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Kiran Bhulokam

Kiran Bhulokam

Bangalore

Summary

  • With over 9+ years of experience in the IT industry, I specialize in DevOps Engineering with 5+ years of expertise and an additional 4+ years in Production Support Engineering. I am adept at maintaining project code bases using GitHub SCM tools, handling tasks such as branching, tagging, and merging code. I have experience with the Maven build tool and have written Groovy scripts to run Jenkins pipelines. Proficient in writing GitLab pipeline code in YAML, I also have extensive experience with Docker containerization, deploying applications using containers across various environments. My expertise extends to Kubernetes orchestration, Helm file creation, and provisioning infrastructure using Terraform. Additionally, I possess strong team management skills and have a proven track record of coaching and mentoring junior DevOps team members.

Overview

10
10
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

DevOps Engineer

Global Logic
Bangalore
09.2021 - Current
  • Experienced and innovative DevOps Engineer specializing in software configuration, application building, and deployment
  • End-to-end management of microservices, including communications, answers, discussion, and content-tools services
  • Migrated from KOPS Kubernetes clusters to Amazon EKS
  • Deployed applications using Docker containers across various environments
  • Upgraded engine versions of RDS Aurora clusters and Redis clusters using Terraform
  • Created custom parameter groups for RDS Aurora databases
  • Migrated Terraform execution from local environments to Terraform Cloud
  • Developed and configured Grafana dashboards for monitoring
  • Integrated and configured OpsGenie with tools like Jira and New Relic
  • Deployed applications using Helm charts
  • Extensive experience with Kubernetes orchestration tools
  • Worked with AWS services such as RDS, S3, Route 53, SSM Parameters, Secrets Manager, EC2, EKS, Redis Clusters, ELBs, VPC, IAM, and CloudWatch

SDE 2

Maveric Systems
Bangalore
06.2021 - 09.2021
  • Used GitHub as a version control system to get source code and created repositories
  • Monitored production systems for stability and performance optimization opportunities.
  • Participated in Agile Scrum ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, demos and retrospectives.
  • Used Maven as a build tool to create various packages like war, ear, and jar
  • Experience in writing Groovy scripts and running the pipelines
  • Experience in installing Jenkins on a Linux Machine and creating a Master and Slave
  • Working experience in the Docker Containerization tool and deployed applications using containers in various environments
  • Expertise in creating Docker Images and maintaining Docker Images in private antifactory repository Harbor
  • Working on AWS Resources like EC2, ELB, VPC, S3, IAM, ECR, EKS.

IT Consultant

Oracle India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
09.2018 - 06.2021
  • Knowledge on installing Jenkins on a Linux Machine and creating a Master and Slave
  • Configured and maintained Jenkins to implement the CI process and integrated the tools.
  • Responsible for implementation of Nightly Builds using Jenkins including installation of Jenkins, Configuration of Jobs for automated Build, and deployments
  • Working experience in the Docker Containerization tool and deployed applications using containers in various environments

IT Service Delivery Consultant

Micro Focus (HPE)
Bangalore
06.2016 - 09.2018
  • Implemented effective incident management strategies that minimized disruption to business operations during system outages or failures.
  • Troubleshooting, doing root cause analysis, updating knowledge base, logging updates
  • Logging in tickets for customer-facing issues and working on them with priority
  • Improved production efficiency by identifying and troubleshooting issues in a timely manner.

Production Support Engineer

Lean Infotech India Pvt Ltd
Bangalore
12.2014 - 06.2016
  • Managed 80K+ servers and 10+ of applications in multiple geo-locations.
  • Improved and tuned operational efficiency within prod infrastructure and production environment.
  • Ensured high availability of services through proactive maintenance, upgrades, and failover planning.
  • Increased application performance with thorough load testing, stress testing, and capacity planning exercises.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

JNUT Anantapur
06-2014

Skills

  • AWS
  • RedHat
  • GITHUB and GitLab
  • Jenkins
  • Docker
  • Kubernetes
  • Helm
  • Terraform
  • Nagios, Kibana, Prometheus and Grafana
  • Shell Script

Certification

  • HashiCorp Certified: Terraform Associate(003), 3772385
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator, LF-wi9efygvmd
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
  • Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE), 150-096-246
  • AWS Solution Architect Associate, E2H4MCBCCNFQ1Y9K

Personal Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science from JNTU-Anantapur University.

Timeline

DevOps Engineer

Global Logic
09.2021 - Current

SDE 2

Maveric Systems
06.2021 - 09.2021

IT Consultant

Oracle India Pvt Ltd
09.2018 - 06.2021

IT Service Delivery Consultant

Micro Focus (HPE)
06.2016 - 09.2018

Production Support Engineer

Lean Infotech India Pvt Ltd
12.2014 - 06.2016

Bachelor of Science - Computer Science

JNUT Anantapur
Kiran Bhulokam