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Amol Agade

Troy

Summary

Results-driven Principal DevOps Engineer with a strong track record in enhancing productivity through cloud computing and DevOps automation. Demonstrated expertise in configuration management, project management, and the application of Six Sigma methodologies to achieve significant efficiency gains. Committed to fostering a culture of continuous improvement in QA and production environments while delivering innovative solutions that enhance customer satisfaction. Adept at problem-solving and team collaboration, driving successful outcomes in high-pressure settings.

Overview

14
14
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Principal DevOps Engineer

Comerica Bank
Auburn Hills
03.2022 - Current
  • I have been responsible for implementing applications automation, database automation and managing infrastructure as a code using Ansible and Terraform
  • This has enabled me to streamline server provisioning, application configurations, and overall operational efficiency
  • Utilizing my expertise in CI/CD, I have developed and maintained robust Jenkins pipelines, ensuring seamless integration of code quality analysis tools such as Sonarqube, Artifactory, White Hat, and Veracode
  • This has facilitated the continuous delivery of high-quality software while reducing vulnerabilities in both QA and production environments
  • Capitalizing on my proficiency in management and Six Sigma principles, I have actively participated in release planning meetings, influencing scheduling decisions to optimize release and production strategies
  • I have also been instrumental in implementing process automation, resulting in improved reliability, efficiency, and overall system performance
  • Responsible for all aspects of the Software Configuration Management (SCM) process including Code Compilation, Packaging, Deployment, Release Methodology and Application Configurations
  • Participated in and provided consulting to project teams on architectural, design development, integration opportunities, planning of complex systems & assures it is aligned to our established strategies, guiding principles, rationales & practices
  • Developed end to end process flow diagram to showcase the pictorial representation of application & infrastructure to the technical and non-technical audience
  • In collaboration with my manager, I assisted in screening and interviewing potential candidates in the DevOps domain
  • I take immense pride in sharing my knowledge and mentoring individuals in the areas of application, database, and infrastructure automation, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement

Sr. Staff Engineer

Comerica Bank
Auburn Hills
02.2019 - 02.2022
  • Upon transitioning to a full-time role, I assumed responsibility for all facets of the Software Configuration Management (SCM) processes, encompassing code compilation, packaging, deployment, release methodology, and application configurations
  • Utilizing Ansible for content management in configuration management, I crafted playbooks to define application configurations and employed Terraform for server provisioning
  • In addition, I provided consultation and collaborated closely with other functional infrastructure departments on numerous initiatives, striving to achieve common organizational goals centered around automation
  • As a member of a team focused on creating working examples for automating cloud builds using pipelines, I was entrusted with leading a group of four build engineers
  • Our collective efforts enabled at least 40 application teams to resolve control issues pertaining to build and deployment processes
  • As a key contributor to the team, I played a significant role in the database automation space
  • Provided consultation & works closely with other functional infrastructure areas/departments on multiple initiatives to meet common organizational / business goals & objectives
  • Participate in and provides consulting to project teams on architectural, design development, integration opportunities, planning of complex systems & assures it is aligned to our established strategies, guiding principles, rationales & practices
  • Experienced in Jenkins, Ansible, Terraform, AWS provisioning and good knowledge of AWS services like EC2, S3, Glacier, Bamboo, ELB (Load Balancers), RDS, SNS, SWF and EBS etc
  • Research and implemented a new tools such as Kubernetes with Docker to assist with auto-scaling, continuous integration, rolling updates with no downtime
  • Managed AWS infrastructure as code using Terraform and Expertise in writing new plug-ins to support new functionality in Terraform

Sr. Build Engineer

Comerica Bank
Auburn Hills
04.2016 - 01.2019
  • As Part of restructuring of IT at Comerica, I now became part of Infrastructure Engineering Space where I belong to team that provides Middleware solutions to other teams within Comerica
  • My roles and responsibilities remained same and was asked to contribute practices around source control and automation
  • This was a time where I was expanding my knowledge into Ansible and helped application teams in automating server build processes
  • I also built and deployed .Net to a web application server in a continuous integration environment and automated the whole process by enabling winrm client on windows server and deploying artifacts using ansible playbooks
  • In addition to this, I also deployed Applications into PROD & Pre-Prod environments with various Application server technologies like WebSphere, WebLogic, JBOSS & Apache Tomcat
  • Managed central repositories: Implemented Atlassian Bitbucket along with GIT to host GIT central repositories for source code across products, facilitate code reviews and login audits for Security Compliance
  • Deployed Applications into PROD & Pre-Prod environments with various Application server technologies like WebSphere, WebLogic, JBOSS & Apache Tomcat
  • Provided support to Release planning meeting with intent to align and influence scheduling decision to optimize release and production strategy
  • Plan and supported integrated platform releases per the Comerica process, while actively driving alignment of platform changes to pre-defined release schedules and identifying conflicts with other portfolio planned releases

