SAVITHA CHANDRAKESAN
Application Development Manager - DevOps Manager
Bengaluru,KA
Summary
Software Configuration Management and DevOps Engineer over 15 years of broad-based experience in spearheading Software Configuration Management projects right from Planning, Integration, Building, Deploying, Testing (Basic Sanity, TDM-Test Data Management), Releasing to Report Generation while bringing in a significant benefit for the business and customers Verifiable experience in DevOps, Agile, Build and Release Activities
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
DevOps Manager Lead
Accenture Operations
02.2021 - 06.2022
- Responsible for direct client interaction and business proposal for DevOps solution.
- Implement Build and releases monitoring and failure investigation.
- Branch operations (Fork, reverts, merge, porting fixes).
- Test failures escalations.
- ICM incidents management.
- Processing general requests from dev and release managers.
- Project health and resources usage visualizing analysis via PBI reports.
- Implementation and support of internal monitoring system.
- PowerBI 24/7 Tier1 Support that includes enhancement of Build and deploy time, managing, monitoring the build and release pipelines for PowerBI project.
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Operations
01.2019 - 01.2021
- Design, Analyze, Implement, Develop and Integrate the RxDOD application like Siebel, OSM, BRM with DevOps Tools like Bamboo, Bitbucket(Build, Deployment and Versioning Tools).
- Stabilizing and maintaining the CI Build and Deployment framework.
- Maintaining the sprint and having discussions with project vendors w.r.t the pain areas and ways to mitigate the and automate all manual activities.
- Played scrum master role and was responsible for all the client deliverables.
- Worked at the client side in Sweden and was responsible for all critical releases.
- Integration of Test Automation Framework using Cucumber with CI tool like Bamboo and generating reports using XRay.
- SDP CITA – comprises of development, configuration, testing and release team managing both cloud and mobile application features for Telia Company.
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Operations
02.2018 - 01.2019
- Product Strategy & Roadmap: Enhancement of the existing DevOps Framework for NodeJS pipeline using Pipeline as Code concept.
- License / Subscription Management – Co-ordinate with the internal Entrust and HA Signed certificates for the Mulesoft application that we own.
- Tools, Accelerators & Automation – Slack, Bitbucket, JIRA, Confluence and Jenkins.
- Environment Provisioning & Access control – Managing all the environment from Dev to Prod only for new Mulesoft application configuration.
- Creating fully automated CI build and deployment infrastructure and processes for multiple projects.
- Developing Docker images to support Development and Testing Teams and their pipelines.
- Managed Microservices by deploying to multiple Docker containers.
- Implementing and developing solutions enabling Development and Operations teams to build, deploy, monitor and test applications and environments.
- Providing access to new users to respective projects in Slack, Jenkins and Bitbucket.
- Unilever Adaptive Integration - DevOps Framework v3.1 is a set of processes and tools which provides the ability to accelerate the pace of software delivery through Continuous Delivery.
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Operations
07.2017 - 02.2018
- Led the scoping, planning and implementation roadmap for 3 years to the Test Infrastructure team where the team was responsible in supporting critical middleware applications like TIBCO, other applications like Siebel – One CRM, Net Cracker – FUF & CIA and various other inhouse tools.
- Conducted various DevOps workshop for different teams which included: DevOps Assessment to evaluate the current process gap and provided solution in implementing the best practices and provided Agile training.
- Implemented quality gates in the CI/CD pipeline by using SonarQube.
- Continuous Integration/Continuous Delivery plan and implementation to increase the frequency of deployment.
- Automate the testing process and configured them to run automatically after successful deployment is completed in the QA environment.
- Integrated dashboard with code coverage, build metrics, test reports and metrics reports for time to market so that we get continuous feedback.
- Automation & designed Service Catalogue Model Process & Cultural Transformation.
- Swisscom AG is a major telecommunications provider in Switzerland. Test Infrastructure (TIF) team wants to transform to a continuous agile based model and deliver monthly releases.
