ASHISH RAJ
Fremont,California
Summary
Principal software engineer with extensive experience at Informatica, specializing in system deployment across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Expertise in Python and Chef has led to significant improvements in disaster recovery and system scalability, enhancing operational efficiency. Strong collaboration skills within cross-functional teams have ensured successful project outcomes. Focused on driving innovation in cloud solutions and addressing legacy challenges to improve performance metrics.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
2
2
Certifications
Work History
Senior Software Engineer (cloud Product Operation)
Informatica
Redwood City
05.2021 - Current
- Developed and implemented monitoring solutions to enhance system reliability.
- Created disaster recovery strategies, minimizing downtime during outages.
- Optimized infrastructure components for cost savings while ensuring compliance.
- Conducted root cause analysis of production incidents, recommending improvements.
- Ensured high availability and scalability of applications across various environments.
- Collaborated with development teams to uphold best release engineering practices.
- Implemented automation tools, increasing efficiency in deployment processes.
- Engaged cross-functional teams to drive project success.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Relevance Lab
San Jose
11.2015 - 05.2021
- Designed and deployed numerous applications on AWS stack, ensuring high availability and fault tolerance.
- Managed deployment of content management stack across multiple availability zones using Terraform and Chef.
- Automated SSRS and OLAP installations with Chef to enhance operational efficiency.
- Integrated Splunk into AWS deployments for comprehensive data collection from all EC2 instances.
- Oversaw Chef Server Enterprise installation and automated node bootstrapping using Knife.
- Developed security profiles for FedRAMP and HIPAA compliance utilizing Inspec and Tenable.
- Utilized Kubernetes and Docker to establish CI/CD system runtime environment, streamlining builds.
- Created bug tracking system by integrating JIRA, Jenkins, Chef, Ansible, and GitHub.
Linux Administrator
Dive Webb Technologies
Bangalore, India
03.2014 - 10.2015
- Configured and managed Linux servers while executing system administration tasks.
- Created and assigned user roles, privileges, and quotas per requirements.
- Maintained user accounts, monitored system performance using Nagios.
- Set up and maintained LAMP stack on production and staging servers.
- Monitored CPU, disk utilization, network connectivity, and system logs regularly.
- Installed and configured Nagios server, adding Linux and Windows hosts for monitoring.
- Performed troubleshooting and performance tuning for applications based on ticketing resolutions.
- Automated daily tasks through shell scripting to enhance efficiency.
Education
B.E - Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
Hindustan University
Chennai, India01.2013
Skills
- AWS, Azure, and GCP
- Oracle Cloud services
- Monitoring with Grafana and Prometheus
- Scripting in Python and Groovy
- Shell scripting with Bash
- Database management with MySQL
- Configuration management with Chef
- Infrastructure as code with Terraform
- Continuous integration with Jenkins
- Containerization using Docker
- Orchestration with Kubernetes
- Virtualization with Vagrant
- Monitoring solutions: Zabbix and Sensu
Certification
Aws Solution Architect
Current Role
Principal Prodops Engineer
Personal Information
Total Experience: 11+ years
Languages
English
Professional
Timeline
Senior Software Engineer (cloud Product Operation)
Informatica
05.2021 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer
Relevance Lab
11.2015 - 05.2021
Linux Administrator
Dive Webb Technologies
03.2014 - 10.2015
B.E - Electronics and Communication Engineering (ECE)
Hindustan University