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ESWAR REDDY

Dallas,TX

Summary

  • A Cybersecurity, DevOps and Cloud Engineer with focus on system engineering, analysis and a strong understanding of Cybersecurity, cloud architecture, Linux Administration, Configuration Management, CI/CD, and Release Management based on DevOps principles. Successfully managed Infrastructure for Critical product launch events and showcased capabilities to handle demanding situations and I've always been a great problem solver, and I love to dig into troubleshooting issues and solve them with easy solutions. I create, scale and optimize the complexity of the CI/CD that matter.

PROFESSRIONAL SUMMARY

  • Skilled professional with around 9+ years of experience in Cybersecurity, System Analysis, Risk Management, CI/CD (Continuous Integration / Continuous Deployment) process, Strong background in Linux/Unix Administration, Build and Release Management and Cloud Implementation all within that suite the needs of an environment under DevOps and Cybersecurity Culture.
  • Experienced cybersecurity professional with a proven track record of effectively implementing and managing security measures to safeguard sensitive data and mitigate risks. Proficient in analyzing complex security issues, conducting threat assessments, and implementing robust security solutions to protect against cyber threats.
  • Expertise in writing Bash/shell Scripts deployment of Java applications on bare servers or Middleware tools and automating the CI/CD process on the Linux servers for legacy applications.
  • Collaborative team player with a strong ability to work cross-functionally with IT teams, management, and external partners to achieve cybersecurity objectives. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to build and maintain productive relationships while driving consensus on security priorities and initiatives.
  • Experience in writing the Cloud Formation templates for deploying AWS resources though Jenkins.
  • Managed Amazon Web Services like EC2, S3 bucket, RDS, EBS, ELB, Auto - Scaling, AMI, IAM through AWS Console and API Integration with Puppet Code. Responsible for creating multi-region, multi-zone AWS cloud infrastructure.
  • Expertise in using build tools like MAVEN and ANT for the building of deployable artifacts such as wars & jars from source code.
  • Managing and supporting Tomcat and JBoss application servers
  • Proficient in build tools like Jenkins to automate and pre-compile the code for the build process.
  • Good understanding of the principles and best practices of Software Configuration Management (SCM) in Agile, scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
  • Worked in an agile development team to deliver an end-to-end continuous integration/continuous delivery product in an open-source environment using tools like Jenkins.
  • Experience in Administration/Maintenance of source control management systems, such as Sub Version (SVN), GIT and knowledge of Clear Case.
  • Extensive experience in distributed Agile and Scrum methodologies to develop best practices for software development and implementation.
  • Strong knowledge in Tomcat, WebLogic servers on different Operating Systems like Windows, Linux VMware, UNIX, and Solaris platforms.
  • Good knowledge of virtualization and container technology like Docker. Experience in creating Docker files and working with Docker containers and deployed those services in Kubernetes.
  • Experience working with developing scripts and automation tools used for building, integrating, and deploying software releases to multiple environments.
  • Experienced in branching, tagging, and maintaining the version across the environments using SCM tools like GIT, Subversion (SVN) and TFS on Linux and windows platforms.
  • Strong analytical, diagnostics, troubleshooting skills to consistently deliver productive technological solutions.
  • Knowledgeable its security professional with several years of experience designing and implementing security solutions in high-availability environments. Skilled in threat detection and incident response, as well as adept at delivering strong risk management practices to safeguard sensitive information and systems integrity. Highly
  • motivated employee with desire to take on new challenges. Strong work ethic, adaptability, and exceptional interpersonal skills. Adept at working effectively unsupervised and quickly mastering new skills.

Overview

12
12
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Security Engineer Team Lead

