Ambika Nair

• IBM VPC Block CSI Driver - CSI Driver, Kubernetes, GoLang, IBM Cloud
• Description: IBM VPC Block Container Storage Interface (CSI) Driver provides a CSI interface used by Container Orchestrators to manage lifecycle of IBM VPC Block Data volumes
• Roles & Responsibilities:

Migrating code base to Kubernetes-Sig OpenSource community

Setting up pipeline for code delivery and image building

End-End tests suits, IPI Cluster support, Victory bot to assist customer tickets

Implementation of Volume Snapshot feature for Block CSI Driver

Additional feature analysis and feasibility check from CSI perspective

Handle customer issues and deliver fixes on time

Explore Velero, PX-Backup along with volume snapshot feature using ibm-vpc-block CSI Driver

• IBM Object CSI Driver - CSI Driver, Kubernetes, GoLang, IBM Cloud
• Description: CSI based Object driver which supports s3fs and rclone mounter.
• Roles & Responsibilities: As a key member of the team, fulfilling dual roles as both an individual contributor and a leader of developers, leveraging technical proficiency to drive innovation while fostering a collaborative environment that empowers team members to excel.

• IBM Object Storage Plugin - Docker, Kubernetes, GoLang, Shell scripting, Helm, OPERATOR, Object Storage, IBM Cloud, S3FS-FUSE
• Description: IBM Cloud Object Storage plugin is Kubernetes volume plugin that enables Kubernetes pods to access IBM Cloud Object Storage buckets from cluster

Plugin has two components: Dynamic provisioner and FlexVolume driver for mounting buckets using s3fsfuse on worker node

• Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Requirement Analysis, Estimation, verification

2. Module Design, Coding, Integrating & testing application as per designed functionality

3. Task distribution and mentorship

4. Customer issues and Bug fixes

5. Feature enhancements and security fixes

• Docker-health-monitoring and Alert System - Docker, Kubernetes, Golang, Shell scripting, Ansible, Prometheus, IBM Cloud
• Description: In Kubernetes based cluster, all applications are deployed as containers and if docker becomes unhealthy at any time, all running applications will be affected.So docker-health-monitoring component detects any issues with docker on worker node and if docker is unhealthy, it automatically tries to recover docker. Also, it sends metrics to prometheus which are used for triggering alerts

• Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Requirement Analysis, Estimation, verification

2. Module Design, Coding, Integrating & testing the application as per the designed functionality.

• Nova-docker Driver - Docker, Python, Ansible, Openstack-Nova
• Description: Nova-docker is docker driver for OpenStack Nova.This project included adding new features to nova-docker openstack plugin and launching containers on Openstack platform
• Roles & Responsibilities:

1. Requirement Analysis, Estimation, verification

2. Module Design, Coding, Integrating & testing the application as per the designed functionality.

• SVT - System Verification Testing for UI and CLI of cloud deployment
• Come up with test cases to uncover bugs in early stage
• Execute automation using tempest framework
• Execute manual testing scenarios.

• Software Developer at Aditi Technologies Pvt Ltd
• Project Details: Virtual Sports - Virtual Sports is an online sportsbook offering betting & gaming experience for the Ladbrokes customers. It offers several virtual events for the customers by showing the video and commentary for the ongoing events. It allows the customers to place bet on the virtual events any time and gives them a possibility to earn and thus providing a real time betting and gaming experience
• Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Web based application development using JAVA/J2EE frameworks

2. Prototyping using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery

3. Bug Fixing

4. Coordinated with clients and team for any issues or concerns.