RUPERT VJG

Managed Bitbucket as source control, implementing branching strategies for production releases and reviewing pull requests.

• Coordinated upgrades across Node.js, Java, Angular, and third-party dependencies while handling weekly release cycles.
• Resolved Jenkins pipeline issues by collaborating with developers, QA, and infrastructure teams to maintain CI/CD reliability.
• Provisioned AWS and Azure resources, including EC2, EBS, ALBs, and API gateways, ensuring secure environments.
• Automated deployments using Rundeck and Ansible ,targeting VMs, Docker, Containers, and Kubernetes clusters.
• Utilized Sensu, Grafana, Prometheus, and New Relic to monitor system and application performance, identify bottlenecks, service uptime, web response time, and errors to ensure scalability and performance of the application.
• Actively resolved Jira tickets related to developer requests and optimized cloud resource expenses through cost-saving techniques.
• Kubernetes experience including creating and managing deployments, services, ConfigMaps, and Secrets. Handled rolling updates, scaling applications, and troubleshooting pod failures across various environments. Used kubectl, YAML to manage infrastructure declaratively.
• Proficient in Shell scripting and YAML, used for setting up cron jobs, writing automation scripts, and integrating with deployment pipelines for deployments.
• Hands-on experience with databases, including MongoDB, MySQL, and Elasticsearch.. Also, I worked with Kafka for message-driven architecture and real-time processing.

• Conducted comprehensive analysis to identify servers and applications for cloud migration, enhancing cost efficiency and operational effectiveness.
• Provided AWS and Azure infrastructure support across 40+ subscriptions, resolving technical issues to maintain application availability.
• Implemented centralized dashboards via Azure Log Analytics and CloudWatch, analyzing logs to monitor resource utilization and reduce critical server downtime by 80%.
• Automated security updates and daily backups to fortify server security and achieve high Azure Security Centre scores.
• Troubleshot Linux and Windows production environments, diagnosing issues quickly to minimize downtime and ensure operations continuity.
• Performed maintenance tasks such as patching and system upgrades on various clouds.
• Implemented automated cron jobs for regular disk cleanup and log rotation, ensuring optimal server performance and avoiding downtime due to resource overuse.