Nikkath Begum K
Seattle,WA
Summary
With over a decade of hands-on experience as a proficient DevOps Consultant, I have honed a deep expertise in streamlining, automating, and enhancing the efficiency of mission-critical cloud deployments. Utilizing advanced skills in configuration management, CI/CD, and DevOps processes, I have played a crucial role in optimizing complex global infrastructural projects. Coupled with my resourceful and strategic approach to problem-solving, I excel in independently diagnosing and resolving systems-related challenges, thereby maximizing functionality and user-experience. My exceptional troubleshooting and advanced debugging skills further underscore my capabilities as a distinguished engineer in an ever-evolving tech environment. Industrious Dev Operations Engineer offering 10-years 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
10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer
Natwest Group
12.2021 - 09.2023
- Implemented GitLab CI/CD for Java/Javascript projects for continuous builds and deployments
- Supported DX-APM and Splunk for application logs monitoring for backend and web microservices
- Implemented microservices using Pivotal Cloud Foundry(PCF) platform build upon Spring Boot Services and created workflows on GitLab CI for setting up automated pipelines for CI/CD with PCF
- Addressed various technical challenges with well-designed and built solutions
- Created Terraform templates for provisioning S3 buckets, VPC, load balancers and to deploy the infrastructure necessary to create different environments
- Worked with GitLab proposed and implemented branching strategy suitable for agile/scrum development in a Fast paced Engineering Environment
- Boosted team performance and overall knowledge level by mentoring new and junior engineering team members.
Senior Devops Consultant / Lead
Infosys - Citi Bank
09.2020 - 12.2021
- Worked closely with cross functional teams to maintain test / staging / production environments to meet uptime and performance
- Implemented the architectural requirements of the applications within the provided infra by closely working with Architects
- Good knowledge on reducing the time required for production by using Ansible for configuration automation
- Knowledge working with Docker Swarms and Kubernetes for orchestration and cluster management
- Led a team of Engineers and provided them technical guidance, mentorship etc
- Worked closely with the Dev team to create software deployment strategies and solutions and be accountable for designing, building, and optimizing automation systems with quality and speed.
Devops Consultant
Infosys - RBS Bank
01.2019 - 09.2020
- Created Branching Strategy for various microservices to handle the parallel development process
- Created and configured Teamcity to implement the CI process for micro services and integrated the tool with Maven to schedule the builds
- Configured build tools like MAVEN for building the deployable artifacts such as WAR, EAR and JAR from Source code
- Configured and administered Nexus Repository Manager for Maven builds
- Created Custom scripts to handle the Junit and SONAR gating to keep the highly stabilized code in the production environment
- Integrated Checkmarx to the build release process to ensure no vulnerable code goes to production
- Worked in Splunk monitoring tool during the build process for log analysis
- Worked in AppDynamics as continuous monitoring tool by identifying and monitoring critical business transaction end points and creating the health rule to send warning or critical incident through service now
- Worked in setting up the PCF for deploying the microservices
- Helped in advertising clients on the principles and benefits of Devops and Agile Delivery.
Devops Engineer
BNY Mellon Technology Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 01.2019
- Responsible for installation and configuration of Jenkins to support various java builds and jenkins plugins to automate continuous builds and publishing docker images to the Nexus repository
- Used CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GIT, JIRA, and Docker registry for configuration management and automation using Ansible
- Implemented a production ready, load balanced, highly available kubernetes infrastructure
- Monitoring the logs using Kibana tool and automated the deployment using Ansible
- Written puppet Manifest files to deploy automated tasks to many servers at once.
Senior System Engineer
BNY Mellon Technology Pvt Ltd
10.2013 - 05.2015
- Host name generation, IP reservation, DNS entry and alias name creation
- Integrate Lights-out (ILO) configuration for physical servers
- Created local drives using RAID levels
- Setting up the remote mirroring replication between Prod and DR
- Monitoring and controlling VMs Hyper-Vs and ESXs through virtual center
- Performing server Decommissioning (physical and VM)
- Providing OD level support to Windows 2003, 2008 and 2012 servers.
Education
Bachelor of Engineering - Bio Medical Engineering -
Anna University
05.2013
Higher Secondary - HSE Maths, Science
Vivegam HSS
04.2009
Skills
- Agile Methodologies
- System Design
- Adaptability
- Containerization Technologies
- Monitoring and Logging
- Continuous Deployment
- Version Control Systems
- Microservices Architecture
Certification
- [Infrastructure Automation], [Hashicorp] - [Terraform Associate (003)]
- [Cloud Development], [AWS] - [AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner]
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer
Natwest Group
12.2021 - 09.2023
Senior Devops Consultant / Lead
Infosys - Citi Bank
09.2020 - 12.2021
Devops Consultant
Infosys - RBS Bank
01.2019 - 09.2020
Devops Engineer
BNY Mellon Technology Pvt Ltd
06.2015 - 01.2019
Senior System Engineer
BNY Mellon Technology Pvt Ltd
10.2013 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Engineering - Bio Medical Engineering -
Anna University
Higher Secondary - HSE Maths, Science
Vivegam HSS
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