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Overview

5
5
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer

J.Crew
01.2023 - 04.2025
  • Spearheaded the automation of J.Crew's e-commerce platform deployment using Ansible , reducing deployment times and minimizing errors during releases.
  • Developed and maintained CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and GitLab CI , integrating automated testing and rollback strategies for faster and more reliable feature releases.
  • Enhanced infrastructure monitoring and observability using Prometheus , Splunk , and AppDynamics , improving incident detection and reducing response times by 40%.
  • Managed the design, configuration, and maintenance of both cloud-based and privately hosted environments, ensuring high availability and scalability for J.Crew's online platforms.
  • Optimized e-commerce infrastructure for peak traffic events, reducing downtime by 30% during major sales campaigns and improving overall system performance.
  • Managed AWS infrastructure including EC2 , S3 , RDS , and configured VPC , Security Groups , and IAM roles , ensuring security and streamlined access control.
  • Led the migration of key services to AWS , leveraging ECS for containerized applications and RDS for database management, improving platform performance by 30%.
  • Implemented CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, enhancing deployment efficiency.
  • Managed container orchestration with Kubernetes, streamlining application scalability.

DevOps Engineer

Chase
01.2021 - 01.2023
  • Managed observability and monitoring for complex environments using Datadog , ensuring proactive issue detection and resolution to maintain high system availability.
  • Automated certificate renewals with an internal CKMS tool , significantly reducing manual intervention and minimizing the risk of security lapses in production environments.
  • Managed Active Directory across Linux , Windows , and AWS platforms, handling ID/UID management to ensure secure access control and compliance with organizational standards.
  • Collaborated closely with developers and SREs on migration projects, providing expertise in IAM , access control, and deployment processes to ensure smooth transitions and secure application operations.
  • Conducted vulnerability assessments and led remediation efforts, working with application owners, project managers, and monitoring teams to address security concerns effectively.
  • Implemented a Blue-Green deployment strategy using AWS and Kubernetes , reducing downtime during updates and enabling smooth, reliable transitions between application environments.
  • Utilized Terraform to automate the provisioning of infrastructure, creating parallel environments that facilitated testing and deployment with consistency and efficiency.
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines with Spinnaker , ensuring secure, controlled deployments across multiple environments and enhancing the overall deployment process through automation.
  • Led application migrations from internal infrastructure to AWS , building environments from scratch and deploying key services such as EKS , Kafka , MongoDB , and PostgreSQL , driving cloud adoption and improving scalability.
  • Integrated Google Cloud Platform (GCP) services to manage and deploy scalable applications, leveraging tools like GKE, BigQuery, and Cloud Storage for optimized performance, multi-cloud integration, and advanced data analytics.
  • Managed deployments on Azure, implementing CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure automation for scalable and secure cloud solutions.
  • Developed infrastructure as code solutions with Terraform, improving environment consistency.
  • Automated system monitoring and alerting with Prometheus, ensuring operational reliability.

System Administrator

Medstrat
07.2020 - 12.2020
  • Managed 700+ remote servers , ensuring system reliability and performance.
  • Installed and configured RAID, LVM, encrypted volumes (LUKS), MySQL servers, and OpenVPN clients to optimize system security and storage.
  • Resolved customer tickets related to Linux server administration, network connectivity, DICOM image issues, and Joints web/native application problems.
  • Configured Let's Encrypt SSL certificates for PACS API to secure medical data transfers.
  • Provided end-user support for Joints/Echoes software solutions and Linux systems via remote management tools.
  • Monitored server performance using tools like sar, top, free, vmstat, and iostat.

Skills

  • Cloud platform expertise: AWS, Microsoft Azure, GCP
  • Proficient in CKMS tool, Terraform, Ansible, and Chef
  • CI/CD pipeline optimization
  • System monitoring and logging
  • Multi-cloud infrastructure management
  • Docker and Kubernetes management
  • Experience with Git and GitHub
  • SonarQube security analysis
  • Proficient in Helm and Maven
  • Proficient in Spinnaker and Jenkins
  • Image packing expertise
  • Team collaboration using Slack

Certification

  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate (002) (11/2022 - 11/2024)
  • AWS Certified Solutions Architect – Associate (11/2022 - 11/2025)
  • CKA: Certified Kubernetes Administrator (04/2023 - 04/2026)

Projects

  • Blue-Green Deployment on AWS with Kubernetes
  • Migration of Legacy Applications to AWS Cloud
  • Certificate Renewal Automation with Internal CKMS Tool
  • Infrastructure Monitoring and Incident Management
  • Infrastructure Automation with Terraform and Spinnaker
  • Application Migrations from Internal Infrastructure to AWS
  • Automating Website Deployment with Ansible
  • CI/CD Pipeline Development
  • Infrastructure Monitoring and Event Management
  • E-commerce Infrastructure Optimization

Work Type

Full TimeContract WorkPart Time

Work Location

RemoteHybridOn-Site

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

J.Crew
01.2023 - 04.2025

DevOps Engineer

Chase
01.2021 - 01.2023

System Administrator

Medstrat
07.2020 - 12.2020

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