Das Darla
Deltona,FL
Summary
Complex problem-solver with analytical and driven mindset. Dedicated to achieving demanding development objectives according to tight schedules while producing impeccable code. Industrious Dev Operations Engineer offering 7years 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.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer/Developer
Verisk
01.2022 - Current
- Architected and led implementation of a cloud-native, scalable infrastructure supporting multiple applications and services
- Designed and enforced infrastructure and security best practices, resulting in significant reduction in security incidents.
- Have very good knowledge and realtime experience with of Apache Tomcat and Kafka.
- Spearheaded the migration to a microservices architecture, developing lightweight, modular services that improved system resilience and scalability
- Enforced API security practices including OAuth 2.0, JWT for secure data exchange, significantly reducing vulnerabilities and unauthorized access incidents
- Optimized API response times by implementing caching mechanisms and optimizing database queries, leading to a 25% improvement in data retrieval speeds
- Produced comprehensive API documentation using Swagger, enhancing developer experience and facilitating faster integration for external partners
- Designed and implemented scalable APIs using Python and JavaScript, serving as the backbone for dashboard applications
- Coordinated deployments of new software, feature updates and fixes
- Created proofs of concept for innovative new solutions
- Lead the design and implementation of a multi-region, highly available infrastructure utilizing AWS services, Terraform, and CDK
- Implemented end to end CI/CD pipelines, speeding up software delivery process
- Managed Kubernetes clusters, ensuring auto-scaling, self-healing, and cost-optimization
- Worked closely with developers to design and implement a robust API architecture
- Developed and implemented an organization-wide DevOps strategy, reducing deployment times and increasing deployment frequency
- Spearheaded migration of legacy systems to a containerized environment using Docker and Kubernetes, improving system resilience and reducing costs
- Initiated cross-functional adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IAC) practices using
- Developed custom solutions within OpenShift to facilitate migration processes, including automation scripts and tooling to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of migrations
- Expertly containerized applications for deployment on OpenShift, leveraging Kubernetes for orchestration
- This involved designing containerization strategies, creating Docker images, and managing Kubernetes clusters within AWS
- Collaborated with executive and product teams to align DevOps strategies with overarching business goals
- Defined and managed comprehensive monitoring and alerting solutions using tools like Splunk, Prometheus, Grafana, and CloudWatch
- Provided expert-level support and troubleshooting for applications running on OpenShift, resolving complex issues and ensuring high system availability
- Designed and enforced a comprehensive backup and disaster recovery strategy, successfully tested through regular DR exercises
- Integrated and optimized CI/CD pipelines within the AWS environment, resulting in a streamlined deployment process
- Implemented automation tools and practices to enhance development efficiency and reliability
- Modernized legacy applications by transitioning them to a containerized environment within AWS.
DevOps Engineer/Developer
Togetherwork Fonteva
06.2021 - 02.2022
- Worked with cross-functional design teams to create software solutions that elevated client-side experience and significantly improved overall functionality and performance
- Contributed to the development of RESTful APIs using Node.js and Django, ensuring high code quality and adherence to best practices in API design
- Integrated APIs with PostgreSQL and MongoDB, enabling efficient data storage, retrieval, and manipulation
- Worked closely with front-end developers and product managers in an Agile environment, delivering features iteratively and responding swiftly to changing requirements
- Monitored automated build and continuous software integration process to drive build/release failure resolution
- Wrote code and supported architecture in high-throughput systems on AWS cloud
- Automated and implemented backup and recovery procedures for cloud systems.