Continuous Integration Engineer

Rockwell Automation
Milwaukee
08.2015 - 03.2016
  • Assisted in developing engineering designs, build flow, implement engineering change, and prepare a failure mode effect analysis that support the Continuous Integration system for development group using Agile development methodologies
  • Imported and managed multiple corporate applications into GitLab code management repo
  • Coordinated with developers, Business Analyst and Mangers to make sure that code is deployed in the Production environment
  • Used Maven to build rpms from source code checked out from GIT and Subversion repository, with Jenkins being the Continuous Integration Server and Artifactory as repository manager
  • Merged release branches to the trunk after the production release and resolved the conflicts aroused if any during the merge in Perforce
  • Involved in setting up the backup server for Jenkins and prepared disaster recovery plans for Jenkins and bamboo
  • Monitored Linux server for CPU Utilization, Memory Utilization, and Disk Utilization for performance monitoring and dealt with errors in build
  • Gradle file to obtain appropriate builds using Gradle build tool

Quality Control Engineer

Universal Construction Machinery & Equipment
Pune
06.2012 - 07.2013
  • Developed and documented test strategies and step-by-step test cases, based on the requirements elicited by business analysts, validation analysts, system architects and software engineers to perform quality driven validation for IT solution
  • Utilized established development life cycle methodologies and organization policies/procedures to deliver high-quality technology solutions to clients, internal business lines, and departments
  • Streamlined the production process by preparing the Process Plans and assembly drawings for Sheet metal, Plastic Molding which helped in reducing lead time
  • Leveraged test automation and other testing strategies to provide appropriate test coverage

Engineer Intern

KSB Pumps and Valve
Pune
08.2011 - 05.2012
  • My role at Ksb pumps and valve was to support various critical functions within the organization such as integration of customer specifications into products, design, process development, manufacturing, quality control, and risk mitigation
  • Designed and Manufactured a Fixture which increased production capacity by enabling several work piece to be machined in a single setup, and increasing repetitive activity for operation
  • Reviewed customer drawings, schematics, system information to determine best layout of products and perform detail design
  • Introduced swing clamp to restrict remaining rotational degree of freedom saving approximately over 75 % of time over dial gauge indicator used to true the job
  • Planned, monitored and performed environmental testing of wire harnesses according to MIL Specs
  • Performed Time study with new process which demonstrated around 53%-time reduction over earlier process without using proper fixture
  • Prepared quarterly quality reports including defects, non-conformance and vendor quality and perform defect analyses to reduce the defects
  • Also Calculated a Pay Back period for a newly designed fixture where company agreed to manufacture a fixture by investing minimum resources and gaining more resources from each fixture

Education

Certificate Program - Strategy Execution

Harvard Business School
Boston, MA
12.2021

Master of Science - Information Technology

Campbellsville University
Louisville, KY
08.2019

Master of Science - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
05.2015

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Pune University
Pune, India
06.2012

Ph.D. - Information Technology (On Hold )

University of Cumberland
Williamsburg, KY

Skills

  • Continuous Process Improvement
  • Team management
  • Release Management
  • Continuous Delivery
  • Continuous Deployment
  • Lean manufacturing
  • Business Intelligence
  • Statistical modeling
  • Cloud technology
  • Deep learning
  • Infrastructure Automation
  • Infrastructure architecture
  • Product Design and Automation
  • Design Verification and Validation
  • Database Process Automation
  • Automated Application Processes
  • Change Control Audit
  • Risk assessment
  • Effective communication
  • Technical mentoring
  • Release planning
  • Developer collaboration
  • Operational Efficiency Enhancement
  • Maintenance and troubleshooting
  • Continuous improvement
  • Configuration management
  • Performance optimization

Accomplishments

Samta B, Amol A (2020). Exploring the non-medical impacts of Covid-19 using Natural Language Processing. International Journal of Computer Applications, Volume 175 -No. 36.

Certification

  • AWS Cloud Practitioner
  • Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
  • Lean Six Sigma Black Belt

Timeline

Principal DevOps Engineer

Comerica Bank
03.2022 - Current

Sr. Staff Engineer

Comerica Bank
02.2019 - 02.2022

Sr. Build Engineer

Comerica Bank
04.2016 - 01.2019

Continuous Integration Engineer

Rockwell Automation
08.2015 - 03.2016

Quality Control Engineer

Universal Construction Machinery & Equipment
06.2012 - 07.2013

Engineer Intern

KSB Pumps and Valve
08.2011 - 05.2012

Certificate Program - Strategy Execution

Harvard Business School

Master of Science - Information Technology

Campbellsville University

Master of Science - Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Illinois Institute of Technology

Bachelor of Engineering - Mechanical Engineering

Pune University

Ph.D. - Information Technology (On Hold )

University of Cumberland

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