Gandi Sarath Chandra
Senior DevOps Engineer
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Summary
Experienced and dedicated DevOps Engineer with over 13 years of expertise in setting up CI and CD pipelines and scripting deployment activities. Well-rounded and conscientious professional committed to proactively managing change and swiftly deploying critical applications. Strong background in configuration management, proficiency in Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall methodologies.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
8
8
years of post-secondary education
4
4
Certifications
Work History
Real-time Market Data Support Engineer
Morgan Stanley
12.2022 - 06.2024
- Delivered exclusive reports of SOD/EOD batches to the Global support team including relevant stakeholders
- Configured various monitoring solutions using in-house developed C++ binaries / Python modules to maintain data integrity across Production/DR and BCP environments
- Co-ordinated with Refinitiv and multiple Asian stock exchanges to deal with feed integration change requests and hotfix releases
- Updated 50+ knowledge articles in Confluence and ServiceNow for all Asian exchange feeds to promote quick guide references for smooth independent operations across the team
- Created multiple runbooks using Python scripts by conducting 30+ BCP wargames for multiple exchange feeds in-order to ensure BCP for all market data feeds
- Delivered comprehensive support for trading application systems, covering execution and order management, risk and pricing, and deal lifecycle booking from front to back office
- Created Jenkins CI/CD Pipelines for the market data artefacts to be deployed in production
- Completed more than 100+ data feed deployment requests assigned via JIRA from various stakeholders
- Developed and maintained cloud infrastructure automation scripts, reducing deployment time by 50% and increasing team productivity by 25%
- Designed and implemented disaster recovery plans, resulting in a 90% reduction in downtime during a major system outage
- Designed and implemented cloud-based data storage and retrieval solutions, resulting in a 40% reduction in data retrieval time and a 25% increase in data accuracy
- Resolved 60+ Real-time feed issues by analysing and providing quick-fixes through symphony chats / VOIP calls for Equity, Derivative, FX Traders and sales-desks
- Handled multiple incident management calls for data integrity issues with the exchanges and Refinitiv, with submission of PIR reports to the stakeholders and senior management
- Championed best practices in incident, change, and problem management to enhance operational procedures
- Developed 20+ python scripts to automate several day to day tasks such as log file analysis for the market data feeds, reconciliation of PROD/DR market data, etc
- Automated routine tasks using Python and Shell scripting, significantly reducing manual efforts / errors and boosting operational efficiency
- Delivered several quick resolutions to the business during incident management as part of L2 support
- Configured several Splunk reports for subsiding the false positive alerts in order to ensure integrity and consistency of all market data feeds
- Adapted and dealt high pressure environments such as Algo systems support desks & high stake business domains
- Arranged weekly Scrum calls with third-party vendors and exchanges in reviewing/planning the upcoming change requests
Electronic Trading Systems Support
Jefferies
10.2021 - 11.2022
- Supported Global Electronic Trading systems applications across Asia, Europe, and the Americas
- Conducted SOD/EOD checks for the sales desks ensuring systems availability
- Configured several batch jobs in IBM TWS scheduler pipelines to ensure the daily/weekly batch jobs are triggered automatically irrespective of daylight savings
- Integrated LDAP with Nagios monitoring tool maintaining least privilege access control
- Configured order management alerts with appropriate FIX tags in backend XML config files for APAC trading desks, thus enhanced real-time monitoring and responsiveness
- Architected and automated the deployment of over 50 microservices, reducing deployment time by 60%
- Created custom CloudFormation templates, standardizing infrastructure and reducing provisioning errors by 35%
- Integrated AWS IAM policies to manage cross-account access, enhancing security posture and user management efficiency
- Deployed multiple order management (OM) and order routing (OR) processes for proprietary trading platforms interfacing with multiple stock exchanges
- Developed Ansible playbooks to automate AWS Services to incorporate OM processes data
- Analysed and monitored FIX logs, deployed multiple KDB+ processes in UAT and production environments
- Deployed the binaries through Ansible playbooks to resp
- Zonal servers
- Created Ansible vault mechanism to handle the secrets of the complete production inventory
- Implemented Nagios monitoring for newly developed equity and derivative processes, and improved system alerting and response times by 25%
- Configured Grafana metrics for GETS infrastructure to speculate and foresee any upcoming issues through splunk logs
- Led automation initiatives to streamline server environments and improve trader alert management through Bloomberg Alert catcher
- Managed quarterly release cycles for GETS systems, ensuring timely and efficient updates
- Developed and deployed monitoring solutions via shell scripts and python scripts to detect critical alerts, maintaining production stability
On-site Technical Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2020 - 09.2021
- Supported Equity and Derivatives applications – RT database, risk management systems and compliance solutions for global markets