DevOps Engineer
Fonteva
05.2017 - 06.2021
- Design, configure and implement CI/CD workflows for a leading Salesforce Product
- Use continuous integration and continuous deployment tools to automate and re-architect existing production applications
- Implement system, resources, and infrastructure solutions, using automation and IAC technologies
- Provide system administration support, including new system configuration, software installations, and code deployments
- Proactive system monitoring and maintenance; backup and recovery as well as disaster recovery procedures
- Develop microservices to support routine system administration activities
- Develop Dashboards for internal reports and logging
- Lead the transition to a continuous integration model; build CI pipeline from the pull, to build and test
- Collaborate with an in-house QA team of test engineers to integrate automated and parallelized testing into the automated deployment process/pipeline
- Architect, develop and implement systems that monitor environment and application health; specifically, Salesforce Application health monitoring
- Automate Salesforce Organization creation for both in-house and external customers
- Collaborate with embedded Product Engineers, QA Engineers, and business stakeholders as part of an AGILE software development organization
- Setting up GIT Repositories and branching strategy for Development Team to use for their regular development
- Retrieve production automated code using Force.com Migration tool on weekly basis to update to GIT Master Repository
- Responsible for day to day build and deployments in pre-production and production environments
- Involved in designing and deploying multiple applications utilizing almost all AWS stack (Including EC2 , Route53 , S3 , RDS, Dynamo DB, SNS, IAM, ELK) focusing on high-availability and auto-scaling in AWS Cloud Formation.
Devops Engineer
Eharmony
06.2015 - 02.2017
- Providing support for the DevOps and Release Management Operations
- Java and Node JS built applications deployment using Jenkins and Chef Environment
- Installed binaries, configured and administered Jenkins Continuous Integration tool on Linux machines along with adding/updating plugins such as SVN, GIT, Maven, and Chef
- Creating Jenkins Pipeline scripts for automating build process
- Managing the Nexus Repository as Art factory for storing the Maven Build Artifacts
- Managing AWS administration for Server Creation and Server management
- Used Chef to configure and manage infrastructure
- Wrote cookbooks to automate the configuration setup and implemented AWS solutions using EC2, S3, RDS, EBS, Elastic Load Balancer, Auto scaling groups
- Integrating Xymon monitoring tool in addition to Nagios and integrated slack for alerts and messages
- Creation of Cloud Formation scripts for managing infrastructure
- Using Cloud Formation stacks with Auto Scaling to scale up/down infrastructure
- Designed Backup/Restore Strategy for ElasticSearch
- Creating Word press setup and upgrading existing Word press installations
- Setup OpenVPN server's to create VPN network for server's security and access management
- Working on Upgrading Jenkins and Chef to latest version with proper testing and Sign off
- Upgraded RDS Oracle instance for version 11 to 12 for Dev and production environment.
Education
Master Of Business Administration - Mba Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies And Project Management
University Of The Cumberlands
Wilmington01.2021
Master's Degree - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
San Francisco Bay University
01.2015
Bachelor Of Technology - B Tech Electronics And Communication Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
01.2012
Diploma - Electronics And Communication Engineering
Govt. Polytechnic College
01.2008
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
- Cloud Infrastructure (AWS,Azure)
- Jenkins/Bamboo/CircleCI
- Object-Oriented Programming
- Infrastructure as Code (IaC)
- Configuration Management
- CI/CD
- Container Orchestration (ECS,EKS)
- Platform engineering
- Software Deployment
- API design knowledge
- System Design
- Software Applications
- Databases: MongoDB,PostgreSQL,DynamoDB
Certification
- Certified Developer Associate, Amazon Web Services (AWS), 06/2019, 06/2022
- Certified Solution Architect Associate, Amazon Web Services (AWS), 08/2019, 08/2019
- LPI Dev Ops Tools Engineer Certification, Linux Academy
- Certified Terraform Associate, Pluralsight
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer/Developer
Verisk
01.2022 - Current
DevOps Engineer/Developer
Togetherwork Fonteva
06.2021 - 02.2022
DevOps Engineer
Fonteva
05.2017 - 06.2021
Devops Engineer
Eharmony
06.2015 - 02.2017
Master Of Business Administration - Mba Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies And Project Management
University Of The Cumberlands
Master's Degree - Electrical And Electronics Engineering
San Francisco Bay University
Bachelor Of Technology - B Tech Electronics And Communication Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
Diploma - Electronics And Communication Engineering
Govt. Polytechnic College