MADHU DEGA

Worked for TKGM Sustenance Team and involved in Kubernetes Platform Development and Maintenance Activities
Title: VMware TKGm Sustenance

Working as a key developer in the VMware Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Multi-cloud (TKGM) Sustenance team, focusing on maintaining and enhancing Kubernetes cluster lifecycle management across hybrid and multi-cloud environments.

Responsible for bumping critical FIPS-compliant versions, maintaining GitHub Actions and Jenkins pipelines, and validating TKGM components and extensions before release. Collaborated closely with cross-functional teams to test Supervisor Cluster integrations on TMC Dev environments, ensuring seamless registration, policy management, and workload provisioning

• Hands-on experience managing Kubernetes clusters using Tanzu Kubernetes Grid (TKG) and Tanzu Kubernetes Grid Multi-cloud (TKGM), including provisioning, upgrades, and troubleshooting across on-prem and cloud environments.
• Integrated and attached TKGM management and workload clusters to TMC (Tanzu Mission Control) for centralized cluster lifecycle management, policy enforcement, and visibility.
• Implemented FIPS version bumping and validation for core Kubernetes components in TKGM to ensure compliance and security standards across enterprise deployments.
• Built and tested Docker images in WSL-based environments, and provisioned testbeds using Shepherd CLI for TKGS management cluster testing.
• Effectively used kubectl, Docker, and kind for local development, testing, and validation of containerized applications and Kubernetes manifests.

Worked for ERS Research Team and involved in Data Engineering development activities
Title: IBM CP4Security & Guardium Connectors

• Responsibilities Involved in various components building, Sprint review, gathering requirements and Uses cases etc.
• Referring those documents of connector and find and matched data and stored it on JSON files
• Worked on writing coding for connector and implemented logics
• Created unit test cases for implemented code
• Worked on API calls for reading data from Different connectors databases.
• Coordinated with other engineers to evaluate and improve software and hardware interfaces
• Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements
• Worked with software development and testing team members to design and develop robust solutions to meet client requirements for functionality, scalability, and performance.
• Analyzed proposed technical solutions based on customer requirements.
• Coordinated efficient large-scale software deployments.
• Partnered with development team on product development and application support plans.
• Promoted experience with Kubernetes, Docker and Amazon Web Services.