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Operations
04.2017 - 06.2017
- Project On boarding - Setting up the project environment for the development teams in Jenkins by creating project workflows for both Java and .Net based project.
- Managing and provisioning user access for LDAP and other tools like Jenkins, Nexus, SonarQube.
- Designed Continuous Integration pipelines with quality gates which included SonarQube for code coverage.
- Workflow configuration setup in Jenkins, creating build and deploy definition setup in Jenkins.
- Continuous deployment pipeline setup which takes care of DTAP(Dev Test Acceptance and Prod) in Jenkins.
- Managing the repositories in Nexus to maintain all the project artifacts.
- Assist in establishing requirements, methods and procedures for routine maintenance.
- Monitoring and provisioning of the infrastructure as per the project requirement using tools like Chef.
- Exhibited prowess in managing a team comprising of 15 members and assisted them with the Flag buddy role in handling all the day to day deploy related issues.
- Steered initiative by performing a POC on open source testing tool like Selenium and used the same in executing all web based applications instead of using licensed tool.
- TFO focuses on providing our business technology solutions evolved to drive efficiencies in the 1:Many model infusing innovation to inspire Operations to the next generation supporting all offerings across the globe.
Dev & Ops Architect
Anglo America
03.2017 - 05.2017
- Assess and analyze current technology landscape, including infrastructure and applications.
- Work with the team and architects to define the application disposition and target architecture.
- Determine effort and key areas of focus.
- Provided recommendations for improving the delivery cycles of the project.
- Suggested key areas of improvements to make the Continuous Integration systems perform faster builds using Jenkins pipeline.
- Designed the CI/CD pipeline for the same.
- Integration of test suites in their build system to enable Continuous Testing.
- Usage of Selenium for Automated Testing.
- High level overview of using ALM tools like JIRA for the overall governance view of the project.
- Published the DevOps assessment report defining the maturity level of the WebMethods project and defined steps to move ahead to the next level in the maturity model.
- Software AG’s webMethods enables organizations to quickly integrate systems, partners, data, devices and SaaS applications. Client uses webmethods suite Integration platform to integrate in-house applications and partners.
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Clients
04.2016 - 02.2017
- Created the template for interacting with multiple projects for initiating the DevOps assessment.
- Trained project team members on how to use the self-assessment questionnaire checklist.
- Conducted interviews with different team members starting with Project Managers, Design Architects, Development Leads, Test Leads and Operation Leads to derive the base level against the Accenture DevOps Maturity Model.
- Streamlined the DevOps assessment process with respect to different applications (Java, .Net, PHP, Pega, Informatica, etc.) as well as according to the project methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, Lean, Hybrid, etc.).
- Publishing reports for the same along with their maturity rating, improvement areas and recommendations.
- Improvised the existing DevOps Maturity report as per the client request with the overall DevOps assessment rating.
- Provided training and mock assessment training to the new resource so that they themselves can handle the DevOps assessment for their own IG (Industry Group).
- Value add service to the business requirement by practicing Continuous Improvement and Assessment so that the projects improve their maturity levels after every quarter.
- Worked with teams on POC of the recommendation which included Continuous Integration, Continuous Delivery, Test Data Management and Continuous Monitoring services.
- As part of the automation drive to implement New IT, many projects at IDC has undergone the review of Project Delivery Index.
Dev & Ops Architect
Prowareness - Beslist.nl
08.2015 - 03.2016
- Setting up the vagrant environment for the dev team.
- Planning and attending the SCRUM events like Sprint planning, Daily Scrum, Sprint review and Sprint retrospective.
- Triggering the build and deploy from Jenkins where every checkin that the dev team does goes through the CI process of building the latest code from Stash, executing the unit test, code coverage and all of the php metrics and then merge to the main branch.
- Every checkin to the main branch triggers the regression test suite and takes care of the test environment deployment.
- Setup and maintain the test environments for both manual and automation testing.
- Continuous deployment pipeline setup which takes care of DTAP in Jenkins.
