BALARAM PRATAP KOTYADA
Bangalore, Karnataka
Summary
Experienced Senior DevOps Engineer with over 4 years of expertise in managing cloud-based technologies and effectively handling the configuration and deployment of infrastructure and services. Demonstrates exceptional ability to perform under pressure, consistently earning high marks for work quality and speed. Ability to contribute independently as well as be a team player.
Overview
4
4
years of professional experience
3
3
Languages
Work History
Senior DevOps Engineer
Apollo247
Bengaluru
04.2024 - Current
- Revamped the CI/CD pipeline, incorporating leading automation practices, this resulted in an increase in efficiency by 80%.
- Utilized Docker, Kubernetes, and GCP to coordinate deployments on a large scale reducing spent resources by 35%.
- Maintained and monitored production environments for high availability, scalability, and performance.
- Mentored junior DevOps engineers in adopting industry best practices, raising team productivity by 20%.
- Integrated security into DevOps pipelines (DevSecOps) reducing security breaches by 80%.
- Collaborated with development teams to ensure application deployments were successful.
DevOps Engineer
Apollo247
01.2023 - 04.2024
- Have worked extensively on migrating services from AKS to GKE with no downtime.
- Successfully introduced a configuration management strategy using Ansible reducing system downtime by 50%.
- Orchestrated the software CI/CD process, leveraging Jenkins Shared Library & Groovy to automate deployment saving 200+ work hours.
- Worked on containerization of multiple services from end to end.
- Delivered complete GCP Architecture using Terraform (IAC).
- Setup event based AUTO-REMEDIATION solutions for multiple recurring issues.
- Setup automated Malware detection scanner on GCS storage to eradicate malicious files.
- Implemented Cloud Armor using TF, leading to the detection and blocking of threat's faster by 80%.
- Handled Production RELEASES of our main Apollo247 website.
- Established proactive monitoring using Kibana, Logstash (ELK Stack), and Grafana, reducing system downtime by 30%
SE (DevOps)
Simpplr
09.2022 - 12.2022
- Developed an AUTOMATED Jenkins Pipeline for migration of DNS zones to another domain dns zone between AWS projects
- Installed and configured RDS and Elastic Cloud SNAPSHOT AND RESTORE.
- Configured a workflow that sends EKS clusters monitoring metrics to common AWS AMP and visualizing them on AWS AMG Dashboards.
- Configuring Authorization and Authentication for RDS Instances.
- Setup Slack/Email Alerts for AWS resources metrics and logs using AWS CloudWatch Alarms, SNS, Lambda and Event Bridge.
- End to end pipeline using AWS starting with AWS CloudFront, API Gateway, K8 services, CI/CD Pipeline using JENKINS, Docker Builds, Vulnerability testing, Terraform IAC, Helm, K8s
SDE-I (DevOps)
MateLabs Innovations
05.2022 - 08.2022
- End to end pipeline using Azure CI/CD Pipeline, Kaniko Builds, JUnit testing, Terraform IAC, Helm, K8s Deployment, Prometheus and Grafana monitoring, log management using Loki, Promtail, KONG Ingress, and ARGO Workflow and CD.
- Installed and configured LOKI to constantly monitor network bandwidth, memory usage, and hard drive status.
- Participated in continuous improvement by generating suggestions, engaging in problem-solving activities to support teamwork.
- Explored communication in microservice architecture, including
Associate DevOps Engineer
KoiReader Technologies
01.2021 - 05.2022
- Worked independently on warehouse IOT automation using edge computing, AI models, MQTT & AMQP communications between devices, IOT Rules, Edge Docker modules. This is achieved in both AWS and Azure.
- Collaborated with the development team in incorporating Agile methodologies, growing client satisfaction rate by 30%.
- Created and implemented 9+ new DevOps pipelines to deliver Infrastructure as Code.
- Developed 9+ HELM chart repositories to provision Kubernetes deployments.
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure and configuration orchestration tools (Terraform, Ansible, etc).
- A profound understanding of container orchestration and configuration management best practices and tools (Docker, Kubernetes, Nginx Ingress, ISTIO).
- Working experience with monitoring, logging and alerting solutions (Nagios, ELK stack, Prometheus & Grafana, Loki, FluentD, Splunk, Promtail, etc).
- Spearheaded migration from Ansible environment to Docker-based service architecture.
- Wrote shell deploy scripts, reducing deployment times from 5+ hours to less than 2 minutes.
Cloud DevOps Engineer
KoiReader Technologies
09.2020 - 12.2020
- Established continuous build environments to speed up software development by 50%.
- Automated build and deployment using GitLab CI/CD.
