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Juhi Chandra

Summary

Experienced Technical Architect offering 14+ years' of overall IT experience with around 7 years into DevOps,Cloud,IaC, Build & Release and Configuration Management. Specializes in creating end to end DevOps and IaC solutions for customers on AWS and Private Clouds, to improve business operations and meet clients' technical needs. Currently leading the DevOps team for a major BFSI client, overseeing the the migration of the bank's CISCO call center solution to AWS Amazon Connect.

Overview

18
18
years of professional experience
6
6
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications

Work History

Senior Technical Architect

HCL Tech
01.2024 - Current

Project: NatWest-Telstar.

Responsibilities

  • As the Lead DevOps Architect @ NatWest, driving the bank's digital transformation from CISCO Contact Centre solution into Amazon Connect.
  • CI/CD: Architecting entire IaC CI pipeline setup using GitLab CI,shell scripting to automate the deployment of AWS resources on all AWS environments (dev,test,prod,preprod,prod-dr).Improved productivity for dev team by 40% by re-engineering and designing the Terraform framework and CI pipelines.
  • IaC Implementation on AWS: Designing and implementing the AWS infrastructure estate of the bank using Terraform Enterprise. Developed reusable Terraform modules for complex AWS services like AWS-Amazon Connect, AWS Lexbots(Version2), AWS Glue, AWS SQS , AWS Event Bridge which are being used by the entire NatWest - Telstar team.
  • Security: Implement security measures in CI pipeline using Checkov.

Project: RAPID platform @ DevOps-COE.

Responsibilities

  • CI/CD: Design and setup end to end containerized DevOps tool chains for the RAPID platform of DevOps COE by using Docker on Kubernetes clusters on AWS. Manage clusters on a daily basis.
  • Configuration Management : Worked on developing the entire Ansible framework and library for the SRE-Automation tool for the RAPID platform.
  • Spearheaded process improvement initiatives throughout the organization for continuous optimization of operations.
  • Facilitated productive brainstorming sessions for innovative solutions to complex technical challenges.

Lead Release Engineer

Kronos Solutions India Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 03.2019

Project: Hiring Solutions Group

Responsibilities:

  • Release Management: Oversee end-to-end release process,coordinating with Dev, Test and operations teams to ensure smooth and timely deployments.
  • Version Control: Manage SVN to track changes, ensure proper branching, and manage code merges.
  • CI/CD: Set up CI pipelines on Bamboo/Jenkins using ANT/Maven build tool Identify bottlenecks and enhancements in the ANT scripts and CI pipelines, to enhance efficiency. Maintaining and quarterly upgrading all prod and non prod Bamboo servers.

Software Engineer

CenturyLink Technologies
06.2011 - 05.2016

Project: QIC Sales Compensation

Responsibilities:

  • Worked in the capacity of Onshore Coordinator @ CenturyLink- Denver -USA and involved in automation framework design and automation testing using Selenium WebDriver.

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
09.2007 - 10.2010

Project: Huawei

Responsibilities:

  • Performed functional testing of SIP Protocol based IVR call flows along with automation testing using Huawei specific tools

Education

B.Tech - Electrical &Electronics Engineering

RV College of Engineering Affiliated To Vishweshvariah Technical University
09.2003 - 06.2007

12th -

P.C Jabin Science College
04.2002 - 06.2003

10th -

St Joseph's Central School
04.2000 - 06.2001

Certification

AWS-CSAA (Certified Solutions Architect Associate)

Accomplishments

  • Awarded Innovation Champion Award twice at HCL, for designing and implementing SRE automation tool
  • Recipient of Director's Recognition Award at CenturyLink

Timeline

Senior Technical Architect

HCL Tech
01.2024 - Current

Google Cloud - Associate Cloud Engineer

04-2023

AWS-CSAA (Certified Solutions Architect Associate)

07-2020

Lead Release Engineer

Kronos Solutions India Pvt Ltd
06.2016 - 03.2019

Software Engineer

CenturyLink Technologies
06.2011 - 05.2016

Programmer Analyst

Cognizant Technology Solutions, CTS
09.2007 - 10.2010

B.Tech - Electrical &Electronics Engineering

RV College of Engineering Affiliated To Vishweshvariah Technical University
09.2003 - 06.2007

12th -

P.C Jabin Science College
04.2002 - 06.2003

10th -

St Joseph's Central School
04.2000 - 06.2001
Juhi Chandra