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Saikiran Cheruku

Saikiran Cheruku

Farmington Hills,MI

Summary

Seasoned DevOps Engineer , Site Reliability Engineer and Data Platform Engineer with over 8 years of hands-on experience. Eager to contribute expertise to a dynamic organization, pursuing a challenging opportunity for professional growth that aligns with and advances the company's objectives.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
7
7

Certifications

Skills

  • Azure
  • GCP
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Terraform
  • Ansible
  • Bitbucket/GIT
  • Jenkins
  • CI/CD
  • Singlestore
  • Python
  • Shell Scripting
  • Rancher
  • Redis
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Jira
  • P>Confluent for Kubernetes
  • P>Golang

Work History

Data Platform Engineer II

United Wholesale Mortgage
06.2023 - Current
  • Configured and deployed Confluent for Kubernetes across diverse environments, managing components such as Kafka, Connect, Schema Registry, ksqlDB, and Control Center.
  • Authored Helm charts for seamless integration with Argo CD, optimizing CI/CD pipelines for deploying Confluent for Kubernetes in multiple environments.
  • Orchestrated Redis on Kubernetes to enhance caching capabilities, ensuring optimal performance and resource utilization.
  • Implemented Prometheus and Grafana for comprehensive monitoring of Kafka and Redis, integrating with PagerDuty to promptly notify on-call engineers during incidents.
  • Configured connectors and schemas for Confluent for Kubernetes, facilitating efficient message consumption and production.
  • Actively participated in the on-call rotation for Kafka and Redis production issues, contributing to swift incident resolution.
  • Applied Golang for automation within Kubernetes, demonstrating proficiency in programming languages for streamlined operational processes.

Lead DevOps Engineer

Diwo, Inc.
03.2022 - 02.2023
  • Proficient in orchestrating applications from inception on both AWS and Azure cloud platforms, employing native Kubernetes, K3's, RKE, RKE2, and configuring Redis for caching. Established RKE clusters on Rancher, imported K3's clusters into Rancher, and implemented Prometheus and Grafana for comprehensive monitoring.
  • Successfully constructed end-to-end CI/CD pipelines within Bitbucket, seamlessly integrated with Nexus for artifact storage, AWS ECR for Docker image repository, SonarQube for code scanning, and Rancher for deploying cutting-edge images into Kubernetes clusters.
  • Developed Terraform and Ansible scripts to build Kubernetes clusters and set up the Istio gateway for service mesh architecture.
  • Demonstrated expertise in deploying and integrating SingleStore databases with Kubernetes clusters. Remediated vulnerabilities identified in Docker images through thorough scans utilizing ECR, JFrog, and Prisma.
  • Configured standalone Kafka clusters for logging purposes and implemented ELK clusters for efficient log management.

Site Reliability Engineer

VMware India Private Limited
12.2019 - 11.2021
  • Accomplished significant contributions to the streamlining of GCP project creation service requests by developing a sophisticated automation framework. Leveraged Python and Google API within our proprietary in-house tools, Hanabi and Hydro Workflow Engine, incorporating cutting-edge FaaS (Function as a Service) technology.
  • Proficiently automated infrastructure deployment using Python, APIs, AWS, GCP modules, and embraced industry-standard DevOps tools such as Terraform and Ansible. Expertise includes containerization and orchestration of virtual machines through Docker and Kubernetes.
  • Demonstrated effectiveness in incident management and resolution of ad-hoc issues within production environments. Proven experience in on-call rotations, collaborating seamlessly with PagerDuty for robust incident response.

Platform Engineer

Lifion By ADP India Private Limited
07.2019 - 12.2019
  • Provisioned Lifion applications on AWS using Terraform, ensuring seamless infrastructure deployment.
  • Configured applications as microservices using Kubernetes, optimizing scalability and resource utilization.
  • Spearheaded the implementation of a robust CI/CD pipeline for the Lifion platform, utilizing Jenkins to orchestrate and automate scheduled jobs.
  • Established comprehensive monitoring solutions for applications through Grafana and Prometheus, enhancing visibility into performance metrics.
  • Deployed an ELK cluster for efficient log management, contributing to a centralized and streamlined logging infrastructure.

Site Reliability Engineer

F5 Networks Innovation Private Limited
01.2019 - 06.2019
  • Deployed applications and services on AWS cloud using EKS, showcasing proficiency in cloud deployment.
  • Authored reusable Helm charts in Kubernetes for streamlined provisioning of applications as microservices, emphasizing efficiency and scalability.
  • Established AWS resource management through Terraform, demonstrating expertise in infrastructure as code.
  • Configured a robust CI/CD pipeline, ensuring seamless code deployment from development to production across multiple stages.

CloudOps Engineer

Teradata India Private Limited
01.2018 - 01.2019
  • Employed Ansible and CloudFormation templates to provision end-to-end infrastructure on AWS, aligning with specific customer requirements and seamlessly integrating with Teradata databases.
  • Demonstrated proficiency in working with various AWS services, including EC2, VPC, S3, CloudTrail, CloudWatch, SNS, CloudFormation, and AMI.
  • Implemented autoscaling launch configurations in AWS to ensure resilient systems and efficient recovery from node failures.
  • Applied expertise in shell scripting for automation tasks, leveraging AWS CloudWatch alarms and the Boto3 SDK for comprehensive monitoring of multiple services simultaneously.

DevOps Engineer

NETENRICH Technologies Pvt Ltd
10.2015 - 12.2017
  • Proficient in Linux administration across Ubuntu, CentOS, and Red Hat platforms, showcasing versatility in operating system management.
  • Extensive experience in utilizing monitoring tools and adeptly managing bridge calls for efficient incident triaging, ensuring timely issue resolution.
  • Demonstrated expertise in handling scheduled jobs and overseeing CI/CD pipelines through Jenkins, emphasizing automation and continuous integration practices.
  • Established and maintained service accounts in Google Cloud Platform (GCP), demonstrating competence in cloud infrastructure management.

Education

Masters of Science in Information Studies -

Trine University

Bachelors of Technology -

JNTU Hyderabad
05-2015

Certification

  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer - LF-c3mx7abjg7

  • Microsoft Certified Azure Developer Associate - I608-1616

  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator - CKA- 2000-007599-0100

  • Amazon Web Services Solution Architect Associate - E2KXLHECJBVE1JCX

  • Teradata Database Certified Associate - KN53LN12LNQE1W56

  • RedHat Certified Engineer - 150- 158-665

  • RedHat Certified System Administrator - 150-158-665

Accomplishments

at our best recognition at

VMware (05/2021 - Present)

2021-05-01

Excellent contribution towards

automation of GCP project

creation service requests.

Developed using python and

Google API , powered by the

latest FaaS (Function as a

Service) technology in house tool

Hanabi and Hydro Work􀃫ow

Engine.

Timeline

Data Platform Engineer II

United Wholesale Mortgage
06.2023 - Current

Lead DevOps Engineer

Diwo, Inc.
03.2022 - 02.2023

Site Reliability Engineer

VMware India Private Limited
12.2019 - 11.2021

Platform Engineer

Lifion By ADP India Private Limited
07.2019 - 12.2019

Site Reliability Engineer

F5 Networks Innovation Private Limited
01.2019 - 06.2019

CloudOps Engineer

Teradata India Private Limited
01.2018 - 01.2019

DevOps Engineer

NETENRICH Technologies Pvt Ltd
10.2015 - 12.2017

Masters of Science in Information Studies -

Trine University

Bachelors of Technology -

JNTU Hyderabad

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