Cloud Engineer
VIJAYANAND MARAM
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
Cupertino,CA
12
years of professional experience
Software and DevOps engineer with experience spanning C/C++ monolithic products on Unix/Linux and cloud-native microservices on AWS EKS and HPE GreenLake using Python, Golang. Worked extensively on product R&D, test automation and CI/CD pipeline using Github ecosystem including managing Github org, self-hosted runners, configuring OIDC trust relationship with AWS. etc. Self-starter – research, design and develop independently. Experienced in working with globally distributed development teams, very good at troubleshooting failures.
Work History
CI/CD ENGINEERING - COMPUTE OPS MANAGEMENT (COM)
4 Years- Enhanced, maintained and supported COM CI/CD pipelines and GitHub Actions runners as a member of the DevCat team.
- Built GitHub Actions workflows for deployment, testing, and operational tasks, improving throughput for pull requests moving through gate tests.
- Migrated self-hosted GitHub Actions runners from VMware to Proxmox and designed runners for periodic refresh.
- Developed and maintained self-hosted runners using Terraform and Cloud-init.
- Configured AWS resources and services, including IAM, ECR, Lambda, Route 53, S3, DynamoDB, and OIDC authentication.
- Contributed to the migration of COM repositories and configuration from GitHub Cloud to GitHub Enterprise Managed Users (EMU).
- Supported deployments using Helm charts, Argo CD, and Spinnaker; worked with Kubernetes and Docker.
- Managed service keys and secrets for COM on the GreenLake platform and onboarded COM instances, configuring test accounts, users, roles, and resources.
- Strengthened reliability and supportability through participation in the support rotation; documented work and trained team members.
PRODUCT ADVISOR DEPLOYMENT PIPELINE
7 Months- Using Copilot as Gen AI developed deployment pipeline, integrated Helm charts of Mongodb, NATS (messaging service), and one other internal service with ArgoCD for deploying on to AWS EKS for a new product, Product Advisor.
- Developed a deployment pipeline with GitHub Copilot and repository instructions for a new product deployed to AWS EKS.
- Evaluated deployment options for MongoDB and NATS, configured high availability, and integrated their Helm charts and an internal service with Argo CD.
- Onboarded the application to GLCP Pavo and Aquila instances and integrated it with the platform framework.
- Provisioned required AWS resources using the existing Terraform framework.
ANVIL ILO SIMULATION SERVICE
1 Year 1 Month- Owned, enhanced, and maintained server Integrated Lights Off (ILO) simulation service, Anvil.
- Owned, enhanced, and maintained Anvil, a server Integrated Lights-Out (iLO) simulation service.
- Added customizable iLO templates so developers could configure the hardware they simulated.
- Redesigned the service to support creation of hundreds of thousands of iLO instances for scale testing.
- Enhanced the graphical interface with pagination and submitted a paper to TechCon.
COMPUTE OPS MANAGEMENT (COM) QA FRAMEWORK
1 Year 3 Months- Significantly contributed from the beginning to design and develop COM QA framework using pytest framework.
- Contributed to the design and development of the COM QA framework from its inception.
- Built reusable pytest libraries, fixtures, decorators, and asynchronous test modules for development teams.
- Enabled teams to create feature tests using reusable framework components.
Test Results Web Application
1 Year 1 Month- Soley designed and implemented a web app to view test results, add comments, and analyze results
- Independently designed and implemented a web application for reviewing test results, adding comments, and analyzing release readiness.
- Built the application with Flask, SQLAlchemy, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript; it was used by managers and directors to monitor daily test results.
OneView Networking
4 Years 5 Months- Worked on OneView's Networking module, CRM, to manage Top-Of-Rack switches
- Developed features for the OneView networking module to manage top-of-rack switches.
- Used Java and REST APIs to configure switches, retrieve diagnostics, and display information in the OneView interface.
- Worked with Cisco Nexus 5000/9000, Arista 7050/7060, and Aruba CX 6300 switches, including transceiver, connector, and speed configuration for HPE C7000 and Synergy infrastructure.
- Developed an extension for OpenStack Neutron using internally built templates and messaging service RabbitMQ; worked with KVM, VMware ESXi, Windows Hyper-V, and Xen, and wrote Python and PowerShell scripts.
- Developed features for HP's HA product Serviceguard on HP-UX using C, including runtime package-attribute configuration and adding or removing cluster nodes without shutting down the cluster.
- Named inventor on U.S. Patent 9,274,905, "Configuration Tests for Computer System."
- Researched and developed, in C++, Host Adapter for a debit network - Bypass.
Education
Master of Technology M. Tech - Computer Science and Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering B.E. - Computer Science and Engineering
Skills
DevOps | CI/CD | AWS | Kubernetes | Microservices | GitHub Actions | Infrastructure as Code | Test Automation | Linux | Production Support | Troubleshooting
Languages and scripting: Python
Go
C
C++
Java
Bash
sh
awk
sed
PowerShell
Frameworks and libraries: FastAPI
Pydantic
Flask
SQLAlchemy
Testing: pytest
Mockito
JUnit
Cloud and platforms: AWS (IAM
ECR
Lambda
Route 53
S3
DynamoDB
CloudWatch
OIDC)
AWS EKS
HPE GreenLake
Containers and deployment: Docker
Kubernetes
Podman
Helm
Argo CD
Spinnaker
CI/CD and version control: GitHub Actions
Git
GitHub
self-hosted runners
Infrastructure automation: Terraform
Ansible
Cloud-init
Networking and virtualization: Cisco Nexus
Arista
Aruba
Proxmox
VMware ESX/ESXi
Systems and storage: Linux
HP-UX
Logical Volume Manager
Veritas File System
Web technologies: HTML
CSS
JavaScript
REST APIs
Personal Information
Title: Cloud developer and Devops CI/CD Pipeline Engineer
Timeline
PRODUCT ADVISOR DEPLOYMENT PIPELINE
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
09.2025 - 04.2026Read More
CI/CD ENGINEERING - COMPUTE OPS MANAGEMENT (COM)
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
10.2022 - 10.2026Read More
ANVIL ILO SIMULATION SERVICE
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
09.2021 - 10.2022Read More
COMPUTE OPS MANAGEMENT (COM) QA FRAMEWORK
HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
06.2020 - 09.2021Read More
Test Results Web Application
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
05.2019 - 06.2020Read More
OneView Networking
Hewlett Packard Enterprise
01.2015 - 06.2019Read More
Osmania University
Bachelor of Engineering B.E. from Computer Science and Engineering
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Indian Institute of Technology IIT
Master of Technology M. Tech from Computer Science and Engineering
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Verifone
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Hewlett Packard
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