Avinash K N
Bangalore
Summary
Highly accomplished Senior Manager DevOps with over 4 years of experience leading transformative initiatives that bridge cutting-edge technology and strategic business objectives. Expertise in orchestrating platforms that enhance performance, scalability, and efficiency through innovative approaches such as AIOps (Artificial Intelligence for Product Operations). Proven track record in overseeing large-scale DevOps transformations, leading cross-functional teams, and deploying resilient cloud infrastructures and sophisticated CI/CD pipelines. Committed to fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Overview
17
17
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Manager DevOps
Informatica
03.2022 - Current
- Spearheaded the integration of AIOps, revolutionizing Product operations and driving a 30% increase in operational efficiency.
- Leading a team of 15 ProdOps engineers, improving deployment frequency by 70% and reducing mean time to recovery by 30%.
- Implemented a comprehensive CI/CD pipeline using Harness resulting in a 40% reduction in release cycle time.
- Developed and maintained a ProdOps roadmap that defines and communicates the strategic direction for ProdOps in support of business strategies.
DevOps Manager
Informatica
04.2021 - 03.2022
- Managed global operations team to maintain uptime SLAs of systems, proactively reviewing systems health and initiating projects to improve systems resiliency.
- Implemented automation tools for continuous integration, continuous deployment (CI/CD).
- Designed and implemented build and release management processes, improving operational efficiency by 20%.
Technical Manager ACE
Informatica
06.2018 - 03.2021
- Coordinated between multiple departments to ensure smooth software releases, minimizing downtime and disruptions.
- Investigated and suggested new ways to make software setup and updates more efficient and dependable.
- Developed and implemented robust technical standards, systems, and processes.
- Provided direction and support to ensure compliance with relevant legislative specifications and standards.
- Prioritizing the escalation from Asia Pacific and Japan regions related to the Big Data Management and related products.
- Help the team debug and provide solutions to the customer issues.
Principal QA Engineer
Informatica
12.2015 - 06.2018
- Led quality assurance initiatives for complex software projects.
- Developed and implemented comprehensive test strategies and methodologies.
- Mentored junior QA engineers and fostered a culture of quality throughout the development process.
- Understanding requirements specifications for the given Module.
- Preparing the High-Level Test Design for the New Modules.
- Direct the workflow, supervise and train the team in completing their tasks.
- Review the Test Cases and Test Scripts.
- Coordinating with Developers and testing teams.
- Review the Automation of test cases using java, python and Shell scripts.
Senior QA Engineer
Informatica
11.2013 - 12.2015
- Understanding requirements specifications for the given Module.
- Preparing the Quality Test Case Matrix for the New Modules.
- Development of different Components Models for Testing.
- Involved in the process of Test Cases preparation, Execution, Functional Verification Tests, Regression Analysis, and Integration Testing.
- Directed workflow, supervised and trained the team in completing their tasks.
- Writing and Reviewing the Test Cases and Test Scripts. Coordinating with Developers and testing teams.
- Set up the environment for Test Execution.
- Preparing automated scripts to perform Regression Testing.
- Testing the Integrity of DT with Power Center, Amazon Cloud Solution and Hadoop Flavors.
- Automation of test cases using java, python and Shell scripts.
Lead QA Engineer
Informatica
11.2010 - 11.2014
- Understanding requirements specifications for the given Module.
- Preparing the Quality Test Case Matrix for the New Modules.
- Development of DT, XMAP Models for Testing.
- Involved in the process of Test Cases preparation, Execution, Functional Verification Tests, Regression Analysis, and Integration Testing.
- Directed workflow, supervised and trained the team in completing their tasks.
- Writing and Reviewing the Test Cases and Test Scripts.
- Coordinating with Developers and testing teams.
- Set up the environment for Test Execution.
- Preparing automated scripts to perform Regression Testing.
- Testing the Integrity of DT with Power Center, Amazon Cloud Solution and Hadoop Flavors.
- Automation of test cases using python and Shell scripts.
- Developed more than 2000 XMap automation tests.
- Provided Code Coverage of 96% with help of lcov and gcov tools.
- UI Automation using JUNIT and SWTBot.
Systems Software Engineer
IBM India Software Labs
09.2007 - 11.2010
- Involved in preparation of Test Cases, Execution, FVT, Regression Analysis, and Integration Testing.
- Creation of test Cases for the different possible scenarios of the Installer Application and Execution of the Tests.
- Preparation of Test Cases using XML's and execution with the help of XML Test Tool.
- Reviewing the Test Cases
- Coordinating with Developers, Business Analysts and testing teams.
- Setting up the required Environment for Successful Installation.
- Development of UML Models for Testing.
- Documentation of different Scenarios and the possible outcomes.
- Delegating the Installed Instances to QA team for test case executions.
- Testing the Integrity of Parsimony with MDM Work Bench.
- Automation of UI, Using RFT and Web Tester (JAVA and XML Scripts)
- Preparing automated scripts to perform Regression Testing.
- Creation of few tools for the Workbench (Metadata Tooling, Spec storage).
- Helping the team in completing their tasks
- Participation in Defect Retest Cycle.
- Regression Testing done on P-Series and Z- series Stacks
Education
Master of Science - SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
Manipal University
Manipal06.2011
Bachelor of Engineering - COMPUTER SCIENCE
SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Tumkur06.2007
Skills
- Partnership Development
- Strategic Planning
- Budget Oversight
- Talent Development
- Cloud Platforms: AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform
- Containerization: Docker, Kubernetes
- CI/CD: Jenkins, Harness, GitHub Actions
- Infrastructure as Code: Terraform
- Scripting: Python, Bash, Java
- Monitoring: ELK Stack, Prometheus, Grafana
- Version Control: GitHub
Timeline
Senior Manager DevOps
Informatica
03.2022 - Current
DevOps Manager
Informatica
04.2021 - 03.2022
Technical Manager ACE
Informatica
06.2018 - 03.2021
Principal QA Engineer
Informatica
12.2015 - 06.2018
Senior QA Engineer
Informatica
11.2013 - 12.2015
Lead QA Engineer
Informatica
11.2010 - 11.2014
Systems Software Engineer
IBM India Software Labs
09.2007 - 11.2010
Master of Science - SOFTWARE SYSTEMS
Manipal University
Bachelor of Engineering - COMPUTER SCIENCE
SIDDAGANGA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
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