Ramprasad U Baliga
DevOps Architect
Bengaluru
Summary
Goal oriented Senior DevOps Engineer with 11+ years of experience in software development life cycle, including requirements gathering, analysis, design, server build, administration, and maintenance. Expertise in implementing CI/CD in Jenkins and Azure DevOps and with very good knowledge on version control systems like GIT and RTC Source Control Management System.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
Work History
DevOps Architect
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
04.2024 - Current
- Experienced in setting up RHEL 7 servers to run NextJS applications. Setup Dev, PreProd and Production servers to deploy frontend ( NextJS ) applications for ReadyRefresh.
- Collaborated with Azure Infrastructure team to provision VM’s and create app gateway configuration for NextJS applications.
- Proficient in Azure DevOps features like continuous integration, continuous deployment & implemented CI/CD in Azure DevOps to deploy NextJS applications to Dev, PreProduction & Production.
- Skilled in scripting languages like Bash – created deployment scripts for deploying NextJS application.
- Setup Mobile DevOps for react native Android & iOS applications. Implemented CI/CD to build and deploy apps to Google Play & Apple App store.
- Help setup branching strategy, merging and conflict resolution in Azure Repos for ReadyRefresh Frontend applications
- Currently working on CI/CD in Azure DevOps for Salesforce applications using ant migration tool.
- Attended team meetings to resolve technical and project issues and review project schedules.
- Mentored junior associates on best practices within the field while providing guidance on complex issues.
Senior DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
12.2021 - 03.2024
- Atlassian migration to Azure DevOps - migration of nearly 21000+ JIRA Issues to Azure Boards, 5 repositories from Bitbucket to Azure Repos and around 900 confluence pages to Azure Wiki
- Enhancement & migration of Puppet modules from 3.8.5 to 7.16.0
- Solely managing configuration changes ( app / OS ) through Puppet on RHEL 6 servers.
- Worked closely with Infra team and installed puppet agents on more than 50+ linux servers ( RHEL6 ) including 24 Production servers
- Migrated CI/CD pipelines for Android and iOS applications from lighthouse to Azure DevOps for an ecommerce application.
- Implemented CI/CD pipelines in Jenkins for SAP Hybris application.
- Created shell scripts for build and deployment of the Hybris Commerce Suite
- Worked closely with development team to upgrade SAP Hybris from 6.6 to 2205 on onPrem RHEL 6 servers
- Worked with development & database team to migrate SAP Hybris 2205 from onPrem to SAP Cloud CCV2
- Implementing CI/CD in Azure DevOps for Next JS - website and mobile ( Android & iOs ) applications
- Setting up NGINX configurations for Next JS deployment
- Installed SonarQube in Azure Windows Server and Setup SonarQube to run code analysis from Azure CI Pipeline.
- Working closely with Release Management team for deployments to non-prod environments
- Responsible for deploying code to production environment as part of weekly release
Application Development Team Lead
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
12.2018 - 12.2021
- Developed and Maintained CI pipeline in AzDO for ADOBE application
- Managed multiple repositories for PEGA and Adobe applications for an insurance client
- Coordinated efficiently between development and testing teams to facilitate deployments to lower environments for PEGA/Adobe applications
- Creating release notes & tracking WI status in AzureDevops for Production releases
- Supported deployments to 7 non prod environments for both PEGA and ADOBE application
- Worked on automating certain areas of ADOBE deployments by creating shell script for performing set of configurations on linux backend servers.
Application Development Senior Analyst
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2015 - 12.2018
- Analyzing and designing technical specifications for building servers for Atlassian Tools - JIRA, Confluence & Bitbucket
- Installing & configuring JIRA & Confluence on windows servers
- Solely responsible for Installing and Configuring Bitbucket on Linux server
- Responsible for migrating 20+ engagements to JIRA from RTC in Production
- Solely responsible for testing and certifying an open-source utility for migrating SCM data from RTC to Bitbucket and migrated few engagements to Bitbucket production from RTC SCM
- Managed Java related security vulnerabilities on linux servers
- Good knowledge of RTC Source control Management and GIT based repository systems
- Expertise on analysing and troubleshooting application related issues
- Worked on incidents, RITM's & change requests through ServiceNow.
Application Development Analyst
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2012 - 09.2015
- Created object types, workflows, environments using HPPPM.
- Created users, roles, generic accounts, provide access and manage permissions for the end users through the tool
- Created end user documentation and provide trainings to the client
- Supported Production Go-Live during weekends
- Worked on Customizations of the object types and any user requirements.
Education
BE - Mechanical Engineering
University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University
Bengaluru 09.2008 - 07.2012
12th - Science
Alva's PU College
Moodabidri 06.2006 - 05.2008
10th - Science
NSVK Holy Mother School
Bengaluru 06.1997 - 01.2006
Skills
Azure DevOps - Azure Boards, Azure Repos, Azure Pipelines ( CI/CD )
Jenkins - CI/CD pipelines
Atlassian Tools: JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket
Very good knowledge on Linux Systems ( RHEL 6 & 7 )
IBM Rational tools: Rational team concert, Rational Quality Manager, Rational Doors Next Generation
Shell Scripting, Linux server administration
Certification
DevOps Engineer Expert - AZ400
Timeline
DevOps Architect
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
04.2024 - Current
Senior DevOps Engineer
Cognizant Technology Solutions Ltd
12.2021 - 03.2024
Application Development Team Lead
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
12.2018 - 12.2021
Application Development Senior Analyst
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2015 - 12.2018
Application Development Analyst
Accenture Solutions Pvt Ltd
10.2012 - 09.2015
BE - Mechanical Engineering
University Visvesvaraya College of Engineering, Bangalore University
09.2008 - 07.2012
12th - Science
Alva's PU College
06.2006 - 05.2008
10th - Science
NSVK Holy Mother School
06.1997 - 01.2006
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