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SHANKAR R

Hyderabad

Summary

DevOps Engineer with experience at HSBC, specializing in CI/CD automation and cloud resource management through Docker, Kubernetes, and Terraform. Proven track record in optimizing cloud costs and accelerating deployment processes. Collaborative team member in Agile environments, emphasizing quality and security in all projects.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Software Engineer

HSBC
Hyderabad
03.2024 - Current

DATAVISA & ROP

  • Built Jenkins CI/CD pipelines that cut deployment time by 70%, increasing deployment frequency from monthly to weekly.
  • Configured cron jobs for infrastructure automation, backup, and status checks.
  • Created Docker images using best practices and security scanning.
  • Deployed applications to GKE using Kubernetes manifests.
  • Used HashiCorp Terraform to manage IAM, GKE, GCE, GAR, and MIG resources.
  • Created secure, custom base images in HashiCorp Packer for compliance.
  • Mitigated DevSecOps policy and NWS alerts.
  • Optimized resources to reduce GCP infrastructure costs by 30% through right-sizing and auto-scaling.
  • Implemented error logging analysis by integrating GCP Logs with BigQuery, and configured Prometheus for monitoring GKE clusters, enabling real-time performance metrics and alerting.
  • Managed version control systems and maintained codebase integrity.
  • Coordinated change and release activities, including CAB, rollback, and QA sign-off.

Trainee Software Engineer

HSBC
Hyderabad
08.2023 - 02.2024

DATAVISA & ROP

  • Supported Jenkins builds, and resolved pipeline issues.
  • Participated in regression testing, documentation, and defect logging.
  • Helped with Terraform module testing in lower environments.
  • Created shell scripts for startup scripts.
  • Integration testing and smoke testing on the ROP Edit Module, Datavisa PIA, and DTF functionalities.

Education

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Amrita University
Chennai
05-2023

Class XII - Computer Science

Vivekananda Vidyalaya
Chennai
04-2019

Class X - Science

Vivekananda Vidyalaya
Chennai
04-2017

Skills

Container and container orchestration

  • Docker
  • Kubernetes

Infrastructure as code (IaC)

  • Terraform
  • Packer

Cloud

  • GCP (Google Cloud Platform)
  • Cloud resources management (GKE, GCE, IAM, SQL, etc)

Scripting

  • Shell scripting
  • Linux
  • Python

DevOps and security

  • CVE remediation
  • SonarQube
  • Cyberflows

CI/CD and automation

  • Jenkins
  • GitHub Actions
  • G3

Monitoring and performance

  • Prometheus
  • GCP monitoring and logging
  • Looker Studio

Agile and project management

  • Agile methodologies
  • Change and incident management
  • Confluence and Jira

Testing

  • Integration testing
  • Regression testing

Personal Projects

Microservice deployment on GKE with Terraform

  • Provisioned a GKE cluster and networking on GCP using Terraform
  • Containerized microservices with Docker and deployed them to GKE, achieving zero-downtime releases via rolling updates
  • Automated the CI/CD pipeline in GitHub Actions: Terraform, Docker build, SonarQube analysis, and Kubernetes deployment

Cough recognition using TinyML

  • Deployed a lightweight ML model on microcontrollers using TensorFlow Lite for real-time cough detection
  • Automated model training and deployment workflow with ML models
  • Focused on model packaging, resource monitoring, and edge deployment, aligning with MLOps and DevOps practices

Certification

HashiCorp Certified Terraform Associate

Timeline

Software Engineer

HSBC
03.2024 - Current

Trainee Software Engineer

HSBC
08.2023 - 02.2024

B.Tech - Electronics and Communication Engineering

Amrita University

Class XII - Computer Science

Vivekananda Vidyalaya

Class X - Science

Vivekananda Vidyalaya
SHANKAR R