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Phurba Sherpa

Queens,NY

Summary

DevOps Engineer with over 6 years of experience in designing, implementing, and managing CI/CD pipelines and automating infrastructure deployments. Proficient in using configuration management tools such as Ansible, Chef, and Puppet, and experienced with cloud platforms including AWS and Azure. Skilled in containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, and knowledgeable in scripting languages such as Python, Bash, and Shell. Demonstrated ability to enhance system reliability, optimize performance, and reduce deployment times. Adept at working in Agile environments and collaborating effectively with development and operations teams to drive continuous integration and delivery. Committed to continuous learning and staying current with industry best practices and emerging technologies.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Konica Minolta Business Solutions US
10.2021 - Current
  • 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).
  • Designed and deployed Kubernetes clusters managed by Amazon EKS, ensuring high availability, scalability, and security.
  • Wrote Modules in Terraform to trigger highly available EC2 Instances on AWS Cloud Platform.
  • Managed AWS infrastructure, including EC2, S3, RDS, and IAM, optimizing for performance and cost efficiency.
  • Administered Ubuntu servers, ensuring high availability and performance for various applications.
  • 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.
  • Administered Linux systems, with a focus on Ubuntu, optimizing system performance and reliability.
  • 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.
  • Implemented Azure cloud-native solutions, including Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) and Azure Virtual Machines, enhancing cloud resource utilization and system performance.
  • Monitored system performance with tools like Nagios, Zabbix, and CloudWatch, proactively addressing potential issues.
  • Implemented SonarQube for code quality analysis, and managed version control using Git and GitLab.

DevOps Engineer

Centaurus Technology Partners
09.2020 - 10.2021
  • Involved in designing and deploying a multitude of applications utilizing almost all the AWS stack including EC2, Route53, S3, RDS, Dynamo DB, SNS, SQS, LAMBDA, REDSHIFT, focusing on high-availability, fault tolerance and auto-scaling in AWS cloud formation.
  • Used IAM to create new accounts, roles and groups and engaged in enabling lambda functions for dynamic creation of Roles.
  • Performed tasks on F5 load balancer like ordering new certs, installing and renewing SSL certificates, bouncing servers with performance issues after taking them out of the server pools, ID maintenance, User, Group management for all the UNIX servers
  • Associated in implementing SonarQube code quality analysis tool for the code.
  • Created MySQL Database Objects like Schemas, Tables, Views, Stored Procedures, Indexes (cluster/Noncluster), and Constraints, Triggers, Buffer Pools, User Roles and functions.
  • Have successfully managed high availability of production systems for corporate sectors and Individual Organizations as MySQL DBA.
  • Implemented a real-time processing platform using Kafka and Spark streaming to persist data in Cassandra.
  • Assisted Development team in designing, Modeling and validating NOSQL solution for their application.
  • Configured AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM) users and groups for improved login authentication.
  • Built scripts using ANT and MAVEN build tools in Jenkins to move from one environment to environments.
  • Supported AWS Cloud environment with 200+ AWS instances and configured Elastic IP & Elastic Storage and experience working on implemented security groups and Network ACLs.
  • Designed the project workflows/pipelines using Jenkins as CI tool and wrote Python Scripts and BASH Script to automate the build process.
  • Created load balancers (ELB) and used Route53 with failover and latency options for high availability and fault tolerance.
  • Developed and deployed Azure cloud-native solutions, including managing Azure Blob Storage and implementing Azure DevOps pipelines.
  • Creating snapshots and amazon machine images (AMIs) of the instances for backup and creating clone instances.
  • Designed and deployed applications using AWS stack, focusing on high-availability and fault tolerance.
  • Utilized Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration of cloud-based applications.
  • Implemented SonarQube for code quality analysis, and managed version control using Git and GitLab.
  • Automated infrastructure using Terraform and Ansible, improving deployment efficiency and system reliability.
  • Installed and configured KUBERNETES, Chef Server/workstation and nodes via CLI tools and wrote Docker files to create new images based on working environments for testing purposes before deployment.
  • Worked on Azure cloud services, including setting up Azure Virtual Machines and configuring Azure Blob Storage for data storage solutions.

Devops/Cloud Engineer

Merck & Co., Inc
06.2018 - 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.
  • Installed, maintained, and troubleshooted network equipment and virtual machines.
  • 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
12.2017 - 04.2018
  • Migrated on-premises applications to AWS cloud while utilizing various AWS cloud services like EBS, EC2, VPC, Lamda, AMI, EB Volumes, RDS, Cloudformation template.
  • Installed, maintained, and troubleshooted network equipment and virtual machines.
  • 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

Associate of Science - Computational Science

Oklahoma City Community College

Skills

  • Operating System: Red Hat, Ubuntu, Linux & Windows, CentOS
  • CI Tool & Monitoring: Jenkins, CloudWatch, Nagios, Zabbix
  • 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

DevOps Engineer

Konica Minolta Business Solutions US
10.2021 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Centaurus Technology Partners
09.2020 - 10.2021

Devops/Cloud Engineer

Merck & Co., Inc
06.2018 - 09.2020

Build and Release Engineer

Epsilon
12.2017 - 04.2018

Bachelor of Science - Management Information Systems

East Central University

Associate of Science - Computational Science

Oklahoma City Community College
Phurba Sherpa