Amgen
Dallas, TX
02.2021 - Current
  • Testing proof of concepts and supporting various cyber-related projects.
  • Analyzing complex security issues, developments, and engineering activities
  • Recommending hardware and software solutions to fit cyber security needs
  • Developing policies and procedures to minimize network intrusion, malware events, and vulnerability issues.
  • Researching, planning, and strategize to strengthen stances against future cyber security threats.
  • Collaborating with software development teams to integrate security best practices into the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
  • Managing endpoint security solutions, including antivirus, anti-malware, and encryption tools, to protect devices from threats.
  • Conducting regular security audits and vulnerability assessments using tools like Nessus and Metasploit, identifying, and mitigating potential risks.
  • Monitoring and responded to security incidents using SIEM tools like Splunk, ensuring timely resolution and minimal impact on operations.
  • Providing cyber incident responses and cyber operational support
  • Performing cyber product testing, cyber security application testing, cyber digital forensics, and forensics analysis
  • Complete cyber awareness and training, cyber vulnerability detection and assessments, and cyber intelligence and investigation
  • Design, develop, and maintain the complete automation of the SDLC from build to deployment
  • Create cyber software assurances and cyber policy, requirements, and standards
  • Collaborate to gather and review software requirements and user stories
  • Provide estimates and create software design specifications.
  • Validate test environments, test data, and test results with engineers, architects, and clients
  • Design and implement code fixes, validate outcomes against expected results, and produce associated reporting
  • Administered Bitbucket and controlled user access according to the rule for multiple applications
  • Perform unit testing, dynamic application security testing, interface testing, integration testing, end-to-end testing, and user acceptance testing
  • Actively worked on Kubernetes (on-premises) in deploying and maintaining Microservices in Dev, TEST, CT, and PROD environments
  • Used Ansible Playbooks to setup Continuous Delivery Pipeline
  • Deployed micro services, including provisioning multiple environments using Ansible Playbooks
  • POC on the integration of CI/CD for Halo Identity Lifecycle Management (ILM) and FirstNet platforms using tools such as Jenkins, Docker, Kubernetes, and ECO
  • Support applications and solve configuration and environment issues
  • Support the software deployment process and Maintain applications
  • Utilize Java, JavaScript, HTML, SQL, Angular, and AngularJS
  • Utilize Spring framework, Microservices, Spring Boot, JPA, LDAP, and REST API
  • Apply knowledge of JWE, Kubernetes, Bootstrap, AJSC, ISAM, Azure, Linux, Web Servers, APM tools, CI/CD, and Automation tools.
  • Reviewed application source code for vulnerabilities prior to deployment into production environments.
  • Implemented information security protocols such as patch management, intrusion detection systems and two- factor authentication solutions.

Senior DevOps Engineer

VISA
Atlanta, GA
06.2017 - 02.2021
  • Performed proof of concepts, integrated cloud (AWS and Microsoft Azure), infrastructure, and software solutions
  • Implemented and wrote code for common source code management for micro services, spring boot orchestrations and release management
  • Improved CI/CD process by enhancing build, configuration, deployment, monitoring, and reporting mechanisms
  • Installed and configured Jenkins's master and slave nodes
  • Built CI/CD pipelines and managing those using shell scripting
  • Worked on and configured Bitbucket/GIT to manage common source code for multiple applications with a defined branching strategy for multiple releases
  • Worked on POC and integrated Block chain mechanism (AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon as joint Venture) in AWS for project Zenkey
  • Built a VPC, established the site-to- site VPN connection between on-premises and AWS
  • Built S3 buckets and managed policies for S3 buckets and used S3 bucket for storage and backup on AWS
  • Built and administered EC2 & EKS instances for multiple environments
  • AWS - Handled VPC (Virtual Private cloud) creation using Terraform templates which automates the infrastructure designing and management
  • Developed Cloud Formation Templates for automating monitoring with Python using boto3 modules
  • Created various Python and Shell scripts for automation purposes (Builds, Deployments, and monitoring)
  • Build Servers using GCP, importing volumes, launching EC2, RDS, Creating security groups
  • Container management using Docker by writing the Docker files and built Docker images and push those images to Nexus central repository
  • Deployed those docker images in Kubernetes
  • Built and maintained Kubernetes clusters in different data centers for deploying Docker containers, managed deployment, created configmaps, and scaling of those microservices using kubectl
  • Worked on build automation pipeline and Continuous deployment of code using Jenkins and wrote playbooks to automate and main application configs of services deployed in Kubernetes using Ansible with YAML scripting
  • Troubleshoot various during build and deployment, related to legacy tomcat or virtual environment such as docker/Kubernetes
  • Documenting technical specifications and requirements to standardize the development, build and release process
  • Administered systems and involved in the server patching for Linux systems
  • Provisioned and maintained user access on the all the application servers, Installed and configured needed for the application integration in Linux systems
  • Developed scripts for automating the user data and directories in the Linux systems and push those AWS S3 buckets
  • Managed volume and file systems for multiple environments in the Windows and Linux systems
  • Monitor the file systems and CPU load for better performance
  • Integrated package management tools and UNIX hosting on-premises tools such as SWM (Software Management) and AJP into continuous deployment platform
  • Integration and implementation of security scans such as Veracode, IBM app scan, SonarQube to run with every build
  • Monitored and administered logs using the Splunk and Nagios
  • Deploying Azure VMs (Linux) for Enterprise application as a proof of concept
  • Automating Deployment and Scale of Azure IaaS Solution script, automate, and scale Azure deployments.

