Phurba Sherpa
Queens,NY
Summary
Results-oriented DevOps engineer with hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust CI/CD pipelines. Proficient in automating infrastructure deployments, managing configuration using tools like Ansible, and ensuring seamless collaboration between development and operations teams. Adept at utilizing cloud platforms such as AWS and Azure to optimize scalability and performance. Proven track record of reducing deployment times and enhancing overall system reliability. Strong problem-solving skills and a commitment to continuous learning in dynamic, fast-paced environments.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
Work History
Petroleum Supply Specialist
United States Department Of Defense
06.2023 - Current
- Regulated variables such as temperature and pressure to maintain optimal flow.
- Supervised reception, storage and shipping of fuel.
- Organized supply routes and schedules to boost fuel shipping efficiency.
- Handled and transported fuel to vehicles and aircraft.
- Oversee receipt, storage, and distribution of bulk petroleum products in compliance with safety regulations.
- Maintained over 2.3 million dollars in equipment with no loss by using specific training knowledge and leadership and accounting.
- Interpreted and analyzed specifications, schedules, logs, test results, and laboratory recommendations to determine how to set equipment controls to produce required qualities and quantities of products of 25,000 gallons of petroleum per day.
- Conduct routine inspections and maintenance of petroleum storage and distribution equipment.
- Coordinate and execute fueling operations, ensuring accurate documentation and quality control.
- Train and mentor team members on proper fuel handling procedures and safety protocols.
- Manage inventory levels and collaborate with logistics teams to optimize supply chain efficiency.
- Maintain operational readiness during field exercises and deployments.
DevOps Engineer
Konica Minolta Business Solutions US
10.2021 - 11.2022
- Worked in small development team to complete assigned tasks by specified deadline while adhering to modern best practices for infrastructure design, resulting in 25% increase in system uptime and improved overall system performance.
- Deployed application which is containerized using Docker onto Kubernetes cluster which is managed by Amazon Elastic Container Service for Kubernetes (EKS).
- Wrote Modules in Terraform to trigger highly available EC2 Instances on AWS Cloud Platform.
- Migrated few Cloud formation templates to Terraform by using various AWS modules and Secured Terraform state file in S3 buckets.
- Worked on build on deployment of Java application on to different environments such as QA, UAT and Production.
- Assisted in version control using Git and participated in code reviews to ensure code quality.
- Managed AWS infrastructure and configuration, including integration with GitLab CI/CD pipelines and Docker, reducing deployment time by 30% and ensuring smooth and efficient system upgrades.
- Installed and upgraded RPM and Yum packages, patching and managing servers, minimizing system downtime, and improving overall system security.
- Assisted in design, development, and deployment of new Lambda functions written in Node.js using Serverless framework, improving overall system scalability and reducing infrastructure costs by 20%.
- Analyzed, diagnosed, and implemented fixes for reported infrastructure issues, reducing system bottlenecks and improving overall system performance by 35%.
- Monitored and evaluated system performance, identified and addressed potential bottlenecks, and implemented solutions to ensure optimal system performance and availability.
- Worked on design and deployment of multiple applications utilizing various AWS services like EC2, Route53, S3, RDS,DynamoDB, SQS, SNS, and IAM, focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance, and auto-scaling in AWS CloudFormation, resulting in 30% improvement in system scalability and reducing infrastructure costs by 20%.
Information Technology Consultant
Centaurus Technology Partners
09.2020 - 10.2021
- Managed infrastructure upgrades, analysis and resolution of end user hardware and software issues.
- Facilitated IT enterprise architecture across organization's enterprise transformation programs.
- Managed IT staff monitoring and diagnosing server and data center problems and design and implementation of new data center technologies.
- Spearheaded continuous improvement on hardware and software architectures that supported eBusiness Suites (EBS).
- Controlled development of test areas, systems test data and testing methods prior to implementing new systems.
- Demonstrated scripting expertise by developing Shell Scripts and employing CRON jobs to automate critical processes. This included daily checks of disk usage and systematic cleanup tasks within Linux environment, enhancing system reliability and performance.
DevOps Engineer
Merck & Co., Inc
06.2019 - 09.2020
- Involved in redesign of existing application using Microservice-based architecture.
- Managed the application's current state and future state artifacts for architecture & infrastructure, maintaining the design documents and technical documents for the knowledge base.
- Orchestrated and migrated CI/CD processes using Cloud Formation and Terraform packer Templates, and Containerized infrastructure using Docker, which was set up in OpenShift, AWS, and VPCs.
- Worked with continuous integration/continuous delivery using tools such as Jenkins and GIT. Created workflows in Jenkins and Worked on CI-CD model setup Using Jenkins.
