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KAVITHA M

NAGERCOIL

Summary

As a skilled DevOps Engineer, I specialize in automating infrastructure, optimizing cloud environments, and ensuring seamless CI/CD deployments. My expertise in Kubernetes, AWS, and configuration management tools like Ansible and Terraform allows me to build scalable, reliable, and secure systems. With a strong focus on cost optimization and system performance, I consistently deliver solutions that enhance operational efficiency and drive business success.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Cape Start
Nagercoil
05.2023 - Current
  • Managed CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, integrating SonarQube for code quality checks and Syft & Grype for automated vulnerability analysis across multiple repositories, ensuring security and compliance standards.
  • Led and coordinated UAT and Production releases, streamlining the deployment process to ensure smooth and timely rollouts with minimal downtime.
  • Implemented cost-effective disaster recovery planning and automated backup solutions, ensuring critical systems' high availability and quick recovery during incidents.
  • Successfully migrated two environments (stage and dev) to the UAT environment within AWS EKS, optimizing infrastructure and improving resource utilization.
  • Achieved cost optimization, reducing monthly AWS bills by more than 40% through effective resource rightsizing, improved infrastructure management, and implementing cost-saving measures.
  • Configured and deployed Elasticsearch and Kibana instances using Ansible, automating infrastructure setup, ensuring consistency, and reducing manual intervention.
  • Managed automated backups for MySQL databases (using mysqldump) and Elasticsearch snapshots, storing them securely in S3 buckets to ensure data protection and easy recovery.
  • Creating & Configuring deployments in Azure OpenAI

DevOps Engineer

Sinapse Software
Trichy
09.2019 - 05.2023
  • Developed automated CI/CD pipelines using Travis CI, streamlining the build, test, and deployment processes to improve development efficiency and reduce manual intervention.
  • Automated the installation and configuration of servers, applications, and environments using Ansible, ensuring consistency across multiple deployments and reducing setup time.
  • Implemented and currently managing centralized monitoring using Zabbix, providing real-time tracking of system performance and enabling proactive issue detection.
  • Collaborated with development teams to design and implement Ansible playbooks for efficient configuration management and automated infrastructure provisioning, improving deployment speed, and reducing errors.
  • Integrated Zabbix with Prometheus and Grafana for enhanced alerting and visualization, ensuring comprehensive monitoring of infrastructure health.
  • Automated the provisioning of cloud resources using Terraform, ensuring a scalable and repeatable deployment process for various AWS environments.
  • Deployed Docker containers and orchestrated applications with Kubernetes, increasing system resilience and scalability while reducing downtime during releases.

Education

BBA - Management

South Travancore Hindu College
Nagercoil
05-2018

Skills

  • CI/CD Tools: Jenkins, Travis CI, AWS CodePipeline
  • Containers & Orchestration: Docker, Kubernetes, Helm
  • Cloud Platforms: AWS (EC2, ECR, VPC, RDS, CloudTrail, S3, EKS)
  • Automation & Scripting: Terraform, Ansible, Shell scripting
  • Monitoring & Logging: Elasticsearch, Kibana, Prometheus, Grafana
  • Security & Code Quality: SonarQube, Syft, Grype, AWS IAM, Secret Manager
  • Version Control: GitHub, GitLab
  • Others: Jira, New Relic, Syft & Grype, Helm, Azure OpenAI

Timeline

Cape Start
05.2023 - Current

DevOps Engineer

Sinapse Software
09.2019 - 05.2023

BBA - Management

South Travancore Hindu College
KAVITHA M