Saravanan Krishnamoorthy
Lead DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer
Livermore,CA
Summary
Results-oriented DevOps professional with 15+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, cloud operations, Developer Productivity, and Release Engineering. Proven track record of successfully implementing and managing end-to-end solutions, leading cross-functional teams, and driving process improvements. With more than 7 years of experience working in a big data eco system, designing, building and maintaining scalable and reliable data pipeline.
Overview
18
18
years of professional experience
4
4
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Lead DevOps Engineer - Big Data Platform
General Motors
10.2023 - Current
- Transformed CI/CD pipeline reliability by strategically managing infrastructure code for enhanced efficiency by 30%
- Enhanced Databricks infrastructure security through proactive monitoring and rapid response measures
- Streamlined infrastructure management with a strategic approach to Databricks and terraform refactoring
- Scaled Databricks infrastructure to optimize vehicle data processing and performance
- Designed and Managed infrastructure and application releases, reducing microservice change release duration from 3 weeks to 3 hours
Staff Software Engineer - DevOps
Rakuten Americas
08.2021 - 08.2023
- Designed and implemented a Python based framework driven by configuration, improving the release process by 83%, from 3 hours to 30 mins
- Established and maintained robust monitoring and logging solution, utilizing ELK Stack, Prometheus, GCP monitoring, Sensu
- Driven the adoption of Infrastructure as Code (IaC) principles and tools which improved the consistency and repeatability of infrastructure deployments
- Implemented containerization and orchestration solution using Docker and Kubernetes, enabling efficient deployment and scalability of applications
- Collaborated closely with development teams to streamline application deployment processes, optimize application performance
- Established positive relationships with customers and other staff members.
Lead DevOps Engineer
Cloudera
04.2016 - 08.2021
- Worked with the team designing and implementing a robust Python based build framework, which was a shell-based script, improved the overall build performance by 68% which is from 8 hours to 2.5 hours
- Developed self-service tools including a Jenkins job to update the GitHub user permissions with reduced the daily operations time by 95% from 2~3 hours daily to less than 10 minutes
- Utilized configuration management tools like Ansible to automate infrastructure provisioning and streamline configuration management
- Implemented an automation around hotfix process which drastically reduced the intervention by 90% and improved number of hotfix builds pushed per week by 5x
- Containerizing legacy python-based applications and deploying it on a Kubernetes cluster
Senior DevOps Engineer
IAC Publishing Labs (Ask.com)
02.2014 - 04.2016
- Setting up the maven repository management tool Nexus, to provide teams with records of every software version in use
- Created a release process in Maven so that every build was automatically assigned a release version which improved the build efficiency by 28%
- Set up Hudson jobs to automatically build applications for every check-in, which eliminated the need for engineers to kick off manual builds
- Wrote recipes and cookbooks to build and deploy applications using Chef
- Optimized cloud resource usage by analyzing cost metrics and making recommendations for more efficient configurations.
- Improved release management processes by introducing version control systems such as Git for tracking changes throughout the software lifecycle.
- Standardized development environments using containerization technologies like Docker, resulting in consistent deployments across various platforms.
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to drive continuous improvement in the software delivery process.
Configuration Mgmt. Engineer
Symantec Corporation
05.2012 - 01.2014
- Created and maintained source code repositories in Subversion
- Wrote Perl scripts to automate the build process
- Responsible for setting up and maintaining builds in Jenkins
- Seamless Migration of SVN repositories from Windows to Linux improved the build process by 35%
Team Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2007 - 04.2012
- Enhanced overall team performance by providing regular coaching, feedback, and skill development opportunities.
- Promoted a positive work environment by fostering teamwork, open communication, and employee recognition initiatives.
Education
B.E. - Mechatronics Engineering
Bharathiar University
India 08.1999 - 05.2003
Skills
Jenkins, Github Actions, ArgoCD, Spinnaker
Certification
Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
Timeline
Lead DevOps Engineer - Big Data Platform
General Motors
10.2023 - Current
Staff Software Engineer - DevOps
Rakuten Americas
08.2021 - 08.2023
Lead DevOps Engineer
Cloudera
04.2016 - 08.2021
Senior DevOps Engineer
IAC Publishing Labs (Ask.com)
02.2014 - 04.2016
Configuration Mgmt. Engineer
Symantec Corporation
05.2012 - 01.2014
Team Lead
Cognizant Technology Solutions
03.2007 - 04.2012
B.E. - Mechatronics Engineering
Bharathiar University
08.1999 - 05.2003
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