- Closely worked with L3 teams to develop batch jobs and deployment in CTRL-M tool
- Configured monitoring in ITRS Geneos & batch jobs in Control-M scheduling tool to ensure the stability of production environments and critical applications
- Automated CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins and AWS CodePipeline, shortening software release cycles by 50%
- Implemented infrastructure as code using Terraform, reducing setup time for new environments by 40%
- Enhanced system availability and reliability by integrating AWS Route 53 for DNS management and failover routing
- Collaborated with developers to optimize microservice architecture, resulting in a 25% improvement in application performance
- Resolved 100+ JIRA requests from stakeholders to enhance the risk management application level changes
- Developed 20+ python/shell scripts to handle the daily manual workload of log file analysis
- Authored comprehensive technical knowledge articles in Confluence to promote knowledge sharing and documentation
- Migrated offshore Incident management tool code to Redhat Open-shift containerized platform
- Developed Ansible playbooks and integrated them with Control-M/Geneos plugins to trigger them in self-healing the recurring errors
- Fostered a DevSecOps culture and utilized agile methodologies to automate systems and minimize manual tasks
Deployment Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
09.2016 - 10.2020
- Managed release and configuration management, project implementation, production support, and deployment operations for Trade Finance systems
- Lead offshore – India team on deployment operations on day-day UAT deployments and weekend production releases
- Developed deployment strategies to minimize application downtime and enhance process automation robustness using IBM Urbancode deployment tool
- Collaborated closely with software developers and QA engineers to ensure seamless deployments of artefacts into production environments
- Executed 50+ production Major releases of TF3,TFGMS applications using check point calls with all stakeholders
- Implemented CI/CD practices using BitBucket in stabilizing the production systems
- Designed solutions to automate change requests in production environments, adhering to SDLC methodologies via JIRA tool
- Utilized the Scrum framework to optimize team efficiency and deliver intrinsic value in operations
- Implemented process improvements in business-as-usual activities to streamline workflows and enhance productivity
- Automated change requests entry updates in Sharepoint using Excel VBA macros, Powershell scripts to deliver reports to the Global deployment team
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
03.2011 - 08.2015
- Managed RMS deployments on windows platforms supporting Risk management systems
- Performed daily UAT deployments of Trade Finance application and supported major production deployments of Trade Finance, one of the critical applications
- Installed and configured all application components according to architectural specifications, including web servers and WebLogic 10.3.3 application servers
- Renewed and updated SSL certificates for web servers, managed dbPKI certificate renewals, and maintained WebLogic keystore
- Established secure connectivity from DMZ-hosted application servers to core network database servers through firewall rule configurations
- Created and migrated WebLogic domains, ensuring configuration tracking and management
- Configured LDAP Security Realm and implemented Security Policies to enhance system security
- Resolved 100+ incidents and conducted troubleshooting to ensure seamless operation of infrastructure and applications
Education
Master of Computer Applications -
Annamalai University
01.2019 - 01.2021
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
01.2005 - 01.2009
Intermediate - (M.P.C)
Pallavi Junior College
01.2003 - 01.2005
SSC - undefined
St. Mary’s High School
Skills
OpenShift
Kubernetes
Docker
Ansible
IBM UrbanCodeDeploy
Terraform
GIT
Bitbucket
Team-city
SQL Oracle
Shell Scripting
Python
UNIX
Windows
JIRA
Confluence
Service-Now
AWS
ITRS Geneos
Grafana
Nagios
Splunk
Websphere MQ
dBus
Remote support
Incident management
Troubleshooting skills
Debugging skills
Application support
ITIL framework
Scripting languages
Infrastructure automation
Monitoring and logging
Configuration management
Root cause identification
Technical troubleshooting
User support
Cloud security best practices
CI and CD pipelines
Cloud architecture design
AWS security best practices
Infrastructure as Code
Cloud migration strategies
Machine learning
Certification
Professional Scrum Master certified [PSM-I]
Personal Information
- Date of Birth: 03/14/88
- Gender: Male
- Nationality: Indian
Accomplishments
- Supervised team of 6+ offshore staff members.
- Collaborated with team of 8+ in the development of Market Data.
- Achieved market data integration by following ITCH protocols of ASX with accuracy and efficiency of the data.
- Documented and resolved 60+ incidents which led to process improvement of stream.
Timeline
Real-time Market Data Support Engineer
Morgan Stanley
12.2022 - 06.2024
Electronic Trading Systems Support
Jefferies
10.2021 - 11.2022
On-site Technical Lead
Tata Consultancy Services
10.2020 - 09.2021
Master of Computer Applications -
Annamalai University
01.2019 - 01.2021
Deployment Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
09.2016 - 10.2020
Systems Engineer
Tata Consultancy Services
03.2011 - 08.2015
Bachelor of Technology - Computer Science & Engineering
Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University
01.2005 - 01.2009
Intermediate - (M.P.C)
Pallavi Junior College
01.2003 - 01.2005
SSC - undefined
St. Mary’s High School