, with 6+ years major focus on Aws, Cloud DevOps,
Build/Release activities.
 Strong knowledge in solving complex problems with creative solutions, supporting development and
operation environments.
 Experience in Server infrastructure development on AWS Cloud, extensive usage of VPC, EC2 and
Azure Cloud.
 Experience in Amazon AWS Cloud which includes services: EC2, VPC, Route 53, RDS, IAM, S3,
Autoscaling, ECS, ELB, EBS, SNS, SES, SFTP, SQS and Cloud Formation.
 Strong experience in CI (Continuous Integration)/CD (Continuous Delivery) software development
pipeline stages like Commit Build, Automated Tests, and Deploy in multiple environments like Dev,
QA, and Pre-Prod & Prod.
 Experience in configuring and integrating the servers with different environments to automatically
provisioning and creating new machines using configuration management tools like Ansible.
 Expertise in AWS Cloud IaaS stage with components VPC, ELB, Security Groups, EBS, AMI.
 Supported different AWS services like Autoscaling, S3, CloudWatch, Elasticsearch, CloudFront,
Route53, Lambda.
 ADFS for Single sign on for AD users on AWS.
 Security elements of API gateway integrations of Aws WAF and Automated AWS Guard Duty
reporting.
 Experience in using Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Maven, Ansible, Docker, Tomcat and AWS
services which reduces the effort of developer's operation team in performing maintenance and daily
operations.
 Created naming strategies for branches, labels and implemented continuous integration with Git
version control repository.
 Experience with CloudFormation & Terraform to build infrastructure as a code.
 Ability to build scripts and automated solutions using scripting languages such as Shell scripting and
Python.
 Automated infrastructure provisioning using Python and tools like Terraform, Ansible, and
CloudFormation.
 Experience in creating and managing multiple instances of Apache Tomcat and deploying several test
applications in those instances for QA environment.
 Performed tests on all new software and maintained patches for management services and perform
audit on all security processes.
  In depth understanding of the principles and best practices of Software Configuration Management
(SCM).
 Excellent communicative, interpersonal, intuitive, analysis and leadership skills with ability to work
efficiently in both independent and teamwork environments.
 I have a good knowledge of ITIL Process and have worked on coordinating releases across the
projects.
 Strong exposure in utilizing Bamboo, Jenkins and GitHub Actions as CI/CD tool and build the code
integration, code delivery and release pipelines. Experience in Containerization tool like Docker.
 Ability to create/manage custom pipelines in GitHub Actions with Pipelines as a code.
 Virtualized the containers using Docker for the test and dev environments, also confirmation
automation using Docker containers.
 Good experience in the container orchestration and cluster management tools like Kubernetes.
 Deployed application which is containerized using Docker onto a Kubernetes Cluster which is
managed by EKS.
 Worked on OpenShift platform and setup CI/CD pipeline using GitLab.
 Experience developing in scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
 Strong troubleshooting skills and an ability to identify root causes of issues.
 Deployed and maintained Kubernetes clusters (EKS) to manage microservices-based applications.
 Worked on Cost management in Multiple AWS accounts using Trusted Advisor, Cost Explorer.
 Proactively monitor and optimize the performance, reliability, and security of AWS infrastructure and
CI/CD pipelines.
 Used Venafi in generating and renewing certificates and updating in different environments.

EDUCATION:

 Bachelor of Science (Computers)

CERTIFICATIONS:

 AWS certified Security Specialty

 AWS certified Solutions Architect
 AWS certified Developer
 TERRAFORM certified Associate
 ORACLE certified Associate
TOOLS AND TECHNOLOGIES:

Cloud Platform AWS, Azure

Configuration Management Tools Ansible
CI/CD Tools Bamboo, Jenkins, Gitlab, Code Deploy
Build Tools Maven, Code Build
Monitoring tools CloudWatch, Splunk, Elasticsearch, Kibana (ELK) and
Datadog, Dynatrace, Prometheus
Code Quality SonarQube
Artifact repository JFrog, Nexus
SCM Tools GIT, Bitbucket, GitHub, Code Commit
Scripting Languages Python, Shell
Servers Apache Tomcat, Windows Server 2012, Linux
Bug Tracking JIRA
Operating systems Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Ubuntu, Windows
Databases Oracle, MySQL, RDS, Redshift
Containerization tools Docker, Podman
Container Orchestration tool Kubernetes, EKS, ECS
Infrastructure as a code Iaas CloudFormation, Terraform
Certificate Management Tool Venafi

PROJECT DETAILS:

Philips
Azure DevOps Engineer July 2024 – Present

Responsibilities:

• Worked on version control tools like Git.