- Assist in establishing requirements, methods and procedures for routine maintenance.
- Monitoring and provisioning of the infrastructure as per the project requirement.
- PIM is a product information management system which contains quality product information. Products within PIM are all labeled and made unique by an autonomous process.
Software Configuration Lead
Thomson Reuters Internal
12.2013 - 07.2015
- Collaborating with other Project Managers and Quality Assurance teams to conduct, UAT and risk assessments, ensuring project readiness for production and validation.
- Planning and attending the SCRUM calls to decide on the iteration task updates and to handle the day-to-day deploy issues discussion; creating ReleaseSet for all the CI (Continuous Integration) build so that we can do a RS deploy for a single product which has multiple modules.
- Triggering the deploy from Jenkins where this takes care, draining the application, stop the app, cleanup the old war, copy the latest war, start the app and finally undrain the application for the application to move to ready state.
- Execution of all the modules Web application test cases using Selenium IDE.
- Updating the MyVitalSigns tool to give a 'GO' for the testers to proceed with their functional testing on stable code deployment to its respective NAS (Storage location).
- Setting up and maintaining build and deploy in TFS as well as configuring the application in Configuration Management Database (CMDB).
- Guiding cross-functional teams in the launch of leading edge solutions and mentoring and training project members to enable them to perform effectively.
- Creating and sustaining a dynamic environment that fosters development opportunities and motivates high performance amongst team members.
- Westlaw (westlaw.com) and Westlaw UK (www.westlaw.co.uk), is one of the leading online legal services for lawyers and legal professionals in United States.
Software Configuration Lead
Thomson Reuters Internal
12.2009 - 11.2013
- Served in various capacities as: Branch Manager for QED & Hotfix environment code release management, Hotfix management and production release support.
- Infrastructure Manager for Tools Release management, CMDB and Database change management for Infrastructure tools and show infrastructure calendar.
- Exhibited prowess in managing a team comprising of 5 members and assisted them with the Flag buddy role in handling all the day to day deploy related issues.
- Steered initiative by performing a POC on open source testing tool like Selenium and used the same in executing all web based applications instead of using licensed tool.
- Possess integrated set of competencies in: Workflow configuration setup in AnthillPro.
- Creating build definition setup in TFS and deploy setup in CMDB.
- Creating deploy scripts and triggers that will kick off the deploy as soon as the changes are checked-in.
- Handling Cname creation, and configuring the Pool Names, Data Group and iRules in F5 for any new product.
- Usage of testing tools like Selenium and TEX (Test Executor).
- Creating instructions for higher environments (QED, HotProd, Prod) for AMS to set-up items.
- Thomson Reuters Legal Solution provides professionals with the intelligence, technology and human expertise they need to find trusted answers.
Software Development Ops Representative
Motorola India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2008 - 11.2009
- Accountable for preparing the component label config. spec with the latest product label as the baseline label along with latest component label and the Pass thru BRs (Build Request).
- Merged all the Ready BR’s on top of our latest baseline with the help of the CART (Component Automated Release Tool).
- Involved in firing a Build by starting the CART by removing the locker file for the baseline to build and fixing the build issues if the baseline builds fail by referring the log file generated by the CART tool.
- Ensured that tool picks the Ready BR’s correctly, if not then restart the tool, post baseline build.
- Generated SBF (Super Binary File) when all the Ready BR’s are processed successfully to Active state, stop the CART tool and then manually start a TI Source code build if there is any dependency in config spec.
- Responsible for flashing the phone with the use of RSD Lite followed by flex the phone if flashing is successful with both the baseline build and the component test build.
- Performed the basic sanity test to check the basic phone functionalities like the MO and MT calls, sms, headset testing, speaker functions etc., work properly and then pass it to the Testing team for system testing.
- Performing merging of Active BR’s and labeling the component label and also tag the BR’s and CR’s (Change Request).
- 3GSM SIERRA Signaling Engine Reusable Reference Architecture) P0812, the goal of the project is to provide a reduced cost GSM platform to fill the current gaps in the low and mid-tier product portfolio.
