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LIKHITHA VEMBULURI

Summary

Skilled Software Engineer with over 6 years and 2 months of experience in container orchestration, cloud technology, and configuration management. Proficient in deploying, managing, and troubleshooting Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters, and IAC automation operations. Experienced in cloud environments such as AWS, Azure, and IBM Cloud, with tools like Terraform and Ansible. Holding multiple certifications, including Microsoft Azure Administrator Associate, Certified Kubernetes Administrator, Terraform Associate Certification (003), and AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Engineer II

Carelon Global Solutions
05.2023 - Current
  • Working as part of the IAC automation ops team. We will handle all the Terraform-related provider (AWS), service modules, run tasks, TFE token issues, and Sentinel issues/exceptions.
  • State file migration from one Terraform workspace to another workspace based on service type without any application impact.
  • Testing the service modules with the latest AWS provider version for any breaking changes.
  • Terraform workspace cleanup, untainting modules.
  • VCS disablement and enablement for the TFE workspace.
  • State file management, like removing modules from the state file.
  • Tested out the developed modules using multiple AWS services (EC2, S3, Lambda, Secret Manager, etc.).
  • Installed and managed the CodeReady Workspace operator setup via the ArgoCD GitOps model.
  • Handled Kubernetes cluster setup and namespace creation using Terraform modules.
  • Implemented Tekton pipeline installation and managed EKS clusters.
  • ArgoCD setup at the namespace level.

System Management Specialist

Kyndryl Solutions India Private Limited and IBM India Private Limited
06.2019 - 08.2021
  • Troubleshooting issues related to the Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters.
  • Creation of Pods, Deployment, and Services in Kubernetes and OpenShift.
  • Performing cluster administration in the OpenShift container platform.
  • SOP documentation on all the issues related to OpenShift and Kubernetes.
  • Fixing node failure issues with respect to containers. Worker node addition to the environment for high availability.
  • Experienced in IBM Public Cloud and Azure to support the Kubernetes clusters hosted in it.
  • Hands-on experience in creating projects, workspaces, project management, version control management, user management, and build and release management in Git.
  • Experience in creating Git branches and merging the source code between different branches.
  • Knowledge in Configuration Management tools like Ansible for writing playbooks, creating roles, OpenShift Container Platform (OCP) cluster implementation, management, and upgradation of the cluster with the new release.
  • Experienced monitoring and logging tools like Prometheus, Datadog, Splunk, and Grafana.
  • Experienced in ServiceNow tools and ticket handling. Troubleshooting application failures and worker nodes in Kubernetes and OpenShift technology.
  • Experienced in the restoration of cluster components through the Velero backup solution in Kubernetes services, upgrading Kubernetes cluster versions, and Prometheus components and Grafana through Helm charts.
  • Experienced in creating and upgrading various dashboards, metrics, alarms, and notifications for servers using Prometheus and Grafana.
  • Experienced in maintaining the configuration changes in the environment. Hands-on experience in creating projects and OpenShift objects, like deployments, services, routes, secrets, and service accounts.
  • Analyzing compute resource utilization of different projects in Kubernetes and OpenShift clusters. Existing KPI modification, as per customer request.
  • Performing ETCD defragmentation and creating the Cluster Log Forwarder. Creation of a cron job to approve pending CSRs.
  • Pull images from the public registry, tag them, and push images to the private registry. Clean up the dangling images.

Education

Bachelor of technology - Computer science and engineer

Koneru Lakshmaiah University
05-2019

Skills

  • Container orchestration: Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift
  • Cloud technologies: Amazon EKS, Azure, IBM Cloud
  • Configuration management: Ansible
  • Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Terraform
  • Source code management: Git, GitHub, Bitbucket
  • CI/CD tools: ArgoCD, Tekton Pipelines
  • Monitoring and logging tools: Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk
  • Scripting: shell

Certification

  • Terraform Associate certification (003)
  • Microsoft Certified: Azure Administrator Associate (AZ-103)
  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator (RHCSA)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in OpenShift Administration (EX280)
  • Certified Kubernetes Administrator (CKA)
  • AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
  • Microsoft Azure Fundamentals (AZ-900)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Advanced Automation: Ansible Best Practices

Timeline

Software Engineer II

Carelon Global Solutions
05.2023 - Current

System Management Specialist

Kyndryl Solutions India Private Limited and IBM India Private Limited
06.2019 - 08.2021

Bachelor of technology - Computer science and engineer

Koneru Lakshmaiah University
LIKHITHA VEMBULURI