• I worked on pipeline creation for SIT, UAT, Preprod, Prod.
• Worked as a GitLab maintainer to provide necessary permissions to Developers.
• Worked on Deployment and build issues on day-to-day basis.
• Created Lambda functions for event-driven automation in AWS.
• Worked on OpenShift platform and resolved issues regarding namespace quota.
• Worked helm charts based on developer’s request.
 • Ensuring secure connections between Azure DevOps and cloud/on-prem resources.
• Instituted and managed Azure Load Balancer configurations, crafting NAT rules for precise traffic
direction across applications.
• Automated rollback mechanisms for AWS deployments, ensuring zero-downtime recovery using
GitHub Actions and Lambda functions.
• Formulated Azure CI/CD pipelines to manifest Azure infrastructure, leveraging Terraform scripts
housed in GitHub repositories. Augmented on-prem AD authentication through Ansible automation.

• Worked on Environment variables updated activities using helm and supported perf team to monitor
real-time metrics using Dynatrace.
• Implemented Prometheus for AWS monitoring, collecting metrics from EC2, EKS, RDS, and application
workloads.
• Implemented security best practices by integrating AWS IAM, OIDC authentication, AWS Secrets
Manager, and automated security scanning (SAST, DAST).
• Established robust monitoring mechanisms using Azure Monitor and Log Analytics, ensuring real-time
insights and alerts.
• Worked on Environment variables updated activities using helm.
• Deployed microservices using Helm.
• Integrated Prometheus with AWS CloudWatch to centralize and correlate on-prem and cloud-based
metrics.
• Implemented centralized logging for GitHub Actions workflow logs using Amazon S3 and AWS
OpenSearch.
• Set up CICD pipeline and deployment in OCP, using Gitlab and Podman.
• Handling firewall, proxy, and VPN configurations for pipeline connectivity.
• I am skilled in Python, Bash, Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker to streamline operations.
• Configured Nexus to utilize as docker private registry as well as proxy for
maven repo.

Environment: - Git, OpenShift,Azure, Gitlab, Podman, Sonarqube, DynaTrace, Helm, Nexus.

Anthem
Cloud DevOps Engineer March 2020 – April 2024

Responsibilities:

• Used Bamboo, Git, SonarQube, Maven, Junit, Nexus, and AWS S3 as artifact repositories to publish
build related artifacts.
• Good Experience on Creating CI-CD pipelines across all environments using Bamboo, Github Actions.
• Automated the build and release process by using Shell scripting, Maven and Bamboo in non-
production environments and managed the team’s source repository through Bitbucket, Github.
• Automating Github Action workflows using YAML files for building, testing, and deploying code.
• Creating new users and giving the proper permission to access the repository based on the SCMP of
the project (Access Maintenance). Supporting So many Production releases means Bi-Weekly releases
as well as weekly releases.
• Worked with Terraform Templates to automate the Azure Iaas virtual machines using terraform
modules and deployed virtual machine scale sets in production environment.
• WAR files generation (Build Generation). Deploy the WAR files in respective servers (Deployment).
• Worked On SSL Provisioning activity in Cloud as well as On Premises.
• Worked with Certificate Management team in generating, provisioning, applying the certificates in
Non-Prod and Prod environments using Venafi to comply with the security standards.
• Experience in writing Shell scripts (bash)for Bootstraping and automating the Lambda functions using
Python scripts.
• Worked on implementing backup methodologies by PowerShell Scripts for Azure Services like Azure
SQL Database, Key Vault, Storage blobs, App Services etc.
• Supporting cutover activity between live environments.
• Designed and implemented CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to automate deployment for AWS
based applications.
• Automated compliance checks and security scanning using tools like Trivy, Checkov within GitHub
Actions.
• Implemented Elastic Beanstalk to auto-deploy and auto-scale applications using services such as EC2
instances, Load balancer and Databases on RDS in AWS environment.
• Developed reusable GitHub Actions workflows for multi-environment deployment (dev, staging,
production).
• Worked in the Agile environment with frequently changing requirements and features set.
• Automated infrastructure deployment and resources provisioning using Cloud formation and
Terraform in New Landing Zone.
• DevOps Practice for Micro Services using Kubernetes as Orchestrator and container orchestration with
Docker.
• Integrated GitHub Actions with AWS CodeDeploy, ECS, EKS, and Lambda for seamless deployments.
• Experience on Guard Duty, Security Hub, Inspector, Macie, AWS Config, IAM, Secrets Manager,
KMS/Secrets Manager, Code Build, Code Pipeline.
• Optimized AWS costs by writing Python scripts to identify underutilized EC2 instances and S3 storage.
• Built serverless framework, VPC deployment, and deployed CRON jobs using Lambda.
• Created a centralized logging, monitoring system from multiple AWS accounts. In this process
extensively worked on different AWS services like CloudTrail, Cloud watch, Cloud formation, Lambda,
S3, and Elasticsearch Service etc.
• Used JIRA to keep track of all the ongoing tasks and maintain bug resolution.
• Experience in Containerization tool like Docker.
• Virtualized the servers using Docker for the test and dev environments needs, also automation using
Docker containers.
• Experience in building, deploying services in Kubernetes clusters.
 • Worked on deploying the application in Kubernetes using CICD pipeline in Bamboo.
• Worked on Cost management in Multiple AWS accounts using Trusted Advisor, Cost Explorer.
• Managed the renewal, generation of certificates across all the environments.

