Sashank Pokuru

Automated Build and Deployment Process: Spearheaded the automation of build and deployment pipelines for Java and Node.js applications, enhancing the CI/CD process and ensuring consistent delivery of high-quality code.

• Jenkins Pipeline Development: Created and optimized Jenkins pipelines for Java and Node.js projects, streamlining the build, test, and deployment phases.

• Version Control Management: Administered BitBucket version control, focusing on branching strategies, pull request workflows, and efficient merging practices to ensure smooth collaboration among teams.

• Build Artifact Development: Collaborated with development teams to create and enhance build artifacts for Java and Node.js projects, ensuring smooth integration with CI/CD pipelines.

• Unit Test & Code Quality Integration: Integrated Unit Test frameworks and code quality analysis tools like SonarQube to ensure code quality and compliance with organizational standards.

• Security & Compliance: Implemented security scanning tools such as SonarQube, Fortify, Nexus IQ OSS scans, and set up pipeline gates to enforce code security and quality.

• Repository & Artifact Management: Configured JFrog Artifactory to integrate with build processes, migrating from Nexus to JFrog for artifact management and ensuring seamless handling of build artifacts.

• Containerization & Docker: Wrote and maintained Dockerfiles to containerize microservices, pushing Docker images to JFrog/Nexus repositories to support efficient container-based deployments.

• Cloud Infrastructure Management:

• Developed and modified AWS CloudFormation scripts to automate application deployments in AWS Lambda and AWS ECS, reducing manual intervention and enhancing scalability.

• Led the creation and modification of manifest.yaml files for deploying applications on Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), improving deployment consistency and efficiency.

• Blue-Green Deployments: Implemented and enhanced Blue-Green deployment strategies to ensure zero downtime during application upgrades and rollbacks, improving system reliability and availability.

• Local Development Environment Setup: Set up Docker-based local development environments for new developers and testers, ensuring consistency across development, testing, and production stages.

• CI/CD Troubleshooting and Support: Actively supported teams by troubleshooting build errors, optimizing Jenkins pipelines, and educating teams on best practices in the CI/CD process.

• Cloud Provisioning & Deployment Automation: Automated instance provisioning and code deployments using CloudFormation, Jenkins, and GitHub to streamline the delivery pipeline and reduce manual intervention.

• Environment Setup & Maintenance: Set up and maintained various environments, including Development, Dev, UAT, and Production, ensuring smooth transitions between stages and improving overall deployment quality.

• OCP Deployments: Made significant contributions to automating and setting up CI/CD pipelines for OpenShift (OCP) deployments, integrating deployment strategies, and ensuring seamless delivery of applications within the OpenShift environment.

• Setting up and Maintaining Projects and AD Groups at
  enterprise level.
• Implementing RBAC in Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Migration of Issues and Test Cases from JIRA and HPALM to Azure Boards and Azure Test Plans.
• Setting up process and standards for SDLC Management in agile.
  Implementing DevOps at enterprise level.
• Migration of CI/CD Pipelines from Jenkins/Bitbucket to GitHub Actions.
• Migration of Repos to GitHub and Integrating GitHub
  Actions and Azure DevOps.
• Setting up CICD pipelines in GitHub Actions for new
  projects.
• Debugging Build errors and Coordinating with Developers to resolve issues and implement CICD.
• Migration of client data from Azure DevOps server to Azure DevOps Service.

• Creating the automated build and deployment process for application.
• Developed automation framework for Application
  Deployments to the cloud environments
• Managed and optimize the Continuous Delivery tool like Jenkins.
• Used Maven as build tool on Java projects for the development of build artifacts on the source code.
• Administered version control system (GitHub, Clear Case)
• that included branching and merging
• Clear Quest release creation and CR, PR, ER mapping to particular releases.
• Involved in Installing Jenkins on a Linux machine configuration to implement multiple parallel builds through a build farm.
• Used Jenkins for Continuous Integration and deployment

into Tomcat Application Server.

• Experience in integrating Unit Tests and Code Quality
  Analysis Tools like SonarQube.
• Integrating with Jenkins to store artifacts.
• Set up the local development environments through
  Docker containers for new developers
• Supported development sprints by automating instance provisioning using cloud formation and code deployments using Jenkins, and GitHub.
• Developing automated process for builds and deployments Jenkins, Ant scripting, Nexus, Shell Script, Bit bucket, Java, Net, Nodejs and DB Deployments
• Set up and maintained Development, QA, Pre-Production, and Production environments