Kiran CH
Dallas,TX
Summary
Accomplished IT professional with a robust background in Software Integration, Configuration, Build, Deployment, Release Management, and DevOps practices within large-scale enterprise environments. Demonstrates advanced expertise in architecting and managing cloud infrastructure, automating workflows, and implementing CI/CD pipelines across AWS and hybrid platforms. Skilled in system administration, infrastructure as code, and cloud-native technologies, with a strong focus on security, scalability, and operational excellence. Recognized for driving process improvements, optimizing resource utilization, and ensuring high availability and reliability of mission-critical systems. I hold a master’s degree in computer science.
AWS cloud professional with proven track record in designing and implementing scalable cloud solutions. Known for thorough attention to detail and ability to drive complex projects from inception to completion. Highly collaborative team player with focus on meeting organizational goals and adapting to evolving project requirements.
Overview
11
11
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
AWS Cloud Engineer
Amazon Web Services
01.2022 - Current
- Designed, deployed, and managed cloud infrastructure on AWS using services such as VPC, EC2, Route53, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, SNS, SQS, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Network ACLs, ELB, NLB, Auto Scaling, and IAM, primarily via CloudFormation templates.
- Developed AWS CloudFormation templates for provisioning custom VPCs, subnets, EC2 instances, ELBs, and security groups, and implemented tagging standards for resource identification and ownership across AWS services including CloudFront, CloudWatch, OpsWorks, RDS, EBS, S3, Route53, SNS, SQS, KMS, CloudTrail, and IAM.
- Managed AWS Service Catalog portfolios and granted access based on user roles and responsibilities.
- Encrypted EBS volumes using KMS, configured CloudWatch alarms and notifications for EC2 hosts to support monitoring and security requirements.
- Designed, developed, and maintained backend services for cloud applications using Python and AWS serverless architecture.
- Implemented and optimized AWS services such as Lambda, DynamoDB, SQS, EventBridge, and Kinesis to support workflows.
- Created and maintained infrastructure with Terraform, including provisioning EKS clusters, installing add-ons, and managing Vault infrastructure.
- Deployed Helm charts for containerized applications and migrated on-premise workloads to AWS EKS.
- Used Terraform to implement disaster recovery solutions and automate multi-region deployments.
- Applied event-driven and microservices patterns in the development of distributed systems.
- Developed and managed CI/CD pipelines using cloud DevOps practices for deployment automation.
- Integrated AWS services such as S3, CloudWatch, and API Gateway to enhance application observability and functionality.
- Integrated observability tools such as Datadog and Prometheus for continuous monitoring and alerting.
- Deployed and orchestrated scalable containerized applications utilizing Amazon ECS and Fargate.
- Used AWS CDK to develop infrastructure components according to client requirements.
- Operated and managed systems designed for high availability, scalability, and fault tolerance on AWS.
- Provided mentorship, created training plans, authored internal articles on customer issues, and contributed to documentation for knowledge sharing and onboarding.
- Tools & Languages: AWS (CloudFormation, Terraform, CDK, Lambda, Control Tower, Service Catalog, VPC, S3 ECS, EKS, RDS, DynamoDB, IAM, CloudWatch, KMS, IAM), Python, Jenkins, Docker, GitHub.
DevOps Engineer
Visa
02.2021 - 01.2022
- Reviewed and processed requests to modify, maintain, upgrade, or patch servers and databases, ensuring compliance with client service requirements and change management guidelines.
- Coordinated with engineers to remediate issues and ensure changes did not impact business operations, working within designated maintenance windows.
- Performed patching automation and error remediation during non-business hours for both Windows (2008, 2008R2, 2012, 2012R2, 2016, 2019) and Linux (RHEL 6, 7) servers to maintain security and system integrity.
- Utilized Windows Update Services (WSUS) and SCCM to distribute Microsoft updates and ensure servers were properly updated.
- Developed training documentation outlining procedures and best practices for team members.
- Generated and communicated reports on upcoming changes in client environments to stakeholders during company-wide conferences.
- Systems trained on: IPSoft systems (IPcenter), WSUS, SCCM, Linux RHEL, and Windows Servers.
- Managed up to 3 concurrent release cycles varying in frequency from twice weekly to once per 4 months for major releases.
- Worked with platform, database, operations, and application teams to implement infrastructure changes and support the QA, Stage/UAT, and production environment.
- Tools & Languages: Windows Server, Linux RHEL, WSUS, SCCM, IPSoft IPcenter, Shell/Bash, ServiceNow
DevOps Engineer
Freddie Mac
12.2018 - 02.2021
- Installed and configured SOA/OSB binaries on WebLogic servers; managed Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, and Fortify for CI/CD.
- Coordinate/assist developers with establishing and applying appropriate branching, labeling/naming conventions using GIT source control.
- Code Quality Analysis techniques are performed by integrating- SonarQube with CI tools.
- Implemented a solution for Artifactory Package Automation to pull the packages, scan them through Blackduck scanning tool and push them to Artifactory to be available for all the users at Freddie level to download and use it for project level activities and build purposes. This package automation has been implemented for various package types like Pypi, Conda, Cran, Maven, NPM and Grails.
- Similar package automation has been setup for Docker Image scanning as well through Twistlock and Blackduck, where the job will be triggered through a Jenkins job.
- Set up and maintained HA environments for Jenkins and Artifactory; coordinated firewall and network rules.
- Provided release support, artifact validation, code promotion, and production deployment.
- Automated support tasks with shell/batch scripting; managed Jenkins build farms and slave nodes.