Environment: - Aws (EC2, EBS, S3, ELB, Lambda, VPC, IAM, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, Elasticsearch,Glacier,
Elastic Beanstalk, Auto Scaling), Azure, SQL, Lambda,Aws Cli, Git, GitHub, Bitbucket, Bamboo, Nexus, JFrog,
Maven, Ant, MS Build, Ansible, Docker, Kubernetes, Jira, Confluence, Datadog, Splunk, Apache Tomcat, Service
Now, Terraform, Venafi , Shell, Python.

Con Edison
Aws Engineer January 2017 - December2019

• Created the automated build and deployment process for application, re-engineering set up for better
user experience, and leading up to building a continuous integration system.
• Maintain, upgrade and support existing systems to ensure operational stability.
• Developed and implemented Software Release Management strategies for various applications
according to the agile process.
• Responsible for defining branching & merging strategy, check-in policies, improving code quality,
automated Gated Check-ins, defining backup and archival plans.
• Maven used Java projects for the development of building artifacts on the source code.
• Used CI/CD tools Git, Jenkins to automate the Continuous integration and continuous delivery process.
• Implemented AWS solutions using EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, Elastic Load Balancer, Autoscaling groups,
Optimized volumes and EC2 instances.
• Implemented AWS Directory Service, AWS Domain Services and AWS SNS (Simply Notification Service)
• Enabled Logging on S3 bucket access, VPC flow, CloudTrail, Lambda, RDS, DynamoDB, Cloud Front,
AWS API gateway, EC2 Application servers.
• Configured AWS security groups and Network ACLs policies for additional layer of security.
• Configured IAM roles in AWS for user level access security.
• Designed AWS VPC Cloud for large Instances.
• Implemented continuous delivery framework using Jenkins, Maven on multiple environments.
• Involved in designing an Infrastructure for different applications before migrating into amazon cloud
for flexible, cost-effective, reliable, scalable, high-performance and secured applications.
• Installed and configured LAMP stack for multiple applications.
• Wrote scripts for backing up of EC2 Instances and EBS volumes that are attached to running EC2
Instances.
• Used CloudFront to deliver content from AWS edge locations to users, allowing for further reduction of
load on front-end applications.
• Created Cloud watch alarms for monitoring the EC2 Instances performance like CPU Utilization.
• Configured and managed AWS Simple Notification Service (SNS) and Simple Queue Service (SQS) for
cloud watch alarms.
• Migrated On-premises data storage to S3 storage and configured Lifecycle Management to move data
to AWS Glacier.
 • Configuring Backup and Archived Solutions in S3 by creating lifecycle policies for the transition of
objects to different storage classes and Glacier.
• Created lifecycle policies to expire and delete objects which are no longer needed.

Environment:- Aws EC2, S3, VPC, Route 53, Lambda, CloudTrail, CloudFormation, Autoscaling, Shell scripting,
Python, Code Build, Jenkins, RDS, Git, Linux ,Code Deploy

Genentech
QA Engineer January 2013 - November 2016

• Understanding the client Requirements and projects Functionalities.

• Good Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle and Software Test Life Cycle.
• Strong knowledge of SDCL.
• Develop, update and maintain quality testing standards and procedures.
• Executes test scripts manually and automatically, analyzes results, and writes test reports.
• Experience in testing of Web based and Client/Server applications on Different environment.
• Extensive experience in Black box Testing.
• Proficient in Test Case preparation.
• Actively participated in Functional testing, System testing, Ad-hoc testing and coordinated UAT.
• Coordinated with the business analysts and developers, discussed issues in interpreting the
requirements, and effectively managed the finalized requirements using Quality Center.
• Defect Tracking and Reporting.
• Retesting the cases where defect has been raised.
• Expertise in Bug Reporting & Tracking Process, Bug Reporting and Tracking using Bug tracking tools like
Bugzilla and Issue Tracker.
• Knowledge on different Levels of Testing (Unit Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing and
Acceptance Testing).
• Tracking Changes, Preparing Reports and Updating Documents.
• Team Communication and Customer Communication.
• Involved in providing the Testing Effort estimates and provided the timely feedback on progress of the
testing activity.