G. Ashok Kumar
Neelangarai
Summary
Seasoned DevOps Engineer with a background in designing, implementing and maintaining CI/CD pipelines. Proficient knowledge in managing cloud-based infrastructure services. Demonstrable experience in problem-solving complex issues with an analytical mindset. Significant contributions made to previous work include optimizing deployment processes and improving system reliability.
Overview
21
21
years of professional experience
Work History
Principal Devops Engineer
Prezent AI
WFH
04.2023 - 12.2024
- Handling the cloud infra-AWS for AI and ML teams
- Automate tasks and implement them using CloudFormation
- Create infra for the ML & AI teams
- Create python scripts for automating things and one-time tasks
- Work closely with info sec team for audits and compliance
- Perform vulnerability scan and fix them to keep the environment healthy
- Scale infra with load balancers for different app teams
- Setup notifications through webhook to identify manual changes and to avoid it
- Setup different monitoring tools and configure it with AWS to alert
Tech Lead
Opus Software Solutions
Pune
08.2021 - 04.2023
- Working in CI/CD pipeline development using groovy
- Working in Jenkins and create jobs and automate the build and push to repository
- Worked in EKS and AKS to create and maintain containers also used HELM charts
- Deployed apps in cloud servers as well as containers using Kubernetes
- Worked in Terraform IAC tool for server builds and maintain the infrastructure
- Python scripts to automate daily tasks to save and time and resource involvement
Technical Specialist
Servion Global Technologies
Chennai
09.2020 - 08.2021
- Worked for learning app product for customers to have self-managed insurance tool
- Deployed the SKYE app and completed the demos as per requirement
- Automated application deployment in the cloud and has worked on integrating Ansible YAML
- Deploy the app in aws cloud using Jenkins and puppet
- Creation of VPC with subnets and required services to use for different environments
Tech Lead
Bny Mellon Technologies
Chennai
09.2018 - 08.2020
- Working in Investment banking environment and maintain prod, QA, Dev and Test
- Managed the BXP server and orchestration tool nomad
- Managed the own product app-engine for applications
- Worked in Apache-mesos environment and manage apps installed
- Worked in Disaster recovery every quarter
- Provide design and architectural mentorship, assessments, POCs, etc
Technical Specialist
HCL Technologies
Chennai
01.2017 - 08.2018
- Worked for banking project to handle all the linux servers in hedoop environment
- Worked in Hortonworks Hadoop and managed cluster
- Add nodes to cluster and fix the nodes which has failures
- Worked on regular DR activity
- Worked in idrac console to handle the servers and monitor the server health
Sr. System Administration
Wipro Technologies
Chennai
10.2014 - 01.2017
- Worked for a Telecom project includes inbound calls handling
- Work on new disk to linux servers
- Worked in lvm and handled disk extend on request
- Worked on patching the linux servers in batch
- Handled server failures from idrac and fix
Linux/Windows Admin
Information Dynamics
Chennai
08.2011 - 02.2014
- Installing, Managing and Upgrading the Linux Servers (Red Hat Enterprise Linux)
- Managing and Administrating Data Centre with 1000+ servers
- Configuring file system security, create and use encrypted file system, tune file system features
- Install oracle servers in Linux and maintain the database
- Install and maintain windows 2003, 2008 servers with AD and user management
Linux Administrator
Armia Systems
Kochi
06.2008 - 11.2009
- Worked in webhosting support using control panels like Cpanel, Plesk, Helm etc
- Having good experience in VPS hosting using virtuzzo
- Configured and managed the MySQL databases servers backup and restores
- Worked in the inbuilt firewall for Panels like CSF etc to manage ip’s and ports report
- Troubleshoot network issue using various tools like telnet, traceroute
- Coordinate with the remote datacentre people for maintenance and reboot activities
Linux Admin
ACT Info Serve
Coimbatore
06.2006 - 08.2007
- Started working in linux webhosting env for global clients
- Managing webhosting servers with apache, mysql, dhcp and dns
- Respond to tickets via tools like kayako-esupport perl desk within SLA
- Used the Nagios to monitor over 1000 servers and fix alerts
Windows Administrator
Helix Automation
Coimbatore
06.2004 - 06.2006
- Windows system installation and maintenance
- Network setup and maintain hubs & switches
- Printer installation and maintenance
Education
B.Sc - computer science
K.S.G College of arts & science
Coimbatore01.2004
Higher secondary -
City corpn Hr.sec school
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu state01.2001
S.S.L.C -
City Corpn Hr.sec School
Coimbatore, Tamilnadu state01.1998
Skills
- Linux
- OS patching
- Disk & H/W management
- Devops
- CI/CD
- Git
- Ansible
- Docker
- Kubernetes
- Helm
- Cloud
- AWS
- Terraform
- Puppet
- Cloud formation
- Scripting
- Shell
- Python
Timeline
Principal Devops Engineer
Prezent AI
04.2023 - 12.2024
Tech Lead
Opus Software Solutions
08.2021 - 04.2023
Technical Specialist
Servion Global Technologies
09.2020 - 08.2021
Tech Lead
Bny Mellon Technologies
09.2018 - 08.2020
Technical Specialist
HCL Technologies
01.2017 - 08.2018
Sr. System Administration
Wipro Technologies
10.2014 - 01.2017
Linux/Windows Admin
Information Dynamics
08.2011 - 02.2014
Linux Administrator
Armia Systems
06.2008 - 11.2009
Linux Admin
ACT Info Serve
06.2006 - 08.2007
Windows Administrator
Helix Automation
06.2004 - 06.2006
B.Sc - computer science
K.S.G College of arts & science
Higher secondary -
City corpn Hr.sec school
S.S.L.C -
City Corpn Hr.sec School
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