Amal Syed S
DevOps Engineer
Barkath Mansion, Koppam, Vembayam, Trivandrum
Summary
Critical thinking DevOps Engineer with 5 year of Experience with hands on experience on designing and implementing CI/CD, Cloud Infrastructure with vast experience in Scripting.
Overview
6
6
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
6
6
Certifications
Work History
DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
Chennai
01.2018 - Current
- Migrated Code from legacy systems to Azure Repositories.
- Design and implement template based CI/CD pipelines using Azure DevOps for Java,.NET, Python applications keeping D.R.Y principles and ease of use in mind.
- Integrated DevSecOps tools like Checkmarx, HCL AppScan, jFrog Xray to CI/CD work flow to enable Secure coding and to mitigate OpenSource vulnerabilities.
- Established Branch policies, Sonar quality Gates, Build Validation Tests using Selenium/Specflow framework, Performance Test Gates using Keptn to ensure Code Quality.
- Designed Azure Infrastructure for new applications keeping resiliency and cost reduction in mind.
- Remediate Security Issues found in Azure Infrastructure from time to time [With help of reports from Services like Divvy Cloud]
- Provisioned Infrastructure to Azure/AWS [90% Azure] using Terraform Enterprise. Create custom modules using Terraform.
- Created Docker Images for Java/.NET/Python Applications using best practices to deploy to Azure Kubernetes Service [Helm Charts] and Azure App Service
- Created scripts [using Powershell/Python] for integrating applications to Azure DevOps using REST API
- Created automations to reduce manual repetitive efforts [Powershell/Python]
- Created Reports to leadership on Vulnerability Status, Code Quality, Unit Test Coverage, Automated Test run count etc using Python Pandas and PowerBI.
- Provided guidance to developers on Open Source library vulnerabilities [Spring Framework, Spring Boot etc]
- Maintain on-prem server Infrastructure [Oracle Weblogic]. Write automation scripts leveraging Weblogic API.
- Established Dynatrace based alerts and monitoring Dashboards for critical services
Sr. Systems Engineer
Cognizant
Chennai
12.2016 - 12.2017
- Performed day to day administration of more than around 10000 servers , physical as well as virtual servers worldwide on both Private as well as Public Cloud (AWS, Azure) running Windows, CentOS, Redhat, Ubuntu Linux
- Performance Optimization and monitoring of Critical Servers hosted in AWS, Azure as well Private Datacenter
- Performed patching of all servers with minimal downtime.
- Migration of Applications to Production servers / Development servers from OnPrem to Cloud
- Setting up and Deploying Azure App Service for Project teams.
- Assisted Project teams for architecting Proof of concept Highly available /scalable applications using AWS Route 53, Cloudfront, AWS RDS, Autoscaling etc
- Deployment of EC2 Instances/ Azure Virtual Machines/ OnPrem VM {via HyperV/VMWare vSphere)
- Administered production as well development MS SQL Server instances used by Organisation
- Administered 100+ Microsoft SharePoint Farms used by associates worldwide
- Followed internal procedures for change management, incident management and escalation
- Contribution to creation and updation of SOP's , Knowledge Base Articles etc
- Installation of Software in Server according to requests raised by respective Project teams
- Awarded multiple times for being the top performer of the team
Education
B.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Kerala University
Trivandrum 09.2011 - 11.2015
CBSE 11/12th - Science, English
St.Thomas Central School
Trivandrum 05.2009 - 05.2011
Certification
AZ:104 Microsoft Certified Azure Administrator
Skills & Technologies
- Continuous Integration/Deployment : Azure DevOps/GitHub Actions
- Operating Systems: Windows Server, Redhat/Ubuntu Linux
- Cloud : Azure , AWS
- Private Cloud: VMWare Tanzu
- Scripting Languages: Powershell, Python
- Infrastructure as Code : Terraform
- Build Tools: Maven, Gradle, MSBuild
- DevSecOps Tools : Checkmarx, AppScan, jFrog Xray
- Code Quality : SonarQube
- Container Orchestration : Azure Kubernetes Service
- WebServers : IIS, Oracle Weblogic
- Database: MSSQL Server
Contact Details
Address: Barkath Mansion, Koppam, Kuthirakulam
Vembayam, Trivandrum Kerala
Email : hello@amalsyed.in / amalsyeds@outlook.com
Phone : +91-7034-873-079
Timeline
DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions
01.2018 - Current
Sr. Systems Engineer
Cognizant
12.2016 - 12.2017
B.Tech - Electronics And Communications Engineering
Kerala University
09.2011 - 11.2015
CBSE 11/12th - Science, English
St.Thomas Central School
05.2009 - 05.2011
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