Software Development Ops Representative
TOULOUSE – FRANCE
04.2008 - 09.2008
- Engaged in creation of views according to the weekly release, preparing the config spec based on the latest product label and handled everyday activities included creating integration builds and performing Feature releases.
- Conducted training for new team members on base clearcase and assisted developers in creating branches, labels and merging strategies.
- Handled three build lines simultaneously for three different product lines in Motorola.
- SCSM acts as the interface between the various phone applications (e.g., stack, phonebook, etc.) and the SIM card.
Application Support Engineer
Meteonic Innovation Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 03.2008
- Developed the draft copy of Software Configuration Management Plan as per the advice of PM according to the CCB’s decision; defined the branching policies, labeling policies, build process and release process.
- Handled integration spanning merging all the source code files from the developer’s branch to the integration area, fixing issues related to merge conflicts and assisting in usage of find merge.
- Engaged in building process viz. firing a Build by using clearmake build command, ensuring that every build created is complete, consistent, and reproducible and troubleshooting build related issues.
- Created and applied labels and locked the Labels which are applied on different branches.
- Responsible for performing the basic sanity test to check the functional requirements are met and then pass it to the Testing team for system testing.
- Looked after the release activities and making an internal release after applying a stable.
- Smart Card Reader And Simputer Applications is a project which comprises of different versions of smart card and also development of a interface that enables automated database service.
Trainee
Meteonic Innovation Pvt. Ltd.
08.2006 - 12.2006
- Commenced career as a SCM Trainee during the first 6 months of the project tenure period.
- During the course of training period, we were trained on the following aspects in SCM: The Relevance of SCM, Basic Concepts of SCM, The SCM Process, Planning for SCM in a project, Configuration Identification, Change Control, Version Control, Configuration, Auditing and Reporting.
- Software configuration management (SCM) which provides a disciplined approach to change management, spanning the entire software process.
Education
B.E. - Information Science
Visveswaraiah Technological University
07.2006
RedHat Certified System Administrator - undefined
Linux Learning Centre
12.2015
RedHat Certified Engineer - undefined
Linux Learning Centre
12.2015
ITIL Foundation V3 - undefined
PeopleCert
03.2014
Skills
DevOps
Certification
RHCE-Red Hat Certified Engineer, Completed, 2015
Timeline
DevOps Manager Lead
Accenture Operations
02.2021 - 06.2022
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Operations
01.2019 - 01.2021
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Operations
02.2018 - 01.2019
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Operations
07.2017 - 02.2018
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Operations
04.2017 - 06.2017
Dev & Ops Architect
Anglo America
03.2017 - 05.2017
Dev & Ops Architect
Accenture Clients
04.2016 - 02.2017
Dev & Ops Architect
Prowareness - Beslist.nl
08.2015 - 03.2016
Software Configuration Lead
Thomson Reuters Internal
12.2013 - 07.2015
Software Configuration Lead
Thomson Reuters Internal
12.2009 - 11.2013
Software Development Ops Representative
Motorola India Pvt. Ltd.
10.2008 - 11.2009
Software Development Ops Representative
TOULOUSE – FRANCE
04.2008 - 09.2008
Application Support Engineer
Meteonic Innovation Pvt. Ltd.
01.2007 - 03.2008
Trainee
Meteonic Innovation Pvt. Ltd.
08.2006 - 12.2006
RedHat Certified System Administrator - undefined
Linux Learning Centre
RedHat Certified Engineer - undefined
Linux Learning Centre
ITIL Foundation V3 - undefined
PeopleCert
B.E. - Information Science
Visveswaraiah Technological University
Training
- ITIL Foundation V3, PeopleCert, 2014-03-01
- RedHat Certified System Administrator, Linux Learning Centre, 2015-12-01
- RedHat Certified Engineer, Linux Learning Centre, 2015-12-01
Professional Societies
- SCRUM Bangalore, 2015-12-01
- Bangalore DevOps, 2016-01-01