- Developed automated scripts using Python, Shell Scripting for data collection, and transfer to databases.
- Wrote Python scripts with Cloud Formation templates to Automate installation of Autoscaling, EC2, VPC, and other services.
- Helped write Bash, Ruby scripts, and Python programming for deployment of applications on bare servers or middleware tools.
- Created AWS infrastructure from GitHub repos containing Terraform code via Jenkins Jobs
- Wrote Ansible scripts to automate process of validating software installations like Java, Oracle, MapR, Autosys which are part of pre-install before starting to build applications.
- Implemented CM tool Ansible to manage all existing servers as well as automated build/configuration of new servers.
- Wrote Ansible playbooks for virtual and physical instance provisioning, configuration management, patching and software deployment.
- Used Terraform to manage AWS and other cloud infrastructure and managed servers using configuration management tools Ansible and created documentation of Terraform infrastructure in Confluence.
- Converted existing Terraform modules that had version conflicts to utilize Cloud formation templates during deployments.
- Worked on Docker/Kubernetes Containerization of cloud-based applications
- Worked on Kubernetes system to automate deployment, scaling and management of mobile and web containerized applications
- Extensively worked with Kubernetes to deploy scale, load balance, scale and manage Docker containers with multiple name spaced versions.
- Deployed Kubernetes clusters on top of Amazon EC2 Instances using KOPS and Managed local deployments in Kubernetes.
- Created local cluster, and deployed application containers and built/maintained Docker container clusters managed by Kubernetes and deployed Kubernetes using HELM Charts.
Build and Release Engineer
Epsilon
05.2018 - 04.2019
- Migrated on-premises applications to AWS cloud while utilizing various AWS cloud services like EBS, EC2, VPC, Lamda, AMI, EB Volumes, RDS, Cloudformation template.
- Built S3 buckets and managed access permissions using bucket policies and access control lists.
- Developed cloud formation templates, set up Auto scaling for EC2 instances, created Cloud watch alerts to monitor instances.
- Installed and Setup Ansible for infrastructure automation, automated installing Linux packages and administering Linux service using Ansible, and automating product installation configuration.
- Automated activities like Continuous Deployment, Application Server setup, Stack monitoring writing various Ansible playbooks and has also Integrated Ansible with Jenkins.
- Used Terraform to create stacks in AWS, and updated Terraform scripts based on client requirement.
- Managed deployments using Kubernetes, created local clusters and deployed application container.
- Maintained high availability clusters and standalone server environments and updated automation components with python scripting and Ansible.
- Configured Ansible to manage AWS environments and automated build process for core AMIs used by all application deployments including but not limited to Auto scaling and Cloud formation scripts.
- Used Kubernetes for automated deployments, scaling and management of containerized applications across clusters of hosts
- Used Jenkins for CI/CD into Tomcat Servers. And setup Jenkin slaves for end to end automation.
- Created scripts in Bash, python and ruby to perform various automation.
- Used JIRA as bug tracking and notification services to resolve issue.
- Used Terraform to map more complex dependencies and identify network issue.
- Supported Development and Testing Teams and their pipelines and distributed images like Jenkins, Selenium, JMeter and ElasticSearch, Kibana and Logstash (ELK) by developing docker images and handled containerized deployment using Kubernetes.
- Used Splunk to monitor System/Application Logs of server to detect production issues.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
East Central University
Ada, OK05.2020
Associate of Science - Computational Science
Oklahoma City Community College
Oklahoma City, OK06.2018
Skills
- Operating System: Red Hat, Ubuntu, Linux & Windows, CentOS
- CI Tool & Monitoring: Jenkins, CloudWatch, Nagios
- Containerization Tools: Docker, Docker swarm, Kubernetes
- Bug Tracking Tools: JIRA
- Configuration Management Tools: Chef, Puppet, Ansible
- Databases: Oracle, MySQL, MongoDB, SQL Server, MS SQL, NoSQL
- Build Tools: ANT, MAVEN, Jenkins
- Version Control Tools: GIT, GIT Hub, Gitlab ,SVN
- Web Servers: Apache, Tomcat, WebLogic, TFS, Nginx
- Languages/Scripts: HTML, Shell, Bash, Python
- SDLC: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall
Timeline
Petroleum Supply Specialist
United States Department Of Defense
06.2023 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Konica Minolta Business Solutions US
10.2021 - 11.2022
Information Technology Consultant
Centaurus Technology Partners
09.2020 - 10.2021
DevOps Engineer
Merck & Co., Inc
06.2019 - 09.2020
Build and Release Engineer
Epsilon
05.2018 - 04.2019
Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems
East Central University
Associate of Science - Computational Science
Oklahoma City Community College
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