Cloud Engineer

APCOTE (Harris Teeter)
Wixom, MI
06.2015 - 06.2017
  • Good exposure in Azure Cloud Services as Azure DevOps project, Service fabric, Web App, Web Role, Worker Role, Service Bus, Event Hub, Azure Automation, ARM Template, On-Premises migration to Azure, App insights.
  • Experience in Jenkins for Continuous Integration to generate Project Artifacts using DevOps Practices.
  • Create and set up desktop as a service offering like VDI and Windows Virtual desktop (WVD).
  • Monitoring Jenkins Jobs and if jobs failed then need to fix the issue and find the Root Cause.
  • Installing Plugins and Upgrading in Jenkins and azure pipelines.
  • Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3), Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC),Amazon CloudWatch, AWS Auto Scaling, AWS Cost Explorer, Amazon S3 Glacier
  • Working experience with managed identities and service principals
  • Azure ad and on prem AD; Migrating AD with AD connect.
  • Creating and configuring CI/CD pipelines for product releases, such as DEV, UAT, and PROD environments, to deploy applications and services.
  • Managing cost optimization for cloud usage using Cloud Checker and different cost optimization tools.
  • Continuously monitoring for new technologies and cloud services to incorporate them in the system.
  • Staying up to date with AWS best practices, AWS and azure new services, and features, and providing guidance and training to other teams as needed.
  • Collaborating with other teams to implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans to ensure the availability of the systems in AWS and azure environment.
  • Participated in audits to fetch the artifacts, participated in cost optimization projects to reduce Cloud billing.
  • Configuration of Microsoft DevTest Labs to migrate the Virtual machines from one subscription to another subscription, Onprem (VMware, Physical servers) to azure, AWS clouds.
  • Staying up to date with best practices and new features in Terraform and providing guidance and training to other teams as needed.
  • Collaborating with other teams to implement disaster recovery and business continuity plans to ensure the availability of the systems using terraform.
  • Writing terraform code and deploying the infrastructure and services (Kubernetes cluster, VM’s, storage, network) in cloud environments using DevOps CICD pipeline (Jenkins, Azure pipeline)
  • Handle escalated Support tickets till closure for MS Azure IaaS platform.
  • Strong practical experience with TFSVC, Git, Azure, ARM Template and PowerShell
  • Good Knowledge of Active Directory in Azure.
  • Connecting, Resizing, adding data disk to Azure windows Virtual machine
  • Azure Cloud security and threat protection.
  • Worked on VM creation, App services deployment, Storage account creation.
  • Experienced in creating Network Security Groups, Availability sets & Load balancers.
  • Extending the Domain in the Azure from on premises.
  • Good working knowledge of databases including MS SQL and Mongo DB

IT Associate (BUILD AND RELEASE)

INTERSOFT DATA LABS
Hyderabad, Telangana
01.2013 - 10.2014
  • Developed UIT, SYTEM, UAT, STAGING, PRODUCTION Builds and Releases
  • Release Engineering for a team that involved different development teams and multiple simultaneous software releases
  • Worked with Development, Quality Assurance and Management teams to ensure cross communication and confirmed approval of all production changes
  • Wrote build scripts using ANT and MAVEN build tools in Jenkins, Sonar to move from one environment to other environments
  • Configured and maintained Jenkins to implement the CI process and integrated the tool with Ant and Maven to schedule the builds.
  • Managed Maven project dependencies by creating parent-child relationships between Projects
  • Worked in Cross-Platform Environments like UNIX and Windows
  • Troubleshoot tickets on the help desk tracking system
  • Documented the entire build and release engineering process and provided on call support.

Education

Master of Science - Computer Engineering

California State University - Fullerton
Fullerton, CA
06-2017

Skills

Operating Systems:

  • Windows
  • macOS
  • Linux
  • Solaris
  • Ubuntu

Cloud Services:

  • Microsoft Azure
  • Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Automation Tools:

  • Jenkins
  • GitLab
  • Bamboo
  • Chef
  • Puppet
  • Ansible

Virtualization:

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • VMware

Web Servers:

  • Apache Tomcat
  • JBOSS
  • Nginx
  • WebLogic

Version Control Systems:

  • SVN
  • GIT
  • TFS

Scripting/Programming Languages:

  • C
  • Shell
  • Python
  • Groovy
  • Terraform
  • Bash

Configuration Management:

  • ANT
  • Maven
  • GIT
  • SVN
  • Jenkins
  • Chef
  • Ansible
  • Sonar
  • Nexus
  • Veracode

Monitoring Tools:

  • CloudWatch
  • Splunk
  • Nagios

Automation with IaC:

  • CloudFormation templates
  • Jenkins Templating Engine
  • Terraform

Security:

  • Data Encryption
  • Incident Response
  • Penetration Testing
  • Access Control
  • Application Security
  • Compliance Management

Certification

Certified Information Security Manager

Certified Information Systems Auditor

Microsoft Certified Azure Security Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator

Timeline

Security Engineer Team Lead

Amgen
02.2021 - Current

Senior DevOps Engineer

VISA
06.2017 - 02.2021

Cloud Engineer

APCOTE (Harris Teeter)
06.2015 - 06.2017

IT Associate (BUILD AND RELEASE)

INTERSOFT DATA LABS
01.2013 - 10.2014

Master of Science - Computer Engineering

California State University - Fullerton
ESWAR REDDY