Aaron P
No,104/1 4th A Main Bahuballinagar Behind Jalahalli High School Bangalore
Summary
A dedicated DevOps Engineer focused on applying technical skills while continuously learning and adapting to achieve organizational goals. Enthusiastic about contributing to team success with a clear understanding of roles and responsibilities. Motivated by emerging technologies, including Cyber Security and DevSecOps, with a strong interest in growth and excellence in these areas. Possesses strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and adeptness at managing multiple projects with precision. Eager to explore new roles and deepen expertise in governance, risk, compliance, and quality assurance as a business process consultant.
Overview
7
7
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certificates
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Bangalore
11.2022 - Current
- Infrastructure and Automation
- Managed data governance in GitLab and JFrog Artifactory, and maintained build and test agents for reliability and performance.
- Created and managed virtual machines in vSphere, including setting up ESXi hosts and datastores manually. Utilized Chef and Terraform to automate the creation of test client and developer jumphost virtual machines, streamlining deployment and improving team efficiency.
- Experience with Chef for infrastructure automation, including creating cookbooks, managing roles and environments, and using policy files and data bags to ensure consistent configurations.
- Developed and deployed wind energy product sites, set up Stage 4 pipelines, and automated Jenkins pipelines using BDD tests as a smoke test stage.
- Migrated software from .NET 6 to .NET 8 for all product teams, using Ansible to create roles and playbooks for automation. Managed pipeline issues and ensured smooth operation post-upgradation.
- Upgraded SonarQube from the current version to the latest version on the production server to leverage new features and improvements. Managed the entire upgrade process, including ensuring compatibility and stability. Addressed challenges in updating SonarScanner configurations to align with the new SonarQube version, resolving issues specific to product teams and ensuring a smooth transition.
- Automated manual tasks using scripting languages like Python and Shell, significantly boosting team productivity and efficiency.
- CI/CD and DevOps Management
- Managed Stage 2 pipeline setup, provided Docker and Kubernetes (K8s) support, and ensured CI/CD pipeline quality. Developed and implemented effective branching strategies.
- Continuous integration and deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Streamlined software releases and contributed to the creation of a DevOps culture, leading to faster time-to-market, increased agility, and enhanced cross-functional collaboration.
- Managed and maintained all virtual sites, ensuring efficient operations and deployment processes.
- Security and Compliance
- Conducted a POC to assess the security of systems by identifying vulnerabilities in open-source components using Black Duck, generating a detailed risk analysis in PDF format, showing the types of risks and their criticality.
- Managed the Black Duck tool end-to-end for the product team, including deployment, configuration, and daily operations. Black Duck, a Synopsys product, is crucial for managing open-source security and compliance by identifying vulnerabilities and license issues. Performed essential tasks like vacuum cleanups to address storage issues and provided instant support as a Black Duck consultant, ensuring seamless integration into the development workflow and enhancing software security and compliance.
- Agile and Team Collaboration
- Worked closely with the Agile SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework) model, participating in daily scrums, sprint planning, retrospectives, and end-of-iteration activities. Actively contributed to quarterly PI (Program Increment) planning, ensuring alignment and effective execution of agile practices across teams.
- Strong understanding of products with the ability to adapt to evolving product requirements.
- Evangelized agile as a strategic asset of culture and business value, inspiring teams in the implementation of new tools and techniques.
- Provided 24/7 on-call support for critical systems, ensuring high availability and rapid issue resolution.
- Support and Maintenance
- Managed DevOps tickets with precision and efficiency, addressing a range of issues from blocker and critical to major and minor. Successfully resolved pipeline errors, SonarQube, Black Duck, and Artifactory-related problems, ensuring swift and accurate delivery of solutions.
- Possess knowledge of Siemens turbine controllers used in High Performance Park Pilot (HPPP) systems for managing energy production. This includes understanding how the system gathers information from all park elements to optimize performance. Actively support product teams, including SCADA and Siemens graphical user interface teams, by providing insights and assistance to enhance system integration and functionality.
- Developed and implemented effective branching strategies.
Software Developer
Siemens Technology And Services Private Limited
Bangalore
03.2022 - 10.2022
- Developed and implemented an Optical Character Recognition (OCR) project to automate the extraction of key business information such as Purchase Order (PO) dates and business addresses from scanned documents.
- Utilized SpaCy and NLP Exploratory Data Analysis (EDA) techniques to accurately identify and extract relevant data from unstructured documents.
- Focused on troubleshooting and resolving errors and bugs within the project, ensuring smooth integration of OCR and NLP components for data processing.
- Enhanced efficiency in identifying business requirements by automating manual document processing tasks.
Trainee Automation Engineer in RPA & AI
Valenta AI
Bangalore
01.2022 - 02.2022
- Training on Conversational AI for Developing Chatbots.
- Performed various activities in Automation Projects.
Education
Bachelors of Technology - Information Science And Technology
Presidency University, Bangalore
Bangalore 08.2018 - 04.2022
PUC - PCMC
Narayana Pre-University College
Bangalore 03.2016 - 05.2018
10th -
Narayana E-techno School
Bangalore 05.2015 - 03.2016
Skills
C Programming, Python and scripting
Certification
Agile Project management by Google
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
11.2022 - Current
Software Developer
Siemens Technology And Services Private Limited
03.2022 - 10.2022
Trainee Automation Engineer in RPA & AI
Valenta AI
01.2022 - 02.2022
Bachelors of Technology - Information Science And Technology
Presidency University, Bangalore
08.2018 - 04.2022
PUC - PCMC
Narayana Pre-University College
03.2016 - 05.2018
10th -
Narayana E-techno School
05.2015 - 03.2016
Agile Project management by Google
Certified DevSecOps Engineer by EC-Council (In-Progress)
Declaration
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Declaration
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