- Developed and maintained 100% mastery of the Software Development LifeCycle (SDLC) and deployment pipeline.
- Built and deployed Docker containers to break up monolithic app into microservices, improving developer workflow, increasing scalability, and optimizing speed.
- Created and maintained HELM charts.
- Tested and deployed scalable and highly available software products.
- Promoted as Associate DevOps Engineer within a three-month timeframe for exceeding goals and supporting company culture.
DevOps Engineer - Intern
Bluetick Consultants
05.2020 - 09.2020
- Worked independently on a Python Flask project to authenticate the user, generate schematics of MongoDB NoSQL Collections and fill it with false documents.
- Working knowledge of automation tools, including Docker, Docker Swarm, Python, Flask API Server, MongoDB, Pymongo, Regular Expression, ECS and ECR.
- Facilitated Scrum framework – sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily scrums, sprint reviews and sprint retrospectives.
DevOps Engineer - Intern
Techtious
03.2020 - 05.2020
- Transitioned to GIT version control and pair programming to raise speed 30%.
- Installed and configured Nagios to constantly navigate network bandwidth, memory usage and hard drive usage.
- Working knowledge of SDLC automation tools, including Packer, Terraform, AWS Lambda, Ansible, Jenkins, and Containerization.
- Created proofs of concept(POC) for innovative new solutions.
Education
Post Graduate Program - DevOps
Caltech
Simplilearn Certified01-2023
Bachelor of Science Computer - Science Engineering
University of Petroleum And Energy Studies
Dehradun, India01-2021
Diploma -
Fiitjee Junior College
Visakhapatnam, India01-2017
Skills
- Linux Environments: Ubuntu, RedHat, CentOS
- Shell Scripting: UNIX, Python
- Networking: TLS, SSL certificate, VPN, Tunnel
- Project Tracking: Atlassian JIRA, ClickUp, Slack
- Security: Cloud Armor, Nessus, Malware Detection
- Source and Version Control: Git, GitHub, GitLab
- Build management: Maven, Ant, Node, Gradle
- Software Testing and Validation: JUnit, Selenium, TestNG, Pytest
- Code Review: SonarQUBE
- Continuous Integration Systems: Jenkins CI, GitLab CI/CD, Azure, GCP, AWS CI/CD
- Container Orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker Swarm, GKE, AKS
- Template: HELM, Jenkins Shared Library, Groovy
- Mesh: ISTIO
- CDN: GCP CDN, Akamai
- Configuration and Management: Ansible, Chef, Terraform, Packer
- Virtualization: VMware, VirtualBox
- Cloud: AWS, Azure, GCP
- Logging: Loki, Promtail, Nagios, ELK, FluentD, Fluentbit
- VPN: OpenVPN
- System Deployment Monitoring: Prometheus, Grafana, Kibana, Zabbix
- Scrum Methodology & DevOps Principles
- Programming language: C, Python
- Databases: Oracle, MongoDB, Postgresql
- SOAP and Restful Web Services
- Strong Communication and Interpersonal Skills
- AI: Machine Learning, NN, OpenCV
- BigData: Hadoop, Map Reduce
- Eagerness to Learn New Technologies
Accomplishments
- Technical Member of SOAI (Society of Artificial Intelligence), UPES
- Technical Leader for Project "QSCAPE" in Linux World.
- Cleared RedHat system administrator on v8 (RHCSA)
- Post-Graduation Certification in DevOps from Caltech through Simplilearn!
- Cleared RedHat certified engineer (RHCE) in first attempt score 94%
- Delivered KT on Nagios Cloud Monitoring , Ansible Hands-On, IoT etc.
- Coursera certificate in Deep learning and Neural Network
- Coursera certificate in Google Kubernetes Engine
- Active Participant in DevOps Projects.
Quote
DevOps is not a goal, but a never-ending process of continual improvement
Jez Humble
Timeline
Senior DevOps Engineer
Apollo247
04.2024 - Current
DevOps Engineer
Apollo247
01.2023 - 04.2024
SE (DevOps)
Simpplr
09.2022 - 12.2022
SDE-I (DevOps)
MateLabs Innovations
05.2022 - 08.2022
Associate DevOps Engineer
KoiReader Technologies
01.2021 - 05.2022
Cloud DevOps Engineer
KoiReader Technologies
09.2020 - 12.2020
DevOps Engineer - Intern
Bluetick Consultants
05.2020 - 09.2020
DevOps Engineer - Intern
Techtious
03.2020 - 05.2020
Post Graduate Program - DevOps
Caltech
Bachelor of Science Computer - Science Engineering
University of Petroleum And Energy Studies
Diploma -
Fiitjee Junior College
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