- Led installation/configuration of Jenkins and Artifactory for Goldfield Project; performed password updates and managed change tickets in ServiceNow.
- Performing 180 Day and 90 Day password update for Jenkins and Artifactory Tools for NonProd and Prod Environments respectively.
- Managing various lower environments like Dev, SIT, UAT, CTE and PERF.
- Working with performance team on performance testing of J2EE applications.
- Managed all the dependencies and plugins for Maven in an Artifact repository.
- Built release candidates for testing. Developed and tested installation scripts for automated deployment.
- Assisted with GIT source control and troubleshooting across hardware, software, and cloud environments.
- Prepared technical documentation and led POC projects for automation and networking changes.
- Providing extensively support on Release support activities include pre-prod code comparisons, artifact validations support, code promotion, code deployment, sonar scan fortify scans and Production deployment support.
- Troubleshooting various issues across hardware, software, application and network within physical hardware and cloud-based environments.
- Tools & Languages: Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, Fortify, Docker, Maven, Gradle, Ansible, Kubernetes, AWS, ServiceNow, JIRA, Shell/Bash, Java, Groovy, GitHub
Build and Release Engineer
Stone Edge Info Technologies, India
11.2014 - 12.2015
- Managed builds and releases for web projects on multiple platforms.
- Developed Ant/Maven scripts, migrated projects to Maven, and administered Nexus.
- Resolved Java build issues, set versioning standards, and defined deployment strategies.
- Configured Jenkins build farms and deployed to Apache and WebLogic servers.
- Expertise with Maven Dependency, plugin, and nexus repository management during the builds.
- Installed and administered nexus repository and created roles and privileges to restrict access to the users.
- Involved in troubleshooting build issues for java errors due to vast exposure to language.
- Contributed to DevOps pilots with Jira and Puppet, documenting deployments.
- Managed all the dependencies and plugins for Maven in an Artifact repository.
- Set up GIT, wrote hooks, and automated disaster recovery deployments.
- Worked with Project Managers on release planning and build automation best practices.
- Tools & Languages: Jenkins, Artifactory, SonarQube, Fortify, Docker, Maven, Gradle, Ansible, Kubernetes, AWS, ServiceNow, JIRA, Shell/Bash, Java, Groovy, GitHub
Education
Masters - Computer and Information Science
Southern Arkansas University
08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
03-2015
Skills
- Cloud Platforms: Demonstrated comprehensive hands-on expertise with AWS services, including EC2, S3, RDS, DynamoDB, Lambda, ECS, EKS, Route 53, ELB, NLB, IAM, Auto Scaling, CloudWatch, CloudTrail, KMS, Service Catalog, and Security Groups
- Automation & Build Tools: Highly proficient in utilizing Jenkins, GitLab CI, GitHub, Artifactory, Docker, Maven, Gradle, Ansible, Flux CD, Helm, Puppet, Terraform, and AWS CDK to orchestrate automated build processes, application deployments, and infrastructure provisioning
- Operating Systems: Advanced experience managing Windows Server (2008–2019), Linux (RHEL 6/7), and Unix environments
- Application Servers: Skilled in the deployment and administration of Apache Tomcat and WebLogic server platforms
- Monitoring & Observability: Proficient at leveraging CloudWatch, Datadog, and Prometheus for real-time system monitoring, alerting, and performance optimization
- Static Analysis & Security: Experienced in employing SonarQube, Fortify, Black Duck, and Twistlock to enhance code quality, conduct vulnerability assessments, and ensure compliance
- Change & Ticketing: Proficient in ServiceNow and JIRA for effective change management, incident tracking, and workflow automation
- Scripting & Programming Languages: Advanced knowledge of Python, Java, Groovy, Shell/Bash, HTML, JSON, and YAML with a focus on automation and application development
- Version Control: Skilled in GIT, GitHub, and GitLab for efficient source code management and collaborative development
- Database Technologies: Substantial hands-on experience with MySQL and AWS RDS in database administration and integration
- Networking Protocols: Strong understanding of TCP/IP, HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, SSH, SSL, and DNS to ensure secure and reliable network communications
- Continuous integration and deployment
- Virtualization technologies
- AWS architecture design
- DevOps methodologies
- AWS networking solutions
- AWS security management
- Infrastructure deployment
- Monitoring and logging
- Serverless computing
- Systems configuration
- Configuration management
- Customer support
- Containerization technologies
- Infrastructure automation
- Resource monitoring
- System maintenance
- Application scaling
- Data storage solutions
- Capacity planning
- Technical documentation
- Cloud security
- Virtual and cloud technologies
- TCP/IP protocol
- Technical support and assistance
- Infrastructure development
- Technical documentation and reporting
Certification
- AWS DevOps Engineer – Professional (Validation No. c01ba06350a2438b84d41255343d9d9c) http://aws.amazon.com/verification https://www.credly.com/badges/5e8229aa-1f19-4356-ad88-1096708a2407
- AWS Developer Associate (XKM8GCLCB2B11KC6) http://aws.amazon.com/verification
- SAFe for Teams Course (5, 5.1) https://www.credly.com/badges/970ba85f-808d-4de2-a860-e7870a7ec44e/public_url
Timeline
AWS Cloud Engineer
Amazon Web Services
01.2022 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Visa
02.2021 - 01.2022
DevOps Engineer
Freddie Mac
12.2018 - 02.2021
Build and Release Engineer
Stone Edge Info Technologies, India
11.2014 - 12.2015
Masters - Computer and Information Science
Southern Arkansas University
Bachelor of Science - Computer Science Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
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